Student's shift of attention away from a current learning task to task-unrelated thought, also called mind wandering, occurs about 30% of the time spent on education-related activities. Its frequent occurrence has a negative effect on learning outcomes across learning tasks. Automated detection of mind wandering might offer an opportunity to…

This autoethnographic self-study explored how I, a hybrid preschool educator whose professional identity draws from both Japan and Iceland, transformed my understanding of love through praxis. The study's purpose was to better understand the form of love in my practice, which I have found deeply confusing. I aim to understand what love means to me…

This survey investigates the experiences of scholarly communication workers in North America, with a total of 282 responses. Previous studies on scholarly communication work in academic libraries have tended to focus on organizational structure and necessary competencies. This study aims to put the focus back on workers' own experiences on the…

This paper questions the bounds of hegemonic knowledge production focusing on how student learning at the university level is a site to re-imagine knowledge produced in the Global South/Majority. It argues that there are transformational approaches to teaching and learning within the Caribbean that need to be centred in global pedagogical…

Engagement in prosocial actions is essential for promoting positive peer relationships and empathy in adolescence dynamically reinforces these outcomes. The aim of the present study was to explore the possible underlying mechanisms that link empathy and prosocial behavior and, more specifically, the mediating role of prosocial motivation, in early…

Self and peer assessment in group work offers numerous benefits but is also susceptible to bias. Yet, research examining bias in self and peer assessments often overlooks cultural perspectives and predominantly favors Western contexts. This study aims to address this gap by examining how culture influences rater bias in self and peer assessments…

Background: Compared to the role of classmates on students' academic development, less research has focused on the role of peers in students' motivation and developmental outcomes in school-organized Co-Curricular Activities (CCAs). Aims: This study examined how perceived acceptance from CCA peers early in the school year (T1) is associated with…

Emotional vocabulary is an important element in daily conversations, and knowledge and teaching of this vocabulary in a second language (L2) should be a primary goal in migration contexts. This study aimed to identify the emotional words used in the written productions of 288 adult immigrants from different countries of origin who were…

The democratic potential of literature education has often been accentuated. In this article, we draw on Gert Biesta's subjectification conception of democratic education, and view democracy as a concept open for (re)negotiation in the classroom. We are informed by Chantal Mouffe's agonistic democratic theory, and its view of dissent as a…

Grounded in theories and empirical research, the present study examined the mediating processes of emotion dysregulation and teaching self-efficacy between mindfulness and depressive symptoms among preservice teachers in China. A total of 288 preservice teachers ranging from 18 to 40 years old (men = 94; women = 194) completed an online…

This study examined the impact of Augmented Reality (AR) technology on learning achievement among first-year university students in safety education contexts within a Chinese higher education setting. The research employed a one-group pretest-posttest pre-experimental design involving 30 first-year university students during the first semester of…

Examining peer relationships among young children with developmental disabilities in early childhood can increase their acceptance and well-being in education. This study focused on the peer relationships of preschool children with various developmental disabilities in inclusive settings involving the participation of five teachers and one…

Biblical didactics is an important element of confessional religious education. In traditional settings, it is primarily associated with working with the text, alone or in groups, in plenary discussion or pantomime. Nowadays, however, young people are increasingly acquiring their knowledge--including about the Bible--on the Internet, using new…

Code quality is a critical aspect of programming, as high-quality code is easier to maintain, and code maintenance constitutes the majority of software costs. Consequently, code quality should be emphasized in programming education. While previous research has identified numerous code quality defects commonly made by students, the current state…

This paper explores readiness to teach secondary health education in Aotearoa New Zealand. We apply Alexander's (in: Wyatt-Smith and Adie (eds) Innovation and accountability in teacher education: setting directions for new cultures in teacher education, Springer, New York, pp 97-113, 2018) thematic conceptions of teacher readiness: for the…