This study explores the potential benefits of integrating Industry 4.0 technologies into educational settings, focusing on Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Augmented Reality, Big Data, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Metaverse, Robotics, and Virtual Reality. The aim is to develop learning environments that are more…

This study seeks to uncover the experiences of Indonesian mothers as they navigate the challenges of supporting their children's education. To achieve this, a total of eight participants, all of whom are highly educated with advanced degrees, were recruited from various university settings. This study aims to analyze and reflect on the experiences…

Nowadays, media platforms are a catalyst for sculpturing a society's mindset. Especially within a societal context characterized by skepticism towards the culture of human rights, the proliferation of misinformation has exerted a detrimental impact on public sentiment, thereby amplifying skepticism towards the culture of human rights. The…

In response to calls for more individualized research on international student mobility (ISM), this article reports on a hermeneutic phenomenological study into the lived experience of two participants, one from Inner Mongolia, China and one from Ecuador, who migrated internationally for higher education. Within a constructivist epistemological…

LGBTQ+ students from diverse ethnic backgrounds studying in higher education institutions (HEI) continue to face high levels of marginalisation due to the intersections of their identities. These students have distinct needs and require specialised support that are currently not being met. This scoping review aims to consolidates literature of…

Many students come to higher education with a history of trauma. College life may also expose students to traumatizing events. While the past decade has witnessed greater discussion of trauma-informed frameworks, it has not regularly been applied to the college environment. We advance the concept of a trauma-informed campus, where administrators,…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the globe shifted to emergency remote instruction. This mixed methods study explored gifted education teachers' experiences and perspectives regarding remote instruction during the first year of the pandemic. Technology training, preparation in gifted education pedagogy, and teachers' perceptions of…

Background: Drawing on the family stress model (Conger and Donnellan in Ann Rev Psychol 58:175-199, 2007. https://doi-org.bibliotheek.ehb.be/10.1146/annurev.psych.58.110405.085551), parenting programs typically support caregivers' nurturing and cognitively stimulating practices to mitigate the effects of poverty on child development, with small-to-moderate…

This study examined demographic information for current music education faculty (N = 136), the factors that seem to influence music education faculty members' levels of job satisfaction and primary stressors, also by institution type. Simultaneous multiple regression revealed that academic autonomy, collegial support, sleep, parental…

Purpose: Many environmental problems are due to the unfavorable environmental intentions and cultural-behavioral weaknesses in the relationship between man and nature. This study aims to adopt an environmental psychological perspective to green intention (GI) and green behavior (GB) of agricultural students; to this end, protection motivation…

Parents play a vital role in shaping the ways young children understand the world around them. This paper reports on how the Community Mathematics Project (CMP)--a mathematics tutoring program for parents of diverse young children--affected the ways parents engaged in mathematical sensemaking while using virtual manipulatives and questioning to…

This study aimed to capture collective faculty experiences of adapting to teaching entirely or partially online during the three years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The literature suggests that emergency remote teaching (ERT) was only a temporary stopgap for higher education institutions and faculty to move instruction online early in the pandemic…

This study investigates the predictors of reading proficiency among 15-year-old Romanian students using data from the PISA 2018 assessment. For many years, a significant proportion of students have not met the basic proficiency level in reading, as measured by PISA. Previous research indicates that family background is the strongest predictor of…

This research article investigates the impact of childbearing and horizontal segregation on income disparities among young academics in Hungary. Using a comprehensive, large-scale survey data set on the demographics and working conditions of academics in Hungary, this research highlights the precarious conditions in the Hungarian academic sector.…

We implemented research-based learning (RBL) as an alternative to traditional frontal classroom lectures and laboratory sessions to impart knowledge on the emerging topic of microplastics in soil to students. The RBL module aimed at studying how microplastics (MPs) affect soil processes. We designed low-cost, small-scale and simple experiments for…