Month: September 2023
Gender Differences Across Lifecourse Socio-Economic Position and Cognition in Late Life Among Older Adults in India
Objective: To examine the sex differences in the association between socioeconomic position (SEP) over the life course and cognitive function in later life. Two alternative models were assessed: the “direct effect model” where temporarily distinct measures of SEP have only direct effect on older adult’s cognition and the “indirect effects model” where the effect of …
Using Dramatic Arts and Storytelling in Creating Effective Learning Outcome
The outcome of effective teaching and learning is when the learners can apply, analyze, evaluate, or create something new from the knowledge they receive. Failed learning is when the gained knowledge cannot be transformed but remains just information that later is lost from the learners’ minds and understanding. For learners, to be engaged many times …
The Impact of Internal Urban-to-Rural Migration and Its Limits: A Case Study on Japan and South Korea
This study asks how the governmental promotion of urban-to-rural internal migration in Japan and South Korea has impacted on agricultural labor shortage and rural communities in the two countries. For decades, the Western developed countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom have introduced international immigrants to secure their workforces in agricultural sector …
The Value of Internships for Students’ Psychological Needs
Internships are commonly used in degree programmes to expose students to the real-world applications of theories and to nurture students for their future careers. However, there is a current research gap about students’ perceptions regarding the value of internships, particularly the fulfillment of their psychological needs. It was found that meeting students’ psychological needs during …
Prevalence of Prolonged Grief Disorder Adult Bereavement in East Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Death is an inevitable and natural part of life, however, the emotional state of grief and pain after the passing of a family is devastating. While many recover over time, a minority experiences clinical dysfunction following a loss. Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is a newly added diagnostic criterion in the DSM-5-TR to classify those who …
An Investigation on the Similarities and Differences in Conducting Project-Based Learning in Pure Online and Face-to-Face Class Environments at UTAS-Nizwa
Following a prolonged stretch of worldwide online classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent return to a face-to-face setting when everything normalized, the authors had the opportunity to conduct phenomenological observations on a project-based approach to learning. This was done while different cohorts of IT students undergo this approach when classes are done …
The Effectiveness of Self-Regulated Learning via Infographics on the Topic of the Traditional Chinese Artisan Tools: A Case Study of Sichuan Vocational College of Health and Rehabilitation, Republic of China
The objectives of this study were to: 1) compare learning achievement after using infographics of traditional Chinese artisan’s tools, 2) study the effectiveness after using infographics of traditional Chinese artisan’s tools, and 3) explore student’s satisfaction after using infographics of traditional Chinese artisan’s tools. The population of this study were 30 students from Sichuan Health …
A Study of Literary Characters Who Knew How to Dress Up
Fashion and Literature are two primarily different mediums though they do intersect each other and deviate in their own historic and contemporary times. Fashion in fiction is explanatory, illuminating, symbolic and full of visualization. Some of the best scenes in the literature are braced with fashion. It is assumed that fashion is only about clothing …
Occupational Wellbeing in the Post-pandemic Era: Employee Insights and Experiences from a Higher Education Institution in Oman
Background: Globally, COVID-19 posed multifaceted challenges to the educational system and employees were driven into completely unfamiliar territory. As the scenario in higher education returns to normalcy, it is beneficial to retrospectively reflect on the experiences and challenges during the pandemic. It is also vital to assess any residual impact that may influence employee wellbeing …
Artificial Intelligence-Enabled in Clothing Supply Chains: Research Context and Motivation Perspectives
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to drive technological advancements today, it profoundly influences economic and social development. Publication of research on AI integrated with multiple disciplines, such as creative computing, art, innovation management, finance, etc., reveals the boost of academic attention. In this context, research on AI in the fashion industry provides insights for industrial …
The Uncanny in the Film Score of The Truman Show
‘The Uncanny’ as an artistic concept has rarely been visited as a topic of musicological research. This paper will postulate an artistic and musical definition of ‘the uncanny’, firstly by exploring it in relation to its German delineation ‘The Unheimlich’ through Nineteenth Century art, music and psychoanalysis. Secondly, by engaging with modern definitions of ‘the …
Age Limit for Teachers’ Recruitment in Moroccan Public Schools: Investigation of Teachers and Student Teachers’ Perspectives About the Policy
In November 2021, the Moroccan government launched a new educational policy restricting the age for teachers’ recruitment in Moroccan public schools, bringing the age down to 30, which caused a lot of controversy and disagreements among Moroccan student teachers. The aim of this study was to investigate teachers from Moroccan public primary and secondary schools, …
Virtual Archive as New Materiality: Application of Virtual Reality on Digital Art Collection
“New Materialism” is a philosophical concept that has gained prominence in recent years. It represents a shift in philosophical thinking that challenges traditional dualisms and emphasizes the agency and significance of material entities and processes. Here are some key aspects and concepts associated with New Materialism. Moreover, new materialism has been used to explore how …
The Knot: Other Possibilities in Moebius’ World
This presentation will highlight the multiple possibilities described in the film Moebius and how they impact the lives of Argentines who lived in the midst of convulsive social changes, the dictatorship regime, disappearances, famine, and especially the brain drain suffered by the country when many decided to escape from the knot of reality that makes …
A Comparative Study of the Sensitivity of Evaluation Tools for Pragmatic Deficits in Individuals With ADHD
Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) face various specific challenges, including difficulties with figurative comprehension. Among the most prevalent issues are significant pragmatic and social difficulties, which usually lead to functional impairments. ADHD is one of the most frequently diagnosed disorders in children, yet in many cases the diagnosis is not made until adulthood …
Students’ Expectations and Perceptions of Service Quality: An Analysis
This descriptive quantitative study explores the expectations and perceptions of students from Antipolo City regarding the quality of service they receive from their college. The 804 student respondents enrolled in the seven (7) degree programs are described in terms of sex, age, and their degree programs. An online survey was conducted using a modified SERVQUAL …
Enhancing Global Citizenship Education in Japan’s K-12 Curriculum: Exploring Lessons and Opportunities for Growth
This study explores the efficacy of K-12 Global Citizenship Education (GCE) in Japan, evaluating its impact on personal empowerment and elucidating the challenges and prospects associated with the GCE curriculum. Aligned with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) framework, which envisions GCE as a means to instill respect for human rights, social …
Thriving Through Transitioning: Unravelling the Interplay of Transitional Challenges, Well-Being, Help-Seeking Barriers, and Adjustments into University
First-year students confront an array of challenges when entering university. However, little is known about how they adjust themselves to adapt and work through a multitude of challenges in the transitioning phase. This study delved into the status quo of and relationships among transitional challenges, well-being, help-seeking, and students’ adjustments to university. Whether the relationships …
Interactive Multimedia Learning: An Instructional Technology Innovation to Improve Elementary School Students’ Understanding
This research aimed to 1) develop interactive multimedia learning to improve elementary school students’ understanding of The Solar System materials, 2) reveal the feasibility of the developed interactive multimedia learning, 3) reveal the effectiveness of the developed interactive multimedia learning in improving elementary school students’ understanding in The Solar System materials. This research and development …
The Role of Educators in Supporting Children of High-Demand Religious Group Believers
“High-demand religions” are religious groups that strongly emphasize leadership and reinforce strict behavioral codes (Myers, 2017). The children of high-demand religious group believers are called “second-generation”, or “SG” (Goldberg, 2017). As a review study concerning the therapeutic issues of families involved in these groups suggests, SG children tend to experience abuse (Whitsett et al., 2017). …
Adoptee Ancestry Searches: The Intersubjective Space of Self-Integration
The adoptee’s ancestry search can function as a dynamic intersubjective space that is vital to self-integration in the psychoanalytic sense. The guiding theoretical question of this paper is: How can contemporary intersubjective psychoanalytic theories describe this intersubjective space? Intersubjective psychoanalytic theory has its roots in philosophical hermeneutics and phenomenology. A case of adoptee ancestry search …
Learning Empathy in Non-design Disciplines
Empathy is a crucial element of design thinking. Today, an increasing number of students from non-design backgrounds are being introduced to the principles of design thinking. However, due to their diverse training backgrounds, these students often encounter challenges, particularly in understanding empathy. Few empirical studies have explored the learning experiences of non-design discipline students regarding …
Insights on Innovation in Education: A TPACK Experience in Continuing Teacher Education in Southern Brazil
Pedagogical practices at different levels of education, especially in basic education, demand proposals capable of developing autonomy and innovation skills. Considering the Latin-American scenario, especially in Brazil, the (post) pandemic context has contributed for information and communication technologies to move from supporting to protagonists in the pedagogical process, with their limitations and potential being the …
The Impact of Work as an Indonesian Worker Abroad on Changes in the Function of Parents and Children’s Education
This research aims to find out how children develop who are left behind by parents who work abroad in Pringgarata Village, Pringgarata District, Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. This research uses a qualitative descriptive method involving observation, interviews and documentation. This research uses a case approach to study the influence of parents working …
Japanese as a Lingua Franca: Exploring Communication Dynamics and Pedagogical Insights for L1 Speakers
Lingua franca (LF) communication research is critical to addressing the challenges and opportunities posed by our increasingly interconnected and linguistically diverse world. English is at the forefront of LF scenarios owing to its global prevalence and international significance. In contrast, Japanese as a lingua franca (JLF) has a different dynamic, unfolding primarily within specific communities …
The Migration of Lolita From High-Brow Literature to Pop Music: An Overview
Considered nowadays to be one of the best novels of the 20th Century, Lolita has become firmly established in the literary canon. Futhermore, its main character has become an icon in mass culture. However, by making her a teenage temptress with an out-of-control sexuality, mass culture has distorted the point of the novel. Film versions …
Middle School Pupils’ Attitudes Toward the Climate Crisis
One of the greatest challenges humanity is facing during the upcoming years is the effects of climate change on our world. The education system understands that the issue of the climate crisis must be included as a part of scientific literacy. The climate science literacy explains the connection between different climate systems and the way …
Unlocking Metacognitive Potential: A Journey Through the Minds of Androgynous High School Students in Statistical Problem Solving
Metacognitive activities are essential to academic achievement and cognitive development during adolescence. This study aims to investigate the metacognitive activities of androgynous students in solving statistics problems. To deeply uncover the complex interaction between androgynous identity and metacognitive strategies, a qualitative approach with semi-structured in-depth interviews based on a statistics problem-solving task adopted from the …
Development “Tangram Sultan” as Medium for Presenting Angle and Side of a Two-Dimensional Figure in Elementary School
Children naturally learn through play, which has been shown to be age-appropriate and a useful learning strategy. The goal of this research is to create media that will help elementary school pupils understand geometry through games. Tangram Sultan is the name of the produced medium that blend folkstory and mathematics games. The Tangram Sultan is …
University Student Perception Regarding the Poster Tour Method
The following research is descriptive in nature and the proposed objective is to show the student’s perception of the application of the poster tour method during the school semester. To obtain the sample we used the non-probabilistic sampling technique by convenience, this leads us to define a sample composed of 20 students who make up …
Factors Influencing Student Well-Being During the COVID–19 Pandemic and Lessons Learnt to Take Forward: Experience from an HEI in Oman
Introduction: The unexpected onset of COVID-19 posed unprecedented challenges to the education system worldwide. The higher education institutions (HEIs) were pushed into unfamiliar territory, and perhaps the sector affected the most is wellbeing. Previous studies have indicated that the well-being of students is lowered when they enter the university, requiring support even under normal circumstances. …
Self-Actualization Through Personality Psychology and Goal Setting
Higher education is a mechanism through which academic success, worldly knowledge, and career preparation are prioritized. However, there is a significant void in the area of personal discovery and fulfillment, or, self-actualization. It could be argued that the primary purpose of a college or university should be to help students realize their unique capabilities. In …
Cultivating Preservice Teachers’ Professional Vision About Multilingual Students Through Video Analysis
Teacher professional vision is comprised of three skills: perception of relevant classroom events that influence student learning, interpretation of how incidents connect to pedagogical theory, and the decision-making that the teacher will undertake to anticipate student response to learning or proposing alternatives to observed activities to maximize student learning (Gippert et al., 2022). Previous research …
A Portrait of Digital Literacy of Elementary School Students in Coastal Areas
Digital literacy theory has entered the school curriculum in various forms, both as standalone subjects and across the curriculum. Digital literacy become an essential learning objective in many school systems worldwide because the Internet is now a necessary part of children’s daily lives. The school’s geographical location has influenced the development of digital literacy in …
Critique of Francis Fukuyama’s Views on State Formation in Africa
This paper is a critique of Francis Fukuyama’s views on, essentially, the crisis of development in Africa which he associates with the weakness of state institutions in African countries. In analysing the underlying causes of weak state institutions in Africa, Fukuyama examines institutional development in the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial Africa. But his approach is …
Transmedia Adaptation: A Content Analysis of Audience’s Perception of Chinese Intellectual Property TV Series—“The Bad Kids” on the Douban.com
This research paper aims to explore the audience’s perception of the “transmedia adaptation” of the Chinese intellectual property (IP) TV series “The Bad Kids” on the popular Chinese social media platform, Douban.com. The study utilizes a quantitative content analysis approach to examine audience comments and sentiments regarding the adaptation. The research question focuses on how …
Community College Instrumental Faculty Using Technology to Engage Remote Learners During a Pandemic
Instrumental faculty include music instructors and directors focusing on teaching specific instrumentation, often in ensemble or orchestra settings. During the pandemic, community college instrumental faculty relied heavily on technology to engage remote learners. Research regarding their experiences currently exists, and a better understanding of what transpired will inform both pitfalls and best practices for using …
The Establishment of an Asynchronous E-learning Course in Higher Education – Challenges and Guidance to Overcome Them
After the Corona period, the use of asynchronous e-learning settings has increased in higher education, including the Bachelor’s degree program in Business Information Technology (BIT) at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW). In autumn 2022 an asynchronous e-learning course was introduced for a compulsory finance module in the aforementioned program. The comparison of …
Effectiveness of EMDR – IGTP in Reducing Distress and Promoting Well-being Amongst Uniformed Reserves During the Enhanced Community Quarantine
The Philippine Society was appalled with the massive disruption and threat of Covid when it was announced to have local transmission on March 8, 2020. As a response of the government, uniformed personnel was deployed in order to help in various communities. This study investigates the effects of the EMDR Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (EMDR-IGTP) …
Intercultural Teaching in EFL Secondary School Contexts: Indonesian Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices
The intercultural approach to fostering intercultural communication in classrooms has been a vital concern in the realm of English language instruction. However, acknowledging the interactive nature of culture and effectively conveying it to students can be a challenging task. In specific instances, impediments related to intercultural communication hinder the capacity of educators and learners to …
Determinants of Learning Amongst 21st Century ESL Learners
This study focuses on determinants of learning amongst 21st century English as a second language (ESL) learners at Wenzhou-Kean University. Although it is an undoubted fact that the persistent change in learning experiences has contributed to the changing of learning determinants of 21st century ESL learners, the actual determinants have not been explored and defined. …
Optimizing Early Childhood Adversity: The Impact of Play-Based Learning and Counselor Competence in Indonesia
Early childhood adversity in Indonesia is an intriguing topic for research. Based on initial interviews with teachers and school counselors for early childhood education, it was discovered that many children had decreased adversity ability, as evidenced by their lack of confidence and their fear of trying again after failing while playing. Due to the continued …
Household Reading Site: Improving Children’s Reading Interest and Access in Rural China
The Household Reading Site (HRS) project aims to increase reading access and improve literacy among rural children by placing shelves of books in selected rural families and establishing neighborhood reading centers in Chinese villages. The HRS project seeks to tackle an increasingly dire social problem that accompanies China’s rapid urbanization – the crisis of “left-behind” …
Preserving Academic Integrity in the Age of AI
Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools into academic writing has the potential to revolutionize the process of composing academic works. As these tools become more prevalent, concerns about academic integrity arise, prompting the need to explore strategies that uphold ethical standards and academic norms. This qualitative study aims to investigate the use of AI tools in …
Proposed Solutions to Reading Loss Faced by Arabic Language Teachers During COVID-19 in the UAE
Research shows that the sudden transition to emergency remote teaching has negatively impacted students’ reading abilities, particularly in the Arabic language. To understand the specific challenges faced by Arabic language teachers in the UAE, a survey was conducted involving Arabic language teachers. The survey aimed to explore the quality of teaching, student-teacher interaction, learning outcomes, …
1975-2024: Five Decades of Overseas V-Pop
The end of the Vietnam War in 1975 opened a new chapter in the history of the country. The 30 of April, 1975 is a day of many meanings: to the majority Vietnamese, it is an unforgettable day for the people to return to peace and rebuild the country after 21 years of civil war …
The Characteristics and Essence of Multiculturalism in Greater Khingan Mountains
Greater Khingan Mountains region is a relatively independent geographical area, which can be regarded as a cultural region. There are many ethnic groups such as Han, Mongol, Daur, Ewenki, Oroqen, Manchu, etc. distributed in the region. These ethnic cultures interact with specific environments. They not only form a cultural region at the macro scale, but …
Pre-service Teachers’ Perception, Interpretation, and Decision-Making in Mathematics at the Primary Level – Using Video-Vignettes for Research
Teachers’ perception, interpretation, and decision-making skills are considered a prerequisite for appropriate teacher behavior in complex teaching situations. For researching these skills, video-vignettes are recommended as a context-sensitive stimulus. The article presents a study about these skills of pre-service teachers using video-vignettes showing learners dealing with context-related problems. When watching these video-vignettes, the pre-service teachers …
Indonesian Student Graduation Policy: An Analysis of Public and Stakeholder Perceptions as a Social Justice Policies Recommendation for Student
The Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture issued a policy in the form of Circular Letter Number 14 of 2023 concerning Graduation Activities in Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary Education Units. This policy is a response from the Ministry of Education to the issue of injustice for underprivileged students. However, the policy has drawn pros …
Strengthening Magna for Women (RA 9710) via Gender-Responsive Leadership Training for Marginalized Women and Girls in Iligan City, Philippines
This research project in Iligan City, Philippines, aims to establish a gender-responsive leadership program to empower marginalized women, challenge gender stereotypes, and address issues related to violence against women. The program was implemented across seven barangays and involved 190 marginalized women categorized based on their familial roles to assess their leadership qualities. During the training …
Microteaching and Microlearning Strategy to Improve the Quality of Education Through E-learning Platforms
The evolving needs in the labour market seek for modern trends in the world of digital learning. This paper focuses on ‘teaching with technology’ and ‘learning with technology’. It also discusses the effectiveness of microteaching, a qualitative teacher training technique that allows new teaching assistants an opportunity to boost their teaching skills with real-time teaching …
A Study on the Interaction Between Gender Morality and Free Love in Early 20th Century: Centered on Du Cheng Shu & Qu Jiang’s Love Letter
This article attempts to answer the question of “love” and why it has been prohibited from entering the public sphere in Chinese history. This article takes the “Love Letter Incident” as a case study and uses the process tracking method to analyze the love letter incident between Du Chengshu and Qu Jiang. In this event, …
Lost and Found: The Connection Between Education Level and First Language Attrition
Language attrition is a complex phenomenon that can be explained as a loss of fluency in one’s mother tongue due to a variety of factors. So far, research on the process of language attrition has predominantly been conducted on internal and external emigrants. Nevertheless, native language attrition has also been observed in international schools where …
Motivation to Continue Higher Education: Turning LPDP Scholarship Awardees’ Views Into Multi-item Education Policy Recommendations
This study investigates the psycho-social dimensions of motivation among LPDP scholarship recipients in Indonesia, aiming to identify key factors influencing their decision to pursue higher education and provide insights for education policymakers. A mixed-methods approach was employed, including surveys and qualitative interviews with 143 LPDP scholarship recipients. Factor analysis was used to identify factors influencing …
No Time for Self: An Investigation of Time Poverty in Different Work Structures
The availability of time is similar for everyone, except its value varies in different work structures, which affects the time use pattern of people differently. Around the World, time poverty is a widespread phenomenon that affects a large segment of people in every corner of the society, mostly; it is much visualized among the employees …
A Quantitative Study of Middle School Students’ Perception of the Impact of Parent Involvement on Academic Intrinsic Motivation
Motivation plays a crucial role in student’s academic growth and research shows that students who are intrinsically motivated tend to achieve higher academic growth (Mendoza, 2012). Self determination theory (Gagne & Deci, 2005) proposes a continuum that shows the connection of intrinsic motivation with extrinsic motivation. Studies show that parental involvement is one of the …
Ensuring Authentic Assessments in Higher Education – Comparing AI-Generated Responses to Case Study-Based Assessment Questions
The launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022 sent ripples across higher education, particularly in attempts to detect its use by students using it to complete assignments. This paper involved a simple experiment that compared responses generated by artificial intelligence (AI) tools, namely ChatGPT and Google Gemini, in response to a case study-based Social Work …
Why Do We Use Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine Practices? The Role of Personality Traits and Thinking Dispositions
The use of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TCAM) practices is growing worldwide. To understand the reasons behind this trend, we explored basic psychological variables such as personality traits and thinking dispositions as predictors of TCAM use. A sample representative of the Serbian adult population (N = 1003; 57.6% female; age range: 18-75) completed: 1) …
Contextualising the Principles, Policies and Practices Needed to Implement Education for Sustainable Development Into HEIs in Myanmar
Education for sustainable development (ESD) is an important feature of the Sustainable Development Goals, being explicitly mentioned as part of SDG4 dealing with education. While ESD needs to be embedded in all levels and types of education, its conceptualisation and implementation has been particularly driven by academics and the higher education institutions (HEIs) they work …
Good Methods Could Predict the Future: We Discussed the Teaching Methods of Rural Teachers in Taiwan
Due to the lack of educational resources, students in remote areas needed to turn their lives around through school education. The purpose of this study was to investigate the teaching methods used by Taiwanese teachers in remote areas to enhance students’ learning motivation. In this study, we used document analysis to compile the teaching methods …
Prevalence of Dyslexia Involving Different Levels of Grapho-Phonemic Correspondence in Romance Languages
This study aims to relate dyslexia prevalence with different levels of grapho-phonemic correspondence in Romance languages. Thus, we propose to understand dyslexia through linguistic analysis based on the grapho-phonemic structure of languages, rather than strictly retating it to the neurobiological aspect of those individuals with this learning disorder, which is frequently associated with dyslexia. The …
Analyzing the Implementation of Anti-corruption Education Curriculum Guidelines in Basic Education Institutions in Thailand
The article aims to 1. Analyzing the anti-corruption education curriculum in line with the National Strategy for Corruption Prevention and Eradication, Phase 3 (2017-2021). 2. Synthesizing the implementation of anti-corruption education curriculum in basic education institutions. The research methodology involves a combination of document analysis and in-depth interviews. Research has found that there are six …
Digital Technologies in Pre-school Education in the Czech Republic and Norway
This paper presents the results of a research project that aims to interpret the differences or similarities of pre-school education (PE) in the Czech Republic and Norway. Using Bereday’s methodological comparative model, this study specifically focuses on a comparison of the anchoring of the importance of digital technologies in the Czech The Framework Educational Programme …
Preventing the Digital Gap in Czech Schools
A consequence of the digital gap is widening inequality in access to education. At the level of the individual pupil, this can lead to exclusion, which can result in lower chances of success in education and thus lower employability in the labour market and in life. For these reasons, the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth …
Understanding the Dynamics of Online Hatred and Mental Health Issues Among Adolescents: Exploring Factors, Impacts, and Alternative Strategies
The phenomenon of hatred is a crucial problem in the digital era, particularly among adolescents. However, it remains unclear what motivates them to become more involved and how hatred impacts their mental health. This study aims to investigate phenomena associated with the causes and effects of online hatred among adolescents, as well as appropriate intervention …
Caring in Crisis: Unveiling Compassion Fatigue Among Indonesian School Counselors
The large number of traumatic problems in adolescents and the shortage of school counsellors cause school counsellors to have a heavier workload. Compassion fatigue occurs when a counsellor is unable to consistently demonstrate empathy, compassion and care to clients. This is due to the fact that constant contact with clients undergoing intense emotional experiences is …
Evaluation of a Brief Sexuality Education in a Nursing School in Hong Kong
Although sexual health is an important element of holistic health, healthcare professionals feel embarrassed and are not willing to address sexual concerns of patients. Poor knowledge and conservative attitudes regarding sexuality are two major obstacles to providing sexual healthcare. This study organized a 9-hour brief sexuality education program in a nursing school in Hong Kong …
Exploring Motherhood: A Multisensory Portrait of Complexity, Chaos, and Intertwining Experiences in Contemporary Daily Life
The project seeks to explore the complex nature of motherhood by curating and showcasing a range of diverse encounters, connections, and sentiments presented as individual multisensory portrayals. The research intends to establish an anthology of personal encounters by distinct caregivers to uncover motherhood’s intricate and interwoven facets in modern daily existence. This project features personal …
Queering Asian-American Masculinities in David Henry Hwang’s “M. Butterfly” and Ocean Vuong’s “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous”
Asian-American masculinity has been a critical topic in cross-cultural studies as well as gender studies. Previous studies have relied on the historical context to examine the Asian-American masculinities in contemporary literature. However, not much attention has been given to the transformation of queering Asian masculinity in contemporary literature. By analysing David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly …
Coaching Future Innovative Leaders Across Disciplines
This study’s focus was how to coach and mentor students, faculty, leaders, and administrators using three different Leadership Coaching models (FUEL, GROW and Transformational Leadership Model. Each Model will be discussed in terms of their use, effectiveness, challenges, and weaknesses. Specific highlights will be presented from an ongoing 4-year study of Doctor of Education (EdD) …
Learning Food Safety and Other STEM Topics: A Review
Scholars have long used problem-based learning along with other pedagogical approaches that immerse learners in the content to foster an understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering, and, Mathematics (STEM) subjects. However, little has been written about learning food safety as a food science topic. This paper uses a narrative review to understand the ways in which …
Linguistics for Intercultural Competence in the Classroom
We argue that adopting a linguistically oriented pedagogical approach following Aygen (2021,2022 a, b,2023, and in progress) in the classroom contributes to fending off linguistic discrimination and provide empirical evidence that a linguistic path to eliminating cultural discrimination also helps improves intercultural competence. The effect of this linguistic approach as a systematic incorporation of intercultural …
The Art of Observation and Documentation of Children’s Play
How might we use data to make children’s learning through play visible? Noticing and valuing the ideas, thinking, theories, questions and feelings of our youngest learners involves the process of observation. Understanding their strengths, interests, needs and challenges also comes from meaningful documentation. At the same time, one of the most difficult aspects of observing …
The Successful Graduate Students’ Research Supervision Pedagogy
To make up the successful graduate students’ supervision, pedagogical practices are presented in this research. Upon reviewing the existing research works in the same research area, together with the tested four hypotheses for this research, the analyzed raw data was collected by a questionnaire that was answered by ninety qualified respondents. Those hypotheses are: (i) …