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Hanna-Ritta Kymäläinen; Jokke Häsä; Ilona Södervik – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2023
The first study year at university predicts the progress and quality of later studies. The aim of our study was to explore factors that affect first-year agriculture students. In the end of their first year, 49 students answered a questionnaire measuring self-efficacy, approaches to learning, and study-related burnout. They also reported the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Agricultural Education, Self Efficacy
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Sanni Aalto; Reeta Kankaanpää; Kirsi Peltonen; Ilse Derluyn; Nikolett Szelei; An Verelst; Lucia De Haene; Sofie de Smet; Caroline Spaas; Signe Smith Jervelund; Morten Skovdal; Arnfinn J. Andersen; Per Kristian Hilden; Marianne Opaas; Natalie Durbeej; Fatumo Osman; Anna Sarkadi; Emma Soye; Mervi Vänskä – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2024
Teachers are pivotal in creating safe and efficacious learning environments for ethnic minority students. Research suggests that teachers' multicultural attitudes, self-efficacy, and wellbeing at work may all play important roles in this endeavor. Using survey data on 433 teachers in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the United…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Well Being, Work Attitudes
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Niittylahti, Satu; Annala, Johanna; Mäkinen, Marita – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2023
This study aims to explore how student engagement evolves during vocational education and training. A qualitative longitudinal study was carried out; 12 students were interviewed once a year during their three-year education. A qualitative content analysis was performed and three different student engagement profiles were identified. The findings…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Profiles, Vocational Education, Longitudinal Studies
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Rokala, Ville; Pakarinen, Eija; Eskelä-Haapanen, Sirpa; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2023
The present study investigated bidirectional associations between teachers' sense of inadequacy and self-efficacy and factors related to them across one academic year. Teachers (N = 52) rated their sense of inadequacy and self-efficacy in fall and spring, and reported the number of students in need of support in spring. The results of cross-lagged…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 1
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Hartcher, Karen; Chapman, S.; Morrison, C. – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2023
Teacher wellbeing is important, not least for the role teachers play in supporting students' social, emotional, physical and academic wellbeing. Effective teachers need to remain both physically and mentally healthy. This paper examines how teacher wellbeing is conceptualised through research to identify the influential ecological influences that…
Descriptors: Ecological Factors, Teachers, Well Being, Self Efficacy
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Ranta, Mette; Salmela-Aro, Katariina – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2018
A key developmental task in young adulthood is acquiring financial capability (Serido, Shim, & Tang, 2013), meaning competent financial management skills and the responsibilities that these involve. This study extends previous research on the theoretical model of the development of financial capability, including financial confidence (or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Money Management, Well Being
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Kouhsari, Masoumeh; Chen, Junjun; Baniasad, Shahin – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2023
The current study examines how teachers' professional wellbeing is affected by teacher-level and school-level factors using the TALIS 2018 data. Teacher-level factors consist of teachers' instructional practices and teachers' professional practices and school-level factors include school climate, school leadership styles and workload. The…
Descriptors: Teachers, Well Being, Influences, Administrator Surveys
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De Coninck, David; d'Haenens, Leen – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2023
Previous research on gender differences in young people's digital development has shown that boys and girls differ in frequency and type of internet use, but vital gaps in the literature remain. In recent years, gender is increasingly considered to be a multidimensional concept with a growing number of young people identifying as non-binary (i.e.…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Technological Literacy, LGBTQ People, Internet
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Zubala, Ania; Lyszkiewicz, Kacper; Lee, Elaine; Underwood, Laura L.; Renfrew, Mary J.; Gray, Nicola M. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2019
This rapid systematic review examined the reported effects of large-scale online education on the behaviour and, ultimately, practice of health and social care professionals. Electronic databases of health and education literature were searched, 193 unique records were screened against inclusion and exclusion criteria, 31 papers were accessed for…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Behavior Change, Health Personnel, Social Work
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Ala-Kortesmaa, Sanna; Isotalus, Pekka – International Journal of Listening, 2015
This qualitative cross-cultural study sought to contribute to the understanding of listening competence, dialogic listening, and the use of human agency in promoting well-being at work. The participant groups ("N" = 103) consisted of "n" = 76 U.S.-American and "n" = 27 Finnish attorneys. Results suggest that in order…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Listening Skills, Well Being, Legal Problems
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Nislin, Mari A.; Paananen, Maiju; Repo, Laura; Sajaniemi, Nina; Sims, Margaret – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2015
The aim is to investigate the links between job satisfaction of Finnish early childhood professionals (ECPs) and the appreciation they receive for their work, and how these are associated with their competence to work with children with diverse needs and backgrounds. Data was collected via nationwide online survey for practitioners (n = 885)…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Special Needs Students, Professional Identity, Inservice Teacher Education
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Meriläinen, Matti – Quality in Higher Education, 2014
This study of a large sample (n = 3035) examined relationships between study-related burnout and components of the teaching-learning environment, achievement motivation and the perceived meaning of life. The overall model, tested with structural equation modelling, revealed that the factor of the teaching-learning environment correlated with both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Burnout, Educational Environment, Correlation
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Soini, Tiina; Pyhalto, Kirsi; Pietarinen, Janne – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2010
Teachers' learning and occupational well-being is crucial in attaining educational goals both in the classroom and at the school community level. In this article teachers' occupational well-being that is constructed in teaching-learning processes within the school community is referred to as pedagogical well-being. The article focuses on exploring…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers