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Anne-Line Bjerknes; Terese Wilhelmsen; Emilie Foyn-Bruun – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2024
Disagreement exists about how to best spark young children's motivation to learn natural science. Both curiosity and wonder are considered important motivational factors for learning during early childhood (0-8 years). This systematic literature review explores research about scientific curiosity and wonder in early childhood education and care…
Descriptors: Natural Sciences, Young Children, Student Motivation, Personality Traits
Andrea Ritoša; Lena Almqvist; Henrik Danielsson; Mats Granlund – Early Education and Development, 2024
"Research Findings:" This study examined the engagement of 494 preschool children in Sweden (M = 53.44 months, SD = 10.64) using both teacher questionnaires to measure global engagement (trait) and observations to measure momentary engagement (state). Using a person-oriented approach with cluster analysis, we identified five distinct…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Learner Engagement, Early Childhood Education, Personality Traits
Streckert, Nico; Kurtz, Lara; Kajonius, Petri J. – International Journal of Testing, 2023
The Dark Factor of Personality (D) measures the latent core of antagonistic traits. The present study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the full (D70) and the brief (D16) versions, concerning structural validity, item information, and convergent validity. An online sample (N = 294) was analyzed using CFA (Maximum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality, Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics
Daniel Eriksson Sörman; Elisabeth Åström; Mikael Ahlström; Rolf Adolfsson; Jessica Körning Ljungberg – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2024
Today, adult individuals must be able to continuously learn and adapt to the rapid changes occurring in society. However, little is known about the individual characteristics, particularly personality traits, that make adults more likely to engage in learning activities. Moreover, few studies have longitudinally and objectively investigated the…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Learner Engagement, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning
Students' Emotions during Distance Education: The Role of Personality Factors and Sense of Coherence
Lajunen, Timo; Gaygisiz, Esma; Wang, Wei – SAGE Open, 2023
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Swedish universities had to shift from face-to-face teaching to internet-based distant learning (DL). DL differs from classroom teaching and may have a negative impact on students' emotions while studying. Students' experiences related to DL may reflect their personality, resilience, that is, Sense of Coherence (SOC),…
Descriptors: Distance Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Personality Traits
Use of Music for Mood Regulation in Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities: A Case Control Study
Lundqvist, Lars-Olov; Korošec, Kaja – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
Functions connected to mood and emotion regulation are often reported as the most frequent and important functions of music, particularly during adolescence. However, less is known on how adolescents with intellectual disabilities (ID) use music for emotion regulation. The aim of this study was therefore to explore how adolescents with…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Self Control, Music Therapy, Adolescents
Sue Soan; Anne Lindblom; Katja Dindar; Eija Kärnä; Mark T. Carew – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This paper presents quantitative and qualitative findings from an interdisciplinary research project exploring student teachers' positive perceptions of people on the autism spectrum. The set of findings reported in this paper asked 704 student teachers from one university in England (n = 191), Finland (n = 251) and Sweden (n = 262) to write down…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Student Attitudes, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Hakelind, Camilla; Steinvall, Anders; Deutschmann, Mats – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2022
This qualitative study introduces a pedagogic design which addresses the challenging task of teaching and learning self-awareness and critical reflection in the teaching of psychology. The context of the study was a course in personality psychology for first year students, and the topic of interest was how the perception of personality is affected…
Descriptors: Psychology, Teaching Methods, Personality Traits, Sex Stereotypes
Ollfors, Marianne; Andersson, Sven Ingmar – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
The influence of personality factors, school achievement goals, academic efficacy, and stressload of serious problems on final grades was studied by giving a questionnaire, The Perceived Stress and Control Assessment Scale, to 915 Swedish high school students. A new measure, Stressload Index, was created by extending the Control-Stress Index.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personality Traits, Goal Orientation, Stress Variables
Eliasson, Eva; Teräs, Marianne; Osman, Ali – Journal of Education and Work, 2022
This article focuses on 'successful migrants', who have succeeded in gaining employment in Sweden in their previous vocational area. The aim is to describe factors on various levels -- individual, organisational and national -- that have facilitated migrants' way back to work as well as their inclusion at workplaces. Twenty migrants and five…
Descriptors: Migrants, Reentry Workers, Foreign Countries, Employment Potential
Larsson, Jonna; Williams, Pia; Zetterqvist, Ann – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Formal ethical issues for conducting research are highlighted in national and international guidelines. Even if such strategies are grounded in democratic and rights-based values, their implementation may produce challenges. This article foregrounds dilemmas that were derived from fieldwork conducted in preschool settings with children aged one to…
Descriptors: Ethics, Educational Research, Preschool Children, Educational Environment
Nordin-Bates, Sanna M.; Kuylser, Sofia – Journal of Dance Education, 2021
This study provides the first in-depth investigation of how perfectionism is experienced in high-level dance. Seventy-seven students (M age = 15.52, SD = 2.30) completed a perfectionism questionnaire. Next, dancers with the highest and lowest levels of perfectionistic strivings (PS) and perfectionistic concerns (PC) were recruited for interview…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, High Achievement, Achievement Need, Dance Education
Alexina Thorén Williams; Maria Svensson; Dawn Sanders – Design and Technology Education, 2024
The study aims at professional development directed towards finding new pathways in education for and in sustainable development. In this study, we consider how primary teachers from two schools in Gothenburg, Sweden, experience the forest and the urban area as potential learning environments. This study focuses on teachers' perceptions…
Descriptors: Reflection, Teacher Attitudes, Forestry, Urban Areas
Sundberg, Bodil; Andersson, Magdalena – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2023
Learning about evolution can be challenging for students, as a full understanding may require them to see the world in new ways, to master a disciplinary language and to understand complex processes. Drawing on a long line of theoretically grounded arguments of philosophers and researchers for including wonder in science teaching, we report on the…
Descriptors: Evolution, Science Education, Student Interests, Scientific Concepts
Wenqian Xu; Lotta Aavikko; Eija Kärnä; Honglin Chen; Muzawir Arief; Andreas Motel-Klingebiel; Ning An – Educational Gerontology, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation of Higher Education, necessitating a rapid shift from in-person to remote teaching and learning. This study investigates the experiences of doctoral students in an online Sino-Nordic summer school on aging, implemented during the pandemic. A survey was conducted to collect and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Students