Self-Evaluation of Pre-University Teachers, Silvia GOLUBIȚCHI

The evaluation of professional competences and performance of teachers is one of the core activities of human resources management. The evaluation of teachers also contributes to quality assurance in schools. Teachers analyze and evaluate their own performance and their work on a regular basis, select the best results and at the same time contribute to […]

Learning Motivation in High School Students and the Impact of Physical Education on Students’ Academic Performance – a Teachers’ Perspective, Daniel-Dragos Oprescu

Abstract Nowadays high school students have a low level of learning motivation. The aim of this study was to assess the opinion of high school teachers regarding their perception of the level of motivation of high school students, using the questionnaire method. The questionnaire consists of 14 questions, applied to 52 teachers, balanced in terms […]

Vol. 28, No. 1/2024

Causes and Consequences of Divorced Parents in Child Personality Development, Valentina OLĂRESCU, Adriana DICU The Relationship between Emotional Self-Control and Coping Mechanisms -Applications of Neuroscience in Education, Maria Nicoleta MOCANU Marital Infidelity among Married Couples: Roles of Emotional Intelligence and Narcissistic Personality Traits in Makurdi, Benue State, Chinelo Helen OGWUCHE, Kaatyo Isaac TYAV-TERSOO, Caleb ONAH, […]

A New Vision on Evaluation from the Perspective of the Constructivist Approach, Silvia GOLUBIȚCHI

Abstract The constructivist evaluation within the cognitivist training activity is conceived as the relationship between contextual, situational constructivist learning and constructivist teaching, engaged as information/information/training/knowledge, being concerned with the way in which the student processes information and how he builds his own knowledge. Constructivist assessment methods and techniques take into account the fact that within […]

Vol. 27, No. 2/2023

COMPARING (OUT OF) SCHOOL LEARNING IN A STUDENT LABORATORY FOREKNOWLDGE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE, Claas WEGNER, Mario SCHMIEDEBACH Motivation for learning in high school students and the impact of Physical Education on the student`s academic performance – a teacher perspective, Daniel-Dragos Oprescu

Vol. 27, No. 1/ 2023

Stress, Resilience and Propensity to Risky Behaviours among Out-of-School Adolescents in Nigeria, Caleb ONAH Adaptation and Validation of the Melbourne Decision-Making Questionnaire in a Sample of Moroccan Young Adults,Fatima ATTAR, Khadija OUADI An Innovative Approach to the Current Educational Challenges – Game Based Learning in the 21st Century, Balázs TÖRÖK-SZABÓ, Gergely CSÉPÁN, Valéria BUGRIS The […]

Predicting Engagement with School: A Study on Romanian Adolescents, Viorel ROBU, Svetlana RUSNAC, Narcisa Gianina CARANFIL, Diana Alina BUGANU

Abstract Engagement with school is a variable that has generated a growing interest from researchers, practitioners and decision-makers in education in recent decades. A consistent body of studies conducted in different segments of the middle and high school age population in Australia, Canada, East Asia, Europe, USA and other countries supports the protective role that […]

Physiological changes to humor and their correlates with affective states: A preliminary study, Chu WANG, Xu SHAO , Yanli JIA , Timo J. LAJUNEN , Wei WANG

Abstract Background: Humor produces laughter which contributes positively to psychological wellbeing, and the amusement effect is related to the affective state of an individual.  Physiological responses to humor might help to characterize the influence of the affective state. Methods: We invited 25 healthy participants to undergo the Mood Disorder Questionnaire, the Hypomania Checklist-32, and the […]

Reducing Eating Disorders through Experiential Psychotherapy: A Case Study of Anorexia Nervosa, Narcisa Gianina CARANFIL

Abstract Over the last decades, the prevalence of eating disorders has dramatically increased. In the current psychiatric nomenclature of the DSM-5 (APA, 2013), the eating disorders consist of three clearly defined syndromes, i.e. anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. The onset of most clinical cases is in adolescence or young adulthood. Data provided by […]

The Relationship between Emotional Instability and Risk of Alcohol Abuse Among Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Predisposition to Engage in Risky Behavior, Grigore IONAŞCU, Aurelia GLĂVAN, Viorel ROBU

Abstract There is growing evidence that alcohol abuse among adolescents is a major public health concern. Understanding the risk factors associated with adolescent alcohol misuse is crucial for the development of prevention programs. The aim of our study was to examine whether general attitudes toward health risk behaviors (i.e., predisposition to engage in risky behaviors) […]