Abstract The article presents the evaluation of an Israeli training program for in-service support-teachers of students with visual impairments (VI) focused on the social conduct of these children. The program combines interactive sessions of acquiring knowledge, teaching skills and professional tools with a process of empowering the teachers’ perceptions towards promoting the students’ social conduct. […]

Abstract Given research is amid at uncovering the fabrics of relationship among self-esteem, belief in self-mastery and goal commitment among the students. The research takes into account Belief in Personal Mastery (Pearlin and Schooler, 1978), Goal Commitment (Hollenback and Klein, 1987) and Self Esteem (Rosenberg, 1965).  Many psychological factors like self-esteem, belief in personal mastery […]

Abstract Mental health literacy (MHL) is a four-component concept that includes mental health and mental illness knowledge and understanding, information about mental illness treatments, decreased stigma towards mental illness and improved help-seeking efficacy. The MHL intervention programs and MHL measures in the present literature focus on adult populations; MHL measures and interventions for adolescents need […]

Abstract In this paper, we describe the approach to exploring the high potential of primary school gifted children learning science. Several sets of tools were applied, in three stages, to identify children with high potential in the Science Domain to examine their cognitive abilities across five domains: adaptability, complex communication/social skills, non-routine problem-solving skills, self-management/self-development, […]

Abstract College students worldwide share a wide range of cognitive, motivational, and emotional similarities as a need for feeling autonomous, competent, or related to their family and the academic community. However, subjects from different cultural settings could considerably differ in motivation and life satisfaction. For example, Jewish and Arab college students from the State of […]

Abstract Autonomous learning is crucial for students’ academic achievements, however, there lacks a structure-validated questionnaire to measure the optimal time for autonomous learning with different learning contents. Based on the previous investigations, we have designed a matrix of 49 items based on seven learning contents and seven time periods of a day to measure the […]

Abstract The purpose of the present study was to assess the difference on Organizational Role Stress among gender. Organizational Role Stress scale developed by Udai Pareek (1983) was administered on 60 (30 males and 30 females) working professionals aged between 21-60, through purposive sampling techniques. Ten stressors of role stress were assessed using  ORS scale. […]

Implementing Critical Thinking in the Classroom: The Case of Media Literacy – A bird`s Eye-View Perspective on Specialized Literature,Elena BONTA, Raluca GALIȚA <a Adolescent Mental Health Literacy in Romania: A Cross Cultural Adaptation of Mental Health Literacy Measures and Intervention,Alina IONESCU-CORBU, Ion DAFINOIU, Stan KUTCHER <a< Challenges of Teaching and Learning about Science – A […]

Abstract In the project ‘Kleine BegInNa’, a test instrument was developed based on the CHC theory to determine scientific giftedness in preschool. This could lead to individualized support adapted to differing abilities, which may have positive long-term effects on school performance. In this study, the quality (objectivity, reliability, and validity) of a natural scientific giftedness […]

Abstract With the likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 perpetuating itself within human population, reform of educational policies becomes imperative in many nations of the world, especially Nigeria where the experience of the COVID-instilled lockdown has revealed that the existing pedagogic practices at post-primary level of education does not provide for circumstances that could, on emergency, prohibit in-person […]