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MIT Festival of Learning 2023 keynote speaker Bror Saxberg focused on how well-designed learning environments that use learning engineering can increase learning success, as supported by learning science research and his experiences at LearningForge LLC and Kaplan Inc.

Teachers face a range of exhausting job demands which contribute to burnout. These demands may be particularly acute during the COVID-19 pandemic, with lockdowns forcing rapid shifts to remote teaching. Yet during times of stress and upheaval, personal resources such as teaching self-efficacy and emotion regulation may protect teachers against burnout. Drawing on the Job Demands-Resources Model, this study aimed to examine the roles of self-efficacy (classroom management, student engagement, and...

This study investigated the relationship between perceived worry and self-efficacy, with particular attention to job role in Australian school counsellors working in the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education. Ninety-eight school counsellors (N = 98, M age = 44.97, SD age = 10.89; 92% female) comprised the sample group, stratified across three job roles: Senior Psychologist Education, School Counsellor, and School Counselling in Training. Data collection tools were the Penn State Worry Qu...

Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of two self-designed structured clinical tools on overall self-perceptions of confidence in the assessment, management and communication of acutely unwell residents in nursing and care staff of residential aged care facilities (RACFs). Methods: Quasi-experimental pre-post design using surveys in 22 RACFs in Metropolitan Sydney, Australia. A convenience sample of 254 nursing and care staff were recruited. Two structured tools were d...

Apparently. its not something that he is interested at in this juncture. i will pass the mic to my colleague. i am reminded of the book, the miseducation of the -- where he talks about, when you control the way a man thinks, you dont need to worry about how he acts. we are trying to control the minds of the citizenry, so they dont understand the self efficacy that they can have in true history. i will push back on that across the board and i am sorely disappointed. >> we are almost out of time. ...

Second career preservice teachers’ perceptions about the out-of-field teaching phenomenon might influence career decisions, such as retention and attrition. A target group of 133 second career graduating Master of Teaching students voluntarily participated in this mixed method study which offered findings through analysed open and Likert-scale questions and semi-structured interview data. The pilot offers new information about second career preservice teachers’ perceptions about their possib...

With recent massification policies and reforms, Australia’s widening participation agenda has been instrumental in increasing participation of marginalised students in higher education. This paper considers how a sense of belonging can be instilled in marginalised students, improving retention and success and ultimately widening participation in higher education. It is recognised that one of the most important contributors to student engagement is the educator. Unfortunately, in academia today...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine whether medical tourism can be a frontrunner in terms of post-pandemic recovery for the industry Design/methodology/approach: A mixed-method analysis of 17 interviews and 210 questionnaires involving medical tourists to Iran was applied. Findings: Medical tourists perceived the risks posed by COVID-19 as a temporal one, and attitudes toward post pandemic visitation intentions remained strong. In addition, these tourists can mostly be classified into responsive...

Aims: To describe a nurse-led multicentre randomized controlled trial protocol developed to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a Chinese iSupport for Dementia program in Australia and Greater China including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Design: A multicentre randomized controlled trial following the SPIRIT checklist. Methods: Participants in the study will be recruited from Australia and Greater China and will be randomly assigned to the intervention group or th...

Children have suffered enormously during the past two years of the coronavirus pandemic. Even worse, they often don’t even understand what’s going on around them, making it all the more important for adults to explain things to them.