International Journal of Educational Research
Volume 50, Number 5
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 9
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A typology of task characteristics and their effects on student engagement
Ian Mitchell & Angela Carbone
The tasks that teachers set have a major effect on how students approach learning, however the nature of this interaction has not been explored comprehensively, nor against current understandings... More
pp. 257-270
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Canadian and Australian pre-service teachers’ use, confidence and success in various behaviour management strategies
Andrea Reupert & Stuart Woodcock
The purpose of this study was twofold; first, to identify Australian and Canadian pre-service teachers’ use, confidence and success in various behaviour management strategies, and second, to... More
pp. 271-281
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Effects of Chinese parental practices on adolescent school outcomes mediated by conformity to parents, self-esteem, and self-efficacy
Yuh-Ling Shen
This study examines how the parental support and control affected school outcomes through conformity to parents, self-esteem, and self-efficacy in adolescence in Mainland China. The sample included... More
pp. 282-290
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Educational concerns of Arabic speaking migrants from Sudan and Iraq to Melbourne: Expectations on migrant parents in Australia
W.J. Sainsbury & A.M.N. Renzaho
Families immigrating to Australia face many challenges integrating into the educational system, including language barriers and interrupted schooling. We have qualitatively evaluated the... More
pp. 291-300
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Building a framework to study the hetero norm in praxis
Mattias Lundin
To improve equality in schools and to facilitate the identification of oppressive features of the classroom, a framework to indicate the heterosexual norm and its consequences is needed. The... More
pp. 301-306
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Teachers’ conceptions of assessment in Chinese contexts: A tripartite model of accountability, improvement, and irrelevance
Gavin T.L. Brown, Sammy K.F. Hui, Flora W.M. Yu & Kerry J. Kennedy
The beliefs teachers have about assessment influence classroom practices and reflect cultural and societal differences. This paper reports the development of a new self-report inventory to examine ... More
pp. 307-320
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Education and economic growth in Pakistan: A cointegration and causality analysis
Muhammad Afzal, Hafeez Ur Rehman, Muhammad Shahid Farooq & Kafeel Sarwar
This study explored the cointegration and causality between education and economic growth in Pakistan by using time series data on real gross domestic product (RGDP), labour force, physical capital... More
pp. 321-335
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Improving EFL majors’ critical reading skills and political awareness: A proposed translation program
Safaa M. Abdel halim
Surveying the existing situation and considering the pilot study conducted by the researcher, it was clear that there is a problem concerning weaknesses in critical reading and translation skills... More
pp. 336-348
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Examining the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the relation between responsibilities and career aspiration of vice-principals
Paula Kwan
This article reports a study designed to examine the mediating effect of vice-principals’ job satisfaction on the relation between their responsibility roles and career aspirations. Based on a Hong... More
pp. 349-361