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Azar, Ali – Educational Research and Reviews, 2010
The purpose of this study was to compare the levels of pre-service and in-service secondary science teachers' self efficacy beliefs relating to science teaching and to analyze the change of these beliefs according to their demographic characteristics such as gender, the graduate school type, teaching experience and major. The study was conducted…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Science Teachers, Teaching Experience, Science Instruction
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Kreth, Quintin; Spirou, Mary Eve; Budenstein, Sarabeth; Melkers, Julia – Computer Science Education, 2019
Background & Context: As graduate programs in computing expand to online environments, existing research is limited in its ability to inform both practical and theoretical understandings of the factors influencing student success. Objective: We explore student perceptions of their learning environment at the understudied intersection of online…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Self Efficacy, Graduate Students, Electronic Learning
UK Department for Education, 2020
Female students are much less likely than their male counterparts to take A levels in certain STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects. This is problematic for gender equality but also limits the country's capacity to address the growing national STEM skills shortage. This research was commissioned to design and test the…
Descriptors: Females, STEM Education, Course Selection (Students), Intervention
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2017, taking place in Budapest, Hungary, from 29 of April to 1 of May, 2017. Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Anxiety, Cognitive Restructuring, Outcomes of Treatment
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Gilligan, Therese; Lovett, Judy; McLoughlin, Eilish; Murphy, Clíona; Finlayson, Odilla; Corriveau, Kathleen; McNally, Sinéad – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2020
Educational policies increasingly emphasise early childhood science engagement. As key influencers in children's early learning, parents (n = 85) attending a science workshop in three urban schools in Ireland were surveyed regarding their attitudes towards science. Seventy per cent of parents believed that science education should begin in the…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Value Judgment, Parent Education
Gerstacker, Matthew D. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Throughout the course of human history, individuals have been forced to face a vast array of stressful situations. Each of these experiences and encounters required adequate management, if not to ensure survival, then to provide education or protection. Simultaneously, human beings were diversifying, establishing groups based on physical and…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Public Colleges, Self Efficacy, Conflict