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Teachers' Sentiment about Physical Appearance of Primary School Students: Associations with Student-Teacher Relationship Quality and Student Popularity among Classroom Peers
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Longobardi, Claudio; Settanni, Michele; Berchiatti, Martina; Mastrokoukou, Sofia; Marengo, Davide – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
Findings indicate that the perception that teachers have of students' appearance may influence the way they look at the students and thus the quality of the relationship they develop with them. Moreover, the relationship that children have with their teacher may influence students' social status among peers. Driven by these considerations, in the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Aesthetics, Teacher Student Relationship, Social Status
Detrimental Educational Practices Deemed as Culturally Acceptable: Adultcentrism and Black Pedagogy in Italian Primary Schools
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Florio, Eleonora; Caso, Letizia; Castelli, Ilaria – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2022
In a complex and systemic view of human development, the educational relationship is conceived as the keystone of development (Pianta, 1999; Pianta, 2001). However, harsh discipline practices may still be culturally rooted, thus affecting children's well-being. Two constructs that may provide useful insights on this topic are Adultcentrism (AD)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Power Structure, Discipline, Educational History
Brothers, Ants or Thieves: Students' Complex Attitudes towards Immigrants and the Role of Socioeconomic Status and Gender in Shaping Them
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Alivernini, Fabio; Cavicchiolo, Elisa; Manganelli, Sara – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
The ever-increasing presence of immigrants in Italian schools make these contexts important for the study of young peoples' attitudes towards those who are new to a country. We analysed the metaphors regarding immigrants produced by a sample of 840 eighth-grade students. The results of a content analysis showed nine complex attitudes referring to…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Student Attitudes
Educational Practices and Peer-Assisted Learning: Analyzing Students' Interactive Dynamics in a Joint Drawing Task
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Tarchi, Christian; Pinto, Giuliana – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2015
Different schools apply different educational approaches, and different learning concepts interpret knowledge in different ways. The two dominant perspectives classify learning as the acquisition of knowledge, or as participation in school practices. In order to support teachers in choosing the educational method that best fits their teaching…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Interaction, Cooperative Learning, Teamwork