Examining relationships among work ethic,academic motivation and performance     

John P. Meriac 《教育心理学》2015,35(5):523-540

In this study, work ethic was examined as a predictor of academic motivation and performance. A total of 440 undergraduate students completed measures of work ethic and academic motivation, and reported their cumulative grade point average. Results indicated that several dimensions of work ethic were related to academic motivation and academic performance. Differences between correlations were examined, and work ethic dimensions were more strongly related to hypothesised dimensions of motivation than other dimensions of motivation. In addition, structural equation modelling was used to examine the mediating effect of academic motivation. These findings provide additional evidence for the importance of work ethic in academic settings, as well as important construct-related validity evidence for work ethic. Implications of these study findings, limitations and future directions are discussed.  相似文献   

Mental toughness in education: exploring relationships with attainment,attendance, behaviour and peer relationships     

Helen St Clair-Thompson  Myfanwy Bugler  Jamey Robinson  Peter Clough  Sarah P. McGeown  John Perry 《教育心理学》2015,35(7):886-907

Mental toughness has frequently been associated with successful performance in sport; however, recent research suggests that it may also be related to academic performance in Higher Education. In a series of three exploratory studies, we examined the relationship between mental toughness and different aspects of educational performance in adolescents aged 11–16, focusing on academic attainment, school attendance, classroom behaviour and peer relationships. Study 1 revealed significant associations between several aspects of mental toughness (but particularly control of life) and academic attainment and attendance. Study 2 revealed significant associations between several aspects of mental toughness (but again particularly control of life) and counterproductive classroom behaviour. Finally, Study 3 demonstrated significant associations between aspects of mental toughness (confidence in abilities and interpersonal confidence) and peer relationships. The results are discussed in terms of the potential value of mental toughness as a useful concept in education.  相似文献   

Classroom behaviour and academic achievement: how classroom behaviour categories relate to gender and academic performance     

Elin Borg 《British Journal of Sociology of Education》2015,36(8):1127-1148

Latent profile analysis was used to identify different categories of students having different ‘profiles’ using self-reported classroom behaviour. Four categories of students with unique classroom behaviour profiles were identified among secondary school students in Oslo, Norway (n = 1570). Analyses examined how classroom behaviour categories are related to gender and school performance and whether a dual understanding of gender in school is helpful when trying to explain achievement differences as supposed to classroom behaviour categories. Analyses showed that gender was a better predictor of school achievement than classroom behaviour categories, even though the behaviour categories did contribute to the explanation of variance in students’ academic marks above and beyond gender.  相似文献   

Enlightened paternalism: the prohibition of corporal punishment in Spanish public schools in the nineteenth century     

Carles Sirera Miralles 《History of education》2015,44(2):156-170

In order to analyse the cultural values of Spanish liberalism, this paper describes the prohibition of corporal punishment in secondary education. The evolution of education laws and codes during the nineteenth century reveals great hope and confidence in building up an academic authority based exclusively on the power of reason and capable of ruling an ordered society. However, the study of documents found in the Instituto de Valencia historical archives highlights the difficulty of maintaining discipline as well as managing the political motivations of rebellious students, who demanded more autonomy from the academic authority.  相似文献   

Predicting Day-to-Day Changes in Students’ School-Related Affect From Daily Academic Experiences and Social Interactions     

Ellen Rydell Altermatt 《Journal of Experimental Education》2015,83(2):218-235

This study examined the role that everyday academic successes and failures—and the interactions with family members and peers that follow these events—play in predicting day-to-day changes in children's emotional responses to school. Middle school students (N = 101; mean age = 11.62 years) completed daily assessments of their academic experiences, performance disclosures, perceptions of emotional support, and school-related affect. Data were analyzed using hierarchical linear modeling. Results indicated that students’ daily academic experiences and social interactions varied by both sex and interaction partner, and that students’ daily academic experiences and social interactions were predictive of day-to-day changes in both positive and anxious affect. The implications of these findings for students’ interpersonal relationships and school adjustment are discussed.  相似文献   

‘If there is a job description I don’t think I’ve read one’: a case study of programme leadership in a UK pre-1992 university     

Rafael Mitchell 《Journal of Further & Higher Education》2015,39(5):713-732

This paper reports on an exploratory study of the role of programme leaders (PLs) in a pre-1992 university, based on interviews with PLs (7) and a survey of taught Masters students (54) in a single school. The study elicits PLs’ activities, most of which might be categorised as managerial and administrative, with leadership required intermittently; the preeminent role involves managing programme quality. The study finds that institutional guidelines overlook important aspects of PLs’ work (such as organising enrichment activities and student advocacy) which affect the quality of provision, and the findings challenge the notion that PLs are engaged in a ‘disesteemed’ service.  相似文献   

Academic staff performance and workload in higher education in the UK: the conceptual dichotomy     

Andrew T. Graham 《Journal of Further & Higher Education》2015,39(5):665-679

Higher education in the UK is under increasing pressure to manage the workload of its academic staff in a way that maximises the outputs from teaching and research. The emergence of this trend can be traced back to 1989 and the government legislation that introduced neo-liberal managerialism into the sector mirroring the laissez-faire approach to the economy that was prevalent at the time. This article examines the literature surrounding workload management and staff performance in the sector to try to establish whether the two have been conceptually linked. A desk-based narrative literature review was executed in order to scrutinise the literature and attempt to answer the main question: what does ‘performance’ mean in relation to an academic role and how is this related to an academic’s workload within the post-92 (referring to ex-polytechnics and colleges of higher education granted university title following the Further and Higher Education Act 1992) higher education sector? The results of the review show that the literature is dichotomous both in terms of the two areas being discrete and also in the conceptual stance taken by writers in each area. Whilst there are inferred links between workload management and performance, these have not been explored. The article concludes by outlining what further research is needed on the linkages between workload management and staff performance specifically, using socially-critical methodology.  相似文献   

Academic workload: the silent barrier to the implementation of technology-enhanced learning strategies in higher education     

Mary Sarah-Jane Gregory  Jason Michael Lodge 《Distance Education》2015,36(2):210-230

The effect of technology-enhanced learning (TEL) strategies in higher education has arguably been transformative despite the not-insignificant barriers existing in this context. Throughout the discourse very little attention has been paid to those primarily responsible for this implementation—academic teaching staff. This paper aims to highlight the impact of academic workload allocations, an often silent barrier to the uptake of TEL strategies in higher education. We will discuss the effects of academic identity and culture, preferential time allocation to associative activities, academic technological capacity, university policies and workload and funding models on the uptake, and implementation on TEL in higher education. Our aim is to highlight the risks to staff, students and institutions should these concerns not be addressed and to propose a model for utilisation by all staff responsible for implementing flexible workload models supportive of further implementation of TEL strategies across the sector.  相似文献   

基于PEST模型的当代大学生学业辅导体系构建     

李洁  杨霞 《淮南师范学院学报》2015,(2):128-131

新世纪,发展性学业辅导作为一种全新的学生工作理念,受到了教育界广泛关注。为研究当代大学生"学业辅导"影响因素,在分析发展性学业辅导内涵与特点基础上,引入企业管理领域中PEST模型并加以拓展,形成政治、个人、经济、社会和技术五大类影响因素。据此,从理念和实践层面提出构建发展性学业辅导体系的思路和方法。  相似文献   

PBL模式下非英语专业博士生国际学术交流意识的培养     

冯欣 《淮南师范学院学报》2015,(2):105-109

考察基于问题的学习(PBL)对非英语专业博士生国际学术交流意识的影响。前期对40名博士生导师和2008级60名非英语专业博士生进行的问卷调查结果显示:非英语专业博士生英语应用能力和"可迁移技能"差,缺乏真实的学习环境与教学语料,不利于其培养国际学术交流意识。教学实验前后针对2009级59名学生有关程序性和元认知性知识的问卷数据对比分析发现:PBL教学有助于学生获取这两方面的知识;在对英文摘要与信件写作文本进行双样本T检验分析中未见其在促进学生获得陈述性知识方面具优势。此外,采用Ant Conc软件对2009和2010级共60名接受PBL教学的学生有关课程感受的描述性写作文本进行主题词提取,总体反映出PBL教学对博士生国际学术交流意识的培养具有积极作用。  相似文献