This special issue of Contemporary Educational Psychology brings together an important collection of examples of how researchers have applied mixed methods research to study questions of interest in ...the field of educational psychology. Collectively, the articles illustrate the unique insights that can be gained when researchers intentionally integrate quantitative and qualitative methods within mixed methods studies. Further, the special issue highlights specific mixed methods strategies that the authors used to achieve and communicate the integration aspects within their studies. The authors’ application of these strategies provides useful models for scholars planning mixed methods studies and scholars reviewing reports of mixed methods studies within educational psychology and beyond.
This monograph presents the findings of a research study that examines the selected current media education problems in lower secondary pupils and their relations to said media, with the emphasis on ...social networks. Specifically, the research focuses on what source of information pupils use the most frequently, whether they verify the veracity of the information, photographs and user profiles on social networks and according to which criteria they decide, whether they are able to recognize, based on real examples, disinformation, hoaxes, false internet profiles and photographs, product placement, sexism in advertisements, surreptitious advertising, media stereotypes, cyberbullying and public service media, whether pupils are affected by influencers they follow on social networks.
The paper describes the concepts of goal and "learning outcomes" and their mutual relations, as well as relations with similar pedagogical concepts. A systematic analysis of taxonomies of teaching ...tasks, goals, and outcomes, formulated by Benjamin Bloom and his associates, is attached. It represents the most commonly used classification of cognitive domains, and the mental and practical abilities of students within each domain (cognitive, affective, and psychomotor). The paper also specifies the importance of Bloom's taxonomy in formulating learning outcomes, as well as in the grading process. The second part of the paper demonstrates the application of Bloom's taxonomy on the example of Thematic teaching (theme day) which was realized in an elementary school first-grade class. Through various activities, oriented toward problem-solving or acquiring new knowledge and skills in a selected topic, the outcomes planned by the teaching and learning program for a particular grade are achieved.
The importance of music for the development of society and the individual has been proved over time in a variety of educational and cultural situations. The cortical representations of musical ...functions (such as melody, harmony, absolute pitch, timbre, rhythm, music memory, and music emotions) offer new perspectives on the implications that musical training has on the development of the brain. Multiple studies have showed that musicians exhibit hyper-development of certain areas of their brains and obtain better results when motor skills, visual tasks and music related processing abilities were tested
Educational behaviours of foster care students are different of their peers staying in the family environment. Material and methods: The research material was obtained thanks to the surveys carried ...out in six provinces: (lubelskie, warmińsko-mazurskie, podlaskie, podkarpackie, świętokrzyskie and mazowieckie). The research consisted of a questionnaire addressed the students staying in educational care centres, as well as a categorized interview addressed coordinators/principals of the surveyed facilities. Results: The research questions concerned having and developing interests of the students, the amount of time devoted to preparation for school activities, the support provided in order to get ready for these classes, and subjects that were difficult for the students. Conclusions: The research shows that it is the environment and age of the students that determine the development of interests, while the gender of the respondents specifies the type of these activities. Educators help their pupils in daily preparation for school activities, which usually involves between 1 and 3 hours a day.
SDGs-4, the quality education is one of the factors in achieving the goals of the SDGs. The problem is that the SDGs look ambitious in integrating local level policies that are responsive to ...political interests. The research used a mixed method of exploration, searching for interview data and questionnaires. The results showed that the implementation of the SDGs was strongly influenced by local democracy. The implementation of the promotion of SDGs requires strengthening local politics and democracy, including; the quality of the Pilkada, the role of the community, political parties, media control, and public meetings. The influence of local democracy on policy implementation is 51.5%. Policy implementation has a positive effect on the implementation of the SDGs with a value of 0.187. The influence of local democracy and policy implementation on the promotion of SDGs-4 is 64.2% and the remaining 35.8% is influenced by other factors.
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