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Education & Educational Research
Annica Caldeborg
Summary: This study investigates physical contact between teachers and students in physical education from an immigrant student perspective. Interviews using photo elicitation were conducted with immigrant upper secondary school students in Sweden. The findings suggest that aspects such as the professionalism of the teacher, the teacher-student relationship, instructive skills, emotional engagement, opposite sex issues, and similar immigrant backgrounds influence how students perceive physical contact as legitimate.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Valeria Varea, Marie Ohman
Summary: Physical contact between teachers and students in physical education has been a complex and unresolved issue. This study explores touch within the PE arena in Argentina and France, revealing different attitudes and concerns among teachers. Touch was considered necessary for emotional support and injury prevention and treatment. Teachers were also concerned about the acceptability of touch involving students with religious beliefs and acts of violence.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Feng Zhang, Wei Liu, Lamei Deng, Zhifu Li, Yajun Wang, Bo Jin
Summary: This study examined the relationship between the physical activity of Chinese college students and their parents, and found that the physical activity of college students can influence their parents' participation in physical activities. With the transformation of society, promoting physical activities among college students can increase parents' physical activities and improve the overall level of physical activities in society.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Irene Masini, Katherine Rosecrance, Yamini Patibandla, Margot Barker, Anna Cardall Jarvis, Jasmine Patel
Summary: This study describes and evaluates the impact of an abortion didactic session implemented during the pre-clinical years of medical school. The results show that the session was effective in improving participants' knowledge and attitudes towards abortion care, and received positive feedback from the participants.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Yanxi Long, Xinxin Jiang, Yuqing Wang, Xiaoyu Zhou, Xuqun You
Summary: This research demonstrates that intergenerational contact plays a significant role in improving younger adults' ability to take older people's perspectives. Negative stereotypes and intergroup anxiety are important factors in this influence.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Patricia A. Thomas, Seoyoun Kim
Summary: Research has found a significant correlation between frequent physical touch and lower levels of subsequent inflammation, highlighting the importance of physical touch in health management, especially during stressful times. Therefore, finding safe ways to continue incorporating physical touch after the COVID-19 pandemic is crucial.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Pediatrics
Elizabeth Durden-Myers, Gillian Bartle
Summary: This paper explores the value of physical literacy as the goal of physical education through the lens of the capability approach. By integrating traditional humanist and post-humanist perspectives, it provides a more holistic understanding of the relationship between physical literacy and physical education. The research concludes that the capability approach offers a valuable framework for enriching physical education with physical literacy.
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Ecology
Jessica R. Duke, Emily A. Holt
Summary: Connection to nature is associated with increased physical and mental health as well as sustainable behaviors. Understanding why individuals, especially younger generations, are connected to nature is important for public and environmental health. Our study found that university biology students accurately predicted their own connection to nature and described it in terms of personal characteristics and behaviors that impact the environment.
Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Miroslav Kelemen, Volodymyr Polishchuk, Martin Kelemen Jr, Jozef Sabo
Summary: The international community is focused on addressing the global issue of pilot shortage in aviation while maintaining the quality of their education. This study aims to develop a hybrid expert model to evaluate student (pilot) outcomes and risks in order to improve the quality of individual results in aviation education. The model is based on modern cognitive knowledge analysis theory, fuzzy set theory, and a systems approach. By analyzing data from 696 individual results of undergraduate students (pilots) in aviation education from 2005 to 2022, the applicability of the model was demonstrated.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Edite Sarva, Gatis Lama, Alise Olesika, Linda Daniela, Zanda Rubene
Summary: Digital literacy has become an essential component of functional competences in the modern era. This study combines students' self-assessment and stakeholder opinions to develop recommendations for improving digital competence of educators. The results reveal a lack of digital competences and negative attitude towards digitalization of education among educators of all age groups.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Yongchao Chu, Chang Chen, Guoquan Wang, Fuzhi Su
Summary: This research explores the impact of the sports education model on college students' learning motivation and outcomes. The study found that the students in the sports education model group showed clear progress in learning motivation, affection, cognition, and behavior, while the traditional physical education group only showed significant improvement in cognition. The sports education model is superior to traditional physical education in terms of learning motivation, affection, cognition, and behavior.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Nursing
Dympna Tuohy, Irene Cassidy, Margaret Graham, Jane Mccarthy, Jacinta Shanahan, Jill Murphy, Teresa Tuohy
Summary: This study aims to explore intergenerational learning between older people and student nurses. Intergenerational activities provide opportunities for mutual learning and help reduce ageism. The mechanisms of intergenerational learning in nurse education programs outside of service provision are still not well understood.
NURSE EDUCATION IN PRACTICE
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ying Xu, Yaping Luo
Summary: This study found a positive association between adult children's education attainment and their parents' cognitive health. The correlation is explained by emotional communication of informal caregiving, financial support, and healthy behaviors shaped in the parents by adult children. The strength of the effect varies by the adult child's gender.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Management
Lin Hao, Subodha Kumar
Summary: Consumer showrooming is a common phenomenon in the retail industry, affecting the interplay between an upstream supplier and a downstream retailer. It enables the supplier to increase offline channel profit share while reducing the ability to adjust direct online demand. Collaboration between retailers and suppliers may be key to mitigating the negative impact of showrooming and promoting offline sales.
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Xiaojun Ling, Junjun Chen, Daniel H. K. Chow, Wendan Xu, Yingxiu Li
Summary: This study investigated the well-being of Chinese high-school students and its trade-off with academic achievement. The results showed that spiritual well-being was the highest while academic well-being was the lowest. Only spiritual well-being was significantly related to Chinese and Mathematics scores.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)