This study examines the impact of virtual reality (VR) on student motivation in education, emphasizing its potential to create immersive learning environments that enhance engagement and learning outcomes. By adopting a quantitative approach, the research investigates the motivational effects of two VR applications among 52 high school students in Mexico, exploring variations in motivation across four dimensions—attention, relevance, satisfaction, and confidence—and assessing gender-based differences. Results indicate improvements in all dimensions, particularly in attention and satisfaction, which are crucial for intrinsic motivation. Female students showed superior results in all dimensions, suggesting gender-specific impacts. The study underscores VR’s role in fostering motivation and offers practical recommendations for integrating VR technology in educational settings to maximize their benefits for student engagement and motivation. Possible limitations that should be considered to optimize its use are also identified. This research aims to provide valuable guidance for educators, researchers, and educational institutions seeking to harness VR technology for improved engagement and motivation in education.
{"title":"Beyond Traditional Classrooms: Comparing Virtual Reality Applications and Their Influence on Students’ Motivation","authors":"May Portuguez-Castro, Hugo Santos Garduño","doi":"10.3390/educsci14090963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14090963","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the impact of virtual reality (VR) on student motivation in education, emphasizing its potential to create immersive learning environments that enhance engagement and learning outcomes. By adopting a quantitative approach, the research investigates the motivational effects of two VR applications among 52 high school students in Mexico, exploring variations in motivation across four dimensions—attention, relevance, satisfaction, and confidence—and assessing gender-based differences. Results indicate improvements in all dimensions, particularly in attention and satisfaction, which are crucial for intrinsic motivation. Female students showed superior results in all dimensions, suggesting gender-specific impacts. The study underscores VR’s role in fostering motivation and offers practical recommendations for integrating VR technology in educational settings to maximize their benefits for student engagement and motivation. Possible limitations that should be considered to optimize its use are also identified. This research aims to provide valuable guidance for educators, researchers, and educational institutions seeking to harness VR technology for improved engagement and motivation in education.","PeriodicalId":11472,"journal":{"name":"Education Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142208643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miranda S. Fitzgerald, Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar
In this conceptual paper, we present a discussion of how we have embraced two challenges, posed by Aukerman and Schuldt, in their call for a more socially just science of reading, to which this special issue is responsive. Specifically, we share lessons learned from years of designing texts that (a) advance knowledge-building in the context of project-based science teaching and (b) advance readers’ textual dexterity. Our research is conducted in the context of project-based learning in science, and we approach our inquiry from multiple theoretical perspectives. We argue for the importance of text in science instruction. We present theories, empirical support, and national standards consistent with the integration of text in science. We discuss the role that texts can play in project-based science instruction. We also illustrate the design and optimization of texts and tasks, as well as the role of the teacher in this instruction.
{"title":"Designing and Situating Text to Promote Textual Dexterity in the Context of Project-Based Science Instruction","authors":"Miranda S. Fitzgerald, Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar","doi":"10.3390/educsci14090960","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14090960","url":null,"abstract":"In this conceptual paper, we present a discussion of how we have embraced two challenges, posed by Aukerman and Schuldt, in their call for a more socially just science of reading, to which this special issue is responsive. Specifically, we share lessons learned from years of designing texts that (a) advance knowledge-building in the context of project-based science teaching and (b) advance readers’ textual dexterity. Our research is conducted in the context of project-based learning in science, and we approach our inquiry from multiple theoretical perspectives. We argue for the importance of text in science instruction. We present theories, empirical support, and national standards consistent with the integration of text in science. We discuss the role that texts can play in project-based science instruction. We also illustrate the design and optimization of texts and tasks, as well as the role of the teacher in this instruction.","PeriodicalId":11472,"journal":{"name":"Education Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142208665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Given the unemployment wave caused by COVID-19, the Israeli Ministry of Education and other organizations initiated a unique alternative short-term retraining program to offer unemployed college and university graduates the opportunity to earn teaching certificates. This study aimed to examine the alternative short-term program from the coordinators’ perspectives. We assess the personal and organizational impact of the program and its contribution to teacher-education initiatives. The present study had two main goals: to learn about the structure of the program and its implementation from the professional and personal points of view of the program’s coordinators as they experienced it and to examine the contribution of the new short-term program to the participants—the teacher trainees—and the Israeli education system in general. Analyzing semi-structured interviews with program coordinators revealed insights regarding the program’s various phases in five categories: recruitment of the coordinator; establishing the program; clinical experience; the students of the program; and future initiatives for teacher education. Although the effectiveness of the online format for practical clinical training was questioned, the conclusion suggests that this alternative short-term teacher-education program may have broader relevance in routine times.
{"title":"The Effect of COVID-19 on a Short-Term Teacher-Education Program: The Israeli Case","authors":"Yael Fisher, Orna Shatz-Oppenheimer, Rinat Arviv Elyashiv","doi":"10.3390/educsci14090958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14090958","url":null,"abstract":"Given the unemployment wave caused by COVID-19, the Israeli Ministry of Education and other organizations initiated a unique alternative short-term retraining program to offer unemployed college and university graduates the opportunity to earn teaching certificates. This study aimed to examine the alternative short-term program from the coordinators’ perspectives. We assess the personal and organizational impact of the program and its contribution to teacher-education initiatives. The present study had two main goals: to learn about the structure of the program and its implementation from the professional and personal points of view of the program’s coordinators as they experienced it and to examine the contribution of the new short-term program to the participants—the teacher trainees—and the Israeli education system in general. Analyzing semi-structured interviews with program coordinators revealed insights regarding the program’s various phases in five categories: recruitment of the coordinator; establishing the program; clinical experience; the students of the program; and future initiatives for teacher education. Although the effectiveness of the online format for practical clinical training was questioned, the conclusion suggests that this alternative short-term teacher-education program may have broader relevance in routine times.","PeriodicalId":11472,"journal":{"name":"Education Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142208646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Umar Ali Bukar, Md Shohel Sayeed, Siti Fatimah Abdul Razak, Sumendra Yogarayan, Radhwan Sneesl
The transformative integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into educational settings, exemplified by ChatGPT, presents a myriad of ethical considerations that extend beyond conventional risk assessments. This study employs a pioneering framework encapsulating risk, reward, and resilience (RRR) dynamics to explore the ethical landscape of ChatGPT utilization in education. Drawing on an extensive literature review and a robust conceptual framework, the research identifies and categorizes ethical concerns associated with ChatGPT, offering decision-makers a structured approach to navigate this intricate terrain. Through the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), the study prioritizes ethical themes based on global weights. The findings underscore the paramount importance of resilience elements such as solidifying ethical values, higher-level reasoning skills, and transforming educative systems. Privacy and confidentiality emerge as critical risk concerns, along with safety and security concerns. This work also highlights reward elements, including increasing productivity, personalized learning, and streamlining workflows. This study not only addresses immediate practical implications but also establishes a theoretical foundation for future AI ethics research in education.
{"title":"Prioritizing Ethical Conundrums in the Utilization of ChatGPT in Education through an Analytical Hierarchical Approach","authors":"Umar Ali Bukar, Md Shohel Sayeed, Siti Fatimah Abdul Razak, Sumendra Yogarayan, Radhwan Sneesl","doi":"10.3390/educsci14090959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14090959","url":null,"abstract":"The transformative integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into educational settings, exemplified by ChatGPT, presents a myriad of ethical considerations that extend beyond conventional risk assessments. This study employs a pioneering framework encapsulating risk, reward, and resilience (RRR) dynamics to explore the ethical landscape of ChatGPT utilization in education. Drawing on an extensive literature review and a robust conceptual framework, the research identifies and categorizes ethical concerns associated with ChatGPT, offering decision-makers a structured approach to navigate this intricate terrain. Through the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), the study prioritizes ethical themes based on global weights. The findings underscore the paramount importance of resilience elements such as solidifying ethical values, higher-level reasoning skills, and transforming educative systems. Privacy and confidentiality emerge as critical risk concerns, along with safety and security concerns. This work also highlights reward elements, including increasing productivity, personalized learning, and streamlining workflows. This study not only addresses immediate practical implications but also establishes a theoretical foundation for future AI ethics research in education.","PeriodicalId":11472,"journal":{"name":"Education Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142208657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simon J. Ford, Raquel dos Santos, Ricardo dos Santos
Women remain underrepresented in STEM fields, with a major STEM pipeline leakage occurring between high school and post-secondary education. Past research suggests that providing female high school students with opportunities for problem-solving, prosocial behaviors and working towards authentic communal goals can improve their perceptions of STEM and the attractiveness of STEM careers. Building on this prior research, we investigate Scientella, a US-based, student-run organization that provides out-of-school consulting projects, mentorships and webinars to female high school students. Drawing on the direct experiences of Scientella’s co-founders and analyzing program survey data, we explore how Scientella provides these opportunities, the benefits realized by students, and the challenges faced by the organization. Survey data show that involvement in Scientella’s activities provides students with benefits related to STEM career exploration and counter-stereotypical STEM skill development, including career discovery, industry engagement and practical experience, and the development of collaboration, communication and social research skills. The admissions of Scientella student leaders to STEM majors in selective US colleges indicates the promise of Scientella’s approach, and that providing students with opportunities to engage in STEM-themed career exploration and leadership development could be an effective strategy to increase female STEM participation in post-secondary education and the pursuit of subsequent career opportunities.
{"title":"Empowering Female High School Students for STEM Futures: Career Exploration and Leadership Development at Scientella","authors":"Simon J. Ford, Raquel dos Santos, Ricardo dos Santos","doi":"10.3390/educsci14090955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14090955","url":null,"abstract":"Women remain underrepresented in STEM fields, with a major STEM pipeline leakage occurring between high school and post-secondary education. Past research suggests that providing female high school students with opportunities for problem-solving, prosocial behaviors and working towards authentic communal goals can improve their perceptions of STEM and the attractiveness of STEM careers. Building on this prior research, we investigate Scientella, a US-based, student-run organization that provides out-of-school consulting projects, mentorships and webinars to female high school students. Drawing on the direct experiences of Scientella’s co-founders and analyzing program survey data, we explore how Scientella provides these opportunities, the benefits realized by students, and the challenges faced by the organization. Survey data show that involvement in Scientella’s activities provides students with benefits related to STEM career exploration and counter-stereotypical STEM skill development, including career discovery, industry engagement and practical experience, and the development of collaboration, communication and social research skills. The admissions of Scientella student leaders to STEM majors in selective US colleges indicates the promise of Scientella’s approach, and that providing students with opportunities to engage in STEM-themed career exploration and leadership development could be an effective strategy to increase female STEM participation in post-secondary education and the pursuit of subsequent career opportunities.","PeriodicalId":11472,"journal":{"name":"Education Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142208661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article elaborates on the multiple approaches to develop and support school leadership. In a 5-year quasi-experimental longitudinal mixed-methods study based on a sample of 122 schools in three regions in a German state, 75 school leaders and their teams participated in a 3-year program using multiple approaches; the rest served as the control group. The multiple approaches covered the school leaders’ (a) professional development, comprising (i) a professional development program, (ii) individual coaching series, and (b) support for them, including (iii) school consultancy and (iv) additional financial resources. The quality of the interventions (regarding both the process and didactic qualities, as well as outcome qualities) and how the quality of both the school leadership and the schools changes over time as a consequence of these interventions are analyzed. The study’s results show a highly positive assessment of the quality and advantages of the multiple approaches and their benefits for the quality of school leadership and further aspects of the school. The regression analyses demonstrate that positively perceived outcome qualities of the interventions are associated with improvements in numerous dimensions of school quality.
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Helen Caldwell, Emma Whewell, Amy West, Helen Tiplady
This paper discusses data related to the final phase of a six-year project entitled Digital Learning Across Boundaries (DLAB): Developing Changemakers. It explores university students’ growing perceptions of themselves as changemakers as they experience novel physical and digital spaces, drawing upon on the reflections of seven undergraduate education students from England who joined students from five European countries in the final year of the project. Using a critical ethnography methodology, this paper embraces reflexivity and immersion in the participants’ experiences. Verbal and written reflections were collated and analysed through inductive coding. The results suggest that the multidimensional and multidisciplinary elements of the project led to transformative learning. Transformative change was experienced as students encountered a series of novel spaces and resolved disorientations that arose within them through collective interaction and personal reflection. This paper concludes that educators value the intersection of learning experiences when planning transnational projects and consider the role of cumulative disorientations, multifaceted novel spaces, and critical discourse in catalysing personal growth.
{"title":"Novel Spaces as Catalysts for Change: Transformative Learning through Transnational Projects","authors":"Helen Caldwell, Emma Whewell, Amy West, Helen Tiplady","doi":"10.3390/educsci14090954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14090954","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses data related to the final phase of a six-year project entitled Digital Learning Across Boundaries (DLAB): Developing Changemakers. It explores university students’ growing perceptions of themselves as changemakers as they experience novel physical and digital spaces, drawing upon on the reflections of seven undergraduate education students from England who joined students from five European countries in the final year of the project. Using a critical ethnography methodology, this paper embraces reflexivity and immersion in the participants’ experiences. Verbal and written reflections were collated and analysed through inductive coding. The results suggest that the multidimensional and multidisciplinary elements of the project led to transformative learning. Transformative change was experienced as students encountered a series of novel spaces and resolved disorientations that arose within them through collective interaction and personal reflection. This paper concludes that educators value the intersection of learning experiences when planning transnational projects and consider the role of cumulative disorientations, multifaceted novel spaces, and critical discourse in catalysing personal growth.","PeriodicalId":11472,"journal":{"name":"Education Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142208660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emma Tiesteel, Richard C. Watkins, Carys Stringer, Adina Grigorie, Fatema Sultana, J. Carl Hughes
Education systems are moving to a more evidence-informed paradigm to improve outcomes for learners. To help this journey to evidence, robust qualitative and quantitative research can help decisionmakers identify more promising approaches that provide value for money. In the context of the utilisation of scarce resources, an important source of evidence commonly used in health and social care research is an understanding of the economic impact of intervention choices. However, there are currently very few examples where these methodologies have been used to improve the evaluation of education interventions. In this paper we describe the novel use of an economic analysis of educational interventions (EAEI) approach to understand both the impact and the cost of activities in the evaluation of a formative assessment implementation project (FAIP) designed to improve teachers’ understanding and use of formative assessment strategies. In addition to utilizing a mixed method quasi-experimental design to explore the impact on learner wellbeing, health utility and attainment, we describe the use of cost-consequence analysis (CCA) to help decisionmakers understand the outcomes in the context of the resource costs that are a crucial element of robust evaluations. We also discuss the challenges of evaluating large-scale, universal educational interventions, including consideration of the economic tools needed to improve the quality and robustness of these evaluations. Finally, we discuss the importance of triangulating economic findings alongside other quantitative and qualitative information to help decisionmakers identify more promising approaches based on a wider range of useful information. We conclude with recommendations for more routinely including economic costs in education research, including the need for further work to improve the utility of economic methods.
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While the vertical transfer process and culturally responsive approaches to education have been studied extensively, few scholars have addressed these two areas of concern simultaneously, particularly within higher education contexts. This study explores what cultural responsiveness means and how it matters for low-income community college (CC) students aspiring toward STEM careers and transferring to STEM majors at a local university. As part of a bridge program, students received two STEM faculty mentors, one faculty mentor from the community college and the other from the local university, beginning in their last year of enrollment at the community college. Each STEM mentor was trained in culturally responsive mentoring, and their mentorship extended post-transfer. Students participated in focus groups to share their experiences. The findings reveal that specific aspects of the community college students’ identities, primarily their race and language, were relevant as aspects of culture that mattered for their STEM aspirations. The findings also show that cultural responsiveness in mentoring and support outside the classroom are important steps toward humanizing STEM spaces, but they are wholly insufficient when not paired with extensive culturally responsive efforts in STEM teaching and within the curriculum to improve the internal classroom climate for those with racialized identities.
{"title":"Exploring How Culture Matters in Building Responsive and Humanizing Contexts for Community College Students Pursuing STEM","authors":"Brenda Lee Anderson, Regina Deil-Amen","doi":"10.3390/educsci14090956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14090956","url":null,"abstract":"While the vertical transfer process and culturally responsive approaches to education have been studied extensively, few scholars have addressed these two areas of concern simultaneously, particularly within higher education contexts. This study explores what cultural responsiveness means and how it matters for low-income community college (CC) students aspiring toward STEM careers and transferring to STEM majors at a local university. As part of a bridge program, students received two STEM faculty mentors, one faculty mentor from the community college and the other from the local university, beginning in their last year of enrollment at the community college. Each STEM mentor was trained in culturally responsive mentoring, and their mentorship extended post-transfer. Students participated in focus groups to share their experiences. The findings reveal that specific aspects of the community college students’ identities, primarily their race and language, were relevant as aspects of culture that mattered for their STEM aspirations. The findings also show that cultural responsiveness in mentoring and support outside the classroom are important steps toward humanizing STEM spaces, but they are wholly insufficient when not paired with extensive culturally responsive efforts in STEM teaching and within the curriculum to improve the internal classroom climate for those with racialized identities.","PeriodicalId":11472,"journal":{"name":"Education Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142208662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This research explores the guided experimental implementation of ChatGPT as a tool for developing teachers’ skills in teaching English. The intervention involved 24 in-service English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers who engaged in crafting activities and assessments using researcher-designed prompts. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the researchers assessed the participants’ ChatGPT integration proficiency through a custom-designed assessment tool aligned with the technological pedagogical content knowledge framework. The eight-week intervention introduced educators to various applications of ChatGPT in EFL teaching, including lesson planning. A quantitative analysis revealed statistically significant improvements in the teachers’ ChatGPT integration proficiency across all measured dimensions. The qualitative findings highlight the perceived benefits, challenges, and future prospects of ChatGPT in EFL education. While the practical significance of the improvement was modest, the results suggest that the guided integration of generative chatbots can bolster teachers’ ability to leverage this technology appropriately. This study contributes to the limited body of empirical research on integrating large language models into teaching and offers insights into the practical applications and challenges of using ChatGPT in EFL contexts.
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