{"title":"COVID-19 pandemic and mathematics achievement gap in Korea: the role of private education and parental support","authors":"Jihyun Hwang","doi":"10.1007/s12564-024-10028-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12564-024-10028-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study aimed to elucidate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on exacerbating the achievement gap between high-achieving and low-achieving students. In addition, it delved into the relationship between the achievement gap and private education, as well as parental educational support. Utilizing the data from the Busan Education Longitudinal Study, this study compared two distinct cohorts: Cohort 1, consisting of students who were in grade 7 (the first grade of Korean middle schools) in 2016, and Cohort 2, consisting of students who were in grade 4 in 2016. While Cohort 1 graduated from middle school before the pandemic, Cohort 2 experienced it during their second year of middle school. To analyze changes in students’ achievements, the study used a longitudinal growth model based on k-mean cluster analysis to identify subgroups with distinct patterns of achievement changes. The study then focused on Cohort 2, scrutinizing the interplay between variations in private education modalities, expenditures, and the spectrum of parental educational support across six delineated growth cluster. The findings indicated an intensification of the achievement gap during the pandemic. However, students’ membership in the growth clusters was not related to parents’ educational support or private education. While changes in private education expenditure appear related to the characteristics of the growth cluster, more detailed data and theoretical discussions are necessary.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"27 2","pages":"749 - 764"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147865585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Job engagement among novice school counselors: Daily emotion regulation in the context of job demands and resources","authors":"Soeun Hong, Sang Min Lee","doi":"10.1007/s12564-024-10018-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12564-024-10018-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The present study aimed to investigate the effect of emotion regulation on the job engagement of novice school counselors while reflecting the variability and context of emotion regulation by utilizing a daily diary method. A sample of 100 South Korean school counselors completed the baseline and diary measures regarding emotion regulation and job demands and resources twice a day for 5 consecutive working days. Multilevel modeling was performed to analyze the nested data and test the research hypothesis. The use of state suppression negatively affected novice school counselors’ job engagement. Cross-level interaction effects on momentary job engagement were found between state reappraisal and job resources, as well as between state suppression and job demands. The findings highlight how daily emotion regulation interacts with contexts at work to impact on momentary job engagement of novice school counselors, underscoring the importance of considering these dynamics when promoting engagement.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"26 2","pages":"291 - 302"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145162363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the impact of feedback timing on student performance in online testing","authors":"Guozhu Ding, Mailin Li, Shan Li, Hao Wu","doi":"10.1007/s12564-024-10024-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12564-024-10024-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigated the optimal feedback intervals for tasks of varying difficulty levels in online testing and whether task difficulty moderates the effect of feedback intervals on student performance. A pre-experimental study with 36 students was conducted to determine the delayed time for providing feedback based on student behavioral data. A formal experiment with 80 students was then conducted to explore the joint effects of feedback interventions and task difficulty on student performance improvement. The findings revealed that feedback conditions had no significant impact on student learning gains in easy or difficult tasks. However, for medium difficulty tasks, feedback delays of 23 and 30 s led to greater academic improvement compared to immediate feedback, while feedback with a 35-s delay resulted in worse performance. Overall, the study highlights the importance of considering task difficulty when determining optimal feedback intervals and suggests that well-timed feedback can significantly enhance student learning, especially for tasks of moderate complexity. This challenges the common practice of providing immediate feedback, which may not always be optimal. Moreover, the findings of this study provide valuable insights for educators and instructional designers when designing online assessments and feedback mechanisms.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"26 2","pages":"303 - 315"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145171408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effectiveness of flipped classroom on autonomous learning ability: a meta-analysis","authors":"Qiaoying Yang, Chongbin Chen","doi":"10.1007/s12564-024-10013-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12564-024-10013-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In order to investigate the overall effectiveness of the flipped classroom in improving the autonomous learning ability of students, a Meta-analysis of 46 independent samples from 40 studies published by the international academic community from 2015 to 2023 was carried out with Review manager 5.4 software. The Meta-analysis results showed that the pooled effect size of 46 independent samples was SMD = 0.63, <i>P</i> < 0.05, indicating that the flipped classroom had a moderately high promotion effect on students’ autonomous learning ability. The results of subgroup analysis of 46 experimental variables also suggested that the influence of flipped classroom on students’ autonomous learning ability was not restricted by the moderating variables such as experimental period, education level, Implementation form and measuring tools, sub-factors such as discipline, sample size and ways of acquiring instructional videos have great influence on students’ autonomous learning ability. The main performance is: physics, chemistry, mathematics and English as the representative of the language course effect is good; The effect of small class teaching with less than 50 students and about 25 students is better than that of large class. The flipped classroom teaching without the help of teaching technology platform and self-made video has a greater role in improving students’ independent learning ability.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"27 2","pages":"705 - 720"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147865633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The relationship of parents’ filial piety beliefs to their children’s filial piety beliefs and mathematics performance","authors":"Meng Guo, Yiming Cao","doi":"10.1007/s12564-024-10020-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12564-024-10020-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Filial piety is a key concept in Confucian culture that may shape Chinese students’ learning motivation and performance. It is important to explore how Chinese students’ filial piety beliefs are constructed within the family climate and further related to their achievement. Thus, this study aims to examine the relationship of Chinese parents’ filial piety beliefs to their children’s filial piety beliefs and mathematics learning performance. A total of 1195 primary school students from three public schools in China and one parent of each student participated in this study. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the questionnaire data collected from students and parents. The results confirm the important role of parents’ filial piety beliefs in shaping their children’s filial piety beliefs and learning outcomes. The results also show that parents’ reciprocal filial piety positively predicted their children’s reciprocal and authoritarian filial piety beliefs. Parents’ authoritarian filial piety was positively and negatively related to their children’s authoritarian and reciprocal filial piety beliefs, respectively. Students’ mathematics achievement was positively affected by their reciprocal filial piety beliefs. Both parent and child authoritarian filial piety were negatively related to children’s mathematics achievement. A bootstrap analysis confirmed the mediating role of children’s filial piety in the relationship between parents’ filial piety and children’s mathematics performance. Our results can provide guidance for parents with regard to optimizing their beliefs and educational practices.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"27 2","pages":"681 - 691"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147865771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring global citizenship education for preservice early childhood teachers in South Korea: critical reflections on transformative pedagogy through journal writing","authors":"Hyun-Sun Suh, Hong-Ju Jun","doi":"10.1007/s12564-024-10019-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12564-024-10019-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study aims to reveal how the “Global Citizenship Education (GCE) for Preservice Early Childhood Teachers” course offered at a teacher education program in South Korea fosters critical reflection in preservice early childhood teachers. Of the 21 preservice early childhood teachers who registered for this course, 11 agreed to participate in the research. The participants were asked to submit journals after each class, and the researchers analyzed the content of the participants' journals, focusing on the aspects of key concepts, inquiry, and change. Participants’ journal entries reevaluate the notion of child-centered education, critique institutional biases, and offer a clarifying perspective on the limitations of “equality” in achieving happiness for all. Participants also critically analyzed anthropocentric perspectives and behaviors, exploring how their thinking, being, feeling, and acting were shaped. By illuminating the possibility of providing opportunities to encourage GCE and critical reflection, albeit on a small scale, this study is expected to encourage teacher educators to implement GCE for preservice teachers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"27 2","pages":"667 - 679"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12564-024-10019-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147865770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Educational materials in East Asian English-medium higher education settings","authors":"Rachael Ruegg, Nicola Galloway","doi":"10.1007/s12564-024-10017-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12564-024-10017-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Despite posing challenges for teachers and students in English-medium instruction (EMI) contexts, materials are a relatively under-researched area of EMI. Our preliminary study takes a humanistic perspective to examine the extent of English-language material use, and faculty and student perceptions of materials used for EMI in Japan and China. Data in this concurrent mixed-methods research came from two selected-response and one open-ended questionnaire question, as well as interactions during interviews and focus groups with teaching staff and students. Although a wide range of English-language materials are available, many of them are not suitable for use by EFL, ESL and Anglophone students. There is also a lack of breadth of cultural content and of cultural perspectives on content in English-language materials. Therefore, although EMI aims to internationalize curricula, materials, which are usually sourced from Anglophone contexts, may have the effect of Westernizing the curriculum in EMI contexts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"26 1","pages":"173 - 181"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143583561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Faculty Members’ Perspective on the Internationalization of Higher Education in Taiwan","authors":"Ai-hsuan Sandra Ma","doi":"10.1007/s12564-024-10016-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12564-024-10016-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Faculty members are a key stakeholder group in the internationalization of higher education. However, there is scant research on faculty in higher education internationalization, especially in the non-English-speaking world. Taking Taiwan as a case study, this study examines faculty’s perspective on and role in internationalization. Based on the data collected through in-depth interviews with faculty members and participant observation at four universities, the study shows that while faculty unanimously agreed on internationalizing higher education, they held divergent imaginaries on internationalization and different perspectives on internationalization strategies. Furthermore, university internationalization affected faculty’s work lives through performancism in faculty evaluations, the emphasis on international publications for research output, and using English as a medium of instruction (EMI). In response, faculty either took an active role in internationalization by embracing the changes, or a passive role by avoiding, questioning, or resisting internationalization initiatives. Faculty’s imaginaries of internationalization and seniority ranking were crucial in shaping their responses to and roles taken in the internationalization of higher education. This study discusses the impact of higher education internationalization on faculty’s academic profession and illuminates the challenges that universities and faculty face in non-English-speaking countries that aspire to compete in the global market of higher education.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"26 2","pages":"277 - 290"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12564-024-10016-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145165022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sunny X. Niu, Weiping Wang, Grace Y. Zheng, Yu Xiao
{"title":"A sequential engagement theory for Chinese rural students: analysis based on longitudinal data from an elite Chinese university","authors":"Sunny X. Niu, Weiping Wang, Grace Y. Zheng, Yu Xiao","doi":"10.1007/s12564-024-10009-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12564-024-10009-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Scholars explain low levels of social engagement of disadvantaged students as self-isolation because they are endowed with lower levels of cultural and social capital. It renders a hopeless class reproduction conclusion, and it also reflects an implicit assumption that students engage academically and socially in parallel. To contribute both empirically and theoretically to student engagement research, we focus on rural students—a major disadvantaged student group in China—and whether they hold a student leadership role—a highly consequential social engagement activity in the Chinese setting. Utilizing a longitudinal survey, administrative records, and in-depth interviews of the 2014 freshmen cohort at an elite Chinese university, we find that rural students who progressed academically seemed to employ a sequential engagement strategy, “academics-first, social-second,” to catch up with urban students in holding a leadership role and have successfully coped with the challenges at both academic and social realms.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47344,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Education Review","volume":"26 1","pages":"145 - 157"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143583431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}