{"title":"The Well-Being of Chinese EFL Students Within AI-Based Context: Exploring the Role of Personality Traits and Psychological Capital","authors":"Zhen Guo","doi":"10.1111/ejed.70703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.70703","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In the language learning domain, learner psychological well-being has emerged as a critical outcome influenced by different psychological resources. Given that artificial intelligence (AI) has entered language learning at a fast pace, the psychological impact of AI on learners is now more pertinent. Both personality traits and psychological capital have been individually linked to learners' success and well-being, yet their combined influence in technology-based language learning contexts remains underexplored. This study investigates the predictive roles of personality traits and psychological capital in predicting the well-being of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in AI-based environments. Adopting Seligman's PERMA theory, the study conceptualises personality traits (PTs) as stable internal resources and psychological capital (PsyCap) as a state element. A total of 373 EFL university students participated, and they completed the three questionnaires. The Structural equation modelling (SEM) demonstrated that PsyCap (<i>β</i> = 0.713) and PTs (<i>β</i> = 0.642) were both significant predictors of well-being among learners, with PsyCap being the stronger predictor. The study contributes to Positive Psychology (PP) in language learning by establishing a theoretically integrated model of well-being that bridges stable PTs and changeable psychological strengths.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47585,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Education","volume":"61 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148166997","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":"Correction to ‘Actualization of Interdisciplinary Integration at Mathematics Lessons’","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/ejed.70540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.70540","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Zhexembinova, A., A. Kokazhayeva, D. Babaev, K. Shiyapov, and A. Sekenova. 2024. “Actualization of Interdisciplinary Integration at Mathematics Lessons.” <i>European Journal of Education</i> 59, no. 1: e12582. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12582.</p><p>Amangul Kokazhayeva is added as a second corresponding author. The online version of this article has been corrected accordingly.</p><p>We apologise for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":47585,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Education","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ejed.70540","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147564642","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":"Correction to ‘Actualization of Interdisciplinary Integration at Mathematics Lessons’","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/ejed.70540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.70540","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Zhexembinova, A., A. Kokazhayeva, D. Babaev, K. Shiyapov, and A. Sekenova. 2024. “Actualization of Interdisciplinary Integration at Mathematics Lessons.” <i>European Journal of Education</i> 59, no. 1: e12582. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12582.</p><p>Amangul Kokazhayeva is added as a second corresponding author. The online version of this article has been corrected accordingly.</p><p>We apologise for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":47585,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Education","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ejed.70540","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147564778","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":"Perceived Principal Leadership and Work Engagement Among Chinese Primary School Teachers: The Roles of Occupational Stress and Job Crafting","authors":"Siyao Chen, Zhengli Xie","doi":"10.1111/ejed.70426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.70426","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Based on the job demands-resources model, this study examined the effect of perceived principal leadership on primary school teachers' work engagement, and the mediating roles of occupational stress and job crafting in this relationship. Five hundred and fifteen Chinese primary school teachers completed a demographic form and responded to five self-report measures. Structural equation modelling results showed that transformational and transactional leadership positively predicted vigour, dedication, and absorption. Results also indicated that role ambiguity and psychological strain mediated the relationship between transformational leadership and vigour, dedication, and absorption. Role overload and role ambiguity mediated the effects of transactional leadership on vigour, dedication, and absorption. Task crafting, skill crafting, and role crafting mediated the effects of transformational and transactional leadership on the three work engagement scales. Occupational stress (role overload, role ambiguity, and psychological strain) and job crafting (task crafting, skill crafting, and role crafting) serially mediated the effects of leadership (transformational and transactional) on the three work engagement scales. The findings enrich the literature and provide practical implications for primary school education.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47585,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Education","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147564332","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":"Reverse Student Mobility to the Gobal South and the Decolonisation of International Education: Australian Students' Learning and Regional Engagement in the Indo-Pacific","authors":"Ly Thi Tran, Trang Thuy Le","doi":"10.1111/ejed.70510","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.70510","url":null,"abstract":"<p>International education practices and trends, particularly student mobility, remain largely shaped by Global North perspectives. Although scholars have repeatedly called for the dismantling of Western dominance and supremacy in international education, there is still limited understanding of how this can be achieved and what the decolonising impacts might be. This article examines how reverse student mobility from the Global North (Australia) to the Global South (the Indo-Pacific), as facilitated by the New Colombo Plan (NCP), can shift students' perceptions of the Global South, strengthen Indo-Pacific capabilities and deepen regional engagement. At the same time, the findings indicate that some Australian students in the Indo-Pacific face intersecting challenges, including language barriers, gendered violence, discrimination and institutional protection neglect, that can constrain capability development and, in extreme cases, undermine or reverse the intended benefits of regional mobility. It highlights how students' agency, shaped through direct interaction and relational experiences in diverse socio-cultural contexts in the Global South, is central to initiating broader systemic change. Drawing on empirical data, the article elucidates how structured experiences in the Global South not only challenge post-colonial knowledge hierarchies at the individual level but also contribute to rethinking decolonial practices and expanding intercultural engagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":47585,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Education","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ejed.70510","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147564450","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}