Improving Undergraduate Students’ Positive affect through Mindful Art Therapy

Improving Graduate Education through the Undergraduate Curriculum

In my first year of graduate school, I had what I take to be a relatively common experience for a political scientist. The first few weeks of my program were a bit like learning a foreign language. I did not understand much of what was being said, but I figured that if I listened and tried to imitate my teachers I might eventually gain some fluency. Near the end of that first semester, after ma...

Awareness and Awakening: A Narrative-Oriented Inquiry of Undergraduate Students' Development of Mindful Agency in China

The article explores undergraduate students' experiences of developing mindful agency as a positive learning disposition, their perceived change as a learner, and the possible impact of mindful agency coaching on students' learning and personal growth, using a narrative research method. Seventy Chinese undergraduate students generated personal reflective journals and eight participants' journal...

The Effectiveness of Group Reality Therapy in the Development of Emotional Autonomy and Positive and Negative Affect in Students

Autonomy and positive and negative affect are among the most significant factors affecting the quality of life and academic achievement of students. Accordingly, this study aimed to examine the effectiveness of group reality therapy in the development of emotional autonomy and positive and negative affect in male students. This quasi-experimental study had a pretest-posttest control group desig...

Improving Workplace-Based Learning for Undergraduate Medical Students

Workplace-based learning is considered as one of the most effective way of translating medical theory into clinical practice. Although employed traditionally at postgraduate level, this strategy can be used in undergraduate students coming for clerkships in clinical departments. There are many challenges to workplace learning such as, unfavorable physical environment, lack of interest by clinic...

Improving Student Thinking Through Elementary Art Instruction