AbstractThis paper investigates the benefits of using different teaching strategies to develop EFL learners’ vocabulary and speaking skills. Undeniably, there are some learners in grades 4-6 who have difficulties to speak and to learn new vocabulary in English classroom, due to many reasons. To examine the impact of different teaching strategies, an electronic research in educational databases ERIC via EBSCO was conducted. The materials used were peer-reviewed journal articles and literature. By examining and analyzing the different articles found, its evident that English teachers often focus on writing and reading activities instead of communicative activities. Some teachers often use the first language in the classroom and learners will do as their teachers. Factors such as large classroom sizes and limitation of communication tasks can motivated learners and make them less confident in speaking and practicing English. These can be the reasons why some EFL learners do not speak and use vocabulary during the communicative activities in the classroom. Thus, this paper clarifies teaching methods and strategies that teachers can use to increase vocabulary learning and speaking in the EFL classroom. Results have shown that the theory of Vygotsky’s sociocultural learning was beneficial to include all learner in authentic communicative activities, which also created an environment that was both communicative and supportive. The communication-based learning activities, such as songs, games, stories, pair work and project work, are useful for learners, since it establishes a communicative environment. Moreover, these activities increase the EFL learners’ motivation towards speaking.

A major dilemma that is being addressed in the current project is the discrepancies between healthcare system's expectations for a rapid and successful rehabilitation process and patients after having a stroke ability to meet these expectations while striving to adapt to the calamitous event in their life. Emphasizing a more biomedical approach and under implementation of psychosocial approaches, poor acknowledging of patients' basic psychological needs lead to poor motivation, therapeutic disengagement and may lead to a rehabilitation failure. To cope with this gap in the process of stroke rehabilitation, an educational program aiming for occupational therapists working with patients after having a stroke in their acute and post-acute rehabilitation phases was constructed. The program guides practitioners for effective communication with their patients, building a needs-supportive environment and addressing their patients' basic psychological needs in light of the selfdetermination theory, theories of adaptation from occupational therapy perspectives and considering occupational justice and the ICF model. A clinical reasoning, step-by-step problem solving is introduced using adaptation of known models and innovated models for interventions that were created for this purpose. Program delivery through a series of 4-webinar modules is illustrated with their learning objectives, assignments and discussions. The program evaluation and implementation are expected to be the initiator of a change in the health and rehabilitation climate and in Israel.

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Previous studies highlighted the importance of parental support for development of mastery of control and depressive symptoms. These studies tended to examine one time wave and outcomes related to that period, forwarding an assumption parenting behaviours do not change as children age. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979-Children and Young Adults, this study filled the gap by examining children's supportive environment at three time points and determining how levels of support across these points impacted children's depression and mastery at 18 years of age. Relative stability of mothers' supportive parenting (i.e., encouragement of social maturity, warmth and affection, and physical punishment) at early childhood, middle childhood, and early adolescence was examined by Kendall's tau correlations. Encouragement of social maturity showed relative stability between early and middle childhood and middle childhood and early adolescence; warmth and affection showed relative stability between early and middle childhood, and physical punishment showed relative stability across all time points. Absolute stability was examined using hierarchical linear modelling and Wilcoxon signed-rank test. No instances were found. Latent class growth analysis identified different trajectories of supportive environment among participants and three groups were identified. Multiple regressions conducted to examine how different trajectories affect late adolescents' depression and mastery found children of mothers from the least supportive group had statistically significant higher level of depression and lower level of mastery of control at 18 years of age; children of mothers from the progressively and continuously supportive group had similarly positive results of depression and mastery.

The study aimed to explore the experiences of dual career (DC) among Swedish student-eSport players from a holistic perspective, and focused on the challenges faced in DC, the coping strategies used, and how DC influenced the student-eSport players. Interviews were conducted with 7 student-eSport players enrolled in an upper secondary school or university providing DC supportive resources. The participants were all males between 16 and 22 years of age (M= 18, SD= 2.16). The works of Stambulova et al. (2015) and Henriksen (2010) served as foundations in creating the two semi-structured interview guides used by the authors. The authors performed a thematic analysis of the data to identify experiences relevant to the concepts of dual career and athlete talent development. The results showed that the participants’ experienced challenges related to eSports, school, and their private lives. Their private lives were perceived to be the most challenging due to the need of balancing their time between their meaningful relationships and DC demands. Coping strategies claimed to be used were time management, physical activity, and relying on their supportive network. The supportive network encompassing the coach, school environment, friends, partner, and family were identified as a coping resource in congruence with the participants’ individual skills. Positive influence of DC on the student-eSport players was found in both academical and eSport, but negative in private life due to experiencing a lack of time to dedicate to family and friends. The results of the study reveal that Swedish student-eSport players’ DC experiences share similarities with those experienced by student-athletes in traditional sports, and highlights challenges and positive benefits associated with combining eSports with studies. / Studiens syfte var att utforska erfarenheterna av dubbla karriär (DC) bland svenska eSport-spelare ur ett holistiskt perspektiv, och fokuserade på att undersöka utmaningar som uppstod, coping-strategier som användes, och hur DC påverkade student-eSport spelarna. Intervjuer utfördes med 7 student-eSport spelare antagna på gymnasier eller universitet som erbjuder DC stöttande program. Deltagarna var män och var mellan 16 och 22 år gamla (M = 18, SD = 2,16). Arbetena av Stambulova et al. (2015) och Henriksen (2010) agerade grunder i skapandet av de två semi-strukturerade intervjuguiderna som användes av författarna. Författarna genomförde en tematisk analys av materialet för att identifiera erfarenheter relaterade till koncepten av dubbla karriärer och talangutveckling. Resultatet visade att student-eSport spelarna upplevde utmaningar relaterade till eSport, akademiskt och i sitt privatliv. Privatlivet upplevdes som det mest krävande på grund av att svårigheter med att balansera sin tid mellan sina meningsfulla relationer och kravställningar i DC. Copingstrategier som användes av deltagarna var tidshantering, fysisk aktivitet, samt att använda sig av sitt stödjande nätverk. Det stödjande nätverket innehållandes tränare, skolmiljö, vänner och familj fungerade även som en coping-resurs i samverkan med deltagarnas individuella kunskaper. Det inflytande DC hade på student-eSport spelarna var både positivt och negativt på olika områden. Positivt inflytande identifierades i både akademisk och eSport men negativt i privatlivet på grund av brist på tid att ägna till familj och vänner. Studiens resultat visar att svenska student-eSport spelares upplevelser av DC delar likheter med de upplevda av student-atleter i traditionella idrotter, och framhäver de utmaningar och positiva fördelar relaterade till att kombinera eSport med studier.

Includes bibliographical references: leaves 255-277 / Self-leadership has emerged as a leadership style that can be utilised to achieve successful performance for the individual and the organisation, prompting the question: What can be done to facilitate self-leadership within nurse educators in nursing education institutions? The purpose of this exploratory, descriptive sequential mixed-methods study was to understand the self-leadership within nurse educators in order to develop guidelines that could facilitate their self-leadership. The integrative literature review, qualitative and quantitative data were integrated and used to develop and validate guidelines that could facilitate self-leadership in nurse educators. Phase 1 (subphase 1) consisted of an integrative literature review that explored and described the concept of self-leadership in nurse educators. In Phase 1 (subphase 2), semi-structured focus group interviews were conducted with purposively selected nurse educators from three sampling units, namely a private nursing school, nursing college and university-based nursing departments in two of the nine provinces in South Africa to explore the nurse educators’ perception of their self-leadership, and how self-leadership could be facilitated in a nursing education institution. Phase 2 of the study entailed developing a structured questionnaire based on the findings of Phase 1. In Phase 2, quantitative data were collected from nurse educators appointed at the remaining nursing education institutions in the two provinces which were not selected for the qualitative phase of the study. This phase was aimed at determining and describing the nurse educators’ (n=265) perceptions on their self-leadership practices in a nursing education institution, using a selfadministered questionnaire. For the integrative literature review, the method of data analysis as outlined by Miles and Huberman was used (Whittemore & Knafl 2005:550– 552). The qualitative data were analysed according to Tesch’s protocol of data analysis. The themes that emerged were perceptions of self-leadership in nurse educators; engagement in self-leadership activities; motivational factors in self-leadership; and facilitation of self-leadership in nurse educators. The quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistical methods (SPSS version 25). The participants gave their perceptions on 11 composite constructs. Nurse educators agreed the most on natural reward, intrinsic motivation, role modelling and shared leadership but agreed less with management support and positive self-talk. To establish rigour, the researcher utilised diverse empirical and theoretical sources as data sources, and applied strategies to ensure trustworthiness and performed validity and reliability tests. The findings of both Phase 1 and 2 were integrated to develop and validate guidelines to facilitate the self-leadership in nurse educators. Twelve guidelines were developed and were validated by field experts. The guidelines propose recommendations for nurse educators and the management of the nursing education institution, as well as other associated stakeholders such as SANC and government. / Health Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (Health Studies)