Kara A. Makara

ORCID: 0000-0003-0712-0841
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Research Areas
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Online and Blended Learning
  • Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Higher Education Governance and Development
  • Education Systems and Policy
  • Educational and Psychological Assessments
  • Student Assessment and Feedback
  • Education and Critical Thinking Development
  • Evaluation of Teaching Practices
  • Higher Education Practises and Engagement
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
  • Service-Learning and Community Engagement
  • E-Learning and Knowledge Management
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Education, Leadership, and Health Research
  • Emotional Intelligence and Performance
  • Higher Education and Employability
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Social Work Education and Practice

University of Glasgow
2015-2024

University of Michigan
2013-2017

Michigan United
2017

James Madison University
2009-2010

Early study of the curriculum focused on ideal array experiences that should comprise psychology major. We developed a standardized coding scheme to identify common curricula and course titles across institutions current implementation curriculum. compared major programs in 2005 described decade earlier evaluate progress has been made toward implementing published design recommendations. These data will aid departments development serve as benchmark for practices at this point evolution...

10.1080/00986280903426274 article EN Teaching of Psychology 2009-12-31

This paper draws from an institutionally-funded phenomenological study of international PhD students’ academic acculturation, which focuses on the distinctive strengths, challenges, and hidden opportunities facing this cohort within context their transition one culture to another. The first section introduces theoretical base employed in is then followed by exploring conceptualisations curriculum its associated concepts: ‘the third space’ ‘darkness higher education’. Drawing upon our...

10.1080/03054985.2016.1229664 article EN Oxford Review of Education 2016-10-17

This paper describes two studies that explore students' beliefs about critical and creative learning at universities, considers the implications of those in comparison to universities' stated education goals. One is a mixed method study students top university Korea, second comparative between Korean United States (US) university. The first found both high-achievers general population perceived their abilities as lower than receptive abilities, higher achievers were neither more nor...

10.1080/07294360.2014.892477 article EN Higher Education Research & Development 2014-04-04

Students' social goals-reasons for engaging in interpersonal relationships with peers-are consequential students' interactions their peers at school and well-being.Despite importance the salience of peer during adolescence, research on goals is generally lacking compared to academic it unknown how these develop over time, especially among high students.The aim study was assess trajectories across two years as well determine relevant individual contextual variables predicted initial levels...

10.1037/a0038801 article EN Developmental Psychology 2015-03-02

AbstractThis study explores how the relationship between college students' learning strategies and their grade point average (GPA) differs across two culturally different institutions. Surveys of 621 students at a South Korean university 824 in USA were used to assess four types strategies: motivation-related, assignment/task-related, planning/time-related, cognition-related strategies. The results show that all significantly predict GPA university, whereas only motivation-related...

10.1080/03075079.2015.1045473 article EN Studies in Higher Education 2015-06-30

Undertaking a PhD entails diverse and multi-faceted challenges as doctoral researchers enter distinct academic culture that requires transition to new level threshold of learning – with both knowledge acquisition production at the core. While are expected secure different dimensions knowledge, which necessitates meaningful ‘dialogue’ experts, colossal task is still ironically associated isolated experience somewhat limited postgraduate supervision provision. With extra concerns typically...

10.47989/kpdc74 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Journal of Praxis in Higher Education 2019-11-08

International students make significant contributions to the UK and Chinese international represent largest body of overseas in UK. Although previous studies have examined different aspects this cohort, an in-depth comprehensive investigation experience postgraduate taught is seemingly very limited. This research employed a longitudinal design conducted 34 interviews with facilitation photograph- diagram-elicitation techniques. With phenomenological focus, Interpretative Phenomenological...

10.32674/jis.v14i3.6046 article EN Journal of International Students 2024-04-21

University life can be stressful and students may struggle to adjust socially. We examined students’ social achievement goals—their orientations towards their relationships with peers—as one important factor underlying psychological adjustment in college. When investigating the direct indirect effects of goals on (i.e., satisfaction, depression, stress, worry), mediating role emotion regulation was examined. Data were collected from attending a university China (N = 1,242, 35% male). The...

10.1353/csd.2017.0096 article EN Journal of college student development 2017-01-01

COVID-19 and its imposed social confinement entailed a radical shift in research, supervision learning doctoral education. Heightened flexibility delivery, sensitivity compassion greater reliance on technology sought to address not merely scholars' pedagogical but holistic needs, which became more prominent during the pandemic. Face-to-face academic events were conducted online overcome hurdles presented by 'social distancing'. We examine how dynamics of our group for international scholars...

10.1080/14703297.2021.1991424 article EN cc-by Innovations in Education and Teaching International 2021-11-02

Abstract The paper explores tensions in the articulation of progression learning across Humanities disciplines. Informed by our review research disciplines, international curricula on these areas and reflections from professional activity within newly defined ‘Area Learning Experience’ new Welsh curriculum, this describes how has been conceptualised curriculum then delineates critically reviews four challenges that emerged when identifying describing curriculum. Tensions include relationship...

10.1002/curj.28 article EN The Curriculum Journal 2020-01-29
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