Journal of Educational Practice and Research

【Table of Contents】

Journal of Educational Practice and Research

Volume 38, Number 2, Aug 2025

【Editor’s Notes】
【Research Articles】

• Rubrics Development for Pre-service Preschool Educators’ Instructional Activity Design（Ching-Wen Chang＊, Qi Chen, & Tze-Lan Chen）
• Contradictions and Transformations in the Professional Development of Cross-Border Teachers in Malaysian Chinese Secondary Schools: A Cultural-Historical Activity Theory Perspective（Karen Hui-Jung Chen＊）
• The Influence of Epistemic Emotions Processes on Critical Thinking Strategy in Middle School Students Within the Affective Education Class: The Moderating Effect of Value Appraisal（Hsin-Ling Chen＊）

Keyword：JEPR, Educational Practice and Research, Education, Educational Practice, Educational Research

【Editorial office】

• Rubrics Development for Pre-service Preschool Educators’ Instructional Activity Design

  Ching-Wen Chang＊, Qi Chen, & Tze-Lan Chen

Keyword：early childhood education, instructional activity design, pre-service preschool educator, rubric

• Contradictions and Transformations in the Professional Development of Cross-Border Teachers in Malaysian Chinese Secondary Schools: A Cultural-Historical Activity Theory Perspective

Karen Hui-Jung Chen＊

Keyword：contextual factors, contradictions and transformation, cross-border teachers, historical and cultural activity theory, teacher professional development

• The Influence of Epistemic Emotions Processes on Critical Thinking Strategy in Middle School Students Within the Affective Education Class: The Moderating Effect of Value Appraisal

  Hsin-Ling Chen＊

Keyword：affective education, critical thinking strategy, epistemic emotion, myths of romantic love, value appraisal