The Physical and Psychological Mechanisms of Educational Inequality and Intervention Strategies: The Case of Migrant Workers' Children

Using multiple methods including questionnaires, in-depth interviews, participant observation and field experiments, we have identified two social-psychological mechanisms in educational inequality： the self-fulfilling prophecy ofparentaI expectations at home and the threat of stereotyping encountered at school. The physical mechanism of educational inequality is manifested in the poor health of migrant workers＇ children and their devalued behavior. Targeting these physical and psychological mechanisms, we have designed two simple but effective intervention strategies to raise the children＇s academic achievement： passing on the incremental theory of intelligence and establishing a multiple assessment system. These intervention strategies effectively improved the children＇s academic performance, increased their identification with learning, and lowered the stereotype threat. It is hoped that these strategies can be applied to the new generation of migrant workers entering the labor market.

Emotional Mechanisms in Supervisor-Student Relationship:Evidence from Machine Learning and Investigation

How to cultivate innovative talents has become an important educational issue nowadays.In China’s long-term mentorship education environment,supervisor-student relationship often affects students’creativity.From the perspective of students’psychology,we explore the influence mechanism of supervisor-student relationship on creativity by machine learning and questionnaire survey.In Study 1,based on video interviews with 16 postgraduate students,we use the machine learning method to analyze the emotional states exhibited by the postgraduate students in the videos when associating them with the supervisor-student interaction scenario,finding that students have negative emotions in bad supervisor-student relationship.Subsequently,we further explore the impact of supervisor-student relationship on postgraduate students’development in supervisor-student interaction scenarios at the affective level.In Study 2,a questionnaire survey is conducted to explore the relationship between relevant variables,finding that a good supervisor-student relationship can significantly reduce power stereotype threat,decrease emotional labor surface behaviors,and promote creativity expression.The above results theoretically reveal the internal psychological processes by which supervisor-student relationship affects creativity,and have important implications for reducing emotional labor and enhancing creativity expression of postgraduate students.