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Training Special Education Teachers and Staff to Use Evidence-Based Practices
edited by Sheila Alber-Morgan
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17659
Keywords: teacher training; evidence-based practices; treatment fidelity; coaching; behavior skill training
(This special issue belongs to the Section Teacher Education)
Supporting Teaching Staff Development for Professional Education
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10342 | Submission Open
Keywords: professional development; teachers; teacher education; teaching methods; teacher educators; student teachers; teacher assistants; teaching staff
(This special issue belongs to the Section Teacher Education)
Advancements in Educational and Information Technology: Bridging the Gap in Learning
edited by Michelle Della Ventura, and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9421 | Submission Open
Keywords: e-learning; information technology; learning analytics; computer engineering
School Leadership Well-Being: Stressors, Enablers, and Impact on Leadership Practices and Educational Outcomes
edited by , Andrea Rorrer, and Laura Rogers
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6222 | Submission Open
Keywords: K-12 school leadership; well-being; stressors; burnout; career longevity; organizational support; educational outcomes; leadership practices; gender and race in leadership; school effectiveness
(This special issue belongs to the Section Teacher Education)
Engaging Children in Math: Game-Based and Playful Approaches to Learning
edited by and Sonia Abrantes Garcêz Palha
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5756 | Submission Open
Keywords: mathematics; engagement; playful activities; game-based learning; game-based pedagogy; gamification; designing games
Music Education: Current Changes, Future Trajectories
edited by Lucy Green and Avra Pieridou Skoutella
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4483 | Submission Open
Keywords: music education; philosophy and values; inclusion and diversity; identity; protest; pedagogies; creativities; technologies; teacher preparation; advocacy and leadership
AI Literacy: An Essential 21st Century Competence
edited by Lechen Zhang
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3005 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI literacy; K-12 education; AI curriculum design; pedagogical approaches; educational technology; AI literacy assessment; teacher training; AI ethics; 21st-century competence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Technology Enhanced Education)
Empowering Minds: Innovation, Equity and the Science of Learning in Mathematics Education
edited by Tasos Barkatsas and Wendy Goff
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2191 | Submission Open
Keywords: mathematics; equity; technology; science of learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Curriculum and Instruction)
The Power and Promise of Authentic Learning in Higher Education: Critical Approaches and Practical Strategies
edited by Elisa Bone and Hayley Bugeja
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1719 | Submission Open
Keywords: work-integrated learning; problem-based learning; authentic assessment; technology-enhanced authentic learning; interdisciplinary partnerships; situated learning; curriculum development
Effective Science Education for Young Children in Early Years Contexts
edited by Pauline Roberts and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1497 | Submission Open
Keywords: early childhood science; teacher confidence in science; formal science; informal science; educator knowledge and skills; young children and science
(This special issue belongs to the Section STEM Education)
Teaching and Learning Sequences: Design and Effect
edited by Dimitris Psillos
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 400 | Submission Open
Keywords: topic-oriented teaching– learning sequences (TLSs); TLS design; development; effectiveness; and iterative; TLS and design-based research
Bridging Ethics and Sustainable Learning in Science and Environmental Education
edited by Giuliano Reis, Rute Rocha, and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open
Keywords: science education; environmental education; ethics; sustainable learning; moral; values; animals; speciesism
Investigating Informal Learning in the Age of Technology submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open
Keywords: informal learning; informal education; technology; digitalization; artificial intelligence; self-organized learning; lifelong learning
Cross-Cultural Education: Building Bridges and Breaking Barriers
edited by Miri Shonfeld
submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 33950 | Submission Open
Keywords: intercultural competence; cross-cultural education; teacher education; global citizenship; conflict mediation; equity; diversity; educational technology; intercultural communication; global citizenship; cultural intelligence; educational equity
Supporting Transitions and Engagement in STEM Education
edited by , Dorte Moeskær Larsen, Connie Svabo and Martin Niss
submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 536 | Submission Open
Keywords: STEM; educational transitions; integrated STEM; interdisciplinary approaches to STEM; student engagement; teacher education (pre-service teachers); teacher professional development (continuing teacher education)
Engaging Students to Transform Tertiary Mathematics Education
edited by , Amy Been Bennett and Rachel Funk
submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 498 | Submission Open
Keywords: student engagement; tertiary mathematics education; instructor professional learning; inclusive mathematics teaching and learning; cultivating mathematical belonging; institutional transformation; decolonizing mathematics; mathematics assessment; institutional partnerships
(This special issue belongs to the Section Teacher Education)
Game-Based Learning in and Beyond Classrooms, Viewed from an Educational Equity Perspective submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4250 | Submission Open
Keywords: game-based learning; serious games; educational games; educational games in schools; entertaining games in schools; educational equity; GBL implementation
Education Leadership: Challenges and Opportunities
edited by David Godfrey, and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2017 | Submission Open
Keywords: educational leadership; leadership development; collaborative partnerships; distributed leadership; technology in leadership; global education reforms; networked leadership practices
Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning in English Language and Literature Studies submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 1983 | Submission Open
Keywords: English language teaching; literature; artificial intelligence; e-learning; digital literacies
Open Practices in Research and Education: Transforming Academic Culture
edited by
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1883 | Submission Open
Keywords: open science; open education; open access; open educational resources; interdisciplinarity; science communication; education for sustainable development; knowledge sharing; participatory culture; cultural change in academia
Positive Pedagogy in Physical Education and Sport Contexts
edited by Luis Calmeiro and Steven Kwang San Tan
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 964 | Submission Open
Keywords: adolescents; coaching effectiveness; education; flourishing; learning; positive psychology; psychosocial health; schools; teacher training; wellbeing
Artificial Intelligence in Bilingual Education: Innovations and Challenges in Content and Language Integrated Learning and English Medium Instruction Contexts
edited by , Roberto Avello Rodríguez and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 576 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); bilingual education; computer-assisted language learning (CALL); content and language integrated learning (CLIL); English medium instruction (EMI); language education; motivation; multimodal learning; professional development; educational technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Language and Literacy Education)
Views of Physics Teachers on Inquiry and Their Approaches to Classroom Practices
edited by Angelika Pahl and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 355 | Submission Open
Keywords: science education; teacher; beliefs; teaching methods and strategies; laboratory work; inquiry; teacher training
A Radical (Re)Imagination for Urban Education: Practicing Justice in PK-20 Contexts
edited by Melissa Gibson, and Blake O’Neal Turner
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open
Keywords: liberatory education; urban education; urban schools; social and educational justice; counternarratives; critical pedagogy; higher education
Intelligent Education: A Comprehensive Look at the Integration of AI across Academic Domains
edited by Daniel R. Bailey and Andrea Lee
submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7522 | Submission Open
Keywords: education; learning analytics; tutoring systems; personalized learning; teaching AI strategies; curriculum design; intelligent feedback systems; virtual assistants; ethics in education; AI literacy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Technology Enhanced Education)
How Aspects of the Home Environment Promote Young Children’s Academic and Social Development submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1923 | Submission Open
Keywords: children’ s social development; children’ s academic/educational development; children’ s early development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Early Childhood Education)
Cognitive and Developmental Psychology in STEM Education
edited by Jason Morphew
submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 542 | Submission Open
Keywords: engineering education; science education; mathematics education; cognitive science; cognitive psychology; developmental psychology; educational theory; evidence-based practice; measurement; methodology; educational technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section STEM Education)
Research, Innovation, and Practice in Bilingual Education
edited by and Antonio Jesús Tinedo Rodríguez
submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 449 | Submission Open
Keywords: bilingual education; research; innovation; good practices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Language and Literacy Education)
Artificial Intelligence and Blended Learning: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Directions
edited by Will W. K. Ma
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 56349 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); blended learning; information systems; data analytics; adaptive learning; personalized learning; assessments and feedback; natural language processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Technology Enhanced Education)
Effective Policies and Practices in Inclusive Preschool and Primary Education
edited by Aglaia Stampoltzis and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15035 | Submission Open
Keywords: inclusive pedagogy; early intervention; inclusive assessment; effective teaching practices; successful learning; personalized learning plans
(This special issue belongs to the Section Special and Inclusive Education)
Cybersecurity and Online Learning in Tertiary Education
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 13502 | Submission Open
Keywords: ethics of scale; learning analytics and any cyber security issues with it; cyber risk management; security awareness-specific LMS; ethical hacking by online learning; virtual labs for cybersecurity education; online learning and authenticity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Technology Enhanced Education)
Generative AI in Education: Theoretical Explorations and Practical Investigations
edited by and Xibin Han
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 11116 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI in education; AI literacy; AI technologies in educational settings
Healthy Habits, Psychological Variables and Learning in Children and Adolescents
edited by José Enrique Moral-García and Manuel Jesús De La Torre-Cruz
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9384 | Submission Open
Keywords: healthy habits; children and adolescents; educational psychology; learning processes; physical education
Technology-Enhanced Learning in Tertiary Education submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8754 | Submission Open
Keywords: educational technology; learning analytics; retention; engagement; technology-enhanced learning; emotion and learning; applied AI techniques in learning; emotion detection from students’ comments (interaction with LMS)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Technology Enhanced Education)
Higher Education and Creativity: International Perspectives on Stimulating Student Engagement
edited by Simon Brownhill
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8492 | Submission Open
Keywords: higher education; creativity; international perspectives; students; engagement; practices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Higher Education)
Cultivating Teachers for STEAM Education
edited by Thomas Roberts, Stefanie Livers and Holly Plank
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5987 | Submission Open
Keywords: STEAM teacher education; STEAM professional development; mathematics teacher education; science teacher education; engineering education; technology education; transdisciplinary learning; integrated content; computational thinking
(This special issue belongs to the Section STEM Education)
Teacher Effectiveness, Student Success and Pedagogic Innovation
edited by , Alexandra M. Araújo and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5112 | Submission Open
Keywords: teacher effectiveness; teacher assessment; higher education; student-centered learning; pedagogical innovation; professional development; active learning strategies; student success; digital assessment tools
(This special issue belongs to the Section Teacher Education)
Transforming Teacher Education for Academic Excellence
edited by Shirley O'Neill and Tony Richardson
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4881 | Submission Open
Keywords: critical reflective practice; diverse contemporary classrooms; mentor teachers; pre-service teacher practicum; professional learning communities; quality teaching and accountability; teacher education programs; teacher leadership; teacher professional identity development; teacher retention
The State of the Art and the Future of Education
edited by Daniel Muijs
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4336 | Submission Open
Keywords: review; education; evidence; research; school; higher education; primary education; secondary education
Beyond Classroom Walls: Exploring Virtual Learning Environments
edited by and Elizabeth Milonas
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3043 | Submission Open
Keywords: virtual and hybrid learning (VLEs; online; distance; E-learning); pedagogical innovation and educational technology; learner engagement and accessibility; diversity; equity; and inclusivity in education; collaborative and personalized learning; educational transformation; administration; and policy; curriculum studies and teaching; education ethics; special and teacher education
(This special issue belongs to the Section Technology Enhanced Education)
Collaborative and Resilience-Oriented Practices and Teacher Wellbeing
edited by and Jessica Strolin-Goltzman
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2239 | Submission Open
Keywords: family– school collaboration; teacher wellbeing; resilience; burnout
Transforming the Future of Education: Empowering Active Learning and All-Round Development Through Intelligent Technologies
edited by , Tong Li and Tingting Yang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1878 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent technologies in education; active learning; all-round development; adaptive learning systems; collaborative learning; STEM education; computational thinking; educational data analytics; AI in education
Challenges to Improving Outcomes in K-12 and Postsecondary Systems: Acknowledging the Elephants in the Room
edited by Sean W. Mulvenon
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1569 | Submission Open
Keywords: methodology; quantitative; qualitative; accountability
Economics of Education and Prospective Developments in Higher Education
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1455 | Submission Open
Keywords: economics of education; education and economic development; sustainable development; human capital; higher education; online education; higher education and labor markets; the role of government in education; taxation for education; financing education
The Challenges of Teachers in the Digital Age: Teaching despite Technology
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 819 | Submission Open
Keywords: teachers in the digital age; digital age; capturing attention; teacher's influence; discipline in learning; technology and education; dichotomy in learning; fun in education; information overload; experimental research
New Educational Responsibilities in Today’s Society: The Role of Artificial Intelligence, Quality and Inclusion submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 759 | Submission Open
Keywords: quality education; inclusive education; attention to diversity; teaching and learning processes; family context; information and communication technologies (ICT); active methodologies; COVID-19 educational challenge
Early Entrepreneurial Education in Preschool and Primary School: Unlocking Young Potential submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 753 | Submission Open
Keywords: entrepreneurial education; preschool; primary school; educators; pedagogy; play; agency; entrepreneurial competencies; inclusivity; policy
Promoting Teachers’ Digital Competence in an AI World
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 687 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI literacy; chatbots as intelligent tutors; metaverse for learning; ethics and AI; VR; AR; and XR in education; digital skills and digital competence; e-assessment; AI-generated feedback; AI governance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Teacher Education)
Teachers as Assessors: Exploring the Socio-Emotional Dimension of Teacher Assessment Literacy
edited by Serafina Pastore
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 508 | Submission Open
Keywords: teacher assessment literacy; socio-emotional aspects of assessment; assessment identity; teachers’ assessment practice
(This special issue belongs to the Section Teacher Education)
New Challenges in Online Teaching and Learning
edited by Taotao Long and Xiaomei Yan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 385 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI tools; adaptive learning; virtual reality; professional development; learning engagement; equity
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