2025 October - 151 articles
Higher technical education plays a strategic role in equipping the workforce to navigate rapid technological advancements and evolving labor market demands. Within the Rome Technopole framework, Spoke 4 targets ITS Academies, promoting the developmen...
This paper reports on how one initial teacher education (ITE) programme has worked to support culturally responsive and sustaining teaching (CREST) practice for its student teachers. In Aotearoa New Zealand, we are required by law to include as much...
This study aims to explore teachers’ perceptions and students’ strategies when integrating AI-mediated informal digital learning of English tools (AI-IDLE) into career ESL writing instruction. This case study involved six university instr...
To examine current support mechanisms for supervising teachers and tertiary supervisors in professional experience placements, we investigated the perceived effectiveness of and explored strategies for enhancing university–school collaboration...
This paper describes a small, quasi-experimental, mixed method study investigating teacher and child outcomes for a preschool data science intervention condition compared to a business-as-usual comparison condition. The intervention included both han...
This qualitative study explores how graduate students in literacy education connect theoretical frameworks to classroom practices. Grounded in Deweyan pragmatist philosophy and Kucer’s multidimensional literacy theory, researchers analyzed cour...
This paper reports on a small-scale qualitative study, using philosophical inquiry in Key Stage 1 (5–7-year-old children). The study involved a one hour per week session of philosophical inquiry in one primary school, ‘Philosophy Club&rsq...
The urgent need to transform initial teacher education (ITE) in Australia has reached a critical juncture, as the Quality Initial Teacher Education (QITE) Review reveals concerning attrition rates with nearly 40% of ITE students sleaving within six y...
During medical school, students in Germany acquire knowledge, abilities, competencies, and skills in social medicine. The aim of this study was to investigate how human medicine students perceive the relevance of selected social medical issues and th...
Character strengths are the positive personality traits essential for a meaningful life. Recognising and applying character strengths is crucial to becoming high-quality learners. This study explores the role of character strengths in enhancing the q...
This study validates the Compassionate Engagement and Action Scales for Self and Others (CEAS) for use with undergraduate engineering students in the United States. Compassion, defined as sensitivity to suffering in oneself and others coupled with a...
Traditional teaching methods are often far from aligning with professional practice demands. Team-Based Learning (TBL), a variant of Problem-Based Learning, may foster motivation, autonomy, and deeper knowledge acquisition, especially in those educat...
This study examines the effects of integrating an inquiry-based final project into an early childhood robotics program, focusing on its influence on children’s problem-solving self-efficacy, attitudes toward collaboration, confidence in applyin...
Understanding students’ feelings about daily school life can be a tool for schools to enhance their learning experience and sense of belonging. Despite the abundant research on achievement and engagement, few studies jointly examine the effect...
This article provides a compelling argument using qualitative analysis for the longitudinal impact of an all-girls’ summer camp that was recently canceled due to an Executive Order from the Federal government. This paper will discuss: (1) the h...
The authors of this article describe a study designed to support first-grade students’ social studies knowledge and literacy development through a teacher–researcher co-constructed and teacher implemented integrated unit within the contex...
The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has impacted the world of higher education, and institutions are faced with challenges in integrating AI into curricula. Within the field of biology education, there has been little to no research on AI c...
This article explores the role of the lecturer as a teacher educator in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), drawing on the experiences of former ECEC students. Student perspectives offer valuable insights, especially during times of change and...
Quality Physical Education (QPE) is crucial, yet its delivery at the primary level is often challenged by generalist teachers’ inadequate preparedness, a deficit that collaborative tandem teaching can address. This study compared the perceived...
This study examined cultural differences in teachers’ attitudes towards the inclusion of students with disabilities in Jewish and Arab Israeli schools. We explored whether cultural differences influence attitudes and perceptions, considering th...
The use of generative chat in education has become widespread over the last four years, raising many questions about its use and the effects of AI on learning. The aim of the current systematic review is to analyze the main effects of feedback throug...
While MOOCs have gained prominence in higher education, their role in fostering pedagogical and technological readiness among teachers remains underexplored. This study addresses this gap by leveraging the Technology Acceptance Model to investigate h...
Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) has primarily been applied to individual learning, while research on collaborative learning under CLT remains inconclusive. This experimental study investigated the effect of collective working memory on cognitive load, wr...
This study examines the potential of the AI chatbot ChatGPT-4o to support human-centered tasks such as qualitative research analysis. It focuses on a case study involving an initial university teaching training program at the Universidad Polité...
Although prosody plays a critical role in early language acquisition, the effects of prosodic training on language outcomes during infancy remain unexplored. This study evaluated the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a prosodic training program...
Although Latin American countries have seen major advances in coverage and school attendance, there are still important geographical differences in educational quality, leading to inequalities. The objective of this study is to determine the influenc...
This study examines how large-scale school infrastructure reforms shape teaching practice, using Australia’s Building the Education Revolution (BER) initiative as a case example. Guided by Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), the researc...
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) chatbots in brands is growing exponentially, and higher education institutions are not unaware of how such tools effectively shape the attitudes and behavioral intentions of students. These chatbo...
Motivation is a key variable in successful learning of English, and it is influenced by many factors. However, little research has examined teachers’ roles in motivating young learners (YLs) to learn English. Therefore, this study investigates...
The benefits of work-integrated learning (WIL) in higher education are well documented. Conversely, the assessment thereof, across disciplines, remains challenging. WIL is embedded in the environmental health (EH) degree at a University of Technology...
Immersive virtual reality (IVR) has demonstrated significant potential in educational contexts. Nonetheless, prior IVR implementations have primarily focused on visual and auditory simulations, neglecting olfaction, which has limited immersive learni...
This study investigates the application of Bayesian probability models in the diagnostic assessment of learning disabilities. The objective of this study was to determine whether specific conditions identified in expert reports could predict subseque...
Bullying and cyberbullying were the focus of analysis in this study. The purpose of the study was to explore teachers’ perceptions, experiences and strategies in relation to these issues, as well as their training needs. A convergent mixed-meth...
This study investigates how short-term naturalistic immersion shapes the development of evaluative narrative competence in Japanese junior high school students learning English as a foreign language. While prior second language acquisition (SLA) rese...
This paper presents a novel visual approach to teaching multiplication to elementary school pupils using stick intersections. Within the South African context, where students consistently demonstrate low mathematics achievement, particularly in found...
This study maps the landscape of initial teacher education (ITE) research in Central Asia and its positioning within global academic discourse between 2004 and 2024. Drawing on a systematic scoping review of 144 publications conducted using the PRISM...
In 2013, Portugal implemented a major restructuring of Allied Health (AH) education by merging multiple separate first-cycle degree programmes into a smaller number of broader qualifications. The reform was designed to streamline curricula, increase...
Working memory (WM) is crucial for learning and academic success, emphasizing the need for effective theory- and practice-informed interventions supporting children with poor WM. Given limited transferable effects, recent research stresses the import...
In the US and Europe, institutions, foundations and governments invest significant financial resources in doctoral fellowships. Unlike other graduate funding mechanisms, fellowships are typically not tied to specific projects or job responsibilities...
Several studies in the educational field have explored the use of digital technologies and how they promote the strengthening of socioemotional competencies. However, most of these studies have focused on students, leaving their application to teache...
To foster engaged, resilient, healthy, and active citizens, there is a critical need to elevate the status of quality physical education (QPE) in Canadian schools. Within the K–12 educational context, systemic changes for physical education (PE...
Spatial reasoning (SR) skills are inherent to our daily interactions with the world and essential to young children’s learning in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) domains. Most simply, SR skills allow humans to me...
This study explored how school leaders in Arab schools in Israel enact transformative leadership to promote student social mobility and social justice. In the context of persistent structural inequalities and educational disparities, the study sought...
The use of nature as an environment to develop children’s knowledge in kindergartens is growing globally. Understanding how children learn in nature and the types of knowledge they acquire is crucial for this pedagogical approach. This article...
Mobility in children with motor disabilities is critical to their quality of life because it enhances participation and social inclusion in school and community settings. Recently, early childhood intervention programs have begun incorporating powere...
The modern job market demands soft and future skills from both technical and non-technical professionals. It is often challenging to teach these competencies in a traditional academic setting. This paper presents an effective approach for developing...
Teacher identity emerges from the intertwined relationship of past, present, and future experiences, shaped through active reflection within individual, social, and cultural contexts. This study investigates how initial teacher education programs for...
Innovation in university education has become a key pillar for improving learning quality and ensuring faculty adaptation to the challenges of the 21st century. This study aims to analyze the innovative competence profile of university faculty, explo...
Integrating literacy-focused curricula in preschool settings may help support children’s literacy learning. In this study, we explored the use of literacy-focused curricula and how it was associated with preschool children’s literacy gain...
This mixed-methods research investigated the impact of a summer science camp—developed in conjunction with an elementary science methods course—on elementary students’ science identity, perceptions of science, scientists, and STEM c...
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