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Teaching and Learning Sequences: Design and Effect
edited by Dimitris Psillos
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open
Keywords: topic-oriented teaching– learning sequences (TLSs); TLS design; development; effectiveness; and iterative; TLS and design-based research
Empowering Educators: Strategies for Professional Development in Computer Science
edited by Jennifer L. Albert, Robin Jocius, Candace Joswick and Deepti Joshi
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open
Keywords: computer science; computer science education; professional development; teacher training; continuous learning; pedagogy; curriculum innovation; K-12 education
(This special issue belongs to the Section STEM Education)
Digital Literacy for Teaching Excellence: Empowering Educators in the Digital Age
edited by Barbara Sabitzer and Corinna Hörmann
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7050 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital literacy; instructional technology; computational thinking; educator professional development; innovative teaching methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Technology Enhanced Education)
New Educational Responsibilities in Today’s Society: The Role of Artificial Intelligence, Quality and Inclusion submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 485 | 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
Critical Literacy for Human Connection and Solidarity: Learners Engaging in Critical Discourse and Dialogue
edited by and Josephine Pham
submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open
Keywords: critical literacy; critical discourse; dialogue; affect; agency; solidarity; engagement
Harmonizing Vocational Education and the Arts: Exploring the Role of Aesthetic Experience in Conceptual Development
edited by
submission deadline 4 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 565 | Submission Open
Keywords: aesthetic experience; vocational education; arts-based educational research; epistemic shortcuts; teacher education; vocational pedagogy; multimodal assessment
Cutting-Edge Research on Childhood Special Education submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1712 | Submission Open
Keywords: attention to diversity; inclusive education; educational technology; specific learning difficulties; barriers to learning and participation; universal learning design; functional diversity; family diversity; affective-sexual diversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Special and Inclusive Education)
Technology-Based Immersive Teaching and Learning
edited by Rawad Chaker and Maria Antonietta Impedovo
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4793 | Submission Open
Keywords: immersive environments; embodiment; embodied learning; virtual reality; augmented reality; mixed reality; cognition; cognitive load; multisensory; teaching; procedural knowledge
(This special issue belongs to the Section Technology Enhanced Education)
Gender and Early Childhood Education: Debates and Current Challenges
edited by , Susanne Garvis and Haoran Zheng
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2338 | Submission Open
Keywords: gender; early childhood education and care; impact; digital technology
Language Learning in Multilingual, Inclusive and Immersive Contexts
edited by Tanja Angelovska
submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 618 | Submission Open
Keywords: multilingualism; inclusive classrooms; neurodiversity; language acquisition; evidence-based teaching; receptive skills; productive skills; immersive education; educational technologies; learner-centered approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Language and Literacy Education)
Experiences for Educational Equalities in Higher Education submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open
Keywords: inclusion; higher education; studies; experiences
(This special issue belongs to the Section Special and Inclusive Education)
Contemporary Arts Education Through the Lens of Social Justice: Insights from Research and Practice
edited by Judith Dinham
submission deadline 16 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open
Keywords: equitable arts education; access to arts education; arts education and social justice; decolonising the arts curriculum; arts education and neurodiversity; arts education and social change; arts education and alternative narratives; arts education and agency
Learning, Its Education and Its Contemporary Theoretical Complexities
edited by and Kalli Drousioti
submission deadline 17 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2511 | Submission Open
Keywords: learning; unlearning; knowledge; critique; transformation; adaptation
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 7538 | Submission Open
Keywords: teacher training; evidence-based practices; treatment fidelity; coaching; behavior skill training
(This special issue belongs to the Section Teacher Education)
The Fruitful Interplay Between Disciplinary, Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Teaching and Learning in Mathematics Education: Epistemological, Anthropological and Institutional Issues
edited by Laura Branchetti and Gabriella Pocalana
submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open
Keywords: mathematics education; disciplinary teaching; interdisciplinary teaching and learning; transdisciplinary teaching and learning; epistemological issues in mathematics education; institutional issues in mathematics education
(This special issue belongs to the Section STEM 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 3027 | 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 2371 | Submission Open
Keywords: music education; philosophy and values; inclusion and diversity; identity; protest; pedagogies; creativities; technologies; teacher preparation; advocacy and leadership
Advancements in Educational and Information Technology: Bridging the Gap in Learning
edited by Michelle Della Ventura, and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1277 | 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 | Viewed by 771 | 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)
Critical Thinking in Science Education: Nurturing Inquiry, Socio-Scientific Issues, and Innovation submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 436 | Submission Open
Keywords: critical thinking; socio-scientific issues; sciences inquiry
(This special issue belongs to the Section STEM Education)
Trends in Teaching and Learning Technologies for Enhancing Assessment and Feedback
edited by and Lorella Giannandrea
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open
Keywords: technology-enhanced pedagogy; personalized feedback; assessment as learning; automated assessment; intelligent tutoring systems; artificial intelligence in education; learning analytics; cyber physical human systems; transformative and adaptive feedback
(This special issue belongs to the Section Technology Enhanced Education)
AI Literacy: An Essential 21st Century Competence
edited by Lechen Zhang
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 223 | 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)
Bridging Ethics and Sustainable Learning in Science and Environmental Education
edited by Giuliano Reis, Elna Mugrabi, Rute Rocha, Nei de Freitas Nunes Neto, and Thiago Pires-Oliveira
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open
Keywords: science education; environmental education; ethics; sustainable learning; moral; values; animals; speciesism
Effective Science Education for Young Children in Early Years Contexts
edited by Pauline Roberts and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 153 | 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)
Investigating Informal Learning in the Age of Technology submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 98 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9668 | 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 153 | 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)
Early Childhood Teacher-Student Interactions: Global Perspectives in Turbulent Times submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open
Keywords: teacher-student interactions; early childhood education; proximal processes; classroom interactions; classroom observation; process quality; teacher effectiveness
(This special issue belongs to the Section Early Childhood Education)
Positive Pedagogy in Physical Education and Sport Contexts
edited by Luis Calmeiro and Steven Kwang San Tan
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 396 | Submission Open
Keywords: adolescents; coaching effectiveness; education; flourishing; learning; positive psychology; psychosocial health; schools; teacher training; wellbeing
Education Leadership: Challenges and Opportunities
edited by David Godfrey, and
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open
Keywords: educational leadership; leadership development; collaborative partnerships; distributed leadership; technology in leadership; global education reforms; networked leadership practices
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 193 | 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)
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 142 | Submission Open
Keywords: liberatory education; urban education; urban schools; social and educational justice; counternarratives; critical pedagogy; higher education
Game-Based Learning in and Beyond Classrooms, Viewed from an Educational Equity Perspective submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open
Keywords: game-based learning; serious games; educational games; educational games in schools; entertaining games in schools; educational equity; GBL implementation
Beyond the Bottom Line: Systemic Pathways to Identity-Responsive STEM Learning
edited by Heidi Cian
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open
Keywords: STEM identity; scale; policy; funding
(This special issue belongs to the Section STEM 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 | Viewed by 682 | 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)
Cognitive and Developmental Psychology in STEM Education
edited by Jason Morphew
submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 260 | 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 207 | Submission Open
Keywords: bilingual education; research; innovation; good practices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Language and Literacy Education)
How Aspects of the Home Environment Promote Young Children’s Academic and Social Development submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 125 | 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)
Cybersecurity and Online Learning in Tertiary Education
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 7426 | 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)
Technology-Enhanced Learning in Tertiary Education submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6097 | 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)
Generative AI in Education: Theoretical Explorations and Practical Investigations
edited by and Xibin Han
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3081 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI in education; AI literacy; AI technologies in educational settings
Transforming Teacher Education for Academic Excellence
edited by Shirley O'Neill and Tony Richardson
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2479 | 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 1074 | Submission Open
Keywords: review; education; evidence; research; school; higher education; primary education; secondary education
Higher Education and Creativity: International Perspectives on Stimulating Student Engagement
edited by Simon Brownhill
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 935 | Submission Open
Keywords: higher education; creativity; international perspectives; students; engagement; practices
(This special issue belongs to the Section Higher Education)
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 | Viewed by 600 | 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
The Challenges of Teachers in the Digital Age: Teaching despite Technology
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 595 | 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
Promoting Teachers’ Digital Competence in an AI World
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 487 | 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)
Beyond Classroom Walls: Exploring Virtual Learning Environments
edited by and Elizabeth Milonas
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 429 | 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)
Competencies for Sustainable Development in University Education: Challenges and Opportunities
edited by , Diego Gavilán-Martín and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 410 | Submission Open
Keywords: university education for sustainable development; skills for sustainable development; health and wellness; renewable energies; human rights; corporate responsibility; social sciences and law; engineering and architecture; arts and humanities; higher education
A Nexus Between Teacher Agency and Accountability: Research and Practice
edited by and Paul Campbell
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 398 | Submission Open
Keywords: teacher agency; accountability; professionalism; professional practice
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