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  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,401 Views
25 Pages

30 November 2024

This study investigates the determinants of teacher retention, focusing on the Flemish region of Belgium, where early-career teacher attrition presents a significant challenge. Employing a mixed methods approach, the research combines quantitative su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,113 Views
12 Pages

Promoting Academic Success and Social Inclusion in Non-Formal Education Contexts: The Case of a North-East Region of Portugal

  • Marta de Oliveira Rodrigues,
  • Armando Loureiro,
  • Paul Flynn,
  • Muhammet Berigel and
  • Sofia Marques da Silva

30 July 2023

The processes leading to school failure and early school leaving are complex and involve multidimensional factors. In Portugal, as in other European countries, in the last decade, several policies, programmes, and practices have been developed to add...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,258 Views
17 Pages

Teachers’ Autonomy-Supportive Behaviour and Learning Strategies Applied by Students: The Role of Students’ Growth Mindset and Classroom Management in Low-SES-Context Schools

  • Agne Brandisauskiene,
  • Loreta Buksnyte-Marmiene,
  • Ausra Daugirdiene,
  • Jurate Cesnaviciene,
  • Gabija Jarasiunaite-Fedosejeva,
  • Egle Kemeryte-Ivanauskiene and
  • Rasa Nedzinskaite-Maciuniene

23 June 2022

This study explored a moderated mediation model, which is based on the assumption about the direct relationship between teachers’ autonomy-supportive behaviours and students’ learning strategies and via perceived classroom management as w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
106 Citations
26,049 Views
11 Pages

Academic resilience is the ability to overcome setbacks and chronic difficulties in the academic context. Previous studies have found that resilient students tend to be more engaged in school than their counterparts. Nevertheless, it seems worth deep...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,801 Views
20 Pages

27 July 2022

In the context of school learning and teaching, teachers are leaders who stimulate students’ learning outcomes through leadership styles. The teacher efficacy of this study is discussed by using multiple teaching and class management strategies...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,099 Views
14 Pages

Positive Youth Identity: The Role of Adult Social Support

  • Agnieszka Jankowska-Tvedten and
  • Nora Wiium

19 July 2023

Positive identity is essential to adolescents’ well-being and a successful transition to adulthood. Understanding factors that contribute to identity formation is important to promote healthy development. The present study applies the Positive...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,597 Views
17 Pages

18 April 2024

Teachers in secondary vocational education face challenges in interdisciplinary teaching due to their traditional teacher education within specific subject domains. Collaborative efforts—like those implemented in Teacher Design Teams (TDTs)&mda...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,129 Views
17 Pages

20 August 2020

This study investigates the Korean Educational Information Disclosure System (KEIDS) and suggests sustainable development policies for KEIDS to improve school-level data-based decision-making (DBDM) from the educational administration’s perspec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Views
37 Pages

Leading the Digital Transformation of Education: The Perspective of School Principals

  • Bistra Mizova,
  • Yonka Parvanova and
  • Roumiana Peytcheva-Forsyth

22 January 2026

This mixed-methods study investigates the strategic management of digital transformation in Bulgarian schools by analysing principals’ self-reported leadership practices and styles. Using data from a nationally representative sample (N = 349) g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,593 Views
21 Pages

The first aim of this work was to examine the independent influence of students’ perceived autonomy support for leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), from different school community agents, on motivational outcomes in a LTPA context and objective PA...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,988 Views
14 Pages

Direct and Indirect Effects of Social Support and School Social Capital on the Academic Success of 11–19-Year-Old Students Using Distance Learning

  • Brigita Mieziene,
  • Arunas Emeljanovas,
  • Roma Jusiene,
  • Rima Breidokiene,
  • Sigita Girdzijauskiene,
  • Stanislav Sabaliauskas,
  • Jolita Buzaityte-Kasalyniene,
  • Virginija Budiene,
  • Indre Eiliakaite and
  • Ichiro Kawachi
  • + 3 authors

13 February 2022

In the context of current changes in the education process due to the pandemic, the main aims of this study were to highlight social capital factors within the school community that are associated with better students’ outcomes in the context o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,046 Views
20 Pages

A Survey of Assessment and Additional Teaching Support in Irish Immersion Education

  • Sinéad Nic Aindriú,
  • Pádraig Ó Duibhir and
  • Joe Travers

This study investigates the assessment methods used in Irish immersion schools to identify students for additional teaching support. An overview is provided of the percentage of students receiving additional teaching support in this context and wheth...

  • Article
  • Open Access
460 Views
27 Pages

18 December 2025

The home context can complement formal schooling in writing. However, the family’s potential for promoting how children learn to write is still relatively underexplored, particularly in primary education. The present study used a qualitative ap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,321 Views
22 Pages

2 May 2023

Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a behaviorally based framework that seeks to improve student outcomes in schools. This framework is implemented at differing levels of intensity within a school based on students’ unique ne...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,046 Views
19 Pages

28 September 2022

Health prevention and promotion are increasingly important in the school context. Beyond physical education, measures focused on physical activity (PA) are implemented to enhance students’ mental and physical health. The first aim of this study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,146 Views
26 Pages

18 August 2025

Students with autism are more likely to be victims of bullying. There are many factors that play a critical role in this. One of these is the school context. This study explores the experiences of bullying among students with autism based on school t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,905 Views
14 Pages

14 March 2023

Background: In the context of the high turnover rate of preschool nursery teachers, the preschool nursery teacher program in secondary vocational schools has been an important channel for sending qualified nursery teachers to early education institut...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,610 Views
18 Pages

26 June 2025

School social work practice in the South African context is a growing field; however, there is limited research regarding the roles and responsibilities of school social workers, particularly in the Gauteng province. This province is unique in that s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,952 Views
19 Pages

This paper reports research that investigated how digital technologies were used to develop and maintain home–school connections and develop positive relationships when children transition to nursery schools and schools. School case studies, co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
828 Views
11 Pages

11 September 2025

Background/Objectives: Executive functions (EFs) play a fundamental role in children’s cognitive and emotional regulation and have been identified as key transdiagnostic predictors of psychopathology. Children with Special Educational Needs (SE...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,693 Views
15 Pages

1 April 2022

Reading is an essential competence students learn in school. One question is how parents can support their children and their reading competence, particularly at the beginning of elementary school. Guided by this question, this study investigated the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,776 Views
18 Pages

Reflecting the neglect of childhood disability in transitions research, there is a notable dearth of research on the factors shaping self-determination in post-school decision-making for disabled young adults. To address this gap, we explore how earl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,089 Views
20 Pages

Evidence-based practice is a salient solution that has been presented to address the persistent educational attainment gap linked to economic disadvantage. However, most schools do not engage with research, and we know little about facilitating schoo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
202 Citations
25,004 Views
20 Pages

5 December 2021

The current study investigates the perspectives and experiences of teachers regarding their school principal’s digital leadership roles and technology capabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was conducted using a case study-base...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,213 Views
18 Pages

Recognition and support for young carers has improved steadily in the past two decades; with stronger legislation and more visibility and awareness of the challenges that many of the YC face, especially with respect to their education. Recent UK-base...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
7,147 Views
16 Pages

25 February 2016

Latina/o school leaders are receiving increasing visibility in research based on their representation in K-12 administrative ranks. However, even though they bring cultural knowledge in providing social and academic support to teachers, families, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,898 Views
10 Pages

Correlates of Active Commuting to School among Portuguese Adolescents: An Ecological Model Approach

  • Nuno Loureiro,
  • Vânia Loureiro,
  • Alberto Grao-Cruces,
  • João Martins and
  • Margarida Gaspar de Matos

Active commuting to and from school can be an important contribution to improving health in adolescents. This study aimed to analyze the influence of multilevel variables of the ecological model in the active commuting of a representative sample of P...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,850 Views
13 Pages

Encouraged by the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Korea has implemented a nationwide School-based Smoking Prevention Program (SSPP) to reduce the prevalence of youth smoking. This qualitative study explored the school contexts of launching t...

  • Viewpoint
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,014 Views
9 Pages

Hospital School Program: The Right to Education for Long-Term Care Children

  • Giuseppina Caggiano,
  • Lucia Ilaria Giulia Brunetti,
  • Kathleen Ho,
  • Angiola Piovani and
  • Alessia Quaranta

Education and health are two inseparable aspects of a single dynamic which aims to support and increase the physical and mental well-being of children and young people. Children must be guaranteed two rights: the right to study and the right to healt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
96 Citations
38,462 Views
20 Pages

Principles of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in STEM Education: Using Expert Wisdom and Research to Frame Educational Practice

  • Kathy Smith,
  • Nicoleta Maynard,
  • Amanda Berry,
  • Tanya Stephenson,
  • Tabetha Spiteri,
  • Deborah Corrigan,
  • Jennifer Mansfield,
  • Peter Ellerton and
  • Timothy Smith

21 October 2022

Developing teacher knowledge, skills, and confidence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education is critical to supporting a culture of innovation and productivity across the population. Such capacity building is also necess...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,879 Views
19 Pages

Schools can enable students’ capability for lifelong physical activity (PA) by providing a physical, social and pedagogical context fostering students’ agency. This entails allowing them to develop their autonomy and ability to shape PAs...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,398 Views
18 Pages

24 October 2024

This study aims to explore the challenges faced by principals in rural schools in Taiwan and the professional support they require to improve leadership and school management. Utilizing focus group interviews, data was collected from 16 participants...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,505 Views
12 Pages

Administrator Turnover: The Roles of District Support, Safety, Anxiety, and Violence from Students

  • Andrew H. Perry,
  • Linda A. Reddy,
  • Andrew Martinez,
  • Susan D. McMahon,
  • Eric M. Anderman,
  • Ron A. Astor,
  • Dorothy L. Espelage,
  • Frank C. Worrell,
  • Taylor Swenski and
  • Xi Liu
  • + 5 authors

13 November 2024

Researchers have examined the importance of school administrative support for teacher safety, victimization, anxiety, and retention; however, studies to date have rarely focused on school administrators’ perceptions of support by their district...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Views
17 Pages

22 January 2026

Background: Parental loss in childhood is a significant developmental risk factor, underscoring the need for evidence-based knowledge to guide support. Although social responses play a central role in children’s adjustment to loss, little is kn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
80 Citations
14,721 Views
18 Pages

Predicting Student Well-Being: Network Analysis Based on PISA 2018

  • Elena Govorova,
  • Isabel Benítez and
  • José Muñiz

The latest trends in research extend the focus of school effectiveness beyond students’ acquisition of knowledge and skills, looking at aspects such as well-being in the academic context. Although the concept of well-being itself has been defin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,486 Views
26 Pages

27 April 2022

Based on the TALIS 2013 and PISA 2012 linkage data, we examine the measurement properties of school instructional quality and study its relationship with mathematics performance, considering school context characteristics (school composition, teacher...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
10,584 Views
19 Pages

Teachers are effective agents who can introduce and support students’ self-regulated learning (SRL) in classrooms. This qualitative study presents an integrative, ecological model of SRL-in-context from the teachers’ perspectives. Data were obtained...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
7,173 Views
23 Pages

17 February 2014

This paper is initiated from a position that, until recently, the nature of schooling globally has remained largely unchanged since its design in the last century, and there has been a hegemony that supported its form to be enduring and largely uncha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,239 Views
19 Pages

Significant and effective implementation of inclusive education (IE) has been a major challenge in many countries during the last decades. Although teachers’ knowledge and skills are considered a key factor for successful inclusive practice, the whol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
461 Views
18 Pages

9 December 2025

This study investigates how leisure activities influence life satisfaction among immigrant adolescents in South Korea, with a focus on the mediating role of school adaptation. Data from the 2nd Multicultural Youth Panel Survey (2019–2021) were...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
9,565 Views
19 Pages

14 February 2020

The link between education and psychosocial wellbeing is important, but complex. This study seeks to explore stakeholder’s views on the role of school education in the psychosocial support and wellbeing of children in the context of Sudan and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,262 Views
17 Pages

There is a consensus about the benefits of an artistic activity on health and well-being. In France, a gifted child is considered a special needs student for whom enrichment is advocated. Therefore, this study examines the extent to which a whole-cla...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,228 Views
16 Pages

26 December 2024

Critical information is frequently lost when individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) and co-occurring communication challenges transition from one educational/clinical setting to another. To encourage a seamless transition, sp...

  • Essay
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,704 Views
20 Pages

15 February 2024

The questions addressed in this essay are (1) how has the work environment of school leaders changed in the early years of the 21st century, (2) how have these changes affected the role of the school leader, (3) what is the association between an evi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,345 Views
13 Pages

Background: This study aimed to explore the prevalence of chronic specific-site and multisite pain in adolescents and to investigate how it can possibly be determined by school-related factors. Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study was co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,940 Views
11 Pages

27 November 2024

Religious Education (RE) can be conceived of as a specific context within which secondary RE teachers from diverse backgrounds teach. This context gives rise to distinctive subject subcultures, characterised by a unique set of beliefs, norms, and pra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,009 Views
27 Pages

Teacher agency has been recognised as a relevant concept for understanding the role of teachers in the current uncertain and changing contexts. However, its study about inclusive education is recent, especially in the Global South. This study analyse...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,030 Views
22 Pages

Support in the context of inclusive education is pivotal, yet many countries struggle with integrating the evolving role of support teachers within inclusive frameworks. For that reason, some challenges and reluctance can be found in relation to the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,111 Views
9 Pages

The confinement experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a rethink of the teaching–learning process to which teachers have responded without planning and instead used their resources. This study aimed to analyze the relationships between...

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