Education Sciences, Volume 15, Issue 5

This study addresses a critical gap in understanding the differential effects of AI-based tools in higher education on diverse student populations, focusing on first-generation and minority students. Conducted as a case study in an introductory psych...

Over the past decade there has been growing interest in the identification of core practices and their incorporation into teacher-training programmes. Researchers have made use of methodological approaches based on consultation with experts and, to a...

Empirical evidence increasingly suggests that the attitudes of pre-service teachers (PSTs) toward the teaching profession (ATTP) are critical determinants of their professional identity, engagement, and collaborative behaviors. This study, guided by...

Grounded in the Job Demands–Resources framework, this mixed-methods study seeks to (a) quantify the directional relationships between school inclusive climate, job burnout, and teaching efficacy, and (b) identify mediating mechanisms to inform...

Professional experiences are vital in teacher education programmes, especially in early childhood teacher education programmes, as this allows pre-service teachers (PSTs) to apply their theoretical knowledge in real-world settings. Hence, PSTs’...

Teachers in lower secondary education often lack content knowledge and self-efficacy to teach molecular biology. The focus of this study was to develop and evaluate an innovative educational approach to prepare pre-service teachers for teaching molec...

This study focuses on exploring students’ emerging difficulties during a problem posing task in an early childhood education classroom (4–5 years old). Through a single case study, and by considering the problems posed as an indicator of...

Game-Based Approaches (GBAs) to teaching and learning in physical education and sport pedagogy, such as Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU), were initially developed in response to secondary school physical education (PE) students’ difficul...

In recent years, entrepreneurial learning in higher education institutions has been promoted and supported to help students become job creators rather than job seekers. The main purpose of entrepreneurial learning is to develop entrepreneurial compet...

Recognizing that traditional science education materials often overlook students’ cultural and social contexts, this research examines the teacher-driven design of science teaching enactment—specifically, how teachers reflect on and adapt...

For over forty years, each edition of the Connected Mathematics^® curriculum reflects the understanding that teaching and learning are not distinct—“what to teach” and “how to teach it” are inextricably linked. Each e...

This article deals with teachers’ professional development, focusing specifically on their competencies to assess learning. Research in this field has shown a lack of instruments for measuring such competencies in practicing teachers. In this c...

Computational thinking (CT), an interrelation of skills and practices, is a crucial competency that empowers individuals to tackle logical problems, enabling them to overcome various challenges in their daily lives. To help Deaf students (those with...

Typically developing peers are the key factor for children with disabilities to participate in inclusive settings. Good peer relationships can improve the social communication and language expression of children with disabilities, and typically devel...

Higher education can promote environmental awareness and action through hidden curricula. This study at the Witten/Herdecke University examined the impact of the Human–Animal Studies course on students’ environmental awareness and behavio...

Interventions have been designed to close achievement gaps in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines and to remedy the “leaky STEM pipeline”. However, there has been little focus on designing complementary intervent...

Smart classrooms leverage intelligent and mobile technologies to create highly interactive, student-centered environments conducive to personalized learning. However, measuring students’ personalized learning experiences in these technologicall...

This article presents the results of a study conducted in the area of qualitative social research in relation to the interpretative paradigm, as well as a review of research concerning the specificity and characteristics of the functioning of represe...

Global education (GE) has become important in education due to heightened global interconnectedness and interdependence, with its incorporation into school materials aimed at preparing learners to navigate global challenges. In implementing GE, teach...

Bullying, especially in the context of digitalization, is a global issue that can significantly impact students’ educational and personal development. Our research analyzed the complex and multi-faceted phenomenon of bullying, its prevalence, a...

Focus on form (FonF) teaching interventions have been widely employed to help second language learners notice a target grammatical form while their attention is on meaning, i.e., establishing new form–meaning connections. These interventions ca...

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in education has profoundly transformed the learning landscape, offering significant opportunities for personalized, flexible, and efficient educational practices. This study explores the impact of AI o...

This research explores how intercultural dialogue through a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) project enhances students’ understanding and integration of Indigenous perspectives. The initiative connected Norwegian Early Childho...

Reviewing academic curricula requires a significant investment of time and expertise. Beyond accreditation, curriculum may be reviewed in part or in whole during other administrative efforts including the consideration of new elective courses, facult...

This study investigates the application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation (CFIR) in an educational setting. Although education implements numerous interventions and programs at all levels, standardized testing has primarily measured th...

In Switzerland, teacher education comprises a single phase of training, with students entering the profession directly after graduation. New teachers face challenges that they do not experience during training. Therefore, it is crucial that they rece...

While research articles on students’ perceptions of large language models such as ChatGPT in language learning have proliferated since ChatGPT’s release, few studies have focused on these perceptions among English as a foreign language (E...

We conducted a thematic analysis of 25 parent responses to open-ended survey questions from the Behavioral Assessment System for Children (BASC-3) regarding their young, high-ability children’s behavioral and emotional development. Our analysis...

Cultivating leadership within the early care and education (ECE) workforce is crucial for driving quality improvement and systems change. However, there is limited understanding of how to develop and scale leadership development programs for early ed...

Although engineering institutional bodies uphold public welfare and the impact of engineering on people and society, engineering curricula rarely scaffold students to connect their technical learning with sociotechnical perspectives. This paper descr...

Using leveled books to ascertain students’ reading levels has been found to yield scores that are not sufficiently reliable and that lack criterion-related validation evidence. One reason for these findings is the sole reliance on content valid...

Digital academic leadership (DAL) is essential for navigating the complexities of digital transformation in higher education institutions. However, empirical studies on how university leaders perceive and implement these practices remain scarce. This...

The mental health struggles of university students have been the focus of a substantial amount of research worldwide. To tackle this, universities have developed initiatives to promote student wellbeing. Here, we highlight Time to Thrive (TTT), a co-...

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve, its integration into higher education (HE) has sparked both enthusiasm and concern. This study examines HE students’ perceptions of ChatGPT and AI tools. An online survey with closed question...

Recent research has suggested that strength and conditioning (S&C) coach development should consider constructivist learning theories to promote coach development and learning of psychosocial coaching competencies. Reflective practice can encoura...

Peer support is a widely recognized approach in higher education, improving learning efficiency, facilitating the exchange of knowledge, and helping students transition into university life through mutual help and collaboration. However, the evidence...

Globalization enhances communication among people from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. As cultural artifacts, English language teaching textbooks are crucial media for learners’ intercultural education, especially under the conce...

This study explores the impact of soundscapes on the emotional and academic experiences of preservice teachers enrolled in music education courses within an elementary education degree program. It focuses on the framework of critical music education...

This study examined the impact of media multitasking on the reading habits and practices of 700 Moroccan English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers, utilizing a time-diary survey methodology. The findings reveal that a significant number of teacher...

This paper investigates the extent to which the teacher factors of the dynamic model of educational effectiveness are related to each other forming stages of effective teaching. It also investigates whether teachers situated at higher stages are more...

As blended learning (BL) is becoming a new normal in the context of higher education, there is a growing need to attune pedagogies to this context. As reflective blogs were found to be supportive of pre-service student teachers’ (PSTs’) a...

Cooperative learning has been shown to be a highly beneficial teaching methodology for student learning and motivation. It also has huge benefits for teaching, although there is still a widespread lack of knowledge on how to implement this highly str...

This systematic review explores key characteristics of effective vocational education and training (VET) teachers’ professional development and the transfer of its results into educational practice. Through thematic analysis of 24 journal artic...

This study explores the impact of educational technology on student success within higher education institutions (HEIs). Faced with pressures to improve enrollment, retention, and graduation rates, HEIs have increasingly turned to technology solution...

This study explores the use of a theatre project to enhance reading competencies among students with special educational needs (SENs) in inclusive classrooms. The project, titled “Stop Bullying! A Theatre Project”, aimed to improve studen...

Metaphor has evolved from being considered a merely linguistic resource to a basic mechanism in human cognition that links cognition and action. In this sense, in addition to being a way of thinking, it constitutes an educational tool that allows us...

Epilepsy remains one of the most prevalent neurological disorders affecting school-aged children, often accompanied by social stigma and misconceptions that can hinder their academic and social development. Background and Objectives: Given the critic...

The purpose of this study was to understand teachers’ knowledge, perspectives, and experiences on inclusive and engaging physical education (PE) for girls, for the development of teacher professional development (PD). Through grounded theory qu...

This systematic scoping review aimed to identify and describe published peer-reviewed research articles on the transition of under-3-year-old children from home to early childhood education and care (ECEC) from 1 January 2013 to 19 August 2024. Both...

Across the UK, Reading for Pleasure (RfP) is included in national curricula, yet children’s engagement as readers appears to be declining. Equipping pre-service teachers with the knowledge to develop RfP pedagogy in their classrooms is vital. P...