This paper aims to investigate how digital tools, such as blogs, could be used by drama teachers, already qualified on a Drama teaching postgraduate study course, in teaching Theatre/Drama Education in schools in Greece, and to record the ways in which they could interact through blogging with their students and similarly ways in which their…

A growing literature points to the importance of classroom social climate as one of the determinants of students' academic performance and motivation, engagement, participation, and attitude towards school and teaching. However, little attention is given to social climate in the context of the mathematics classroom as a learning environment, with…

Classrooms are becoming increasingly diverse, and multicultural literature can be an essential tool utilized to provide representation for students from these diverse backgrounds. However, while multicultural literature can be beneficial, it is important for educators to be cautious in their selection of these books. Many of these books contain…

Social emotional learning is commonly referred to as the "fifth curriculum" in addition to math, literacy, social studies, and science. However, educators cannot teach what they do not understand, practice, or model. The problem addressed by this study was some educators in private schools lack training in social emotional learning,…

Background/purpose: Preschool education in Vietnam plays a critical role in fostering the development of children aged 3 months to 6 years. Enhancing teacher quality is essential to achieving educational goals, yet early childhood educators face significant challenges in professional skill development. This study examines the implementation of…

This research explores the integration of critical pedagogy in adult English Language Teaching (ELT) settings through a scoping literature review. The purpose is to map existing studies, identify gaps, and provide an overview of critical pedagogy practices in adult ELT settings. The current paper attempts to answer two research questions. (1) What…

The present article argues for a conceptual distinction between corrective feedback and mediation that emphasizes the status of the latter not as an instructional practice but as a defining feature of human psychology (Vygotsky, 1987) that has direct implications for how instruction might be approached. Specifically, Sociocultural Theory (SCT)…

Investigating the use of case studies as a teaching strategy to enhance the critical thinking skills of the students is the basic objective of this study. By discovering content and procedural issues, best practices are investigated and ways are discovered to foster critical thinking, as a result of which the students tend to develop the ability…

Focussing on teachers' subject pedagogical actions over the course of a series of lessons on a mathematical topic, this paper sets out an original analytical approach to characterise the shape of mathematics teaching decisions made over time: tri-polar analysis. The notion of manifestation is introduced as a way of categorising how the teacher is…

The aim of this chapter is to examine an entrepreneurial training program using a theoretical foundation to assess pedagogical and programmatic outcomes. First, the chapter begins by reviewing military veteran entrepreneurship. Next, key constructs previously shown to impact entrepreneurial capabilities and intentions are reviewed. Subsequently,…

Purpose: This article focuses on the study of the shaping of pedagogy as a discipline in Spain prior to the Civil War. Its aim is to identify those elements that helped pedagogy become constituted as a distinct field of knowledge that could offer rigorous insight into the world of education. Design/methodology/approach: The article uses the…

In this study the research was focused on the mechanisms of how Chinese in-service teachers' beliefs about mathematics, together with their professional knowledge, affect their teaching approaches. With a quantitative survey study involving 92 in-service teachers, it identified six types of teachers with three different categories of beliefs…

The problem addressed in this qualitative case study was elementary school teachers often do not receive the professional development in phonemic awareness and instructional strategies necessary to increase reading skills among students diagnosed with dyslexia. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore elementary school teachers'…

Language barriers negatively affect access to social services, particularly for D/deaf populations who use Sign Language. "D/deaf" is used to encompass both the cultural conception of capital-D Deafness and the medical conception of lowercase-d deafness. Language translation/interpretation is a common need among practitioners of social,…

Purpose: There is pressure to transform graduate education in ways that better prepare and socialize students for academic careers that require entrepreneurial activities and/or professional pathways outside of academia. The inclusion of entrepreneurial learning in graduate curricula and programs is one strategy for responding to such calls. Yet,…