We are one Indigenous and three settler academics struggling with the question of what decolonizing means for us in our educational practices at three universities, located in different parts of the territory called Canada and Turtle Island. Drawn to the idea of Decoding the Disciplines as a process for this work, we found ourselves critiquing…

The study investigated Chinese secondary school teachers' views on ethicality of teachers' practices in classroom assessment. Participants included 1,871 teachers from 205 secondary schools in 23 provinces, 4 municipalities, and 4 autonomous regions in China. A survey study with 14 authentic assessment scenarios revealed that there is no evident…

University governing bodies, especially academic boards, play a crucial role in policy formation. However, due to the predominance of managerial values over academic values in the policy-making process, a persistent divide exists between policy formulation and implementation. This divide results from the marginalisation of academics and the…

Purpose: There is an urge worldwide that school leaders' mental health and well-being must be prioritised within the education recovery at the local, national and global policy levels. This research identified the intentional well-being practices that school leaders cultivated as they faced unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education teachers, having transitioned to new teaching methodologies, including online learning and modified assessment strategies, face the question: Do they intend to revert to pre-pandemic ways of operating or retain their new practices? A university-wide invitation with an incentive resulted in 63…

This study explores the integration of ecological perspectives into history education by pioneering teachers in South Korea. Drawing from more-than-human histories, the research investigates the perceptions and instructional approaches of secondary school history teachers who emphasize the interconnectedness of humans and non-humans. Utilizing…

The present qualitative study explored Iranian EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers' attitudes toward research-practice relationship. The participants were selected based on snowball sampling. They were 15 male and female teachers who had from 6 months to 1 year of teaching experience. All the participants held B.A. in English Language…

Environmental education (EE) in elementary schools (6 - 15 years old) in Slovakia is not systematically defined, it is often dependent on the voluntary efforts and enthusiasm of teachers. Schoolchildren acquire environmental knowledge in a limited form during the teaching of individual subjects, especially Biology, Geography and to some extent,…

This paper discusses teacher capacities for implementing learning-focused feedback processes within the social contexts of feedback regimes. Data are derived from longitudinal interviews carried out with six recipients of an award for good feedback practice; supplemented by documentary analysis of feedback artefacts; and an interview with the key…

There is an expectation that schools generate certainty in migrant children's lives in the processes of resettlement in host communities. However, there is also a critical body of literature highlighting a tension between an inflexible system of mass compulsory schooling that predominates in most affluent "destination" countries and the…

This paper explores the literature related to literacy assessment in the early years of schooling in an era of neoliberalism and reports on a key aspect of a study which focused on the literacy assessment practices of early years teachers and literacy leaders in Australian Catholic schools within the Melbourne archdiocese. Background: The study…

For educators, identifying and characterising problems in their teaching practice is essential for triggering inquiries into their practice. Knowing what educators consider problematic is essential for generating strategies for situated approaches to help teacher educators manage their problems and promote professional learning. In this study, we…

Countries globally are working towards the Sustainable Development Goals 2030. Goal 4 affirms all students' right to a quality inclusive education. Yet achieving quality inclusive education continues to challenge education providers without reference to economic riches or location on the globe. This exploratory study examines the professional…

The current study aims to identify the reality of the practice of school principals in the eastern region of the decision-making steps, and the researcher adopted the descriptive survey method as an appropriate method for the study. To achieve the objectives of the study, the questionnaire was used as a tool for collecting data on the study…

This study examined secondary school teachers' beliefs about the purpose, importance, and principles of assessment. Forty-seven Literature-in-English teachers in the Ibadan metropolis, Nigeria, were sampled using the mixed-method research design. Literature-in-English Teachers' Assessment Beliefs Questionnaire (r = 0.76) and Literature-in-English…