The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of postgraduate leadership courses and programs offered by Australian Higher Education Institutions for leaders and potential leaders in the Health & Human Service (H&HS) sector including structure, content, and teaching practices from the perspective of educators. Ten educators from a…

This open access book shares a two-part conceptual framework for critical global learning which weaves together theory and practice. The author shares the outcomes of her research and experiences developing students' critical thinking skills within the context of global citizenship education. While rooted in literature and research findings, the…

Although active learning is deemed essential in education, research has shown that its implementation in teaching practice is limited, while its potential benefits are not used to their maximum. Therefore, this paper aims to examine the determinants of active learning in contemporary teaching from the perspective of students and teachers in…

A hallmark of effective teaching is that it grants learners not just a collection of facts about the world, but also a toolkit of abstractions that can be applied to solve new problems. How do humans teach abstractions from examples? Here, we applied Bayesian models of pedagogy to a necklace-building task where teachers create necklaces to teach a…

The goal of the current study was to look at the viewpoints of secondary school Agricultural Science teachers with regard to the challenges they encounter when implementing the curriculum in their classrooms. Instructional resources and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programme workshops need to be provided to successfully teach the…

This article examines Ibn Khaldun's educational philosophy through the lens of contemporary children's geographies. Drawing on his reflections in the "Muqaddimah," we analyze historical teaching practices in medieval North Africa and Muslim Spain, focusing on their implications for child development, spatial learning, and moral…

This study explores the role of creative arts in professional learning through a trauma-informed education (TIE) event for mentor and pre-service teachers. TIE requires educators to make complex relational shifts with students and to cultivate classrooms that promote safety, empathy, and empowerment. The professional learning event integrated…

Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are often insufficiently engaged with in professional higher education. This study presents results from a mapping of SRHR indicators in formal higher education documents relating to 11 higher educational profession programmes in Norway. The findings show a modest level of inclusion of SRHR…

This study explores how the Digital Divide shaped Taiwanese elementary-school Chinese teachers' technology-assisted literacy instruction before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Guided by Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory, this mixed-methods study used mixed-effects modeling and thematic analysis. Quantitative findings show…

Drawing on research that informs effective literacy practices, this book pushes back on singular ideologies, programs, and divisive rhetoric and, instead, embraces an inclusive perspective for supporting literacy development and learning. Readers are encouraged to move beyond debates that divide us and look toward the hard but necessary work of…

This mixed-methods study explored teaching strategies that teachers in Miami-Dade County schools found most effective in supporting multilingual learners (MLs). Studies have reported that in-service teachers who interact with multilingual learners lack the preparedness to support their linguistic and learning needs. This research gathered data…

Microteaching--an innovative teaching method in which students deliver a mini-lesson to a small group of peers within a limited timeframe to develop specific teaching skills and refine pedagogical behaviors--has been implemented in teacher education and training for half a century. This qualitative study explored the views of 10 graduate students…

Play-based teaching and learning approaches are recognised as enabling teachers to interact with children and support learning in a relaxed environment to promote children's holistic development. Recent studies increasingly emphasise that teachers' engagement can promote children's opportunities to learn through play. This article presents results…

This study examines the impact of a professional learning (PL) project on secondary mathematics teachers' professional growth in their knowledge, beliefs, and instructional practices. Initially attributing teaching challenges to external constraints, some teachers gradually recognised the need for pedagogical development through reflection and…

Teachers should lead students to inquiry and discover the world around them. For this reason, it is essential that students possess inquiry skills that will enable them to investigate inquiry processes and carry out inquiry activities. Although the development of inquiry skills is essential part of Slovak state curriculum, the administered test…