Objective: To design and evaluate an education and training programme for community homecare workers to deliver falls prevention programmes to older homecare clients. Design: Mixed methods design. Setting: Community homecare organisation. Method: A series of role-based training workshops using a Train the Trainer model were designed using a…

Despite legal protections under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, Indian medical curricula lack trans-affirmative competencies, skills essential for providing respectful, evidence-based care to transgender and gender-diverse individuals. This pilot curriculum development study aimed to longitudinally embed trans-affirmative…

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT offer new opportunities to enhance student learning through active recall and self-directed inquiry. This study aimed to determine student perceptions of a classroom assignment designed to develop proficiency in using ChatGPT for these strategies. First-semester Doctor of Pharmacy students in a…

The comprehension of renal physiology is challenging for undergraduate students. Augmented reality (AR) offers a promising tool to improve comprehension of complex mechanisms. This study examines the students' perceptions and the effectiveness of an AR-based learning sequence on pre- and poststudent drawings of renal physiology. Three cohorts in…

This study examined the interrelationships among the dimensions of working memory, storage, attention, and executive complaints. It investigated the impact of demographic factors, including the field of study, gender, and academic year, on cognitive complaints among Saudi university students. A quantitative correlational design was employed, and…

Introduction: While it is well-established that structural obstacles such as low local employment opportunities negatively affect adolescents' school-to-work transitions, the impact of individual agency in relation to these obstacles is understudied. Hence, we focus on the key research question of how adolescents' goal-striving…

This quantitative study aimed to understand the association between five different types of face-to-face support from institutional agents and the academic progress of international students in STEM master's programs in the U.S. We used one-of-a-kind primary survey data from a National Science Foundation grant that included over 350 master's…

Background/purpose: This study explores the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology on college academic outcomes among students in the College of Humanities and Sciences at a large research university in the United Arab Emirates, focusing on students taking a sociology course. With the growing incorporation of AI in educational settings,…

Educational systems must equip students with skills to thrive in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environments. Creativity is an essential skill for both success and resiliency in such an environment, but not all curricula explicitly prioritize creativity skills. Thomas Jefferson University's Creativity Core Curriculum has proactively…

The scalability and accessibility of quality professional development (PD) is an ongoing concern in the teacher education community, yet little research has been conducted on potential solutions. We aimed to address this gap by developing an interactive, virtual PD program that uses intelligent tutoring systems and provides instant feedback to…

OSPI through the Office of Native Education (ONE), successfully administered the Tribal School Opioid Education Pilot Project. This one-year pilot project distributed grant funding ranging from $90,000-$107,500 to five State Tribal Education Compact schools (STECs) and conducted comprehensive research into tribally-centered opioid and fentanyl…

Background: California's unprecedented grant investment in the community school strategy through the California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) offers a significant opportunity for transformative, equity-centered, whole-child school reform (Maier & Niebuhr, 2021). Community schools are grounded in partnerships that schools…

Background/Context: Previous studies have consistently found that increases in school spending predict positive educational outcomes (Jackson & Mackevicius, 2021). More recent work estimated that ESSER spending overall helped support recovery (Dewey et al., 2024; Goldhaber & Falken, 2024), yet little research has examined which types of…

Purpose: This paper examines the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in organizational training and development through an evidence-based lens, addressing the gap between technological enthusiasm and pedagogical effectiveness in workplace learning contexts. Design/methodology/approach: An integrative literature review methodology was…

Current approaches to language teaching highlight the importance of Language for Professions and Specific Purposes (LPSP) courses. These courses not only prepare learners for professional tasks but also foster twenty-first-century skills like problem-solving, creativity, and collaboration. Despite the growing body of LPSP research, there is a…