Background: This report is part of a study commissioned to provide evidence to inform quality improvements, and the rolling out of the public reception class programme (RCP) to all public primary schools in Botswana by 2020. The study adopted the Discrepancy Evaluation Model (DEM) as a theoretical framework. Aim: One of the specific objectives of…

Experiences of 17 school counselor educators who integrated LGBTQI+ issues in their school counseling curricula were explored. This consensual qualitative research study resulted in four categories: turning points, professional reasons to integrate, school counseling andragogy, and integration and balance of knowledge/skills/awareness.…

Background/Context: U.S. higher education governing boards have received enhanced public attention over the last decade in response to national media coverage and emerging governance scholarship. Despite the rise of attention on this topic and the maintained influence of board decisions, governing boards remain one of the least understood aspects…

In 2021, California committed to making transitional kindergarten (TK)--a school-based preschool program initially designed for older 4-year-olds--available for all 4-year-olds by 2025-26. As TK becomes universal, California will need to greatly expand the early learning workforce. This brief provides estimates of how many TK teachers California…

The problem addressed by this study was low-quality early childhood education and care programs due to low teacher educational qualifications. Poor quality early childhood education and care programs can be harmful to a child's social and emotional development, leading to poor health, economic, and behavioral outcomes. The purpose of this study…

In order to have organizational order and/or improvement, a school must first have strong and reliable leadership at the principal level. School leadership directly affects teacher turnover, job satisfaction, efficacy, and teacher burnout. This dissertation examines Florida's Level II Principal Preparation Program requirements and looks into how a…

This paper reviews systematically literature on school leadership in the context of Indonesian education from 2004 to 2019. Its purpose is to investigate major issues which exist in the school leadership practices in Indonesia and propose some sustainable solutions so that educational policymakers, stakeholders and scholars can improve their…

This study aims to determine the level of fidelity of preschool teachers to the curriculum within the framework of school-based practices (SBPs) and evaluated in terms of participant responsiveness. In this case study, interview and document analysis methods were used to collect the data from eight preschool teachers working in a university…

This article reports a study that investigated Vietnamese doctoral students' motivations to pursue their doctoral study outside their home country. Analyses of in-depth interviews with 19 participants revealed what made a PhD abroad imaginable to them, thus revealing the motivational factors for Vietnamese doctoral students to sojourn for their…

Purpose: This paper focusses on demonstrating the role of social media engagement and considering emotional intelligence (hereafter EI) as a critical concept to successful employment, mainly when individuals fail to reach the desired employment despite "meeting" the role requirements. Design/methodology/approach: The authors adopted a…

Criteria lists of academic skills are widely used to assess the work readiness of people who are looking to enter or re-enter the apprenticeship market. These instruments represent a particular hurdle in the path to vocational training for low-skilled would-be trainees. We investigate the validity of one such list used in Germany. As different…

Managers in the sport management industry sector expect graduates from undergraduate sport management programs to have extensive practical experience and to demonstrate employability. This Australian-based study explored how practical experience can align undergraduate sport management industry sector learning with associated graduate employment.…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to investigate how novice rural principals in the Southwest United States describe mentorship as providing career and psychosocial support that influences their work as leaders. This study used Kram's mentor theory as its foundation. Two research questions regarding how novice rural principals…

Cultural competency and intercultural communication have gained more attention in the global workforce market as employers increasingly find intercultural communication skills in short supply among graduate hires. This study explored college students' awareness of their intercultural communication experiences. This study aimed to assess students'…

This publication presents information on employers' use and views of the vocational education and training (VET) system. The findings relate to the various ways in which Australian employers use accredited and unaccredited training to meet their skill needs and their satisfaction with the training. Australian employers can engage with accredited…