Curriculum is at the heart of education. It has been said that a broad and balanced physical education curriculum can contribute to young people developing socially, cognitively, affectively, and physically. As such, in this article, we draw on Antonio Gramsci's ideas of culture, power, and ideology to explore the physical education curriculum in…

This study aims to provide a systematic review of research in the field of higher education reform in China. We analyzes 30,952 publications collected from China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) spanning from 1949 to 2023 and employs CiteSpace and Microsoft Excel for bibliometric analysis. It was found that the research on higher education…

In recent years, soft skills have gained growing attention as key factors influencing students' academic performance and psychological well-being. This study investigates the extent to which soft skills are associated with undergraduate students' engagement, and whether this relationship is mediated by positive emotional experiences and overall…

This study employs a novel approach to investigate the effects of reading anxiety on middle school students' reading motivation and attitudes, along with the mediating impact of reading anxiety on these two variables. Utilizing a structural equation modeling framework, we aimed to understand the relationships among these variables and developed…

Based on dynamic systems theory, the longitudinal study tracked 120 kindergarten children 2 years to examine the differentiation and transition of object control profiles among preschool children aged 3 to 6. Latent profile analysis (LPA) and latent transition analysis (LTA) were employed to identify development profiles and transitions, as well…

Almost all parents lie to their children, and recent studies warn that parental lying may negatively impact children's trust in their parents. However, perspectives of children on parental lying and its effect on trust in parents have rarely been studied. In the current manuscript, we (1) report the development and co-creation of an…

This paper critically examines how local government units (LGUs) in Davao Oriental, Philippines, can articulate their engagement with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) communication policies. The analysis uses Mumby's (1997) four discourses of communication research--representation, understanding, suspicion, and vulnerability--as a theoretical…

With internationalization of higher education (HE) a worldwide trend in the past decades, a bulk of research has investigated various related issues, yet students' voices have been largely absent from the current discussion of university internationalization. This study explored Chinese students' constructive understandings of internationalization…

The adoption of the Lisbon Strategy in 2000 marked the beginning of a European (adult) education policy defined by common goals, implementation tools and financial resources. Adult education (AE) policy is exercised in the form of "soft law" and supported by various governance mechanisms and policy instruments, such as funding schemes.…

This article reports a longitudinal case study examining how teachers were empowered to develop their professional capacity to cater for learner diversity through implementing differentiated instruction. Data were collected from multiple sources including lesson co-planning meetings, teacher interviews and lesson observations in a primary school…

The development of English-language skills, a near necessity in today's global economy, is heavily influenced by historical national decisions about whether to subtitle or dub TV content. While prior studies of language acquisition have focused on schools, we show the overwhelming influence of out-of-school learning. We identify the causal effect…

This paper reviews issues of academic integrity, focusing on unethical practices in Kenyan universities. The rapid expansion of university education in Kenya, followed by a significant decline in the number of qualified students seeking to join private universities since 2017 have created financial pressures on universities. Some universities have…

Despite the growing emphasis on professional learning/development, a significant gap exists in the design and implementation of current professional learning/development programs, often failing to integrate the voices of teachers regarding their learning needs and interests. Our study, conducted across primary and secondary schools in the Greater…

This paper argues for a pluralist notion of educational citizenship as a lens for interpreting struggles for justice in education. The first section discusses how activism is conceived of in three models of educational citizenship: a normative nation-state orientation, a counter-publics orientation, and an Indigenous sovereignty orientation. The…

In the economics of education, an educational institution is considered as a firm that transforms inputs into outputs. It is similar to a production line wherein efficient returns are expected. An education system is efficient if it can achieve the best outcomes by maximizing the available resources. Determining how schools perform in terms of…