Using data from the British Children's Play Survey, we aimed to characterise parents' perception of play in school and to examine to what extent perceptions were accounted for by socio-demographic factors, geographic factors, and parents' attitudes towards risk in play and protection from injury. Participants were 1919 parents (54% female) of…

The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals identifies education as an essential pillar for progress. As an anchor of learning, early childhood education must be given high priority worldwide. Innovative teaching practices are imperative to ensuring the quality and sustainability of early education. This study examines the correlations among…

Grit denotes an individual's passion and perseverance to accomplish a long-term goal despite obstacles and challenges. It has been consistently supported by its beneficial effect in promoting students' educational, developmental, and psychological outcomes. Yet less is known about how to shape and foster grit from parents' perspectives and the…

The notion of student success in an academic context has garnered much interest over the years, resulting in a multitude of perspectives by which success is defined, understood, and measured. Historically, the institutional measure of success has been most prevalent, namely that success is directly linked to grades. More recently, however,…

Genetics is an important area of biology that deals with the study of genes and their behaviour. It also explores variations and heredity in living things. Understanding it helps us diagnose and treat diseases, prosecute criminals and improve crops and animal species. However, studies have indicated that students' achievement in genetics is low, a…

The purpose of this study was to investigate Bhutanese elementary teachers' conceptions about assessments to determine teachers' inclination towards improving conceptions (formative) or accountability conceptions (summative). Assessment conceptions were measured using the abridged version of CoA-III Abridged (CoA-III A) inventory proposed by Brown…

When English as a lingua franca (ELF) arising from intercultural communication emerges in the global society due to the trend toward internationalization in recent decades, whether it is accepted by those who usually consider American English and British English as standard English deserves the attention of researchers and educators across the…

In the digital age, enhancing digital literacy among prospective primary school teachers is crucial for effective education. The purpose of this study is to evaluate how well RADEC's digital learning paradigm improves digital literacy skills compared to traditional training. The study involved 100 students from two institutions and used a…

The notion of children's working theories is an overarching outcome of Aotearoa New Zealand's early childhood curriculum document "Te Whariki." An ever-growing base of research and literature is available about the working theories children hold and ways that teachers might support working theory development. In this article, I draw on…

Using thematic analysis and the Theory of Practice Architectures (TPA), this study assessed educator perceptions of the 2022 criminalisation of providing or advertising contract cheating (CC) services in the United Kingdom (UK). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten participants from ten different UK-based Higher Education…

This essay examines academic freedom in Chile under the 1980s Pinochet military dictatorship. While much has been written on the topic, the literature is fragmented and difficult to access owing to the diverse range of stakeholders involved. Historians have tended to explore single cases, actors, and institutions to highlight struggles with the…

New curriculum content for teaching Aotearoa New Zealand's histories (ANZH) and Te Takanga o te Wa (TToTW) was gazetted in 2022, for schools and kura to begin using in 2023. The release of this curriculum content followed prolonged campaigning and advocacy from historians, akonga, learners, kaiako, teachers, and members of the public who had…

This research aims to identify the prospects for bridging the gap between the higher education market and the labor market in healthcare in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The research provides an empirical analysis of digital health in Russia and the need to fill competency gaps and ensure lifelong learning for healthcare…

The research aims to provide a comparative analysis and highlight the main challenges in creating a lifelong learning system in four countries of Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. To realize the research goal, the authors used various methods and approaches, including quantitative and qualitative descriptive…

Background Study: In the field of English as a foreign language education, receptive skills such as listening and reading play a vital role in learners' academic success and professional development. These skills not only improve language comprehension but also facilitate language production. Objectives: Therefore, the primary objective of this…