Comprehending interest group politics is central to studying the European Union's (EU) policy shaping and decision-making, in education as in other policy areas. Yet the contribution of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to EU policy shaping and decision-making in European education has been overlooked. Drawing on organisational studies, this…

College teachers' acceptance of smart teaching tools affects whether they can make effective use of such tools while teaching, with the goal of materializing deep integration of technology and teaching activities. This article constructs a hypothetical model of college teachers' technology acceptance path for smart teaching tools based on the…

An assessment for learning approach is foundational for student learning. The necessity to shift teaching and learning online as a response to COVID-19 has propelled digital assessment into the mainstream within higher education institutions. User experience is a common indicator of effectiveness of technologically enhanced initiatives; however,…

Background: People with intellectual disabilities have traditionally been excluded from Advance Care (AC) planning. This study aimed to improve access to and the quality of AC planning for this community. Method: A Participatory Action Research study was led, and participated in, by co-researchers with intellectual disabilities and disability…

Within school contexts that are socioeconomically marginalized, complex factors often lead to languages learning being devalued in ways which adversely impact students' potential, particularly their motivation to learn an additional language (L2). This paper examines the role of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in shaping students'…

Higher education institutions, adapting to diverse student needs, utilize Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) to gather feedback, ensure education quality, and foster faculty professional development. The study, conducted with 60 teachers from six private universities of Karachi, revealed a positive but statistically non-significant correlation…

What to say to the public about asteroid hazards and how to say it to them? In this article, we relate how our small professional research institution (Klet Observatory, Czech Republic), devoted specifically to Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), together with the educational branch (Ceske Budejovice Observatory and Planetarium, Czech Republic), has…

This paper focuses on independent training providers (ITPs) -- in other words, private companies -- as suppliers of vocational education and training in post-war England. Whilst acknowledging the central role of further education (FE) colleges in delivering vocational learning, it draws attention to a large, diverse sector of ITPs operating…

The growing focus on the active student engagement in learning and education has generated interest in exploring and adopting innovative teaching approaches. One such approach is the flipped classroom model. This quasi-experimental study was conducted to assess the impact of flipped classroom teaching pedagogy on the academic performance of 5th…

The primary objective of this research is to explore the portrayal of Korean culture in Korean language textbooks developed in Thailand for use in Thai universities, and to assess Thai students' responses to these textbooks. The research utilises Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), Visual Image Analysis (VIA), and interviews as methodological…

The aim of this study was to obtain knowledge on sustainability competences in the context of guidebooks for primary school teachers of environmental education. A two-step content analysis of Finnish primary-level teachers' guidebooks in environmental studies was conducted: First, guidebooks were scanned for content related to sustainability.…

Field education is the most challenging aspect of social work education and there are unprecedented challenges currently measuring good practice with quality outcomes. Thus, it's important to have competency-based key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess social work professional practice. This study is a national, mixed-methods Delphi research…

Using data from the latest 2017 Ghana Living Standards Survey Round Seven, this paper explores variables affecting household spending on education using the OLS model. The results showed that in the 12 months preceding the survey, household in the southern regions of Ghana increased their education spending on all the three types of the education…

The main aim of this study was to analyse the influence of e-learning training on the acquisition of competences in basketball coaches in Cantabria. The current landscape of basketball coach training shows an increasing demand for innovative training models and emerging pedagogies, including e-learning-based methodologies. The study sample…

Social intelligence is the capacity, capability, or ability to build relationships with others effectively; therefore, its existence is vital for an organization's members, including teachers, in the school organization context. Therefore, this study explores the link between social intelligence and creativity, teaching self-efficacy, affective…