This paper describes a research collaboration with Humber Museums Partnership, which explored family museum visiting and early language. Drawing from ethnographic observations and continuous audio recordings, this article examines how very young children make sense in museum spaces. We activate Deleuze and Guattari's concept of the refrain…

In hard-to-staff subjects like secondary school mathematics, out-of-field teaching--where teachers are required to teach subjects outside their expertise--is a necessary reality. While strategic investments in continuous professional learning by education authorities seem an obvious way to ensure that teachers are better prepared for such…

Purpose: This study looked into the factors that could make a difference in teachers' individual innovativeness and team innovativeness. We investigated five categories of factors: (1) innovation-related teacher preparedness, (2) innovation-related teacher professional development, (3) teacher professional practices, (4) teacher empowerment and…

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…

This report explores the emergence of a skills-first approach in labour markets in OECD countries, and what opportunities and challenges arise from the adoption of skills-first approaches in light of demographic shifts and the green and digital transition. Through original data analysis and the examination of case studies from OECD countries, the…

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…

This article addresses the prevalent hesitancy among English Language Arts (ELA) educators to incorporate LGBTQ+ authors and perspectives due to discomfort and fear of backlash from students, parents, and administration. Building on Chapter 5 of the author's dissertation, the article proposes a professional development plan to equip teachers with…

This research focuses on developing innovator skills in a group of innovators in the higher education level in the field of business administration, emphasizing the use of creative learning processes to promote innovator skills. The purpose of this research is to 1) Studying the characteristics of higher education innovators. 2) Develop a…

Even though teacher educators are often recognized as key actors in implementing curriculum reforms, little is known about their joint meaning-making about these reforms. In this article, Bernstein's description of the general recontextualizing processes is used to identify the local processes which contributed to teacher educators'…

Purpose: This study examines the key determinants of intern engagement within the United Nations (UN) in South Korea, addressing growing concerns about workplace precarity. Despite the increasing significance of intern engagement, empirical research on its determinants remains limited, particularly in international organisations, such as the UN.…

Purpose: Although experiential learning (EL) is well studied, limited research examines how skill acquisition interacts with psychological mechanisms -- such as self-esteem -- to shape career attitudes, particularly in large-scale, government-backed programs in the Global South. This study investigates how EL participation develops soft and hard…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a literature review on the extent and nature of school leadership preparation and development in Africa. Design/methodology/approach: This paper draws mainly on an Africa-wide review of literature on school leadership preparation and development. The literature review began with a…

Purpose: We implement the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) to prioritize factors that can help university authorities and decision-makers incorporate researchers' perspectives into the design of the incentives to bridge the gap between research strategic management and deployment in private universities. It highlights the importance of research…

The inability of vocational electrical technology (VET) students to transit from school-to-work after graduation shows that the practical skills needed for employability are far from being achieved. This has caused an increased unemployment rate among VET students. Hence, this study ascertained the relationships between problem-based intervention…

The main objective of this paper is to compare the different theories of Skinner, Bruner, Chomsky, Piaget, Vygotsky, and Amsterdam and Bruner, examining how they relate to the acquisition of language and communication development, in conjunction with the influence of teaching practice at the preschool level. The area of language and communication…