This study investigates pedagogical decision-making among higher education faculty with a focus on three central aspects: the factors influencing assessment method selection, the strategies adopted to ensure fair and inclusive assessment, and the decision-making styles that underpin these processes. Data were collected using a qualitative survey…

Background: Secondary school attendance is a critical factor for overall educational attainment and adolescent wellbeing. Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, elevated absenteeism has been a pervasive issue across the world. Understanding patterns of attendance and the factors that may lead to students following different…

Purpose: The aim of this study is to reconstruct the role of the Regional Government in Indonesia's Sekolah Penggerak -- School Mover -- Program Sekolah Penggerak (PSP). Design/methodology/approach: Using soft systems methodology, we derive several conclusions on the improvement of each policy level and the hierarchical model reconstruction of the…

Balancing the contextual and universal reporting of workplace-based work-integrated learning (P-WIL) to capture, examine and explain sector-wide impacts, remains an unresolved challenge within Australian Higher Education. To address this, an action-research project was tasked with developing a prototype data schema that groups the typical elements…

Teaching in the prison context is characterized by a high complexity level; it is a multifaced activity influenced by several factors depending on the specific context. We present a preliminary but overall picture of schooling in Italian prisons by considering teachers' reflections regarding their experiences in teaching mathematics in…

Although philosophers have long claimed that reading fiction has the potential to improve imaginative capacities, empirical evidence on this topic is limited. We report an experiment that aims to conceptually replicate and extend previous work by Djikic and colleagues by testing whether reading literary fiction reduces the need for closure, and by…

Previous studies have identified a deficit with the higher education (HE) decision-making support offered by further education (FE) colleges, compared with other post-16 providers. However, there has been little research as to why this might be the case. This paper explores this issue by considering the HE choice-making experiences of Level 3…

Purpose: This study investigates how students' propensity towards indebtedness affects their savings behaviour. Additionally, the study examines the moderating role of financial literacy in the relationship between propensity towards indebtedness and savings behaviour. Design/methodology/approach: Questionnaires were administered to undergraduate…

Despite comics' popularity and cultural significance in Italy, its integration into Italian libraries has been slow, problematic, and uneven. This is reflected in the scarcity of academic research on the topic, which demands further in-depth exploration. In the context of Italian libraries, characterized by chronic underfunding and staffing…

Introduction: The challenges experienced by adults living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) regarding their interaction with their home environment are thinly documented, although these issues persist with age. Based on the Model of Competence, this study aims to explore the human and nonhuman elements of the home environment influencing the…

Routinely collected data help estimate the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in jurisdictions without active autism surveillance. We created a population-based cohort of 1,211,834 children born in 2002-2015 in New South Wales, Australia using data linkage. Children with ASD were identified in three datasets -- disability services,…

In higher education, research courses are an integral part of all academic majors that intend to help students in becoming better readers and/or authors of research. However, there is a paucity in instruments that measure various constructs that are related to research education. The 13-item revised scale of attitudes toward research is one of the…

Shulman (1989) argued how 'outrageously complex' teaching is and how reform imperatives driving standards should not lead to standardisation and the subsequent loss of soul. We assert that framing a model of teachers' Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is similarly 'outrageously complex', a multifaceted construct that has professional,…

This study aims to explore the experiences of academics and students at undergraduate programmes at two schools of business, one in Australia and the other in Finland, regarding the process of research-based learning (RBL) and the accompanying development of students' skills. Employing an ethnographic case study method, data is collected through…

This paper investigates research quality criteria in the Creative Arts (CA). The CA has been introduced into the higher education and research sector over the last three decades. It is thus a relatively new research field and there is little empirical knowledge on how outputs in this field should be evaluated. Our study applies a mixed-method…