This study explores the mental lexicon of Polish learners of Spanish as a foreign language (L2) through a qualitative analysis of lexical availability. Based on prototype theory and semantic network models, it analyzes learners' responses to two thematic prompts--'The Human Body' and 'The City'--to explore lexical associations, prototypicality,…

This article analyzes students' resilience in 7,789 schools in the Colombian educational system and its relationship with educational efficiency between 2014 and 2019. The empirical analysis is carried out in two stages. First, a multilevel model with random intercept and slope is estimated to determine the students categorized as resilient. Then…

Following Russia's launch of a full-scale war against Ukraine in 2022, scholarship has not yet addressed how Ukrainian refugees in England have been navigating the challenges of developing their agency in pursuing opportunities to participate in the higher education (HE) sector. To address this gap, this paper thematically analyses 11 oral history…

Parental engagement with children's learning is strongly linked with improved outcomes for children and has thus become a major focus of educational policy around the world. Yet to date, there has been little scrutiny of how parental engagement is positioned within policy documents, nor how this relates to parental engagement practices. This paper…

Purpose: Promoting strong entrepreneurial intention (EI) among students is essential for nurturing young entrepreneurs. However, the factors influencing EI are often inconsistent, weakening its development. This study explores how entrepreneurship-focused experiential learning prepares the necessary resources to cultivate EI. It examines the role…

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which occupational awareness and career adaptability predict career anxiety and whether career adaptability moderates the relationship between occupational awareness and career anxiety. Design/methodology/approach: The sample comprised 186 Australian tertiary education students with a…

The most well-known and controversial version of accountability policies is high-stakes testing. However, various countries employ diverse instruments of 'soft accountability' or low-stakes accountability tools. This paper highlights the main results of a study conducted in Chile that examines the enactment of one of these soft accountability…

As significant others in the educational process, homeroom teachers play a crucial role in the physical and mental development of students and their adaptation to school life. Much effort has been made to analyze the impact of homeroom teachers' work on students, but little attention has been paid to the everyday professional experiences of the…

The tutoring market has expanded dramatically over the past decade particularly in mathematics. In this paper, we problematise the growth of mathematics tutoring given its societal impacts and the current lack of evidence for its effectiveness. In addition to gaps in research on its effectiveness, there exist no comprehensive frameworks for…

This paper aims to critically reflect on the possibility of developing a distinctive Taiwanese philosophy of education in the global world. The inquiry into the Taiwanese philosophy of education involves a more profound request for Taiwan identity, which is like a sprectre, continuously facing the threat of being eradicated, sometimes emerging and…

This article discusses the digital divide from the perspective of lifelong learning. Building on extant empirical findings related to digital transformation in the Nordic region, the authors develop a relational approach to explore the ways in which digitalisation has become meaningful and influential in everyday life, producing moments of…

Longitudinal studies are essential to examine teacher self-efficacy (TSE) changes during the formative stages of pre-service teacher development. However, limited longitudinal studies have been conducted on this population. Among the existing studies, no study has been found to have applied an individual-centred modelling approach to examine TSE…

Teaching in times of crisis is a challenge for the current educational system, and the impact of the environmental crisis on the global framework is affecting the quality of life of children. Diminishing rainfall in South America and Chilean water private rights are threats that impact them strongly. Children are aware of the increasingly severe…

The main purpose of this article is to provide a detailed analysis of the main findings of the high profile Mastercard Foundation report on secondary education in Africa which was published in 2020. Not only is this important in its own right but it enables a number of broader conclusions to be drawn about the strengths and limitations as well as…

In response to Akiko Hayashi's "Teaching Expertise in Three Countries: Japan, China, and the United States," the author celebrates the power of reflective practice and the inspiration and guidance of colleagues and mentors.