Very little empirical research has been conducted on Irish outdoor education practice(s). This inquiry aims to critically explore outdoor education practices in public Outdoor Education and Training Centres in the Republic of Ireland. First, an overview of the development of Irish outdoor education from the mid-twentieth century onwards is…

Guiding students' STEM problem solving entails dynamic processes driven by changes in real-world contexts. To understand these processes, we aimed to identify the formation and influence of 'norms' as shared behaviour patterns desirable in STEM problem-solving. To this end, 10 sessions of STEM lessons for secondary students were carried out, and…

As service designers increasingly deal with complex systems, large-scale and multi-layered transformations and community-based initiatives, design education must evolve to adequately support students in tackling planetary challenges and navigating uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity in their practice. This article reports on a qualitative study…

The purpose of this study is to explore children's understandings, attitudes, and experiences related to civic engagement. Interviews were conducted with children, ages 9-12, living in Türkiye and the United States of America. In each country, three children were interviewed to understand their everyday lives in relation to civic engagement.…

This article challenges the assumption that EMI success depends mainly on students' English proficiency. Drawing on East Asian contexts and my own trajectory as a researcher and practitioner, I argue that student challenges stem more from gaps in academic literacy than from linguistic deficits. Preparedness must be understood as learning to think,…

This study tests a moderate mediation model and clarifies the mechanisms linking screen exposure to children's socioemotional competence. The objective is to examine if children's emotional ability mediates the relationship between screen exposure and socioemotional competence, and if parental media mediation moderates this pathway. Using…

This study presents findings from a qualitative case study where principals (n = 193), studying a national principal training programme, participated in a study exploring novice principals' perceptions of how their leadership was impacted during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. A model classification of stressful situations related to coping…

This qualitative study explored the gendered constructions of good management by men school leaders. The research participants were 30 men school leaders in Israel, selected through purposive sampling. The study aimed to identify the dominant discourses of masculinity and how they shaped ideal school leadership practices. The authors conducted…

Mathematics textbooks play an important role in providing learning opportunities for students, and connections have been emphasized in the curriculum reforms of many countries. However, few studies have conducted comparative research on mathematics textbooks from the perspective of connections, particularly with respect to the difficulty of the…

Poverty impacts the mental, physical, social and emotional health and wellbeing of individuals, particularly Indigenous children and adolescents living in remote reserve communities. Within many diverse ways to conceptualize poverty, Indigenous poverty stems from the detrimental traumas resulting from colonialism, continued systemic racialization,…

Background: First-year engineering mathematics courses present a critical academic challenge, often leading to a significant decline in student self-efficacy, a key predictor of retention and success. While flipped learning is a proposed solution, a lack of longitudinal research using robust comparison groups has limited our understanding of its…

Work-integrated learning in initial teacher education has gained significant attention in universities, often equated with mandatory classroom professional experience. This systematic literature review examines the conceptualisation of work-integrated learning and its implementation in initial teacher education programs over the past decade,…

The crucial role of education in the transformation towards more sustainable and equitable societies has been increasingly recognised over the last two decades. In Spain, the integration of Sustainability into the national curriculum has been changing over time, acquiring more weight in the latest education law. This research has analysed a total…

In this paper, we combine our use of storytelling and poetic inquiry in education to illuminate adult learners' experiences of transformation in Further Education. As both teachers and social justice researchers exploring adult learning, we are drawn to using storytelling, combined with encouraging writing poetic forms of representation to…

Improvement of schools requires effective leadership. Effective leadership behavior can be demonstrated through the leadership type or style practiced. However, the interpretations and usage of leadership style and type in educational leadership and practice have become a bone of contention among practitioners and researchers. This position paper…