Youth with disabilities are more likely to have enjoyable experiences in Sport Education (SE) seasons that include students serving as equity officers and an emphasis on adaptive sports. This article presents a wheelchair-basketball SE season that physical educators can implement in integrated classes that include students who use wheelchairs to…

Children rely on their Approximate Number System to intuitively perceive number. Such adaptations often exhibit sensitivity to real-world statistics. This study investigates a potential manifestation of the ANS's sensitivity to real-world statistics: a negative power-law distribution of objects in natural scenes should be reflected in children's…

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effect of the Directed Listening-Thinking Activity (DLTA) strategy on improving listening comprehension skills among fifth-grade female students in Jordan. Method: This study employed a quasi-experimental design. To achieve its objectives, a 30-item listening comprehension test was constructed. The…

Background/purpose: In recent years, the Chinese government has increasingly integrated "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" into national education policy. This study investigates how Xi Jinping's ideology is represented in Chinese high school ideology and politics textbooks, highlighting the…

Coping Power (CP) is an empirically supported school-based intervention for children at risk for aggression. A child's social status with peers and the extent to which they accurately perceive it are important aspects of preadolescent social development that may influence how intervention format affects disruptive behavior outcomes. Further,…

Like other stakeholders in higher education, the voices and roles of employers in higher education are increasingly important. They can help universities equip students with employability skills through activities related to higher education governance, curriculum development, and internships. This chapter discusses how employers become key…

This study aimed to investigate the perspectives of Nigerian library and information science (LIS) professionals regarding the implications of the disruptive era on their profession. A mixed-methods approach was employed, and data were collected through a semi-structured questionnaire distributed via the WhatsApp platform owned by the Nigerian…

Mental health promotion interventions have some evidence of improving well-being outcomes among children in humanitarian settings. Yet, are they sufficient to ensure health equity, particularly in contexts of structural oppression and protracted displacement? We describe "Qaderoon" (We Are Capable), a year-long social skills building…

Virtual reality (VR) has been gaining prominence in education, with its interactive capabilities continually expanding. This quantitative study (N = 91) tested the educational effectiveness of high-immersion VR (HiVR) versus low-immersion VR (LiVR) and the impact of interactivity on vocabulary learning. The between-subjects portion of this study…

Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) tools have been increasingly utilised in the production of educational media, including animated educational videos (AEVs) incorporating pedagogical agents (PAs). These tools support the efficient creation of multimedia content and reduce teachers' technical workload. Objectives: This study investigates the…

In less than a decade, conflicts have driven two massive waves of refugees to the European Union, mainly from Syria and Ukraine but not only. Many of these refugees are children whose education has been disrupted. This article aims to identify the elements that foster school success for migrant and refugee children in their host societies. To…

This study investigates the impact of structured vocabulary review on vocabulary acquisition among middle-grade students (grades 6-8) using an experimental, parallel design. Twenty-four classrooms (310 students) were randomly assigned to review different sets of academic vocabulary. Students completed 20 weeks of the Word Generation curriculum,…

This study explores how young American Jewish adults develop an understanding of diverse perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The research focuses on a service-learning program that immerses participants in interactions with various minority groups in Israel. In-depth interviews reveal that, during their time in Israel, participants…

This paper explores persistent obstacles undermining in situ teacher professional development as well as possibilities for learning and growth in a professional learning community (PLC). We extend the existing scholarship in this field by examining how teachers' discursive practices can predict the success or failure of a PLC initiative. We used…

This study examined the integration of Ottorino Respighi's art songs into vocal music teaching at Ningbo University through the development, implementation, and evaluation of a vocal techniques manual for undergraduate students. Conducted in four phases, it first analyzed Respighi's art songs and then assessed how teachers and students understood…