The current neoliberal political climate in education has narrowed the focus of teachers' professional development and reduced their work in the classroom to a simple and predictable process. In this article, we challenge this view by deploying a range of complexity thinking concepts to present an account of teachers as self-organising, inquiring,…

Interaction is a pivotal pedagogical concept enjoying wide-scale attention from contemporary e-learning theorists. This study investigated the effects of e-learning environments on Saudi girls' social presence and empowerment to access education. Using the community of inquiry questionnaire, the authors measured the participants' social presence…

The discipline of data science is gaining attention due to a significant increase in the amount of data generated on a real-time basis. Despite the efforts from the institutions and national agencies, it has been witnessed that there have been substantial challenges in retaining and attracting students in the discipline of data science. Learning…

Teacher collaborative learning remains one of the fundamental methods of teacher professional development. Due to various factors, teachers have to be encouraged, counselled, and supported for taking part in such activities and that competence is commonly entrusted to principals. This research investigates the role of the principal in supporting…

Teachers participate in professional learning activities to enhance their pedagogical knowledge and share best practices--and the increasing role of technologies in education, including social media, is shifting how this professional learning occurs. The COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity to consider the role of social media for…

Death always brings questions for the living. How do we teach and learn in a context of death and pandemic? This essay recounts and reflects on experiences of "playing in the face of death" in a graduate-level adult learning community at the onset of COVID-19 in New York City. Play became a healing and holy act of pedagogical love and…

Background and Context: Continuous improvement and networked improvement science have emerged as prominent approaches to improving schools. Although continuous improvement approaches have generated promising results in education, how these efforts come to be enacted remains a crucial question that can generate insight into how these approaches can…

The Catholic Intellectual Tradition should animate the academic life and educational mission of Catholic colleges and universities. A clearer focus on the catholicity of the tradition -- its aspiration to wholeness -- will help us better understand what it means to engage the tradition in the heart of the institution's academic mission. The…

This paper reports on a project that sought to enhance problem-solving practices within a cluster of primary schools. In-service teachers' description of their approach to problem-solving suggested it was treated as an isolated practice that occurred after concepts had been taught; often focusing on teaching particular problem-solving strategies…

This study investigated six pre-service ELT teachers' engagement of collaborative Lesson Study, Japanese professional development model, and intended to explore its impact on their classroom management skills. The qualitative research design was used as the methodological foundation of the study since the Lesson Study experience of the…

The Comprehensive Assessment System (CAS) Framework presents a vision for a system of assessments for English Learners in secondary grades that brings assessment closer to the classroom and fully involves teachers in assessment development and validation. The CAS Framework is intended to signal a new and equitable direction and to provoke…

The problem addressed in this study was the retention and completion rates at community colleges leave room for significant improvement, particularly with underprepared students who tend to be at a disadvantage and contribute to low graduation rates. A learning community designed to further engage students and improve retention was implemented at…

Over 27% or 13.6 million students self-identify as Latinx (Condition of Education 2019, n.d.). Nonetheless, teachers have struggled to use pedagogy that sustains the cultures of these historically underserved students. The use of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy (CSP) has emerged as a powerful way to better serve this group of students. The purpose…

This research explores the evolving world of education in relation to online learning. Educational leadership can continuously improve communication with faculty and students which will greatly benefit student success in an online learning environment. A modified Delphi study was utilized with a panel of online educational experts to come to…

Across the nation, students with disabilities are struggling to close the achievement gap. Many schools have adopted the PLC framework and implemented special education PLCs in their schools in order to address this deficit. This study examined data from 13 elementary schools in a school district. The data was analyzed to determine if special…