A wealth of professional development programming exists for agricultural educators, but which experiences provide knowledge, skills, and tools most sought by early career agricultural educators? The purpose of this study was to isolate specific desired professional development outcomes for early career agricultural educators, as well as…

Gaining access to early childhood education can be challenging for some families, but summer programs may provide more opportunities for children of all backgrounds. In the USA, some of these expanded opportunities have come by way of an increased number of nature-based preschool programs. This study investigated a short-term, nature-based summer…

The purpose of the current study is to design, implement and evaluate a pedagogical model for skill training integrated with entrepreneurship for sustainability. In this regard, the nature of sustainability, entrepreneurship and integrated skill training, as well as the models of sustainability and entrepreneurship training developed in the…

As the need for a quantum-ready workforce grows, educators in quantum information science and engineering (QISE) face the challenge of aligning their programs and courses with industry needs. Through a series of interviews with program directors and faculty across 15 different institutions, we identified the considerations that educators are…

Research on the interaction between curricula and textbooks--particularly the textbook development process--is critical for understanding their reciprocal influence. While mathematics textbooks are typically developed in response to curriculum revisions, textbook research can also inform and shape subsequent changes to the curriculum. This study…

The frequency of home spatial activities (e.g., puzzles and blocks) correlates with young children's spatial skills, but causal evidence is limited. We addressed this issue by comparing the effects of a parent-led intervention aimed at increasing spatial activities to an active control targeting narrative activities (preregistered:…

Teacher resilience exerts a significant influence on the professional development of teachers in their early career stages. Especially for novice mathematics teachers, the development of their resilience directly impacts their job satisfaction, sense of well-being and other aspects. Nevertheless, existing research has rarely delved into teacher…

This study sought to gain insights into how diverse contexts in which teachers interacted with, especially when the Tanzania's expansion policy was in progress shaped and reshaped their perceived professionalism. A qualitative case study was adopted to obtain a holistic overview of the phenomena under exploration. Thirty-six participants from four…

Purpose: As part of this larger project, this paper aims to understand the possible shortcomings of the university-level education system in skill development that may be the reason for low adult proficiency in the country. Design/methodology/approach: To answer the question, national policy document reviews and semi-structured interviews with…

Purpose: This paper reviews the corpus contained in the Knowledge Bank of Australian and New Zealand School Libraries (KBANZSL) to explore the under-researched history of Australian school libraries and teacher librarianship. Through the analysis of publications in the knowledge bank, new insights into the history of school libraries and teacher…

Purpose: The vocational education-industry connection is crucial for students' professional competence development and employability. In the past decade, the Chinese government has issued numerous policies in this regard. This study reviews these policies concerning the context. Design/methodology/approach: This study screened 19 educational…

This research aimed to develop an integrated learning experience model through storytelling to promote executive functions in early childhood and investigate children's executive tasks. Using purposive sampling, the target group consisted of 40 kindergarten children in their third year at Khon Kaen Kindergarten School, during the first semester of…

Background: Educator performance is an important thing in efforts to improve the quality of education, so a forum is needed to build teacher competency that leads to improved teacher performance in planning, implementing, and evaluating the learning process in the classroom. Professional learning communities are one of the efforts to improved…

Organizational practices contribute to the workplace culture which can impact the experiences of racialized and Indigenous academic librarians. This study examines organizational practices (e.g., salary, workload, performance reviews, professional development funds) where perceptions of unfairness and inequity may emerge in Canadian and American…

Background/purpose: The paper explores entrepreneurship education opportunities and challenges in South Africa universities. South Africa's historical legacy of inequality, poverty, and unemployment forced authorities to introduce entrepreneurship curricula in universities to inculcate entrepreneurial skills regardless of racial background to…