Purpose: The purpose of this study was to better understand the challenges faced by leaders who have demonstrated excellence in integrating technology into teaching and learning in P-12 schools in the United States. Design/methodology/approach: This case study of technology savvy P-12 school principals provides insights into how building leaders…

In order to prepare Rwandan citizens for a competitive world, a competence-based curriculum (CBC) has been implemented since 2016. The problem addressed by this study is "under which conditions will the implementation of the intended science curriculum be realised in classroom". Framed by the Rogan and Grayson theory of curriculum…

The purpose of this article is to address the urgency of creating an innovative learning environment in marginalized K-12 special education classrooms in the United States. This article considers the following topics: (a) the definition of creativity and innovation; (b) the importance of innovative learning environments, (c) key conditions and…

This research work has a particular emphasis that deals with innovation and development of international Chinese language teaching and learning within the classroom in the new era, especially with an emphasis on AI (artificial intelligence) as well as an emphasis on the creation of smart classrooms. This paper focuses on utilizing creative…

The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the greatest challenges faced for a very long time. However, it has also presented educators with novel opportunities for teaching, none more so than in science. There are the obvious links between COVID-19 and the body of scientific knowledge that curriculum designers think educators should help students to…

The more ambitious an educational innovation, the greater the challenge in scaling up. In this paper, we focus on the scaling up of an ambitious pedagogical practice--mathematics problem solving as a regular feature in the classroom. We adopt a long-term approach to continual professional development (CPD) that began with intensive work with one…

Readers can explore 13 teaching innovations presented at the 2020 Association for Business Communication (ABC) annual international conference hosted online. Typically held in a large hotel ballroom, this year's "My Favorite Assignment" sessions were adapted to an asynchronous virtual conference. These assignments are designed to teach…

Purpose: Education is known to unravel environmental problems in various ways, including through the application of students' creativity and innovation. This study aimed to determine whether students' creativity and innovation, supported by environmental care character education in their curriculum, formed a part of their attitude and behavior.…

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor had embraced service design and design thinking, but the pandemic-induced campus transition enabled staff to innovate differently. Many services transitioned to virtual options but some onsite library services reopened for Fall 2020. Library employees created a new service model to accommodate request…

UK drug discovery and development is increasingly being shaped through a complex interaction of research, policy and practice. However, our understanding of this innovation system is partially due to the dearth of systems-level empirical studies and to simplistic conceptual approaches. This study uses a Triple Helix systems approach to illustrate…

The author focused on solving problems of third-degree price discrimination under a monopoly by integrating microeconomic theory and spreadsheet modeling. Price discrimination refers to a firm situation in which the same good is sold to different groups of consumers at different prices. First, the author included an introductory math background…

This study focused on the development of the learners' narrative writing skills under the implementation of Ask, Reflect and Text Strategy. This study sought to examine ask, reflect and text strategy to enhance the learners' narrative writing skills among thirty purposefully selected student enrolled at San Jose del Monte Heights Elementary…

Teaching grammatical writing for students at the elementary level needs high creativity, the students have to be encouraged to study hard to gain writing competence. Additionally, the students themselves face many problems: Lack of writing compositions, lack of exposure to books and reading resources, and grammatical problems. The objective of the…

Even when innovations have rigorous evidence of impact, they often are not widely adopted by the field, or their use is not sustained. To support more successful transitions of educational research to the field, SRI researchers modified its Invent-Apply-Transition (I-A-T) framework that has been successfully used to scale research to practice in…

The New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) is the largest public school system in the country, and regularly communicates with more families in a month than many school districts do in a year. Innovations in communication or outreach efforts can influence profoundly how families engage with the district, especially innovations in outreach…