This study examines concepts surrounding the quality of afterschool programs in Japan and related challenges using qualitative and quantitative methods. A content analysis of government guidelines for afterschool programs provided by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and…

This article provides photographs, quotes, and a timeline that traces Maria Montessori's legacy.

The use of kinesthetic movement in the classroom toward improving health and educational outcomes among youth has been a topic of discourse in recent years. School initiatives that have infused movement as part of the curriculum have shown to increase efficiency in learning, while decreasing stress and contributing to a positive classroom climate.…

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to analyse how to adapt teaching and learning methodologies to new generations of digital natives to promote their commitment to sustainable development. The research explores the existence of a relationship between digital natives' characteristics, individual dynamic capabilities and their commitment to…

Structured Query Language (SQL) skills are crucial in software engineering and computer science. However, teaching SQL effectively requires both pedagogical skill and considerable knowledge of the language. Educators and scholars have proposed numerous considerations for the betterment of SQL education, yet these considerations may be too numerous…

Three examples of extant testing practices (i.e., a classroom instructor's use of a simple pre-post design, the practice of teaching to the test, and the think aloud verbal protocol) are discussed to illustrate the contention that assessment in the service of testing and learning does not necessarily involve radically different assessment…

Histories of mathematical practice account for mathematical knowledge and action by interpreting presently-available evidence as traces of the events, contexts, and relations that make up the past. Interpretations depend on the assumptions one makes about how mathematical knowledge works, insofar as it is knowledge and insofar as it is…

Interventions by creative practitioners play an increasingly important part within museum education. This produces a series of questions and tensions around the relationship between creativity and authenticity in terms of the role and limits of evidence, where room for creativity lies, and what it looks like. We explore these questions in the…

The design of learning environments is being increasingly investigated, largely as a result of higher-education providers being challenged by both societal and technological developments. These providers are becoming more aware that the quality of learning environments affects students' approaches to learning and satisfaction. This paper presents…

The soft skills module that was introduced in 2006 is aimed to prepare graduates with a holistic quality for industrial or labour market needs. As a result, the lecturers are required to integrate the element of soft skills in their respective teaching. However, reports on the application of soft skills in teaching identified the element of…

In the field of education research, mixed methods have traditionally referred to the combination of quantitative and qualitative data that brings us closer to 'reality'. However, recent literature on social and educational studies has increasingly incorporated works that integrate digital technologies and mixed methods. This novelty provides an…

This paper presents empirical findings from a qualitative study on Minecraft as a mathematical tool and learning environment. Even though Minecraft has been used for several years in classrooms around the world, there is a lack of detailed empirical studies of how students learn subject-related content by working with the game. This study is based…

Digital technology has provided users with new connections that have reset our understanding of social architectures. As a reaction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data, the educational field has rearranged its structure to consider human and non-human stakeholders and their actions on digital platforms. In light of this increasingly…

There is a misconception that History as an academic subject centers on the mere recitation of the past which may have nothing to do with socio-professional insertion and diversity. In Cameroon, it is common to see post secondary school leavers with majors in History postulating in over bearing numbers, usually over a thousand for less than fifty…

The character strength of humility has been linked to a growing number of desirable leader-related outcomes. Consequently, academics and practitioners alike have begun to search for interventions to develop or encourage humility in leaders. But assessing humility (and the effectiveness of these interventions) has proven difficult. Measures for…