Purpose: This study examines the impact of a novel co-teaching approach, involving collaboration between university instructors and school teachers, on pre-service teachers' (PSTs) understanding of classroom management skills, addressing the practical challenges that often exceed the university classroom's scope. Design/methodology/approach: Using…

Starting with an initiative called Buddhicised education, there have been calls to reform Chinese Buddhism for a century. Based on documentary research of textbooks and in-depth interviews, this paper examines the reform of Buddhicised education in Hong Kong since 2000. Facilitated by the Hong Kong government's education reform, Buddhicised…

Stuttering, the repetition of voice, syllable or sentence, is a speech and social communication disorder that negatively affects the fluency of speech. Students who stutter are often socially isolated in school, and also experience high anxiety and communication difficulty at different levels. With the study reported on here we investigated…

This article examines the democratic hopes for the community of philosophical inquiry (CPI), a mode of deliberative discussion, when social justice is both the topic and the goal of discussion. It shares insights from a CPI that was used as an intersubjective research method (Golding, 2015) to enable the authors to interrogate their assumptions…

Schools play a crucial role in shaping resettled refugees' sense of belonging and access to citizenship rights. Education is a pathway to social integration, civic participation, and meaningful employment. Teachers can be seen as 'boundary workers' who broker a sense of (un)welcome and (un)belonging, mediating the relationship between resettled…

This article presents the first psychometric validation of the Culturally Responsive Assessment of Indigenous Schooling (CRAIS) tool, alongside a call for methodological complexity when engaged in research with and in Indigenous contexts. We examined the 23 culturally responsive schooling (CRS) principles underlying the newly created CRAIS tool in…

Open Educational Resources (OER) are valuable tools for diversifying teaching practices, contributing to a quality, equitable, open, and participatory education. However, unlocking the full potential of OER requires overcoming challenges related to its widespread adoption. One key strategy is empowering teachers to actively participate in the…

This article explores how teacher agency support, students' perseverance and work experience outside of school are related to student agency in the context of Estonia, where Estonian and Russian-speaking students are often educated separately in schools with either Estonian or Russian instructional language. The student-level data (n = 9060) were…

As educational settings increasingly integrate innovative technologies into teaching methodologies, it becomes crucial to understand how teachers, especially those in rural schools, develop and apply these integrative competencies. Neglecting this endeavour risks leading to the abandonment or underutilisation of these technologies once they are…

The promotion of teachers to management positions in many instances has led to a decline in the motivation and dedication of academically and professionally deserving teachers. The purpose of this qualitative case study located within an interpretive paradigm was to explore the practices followed by school governing bodies (SGBs) in recommending…

In the context of Indonesian secondary schools, the transition to the Emancipated Curriculum, known as "Kurikulum Merdeka," represents a profound shift in teaching paradigms necessitated by the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper investigates the extent and nature of support offered by secondary schools to English teachers in…

Citizen Development (CD) is a method of delivering low-code no-code (LCNC) development that empowers subject matter experts to design, develop, and deploy applications into production as though they were full-on, experienced coders. This paper explores teachers' perceptions around the potential for, and enactment of LCNC in our education system.…

Children in under-resourced schools are often subjected to a "pedagogy of poverty," in which their school days consist primarily of independently completing worksheets and preparing for assessments. By contrast, children in more affluent schools often experience engaging, hands-on learning opportunities. This discrepancy is identified as…

This report summarizes the results of kindergarten through fifth grade students' academic achievement outcomes in mathematics and science following four years of campus-level participation in the Launching Elementary Academic Foundations (LEAF) to STEM program. The LEAF to STEM Program consists of three key components that were adapted for K-5…

With the rise of diagnoses and awareness of mental wellness indicators across the country, the current study sought to pilot a measure to begin appraising the current state of music educators' mental wellness. Music educators across the United States (N = 84) self-reported indicators of depression, anxiety, stress, and job satisfaction. According…