Our study explores challenges and opportunities associated with managing basic education in indigenous communities in Indonesia, using a qualitative descriptive approach with a critical paradigm as an analysis tool. The findings reveal two types of education patterns for indigenous peoples, i.e., education in the community, which is carried out…

This paper investigates the capabilities of remote rural teachers in Indonesia's Probolinggo Regency to make meaningful pedagogic connections between students' homes and their classrooms. The term "capabilities" is derived from Sen's to Nussbaum's capabilities approach, which refers to substantive freedom or opportunities that a person…

High-stakes testing regimes, in which schools are judged on their capacity to attain high student results in national tests, are becoming common in both developed and developing nations, including the United States, Britain and Australia. However, while there has been substantial investigation around the impact of high-stakes testing on curriculum…

This compilation offers global examples of innovative and promising literacy and numeracy programmes that link the teaching and learning of literacy to sustainable development challenges such as health, social equality, economic empowerment and environmental sustainability. This publication is a timely contribution to the 2030 Agenda for…