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Ine H. van Liempd; Ora Oudgenoeg-Paz; Paul P. M. Leseman – Child Development, 2025
Object exploration is considered a driver of motor, cognitive, and social development. However, little is known about how early childhood education and care settings facilitate object exploration. This study examined if children's exploration of objects during free play was facilitated by the use of particular spatial components (floor, tables,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Toddlers, Preschool Children, Object Manipulation
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Gerben Tolkamp; Bart Verwaeren; Tim Vriend; Aart-Jan Riekhoff; Bernard Nijstad – Creativity Research Journal, 2025
Scholars view the creative process as a sequence of activities (e.g. problem construction, information search, idea generation, and idea development) that unfolds over time. This implies that time plays an important role in creativity. Unfortunately, however, the field lacks clear and explicit propositions about the temporal aspects of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Education, College Students, Creative Development
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Marloes M. H. G. Hendrickx; Marieke C. G. Thurlings; Perry Den Brok – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2025
Teacher professional learning communities (PLCs) have the potential to result in teacher professional development, provided that effective communication takes place during PLC meetings. Building on the perspective of collaborative knowledge building, this study examined teachers' interaction patterns during these meetings. Connections were…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes
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Hilde S. Kooiker-den Boer; Ted J. M. Sanders; Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2025
Integrated science-and-literacy programs have proven to positively affect both language proficiency and science knowledge. Because making connections is important in both text comprehension and understanding the disciplinary core ideas taught in science, it seems worthwhile to explore the potential of integrating text structure instruction in…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Science Instruction, Literacy Education, Language Proficiency
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Laura Mudde; Gustaaf Bos; Michael Kolen; Neeltje ten Westenend; Gaby Jacobs – Educational Action Research, 2025
Conducting participatory action research (PAR) with people with and without intellectual disabilities presents challenges, primarily due to participants' varying verbal expression and reflective thinking abilities, leading to potential power imbalances and unfair outcomes. This study investigates using the arts to address these issues in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Residential Care, Residential Institutions, Art Activities
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Marielle Schuurman; Barbara Groot; Tineke Abma – Educational Action Research, 2025
Globally, many complex issues, like the ageing population and health inequalities, require attention. People are experimenting to combat these issues in their local contexts through bigger or smaller networks; however, much of the knowledge about these initiatives remains localised and elitist and omits the voices and perspectives of citizens.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Networks, Local Issues, Age Differences