Purpose: The present study aimed to develop the competencies of 21st-century learners by considering the characteristics of the education element in the curricula. Design/methodology/approach: The study employed a qualitative research design and a content analysis technique. The research population consisted of 20 curriculum design professors…

The purposes of this study were (1) to examine the components and indicators for promoting the professional development abilities of psychology teachers in rural primary schools within Guangxi Province; (2) to investigate the current state, the desirable state, and the necessity for promoting professional development abilities among psychology…

Self-regulated learning (SRL) is a key competence for pre-service teachers to develop, both for their own activities as learners and for their future activities as teachers. Therefore, it is crucial to understand how pre-service teachers can be supported in acquiring SRL competence in their initial training. To reach this aim, we conducted a…

This study aimed to examine the effects of TRIZ-STEM applications within an online flipped learning model on teachers' problem-solving skills, creative thinking dispositions, STEM teaching, and their understanding of the nature of engineering. The sample consisted of 57 teachers (24 in the control group and 33 in the experimental group) recruited…

This study investigated one cohort of Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program participants at a large public university in the Southeast. By examining students' motivation to enroll in and complete the program and the program impact on their teaching self-efficacy, the study offers recommendations for designing new or redesigning existing PFF…

This paper is focused on the concepts of reflection, pracademics and Cognitive Apprentices used within work-based learning contexts. A hermeneutic phenomenological dialogic exchange was conducted between the authors to gain an in-depth interpretive analysis of the concepts of reflection, pracademics and Cognitive Apprentices. It is evident that…

The purpose of this study is to contribute to the discussion concerning adaptations and improvements of preschool teacher education. Such changes are crucial, because many newly qualified preschool teachers struggle to live up to the requirements the profession places upon them. This study is conducted in Sweden, where early childhood education…

In the beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 crisis and quarantine measures announced in all countries of the world affected all people, including those connected with education. In this connection, universities of the world were quickly forced to transform the educational process into a distance format. Thus, the article analyzes advantages and…

Enhancing students' experience in classrooms in the FE sector by improving instructional quality has been an ongoing challenge for years. Although mentoring has contributed quite considerably to developing teachers' competence and making them more resilient, looking at mentoring from a different perspective requires and deserves immediate…

With the deepening of educational reform, classroom teaching constantly emphasizes the importance of context, and the simulated situational teaching method is gradually applied in the instructional design of activities. As an important part of the education and teaching process, evaluation which is the process of determining the changes in…

Designing professional learning that meets the diverse needs of special education professionals is exciting, challenging, and critically important. The staff at the Children's Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf in Massachusetts support deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing children from ages 3 to 22 with a range of communication and…

The paper employs the assemblage approach to unfold India's 2009 education policy, the National Curriculum Framework, in order to uncover its multiple international, national or other links. In doing so, a deconstruction approach (as strategy, not as rationale) is applied, in order to uncover the policy text and what is identified as a…

In recent years, the rapid developments in information and communication technologies have impacted education systems immensely. These developments not only made various updates in the education programs, but also brought up the skills that the teachers who train the learners of the new millennium should have. The aim of this study was to…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to thoroughly assemble, analyze and synthesize previous research to investigate and identify teaching staff competencies derived from the roles and tasks attributed to university professors. Design/methodology/approach: In this literature review, the authors looked at both the conceptual framework exploring…

Background: The use of mediated learning in cognitive training has been shown to be effective in enhancing students' cognitive development. Nonetheless, its effects on language development are less explored. Aims: This study examined the effects of an early cognitive intervention (Think Bright program) in enhancing the cognitive and language…