Purpose: This study aimed to explore the relationships between school cost, school quality, and students' achievement in private schools in the UAE. Moreover, it also aimed to determine the extent to which socio-economic factors influence student outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative survey research design was employed by…

High Impact-Practices (HIPs) have been found to improve student engagement and retention, increase civic engagement, and enhance learning outcomes. Research on HIPs shows that combining multiple HIPs into a course, also known as hybrid HIPs, are more impactful than individual HIPs, and that community engagement and service-learning pedagogies are…

The impact of COVID-19 on higher education and quality assurance (QA) has already elicited global attention and discussion. QA agencies and networks quickly learned to adapt in order to carry out assessments, accreditations, recognitions, and reviews in a full virtual mode. These practices include using shared folders for virtual desk review,…

When the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2019, it affected all industries and businesses around the globe including education institutions. All schools and universities required closures to avoid the widespread of the virus, therefore the mechanism to continue teaching and learning was transformed into online method, known as Online Distance Learning…

Educational apps can be considered a dominant medium for providing educational content to children. Parents are major stakeholders and mediators in the selection of apps (Dias & Brito, 2021). It is critical to know how they choose apps for their children and understand what indicates a quality educational app, as well-designed apps can support…

This article analyzes the current domestic middle school art education and education management. Today, with great efforts to improve the quality of education, our domestic art education has been included in the education sequence of the compulsory education system. However, there are still some shortcomings in middle school art education.…

A priority for governments is ensuring public confidence in the quality and value of vocational education and training (VET) available to learners throughout their lives. The delivery of high-quality teaching, learning and assessment is an important element of this and is known to directly impact on outcomes for students. However, little research…

The National Center on Accessible Educational Materials for Learning (National AEM Center) at CAST is a technical assistance (TA) center funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The purpose of the Center is to improve educational and employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities through TA activities that increase both the…

This Policy Brief draws on the "Quality beyond Regulations" policy review undertaken by the OECD between 2018 and 2022 to foster an understanding of the different dimensions of quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC), focusing on process quality in particular. Process quality encompasses children's daily interactions through…

The problem addressed by this study was low-quality early childhood education and care programs due to low teacher educational qualifications. Poor quality early childhood education and care programs can be harmful to a child's social and emotional development, leading to poor health, economic, and behavioral outcomes. The purpose of this study…

Decades of research, reports, and political mobilization on rights to quality education for linguistically diverse students attest to our rumination on this problem and suggest that what has been studied, peer-reviewed, and published ought to result in real change. Nonetheless, challenges remain in converging robust strategies with critical…

Alongside primary and secondary education, tertiary education is a critical component of the education ecosystem. Universities' role in strengthening and informing education policy and practice at every level -- training teachers, creating pedagogical content, and leading educational research -- is central to reimagining education to address the…

Quality assurance in higher education extends beyond the boundaries of formal learning to encompass the recognition of non-formal and informal learning experiences. Non-formal and informal learning play a significant role in individuals' acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies. Recognizing the value of these alternative learning…

The current study aimed to uncover how the quality of specific course features within the overall classroom environment leads to impacts in student interactions and student motivation within online classrooms. The impacts of internet self-efficacy were also considered. Past research has shown that the classroom environment is important in its…

The purpose of this three-part dissertation is to contribute to the improvement of the field of postsecondary CTE by (1) investigating how the literature defines "high-quality CTE" through an integrative review of the literature, (2) exploring the viewpoints postsecondary CTE educators have toward the term "high-quality CTE"…