The objectives of this research were 1) to study creative economy learning approaches to promote sustainable citizenship for secondary school students in the Upper Northern Special Economic Development Zones, Thailand, and 2) to design guidelines for creative economy learning management to promote sustainable citizenship. for secondary school…

The growing demand for sustainable products and services has led to the emergence of a range of entrepreneurial opportunities for innovative business solutions. These new opportunities require novel entrepreneurial skills to design, grow, and maintain sustainable businesses. However, existing educational games do not address the specific skills…

In this investigation, we examined differences in performance on the Texas state-mandated reading assessment for Emergent Bilingual students by their economic status (i.e., in poverty, not in poverty). Archival data were obtained from the Texas Education Agency Public Education Information Management System for Grade 8 students for the two…

Assessment literacy is an essential part of the teaching and learning process. Good assessment practices will have an impact on the quality of learning outcomes. The purpose of this study is to investigate assessment literacy among educators and identify the effects of gender, education, training, and work experience. A random sample of 134…

This paper focuses on aspirations to study abroad, using the case of Vietnamese international students (VISs) in Japan. A qualitative research study based on 23 in-depth interviews applied the 'aspirations-capabilities' framework (de Haas, 2021) and revealed that while economic factors play a significant role in motivating Vietnamese students to…

Background/purpose: In recent years, the Chinese government has increasingly integrated "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" into national education policy. This study investigates how Xi Jinping's ideology is represented in Chinese high school ideology and politics textbooks, highlighting the…

This report estimates the monetary impact of one day of school absence within state-funded English secondary schools. First, the authors model the association between absence in Years 7-11 and Key Stage 4 attainment. Then, they apply these results to previous departmental research on the lifetime earnings returns to education. Combining these…

This paper presents a model for automatically selecting and allocating secondary education teachers to schools while considering various factors such as the diversity of sections and lessons, school distances, teacher specializations, teaching workloads, and other constraints. This poses a complex challenge that educational authorities in…

This study comprehensively investigates the factors influencing university choice among Vietnamese high school students in the context of digitalization. By employing structural equation modelling with partial least squares, the research analyzes survey data from 1,049 students to reveal the significant direct and indirect effects of effort…

In 2008, Brazil established a complex intersectoral policy, leading to an unprecedented overall and inland expansion of Vocational Education and Training. Federal institutions went from 140 units, built over 100 years, to 654 units in 2020, 600 of which are campuses belonging to the Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology. This…

Background/purpose: Assessment for Learning is an integral part of the learning process that provides feedback and improves teaching methods. Teachers experience problems such as limited conceptual understanding, difficulties in designing instruments, and time constraints. This study aims to develop and validate an innovative platform for…

The importance of creativity for survival in modern society is well recognised. However, the development of creative thinking skills through formal education still needs more attention, and the assessment of creative thinking skills using valid models in higher education is under-researched. Our paper presents the deficits and improvements in…

This study examined the school achievement and attitudes of Czech and Slovak secondary school students (n = 572; age: 17-19) towards motivation in economic subjects. The aim was to analyse the factors of students' motivation, their relations with selected teacher's competences, and students' school achievement with regard to their gender. The data…

To examine the role of inequality in academic achievement, we analyse a cross-national dataset including data from three cycles from 2012 to 2018 from the PISA, an international assessment of 15-year-old students' math, reading, and science performance. The Gini coefficient and gender inequality index (GII) were used as metrics for a country's…

This study investigated how income inequality shapes the role of economic and cultural capital in students' academic performance. By analyzing a multilevel dataset of 72 countries (economies), we found that (1) the associations between economic capital and academic achievements are stronger in unequal societies than in equal ones, whereas the…