This edited volume focuses on the changing landscape of English language learning and teaching. It equips English language teachers with cutting-edge knowledge and developments in English language learning and teaching which they need to teach a diverse body of learners and instruct in a multipolar environment. The chapter contributors are among…

This handbook synthesizes accumulated research evidence about the main areas of language teacher education. It systematically applies research synthesis to the field, providing coherent, systematic insights into various aspects of language teacher education. Each chapter compares research conducted between 2010-2020 within a specialized area of…

This is the first international and interdisciplinary handbook to offer a comprehensive and an in-depth overview of findings from contemporary research, theory, and practice in early childhood language education in various parts of the world and with different populations. The contributions by leading scholars and practitioners are structured to…

The research in this volume takes account of the context of policy promoting Chinese as a second language (CSL) in several countries and regions, (Australia, East Asia and South-East Asia), and the wider social context of multilingual and multicultural societies. Furthermore, this book reports results of two research studies which investigated how…

Reconceptualizing intervention and change in conversation analytic perspectives, this volume not only illustrates actual, rather than imagined, ways of conducting CA-informed interventions in a variety of teacher-training contexts around the globe but also documents the impact of such interventions on teacher development. "The contributors to…

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the literature on home literacy environment and its association with literacy skills in different languages and contexts. Home literacy environment (HLE), an umbrella term that encompasses various activities parents engage in with their children, has been studied extensively by…

This book demonstrates how resources taken from positive psychology can benefit both teachers and learners. Positive psychology is the empirical study of how people thrive and flourish. This book explores a range of topics, such as affectivity and positive emotions, engagement, enjoyment, empathy, positive institutions, a positive L2 self-system,…

This Open Access volume aims to inspire innovative and culturally-responsive transformations in teacher education practices and policies within Europe and beyond in the context of teacher shortage. It amalgamates the collaborative efforts during several years between the Center for Teacher Education and Educational Research (ZLSB) at TU Dresden…

"Trust and Inclusion in AI-Mediated Education: Where Human Learning Meets Learning Machines" is a resource for researchers and practitioners in a field where the mainstreaming of AI technologies, and their increased capacities for deception, have produced confusion and fear. Identifying theoretical frameworks and practices in teaching…

This edited volume illustrates the need for imparting thinking skills in education and workplace training to excel in the 21st century. It deals with the diversity of thinking skills in all domains. It is a valuable resource to understand human cognition and its interaction with human emotion for better social cognition in this digitalized era.…

This book is the result of a collaboration between a human editor and an artificial intelligence algorithm to create a machine-generated literature overview of research articles analyzing importance of critical thinking in Educational Settings. It's a new publication format in which state-of-the-art computer algorithms are applied to select the…

This book details a series of studies across several levels of learning and vocational education and training (VET) discipline areas. In the main, the advent of natural language AI chatbots exampled by ChatGPT, has caused the educational sector to take on a defensive stance. Both schools and the higher education sector are engaged in an on-going…

This book presents a compelling and transformative exploration of the often-overlooked domain of primary science education. It features contributions from educators and scholars worldwide, and provides a fresh perspective on the subject by highlighting positive and productive narratives, challenging the prevalent deficit perspective that has long…

This edited volume focuses on K-12 international education in a global context and examines trends, emerging topics, and prevalent tensions. It considers the rapidly growing phenomenon across a variety of country contexts in a way that can convey both empirical evidence and insights into theorization and practical debates. Contributors touch upon…

This book makes a deliberate attempt to explore the complexity of decolonising theories in teacher education. It draws attention to the historical and emerging impacts of colonialism on educational institutions and practices, challenging educators to expand their understanding of diverse trajectories of decolonial research both theoretically and…