Formal coach education, such as courses experienced by coaches, is part of a wider education system, constructed by policy developers, course designers and coach educators. To date, research has explored the complex micro-pedagogical interactions between coach educators and coaches on courses, yet there is little understanding of the historical…

Older adults' sexual health is often overlooked and unaddressed by healthcare professionals, though sexuality is a central and life-long aspect of being human. Healthcare professionals cite lack of knowledge and comfort in addressing older adult sexual health needs and concerns. We conducted a scoping review to identify educational programmes for…

Integrating STEM-ESD enhances educational quality through interdisciplinary, hands-on learning experiences that foster deeper understanding and cultivate skills for real-world challenges. This paper presents a systematic review examining STEM-ESD implementation in Indonesia's educational context. Guided by four research questions, the study…

Recent trends in agricultural education have demonstrated that the number of middle school programs and students has been increasing. Despite this, middle school agricultural education students, teachers, and programs have been underserved. For example, middle school agricultural education teachers lack the training and resources to meet the needs…

This paper proposes a systematic approach to the analysis of the prevalence of generic competences in formal problem-based learning (PBL) curricula at higher education institutions and universities in which generic competences are an integral and integrated part of the curriculum, with a particular focus on how the generic competences are…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review the literature with regard to the course leader in small and specialist higher education in the UK. Design/methodology/approach: First, the role of the course leader is explored, followed by an evaluation of the barriers to effective course management. This is then followed by a discussion of…

Curriculum mapping is an increasingly common concept within the field of education. A joint project between La Trobe University and the Public Health Agency of Canada attempted to map public health competencies with learning objectives from online learning modules developed by the two organisations. As part of this project a literature review was…

Since the introduction of the action research into China in the 1980s, especially since the start of the twenty-first century, Chinese education researchers have been trying to localize it in relation to the backdrop of the national curriculum reform in basic education. This article presents three cases in which educators aimed for a conscious…

Reviews Literature on constructivism and adult learning in order to derive principles for technology-based professional development and curriculum design. (Contains 29 references.) (SK)

This report focuses on supporting professional development and presents research and its implications for mathematics and science reform to policymakers, educators, and researchers seeking to improve student learning and achievement. Topics include actions for administrators, new directions in instruction and professional development, the value of…

Notes that with prospects of smaller undergraduate enrollments in the years ahead and with the need to create new challenges for schools and departments of journalism, continuing education programs can become a major activity for imaginative and progressive journalism educators and administrators. (RL)

Research on multiple cohorts of aspiring and practicing principals engaged in professional development provides perspectives on the benefits of mentoring through clinical practice by clarifying issues related to role socialization, professional development, and leadership capacity building. Based on data from participants in several cohorts and…

Designed to aid speech communication educators who want to attract engineers and engineering students to their classes, this paper provides a brief profile of the engineering profession and the engineering professional, proposes courses to meet the needs of these students, and offers some suggestions on how to adapt the speech communication…

This literature review focuses on five currents: (1) politicization of teaching; (2) professionalization of teaching; (3) curriculum reform in teacher education; (4) democratization of teaching; and (5) revitalization of teacher education research. It concludes that scholarship in technology teacher education reflects mainstream issues, but…

The work-based learning model of human resource development has captured a great deal of attention and has gained increasing importance in higher education in recent years. Work-based learning is a powerful phenomenon that attempts to help policy-makers, managers and curriculum developers improve the quality of the decision and organizational…