This paper presents a comprehensive framework for AI-enhanced curriculum development in rare earth elements (REE) education, addressing critical workforce gaps across K-12, higher education, and veteran transition programs. As global demand for critical minerals escalates amid geopolitical tensions and supply chain vulnerabilities, we propose an…

Literacy remains an area of concern in early secondary education in Scotland (ages 12-14), with recent research suggesting a continued decline in attainment levels. As literacy underpins learning, interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to teaching literacy are now being emphasized through the new Curriculum for Excellence that aims to…

The comprehension of interdependent complex systems, which is part of state and national standards, is an enormous challenge for learners. In traditional physiology teaching materials, which structure the human body into decoupled subsystems (e.g., respiratory and cardiovascular) isolated in separate chapters, there is a ubiquitous absence of…