The study aimed to conceptualise the key competencies for academic employees in the current dynamic South African higher education environment. Key competencies that enable these employees to perform and meet their work challenges in the dynamic environment they operate in need to be identified to ensure relevant talent and performance management…

Recent decades have witnessed growing attention to child reading education, but research on reading teacher training remains scarce, constituting an impediment to the further advancement of reading instruction. This study seeks to explore the paths to improving reading teachers' professional competence via structured training, using Qinjinmuyu's…

In the current study, we investigated (1) the effects of the curriculum of teachers' competencies for future skills in learning management of technology and (2) teachers' satisfaction with the curriculum of teachers' competencies for future skills in learning management of technology. The target group consisted of 50 teachers under the Buriram…

Recent literature underscores the need for teachers to develop AI competencies with a recognition of the current lack of well-defined competence frameworks. This critical review investigates teachers' Artificial Intelligence (AI) competence frameworks (AI CFTs), analysing their strengths, weaknesses and practical applications for researchers,…

This case study explains the research procedures of a study that measured teachers' digital competency using a questionnaire and used an automated visualization platform to suggest appropriate professional development training based on their level of competency. To achieve the goal, the process was started by developing standard indicators for…

The nature of the digital divide in schools is changing. Once understood to be about gaps in access to computer and internet technology across demographic and geographic groups, the gap is now more complex. Schools still experience inequity in technology, but it is as much about educators' capacity and opportunity to apply technology in meaningful…

Purpose: This study primarily aims at assessing Faculty Competences Development Components (FCDCs) that help in the development of educational leaders. The study further formulates a model using seven latent constructs that explain the development of the mechanism of development of educational leaders and extend the benefits of their development…

Professional development can be used as a tool to increase teacher confidence and competence. Consequently, it may improve the quality of education available to students. Previous research suggests that many teachers lack the confidence to teach health despite it being an area that they are expected to teach. This paper locates and considers the…

"Always a Lesson: Teacher Essentials for Classroom and Career Success" is the book that can turn every good teacher into a great teacher. The art and science of teaching can be difficult to navigate. There are moving pieces that change how teachers should approach instruction, like unique student needs year after year, curriculum…

Improving educational attainment for Hispanic/Latinx students remains a U. S. national priority, as evidenced by increasing federal funding for Hispanic-serving institutions. This study aimed to determine the cultural competencies of faculty at a rural Hispanic-serving community college in New Mexico by exploring their perspectives on the three…

Research on peer feedback has proven that it enhances learning by fostering student agency and providing a deeper understanding of assessment criteria and greater capacity for self-reflection, which become key strategies for self-regulated learning. However, peer feedback does not seem to have been systematically involved in teacher training…

This short reflection explores both the challenges and potentials of teacher professional learning in contemporary times. It argues that the neoliberal logics of professional development as deployed in many contexts around the world limit and curtail the potential for teachers to engage in generative professional learning that fosters growth and…

European countries, in accordance with their higher education policy, regulate in various ways the need for additional professional education of higher education teachers. In the Republic of Croatia, despite the recognized need to improve the process of teaching and learning at the higher education level, efforts and activities in this direction…

In England, a vertical equity model of inclusive schooling has been increasingly visible in both educational policy and school practices since the 2019 education reforms. Within this mixed model of provision, alongside and in complementarity to mainstream schooling, alternative provision (AP) and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)…

This article provides a strategy developed for teachers in the Netherlands who participated in a 2-year course to become specialists in twice-exceptional learners. They were taught to use the Systemic Support Program for designing customized interventions for twice-exceptional learners. The aims guiding this research were to develop a better…