Leveraging educational technologies, especially digital learning tools (DLTs), to enhance students' performance and engagement in higher education has gained popularity in the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). The study aimed to examine the impact of integrating DLTs on learners' academic performance and perceptions of DLT-based instructions in the…

Learners' affective responses to pedagogic tasks and the effort that they invest in completing them are critical to the learning that takes place through tasks in task-based language teaching (TBLT) (Lambert, Aubrey, & Bui, 2023). Fluctuations in learners' willingness to communicate (WTC) during pedagogic tasks--or task-specific WTC (Aubrey…

This article reports on an IRB approved multi-semester qualitative study investigating student experiences during the challenging transition to Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in a technical writing (TW) course. The primary purpose of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of specific strategies utilized to facilitate this transition and to…

This study aimed to explore the perceptions of nursing students regarding the flipped classroom and Kahoot! application used in intramuscular (IM) injection teaching. This study was conducted using a descriptive qualitative approach with 16 nursing students. Semi-structured open-ended questions was used in-depth face-to-face individual interviews.…

Microteaching--an innovative teaching method in which students deliver a mini-lesson to a small group of peers within a limited timeframe to develop specific teaching skills and refine pedagogical behaviors--has been implemented in teacher education and training for half a century. This qualitative study explored the views of 10 graduate students…

Play-based teaching and learning approaches are recognised as enabling teachers to interact with children and support learning in a relaxed environment to promote children's holistic development. Recent studies increasingly emphasise that teachers' engagement can promote children's opportunities to learn through play. This article presents results…

The multiple methods study was utilized to determine the following: (1) the relationship between reading/special education teachers' instruction of processes designed to engage readers in thinking about what they read, (2) students' use of the processes, and (3) comprehension development. This was followed by qualitatively examining performance…

This study examines the impact of a professional learning (PL) project on secondary mathematics teachers' professional growth in their knowledge, beliefs, and instructional practices. Initially attributing teaching challenges to external constraints, some teachers gradually recognised the need for pedagogical development through reflection and…

Introductory courses are known to significantly influence students' perceptions of a discipline. However, little is known about how accounting is introduced to novice students in secondary education. This study investigates the pedagogical approaches teachers adopt when introducing accounting for the first time. Drawing on in-depth interviews with…

This qualitative study examines the state of Teacher Digital Competence (TDC) in New Zealand primary schools through interviews with five teachers. Applying Starkey's model of digital integration and the DigCompEdu framework (Redecker in European framework for the digital competence of educators: DigCompEdu. Publications Office of the European…

This Fieldnotes article documents the design and implementation of a Philosophy for Children (P4C) lesson aimed at introducing children aged 8-12 to the ethical dimensions of Artificial Intelligence (AI), with a particular focus on data privacy. Drawing on the Community of Philosophical Inquiry (CoPI) methodology--specifically the "Plain…

Global challenges require the government to organize learning in schools that are more up-to-date following episodes in the times. The independent curriculum learning promises flexibility for teachers and students and replaces the relatively new curriculum-13. In implementing the independent curriculum, differentiated learning is a concept that…

Teachers should lead students to inquiry and discover the world around them. For this reason, it is essential that students possess inquiry skills that will enable them to investigate inquiry processes and carry out inquiry activities. Although the development of inquiry skills is essential part of Slovak state curriculum, the administered test…

While rigor is often used as a term in educational practice, its meaning can be elusive, making it difficult to apply to professional learning for educators. Russell Carlock seeks to define the concept of rigor as it pertains to theoretical frameworks that have been connected to improvement in student learning outcomes and to provide educators…

This article employs transformative learning and decolonial theories to investigate the efficacy of simulation pedagogy for undergraduate student learning about refugees and the internally displaced. The simulation of refugee experience was adapted from the Doctors Without Borders' "Forced From Home" exhibit and facilitated by an…