The most important teaching and learning method in the architectural design studio (ADS) is the critique session, which is generally employed as an assessment tool. However, the traditional critique models which enjoy global acceptance and are the most applied teaching methods in ADS, are yet to attain their maximum potential. This assertion…

Higher education institutions (HEIs) navigate dynamic environments shaped by technological advancements and evolving labour market demands. To maintain competitiveness and high-quality offerings, HEIs require appropriate instruments. This study examines the application of the Student Journey Mapping (JM) approach within the higher education…

Internationally, there have been considerable efforts to improve the quality of teaching in higher education over the last 25 years. In addition to national policy frameworks there has been an investment in provision of professional development for higher education teachers. In India the National Education Policy emphasises provision of…

Purpose: This study aims to contribute to knowledge about how contradictory policy demands play out in practice in the intersection where educational leaders meet and interact. It explores how local education authority (LEA) managers make sense of and frame problems related to the national policy of shared responsibility for educational…

Australia's Productivity Commission report, "A path to universal early childhood education and care" (2024), recommended a review of the National Quality Framework for early childhood education and care (ECEC) and increased funding to support regulatory activity. Evidence underpinning the report identified an imperative to improve the…

The use of generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI) to assist college students in their studies has become a trend. However, there is no academic consensus on whether Gen-AI can enhance the academic achievement of college students. Using a meta-analytic approach, this study aims to investigate the effectiveness of Gen-AI in improving the…

Numerous scholars have investigated the determinants of university innovation efficiency. However, the internal governance aspects of universities and their interactions with the external environment are frequently neglected. Therefore, this study, grounded in the framework of embeddedness theory, employed the Stochastic Frontier Analysis method…

In this qualitative study, the researcher investigated and described the specific leadership practices employed by elementary principals in Texas to initiate school improvement in campuses designated as needing targeted support, additional targeted support, or comprehensive support and improvement by the Texas Education Agency (2023a). The…

The role of principal supervisors has changed significantly, moving away from a focus on compliance and towards a greater emphasis on nurturing principals' instructional leadership skills. As a result of this evolution, there is now an increased presence of supervisors in schools, but there are no clear guidelines for their activities. This study…

This Dissertation in Practice applied an improvement science approach to address an actionable problem of practice in higher education: lack of assessment of student satisfaction with academic advising. The study took place in a school within a public university in the Southeastern United States. A pre-intervention assessment of the current state…

School quality is the most important aspect and a major issue in the education system. This research aims to explore the influence of teamwork and curriculum effectiveness on improving school quality. The method employed is based on a quantitative design with a survey approach. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 146 respondents. School…

Promoting equity and improvement science have seen increased attention over the last several years as educators seek to expand the experiences, opportunities, and outcomes for marginalized students. This book shows school and district leaders how to create the conditions needed to use improvement science--with its robust collection of tools,…

In the wake of the global pandemic, K12 schools are experiencing significant challenges with educator retention, ambiguous policy mandates, increased accountability, and inadequate teacher and principal pipelines. At the same time, philanthropic investments have increased the growth and influence of educational intermediary organizations as change…

This article argues that the last three decades of school improvement policies have progressively limited the places and arguments created for arts education in public schools. The result has been a steady marginalization of the arts in the work of school improvement, an exacerbation of opportunity gaps related to access to arts education, and a…

Central to the institutionalization of learning analytics is the need to understand and improve student learning. Frameworks guiding the implementation of learning analytics flow from and perpetuate specific understandings of learning. Crucially, they also provide insights into how learning analytics acknowledges and positions itself as entangled…