Dyscalculia is a learning difficulty that negatively affects individuals' abilities to understand, apply, and learn mathematical operations. This study aims to explore the wide-ranging impacts of dyscalculia on individuals' lives. The experiences of Nur, an English teacher, are used to examine the effects of dyscalculia on personal, social,…

PIKTES is an education project carried out by Ministry of National Education (MoNE) to contribute to the access of children under temporary protection to education in Türkiye. This qualitative study examines the challenges faced by teachers assigned to the Integration of Syrian Children into the Turkish Education System (PIKTES) project. Guided by…

Colorado Senate Bill 14-215 established the School Health Professional Grant (SHPG) Program. Effective August 14, 2014, the Behavioral Health Care Professional Matching Grant Program (C.R.S. 22-96-101 through 22-96-105) provides matching grants to education providers to enhance the presence of school health professionals (school nurses, school…

This paper presents a fresh conceptualisation of critical action learning by energising critique in action and in learning, embedding this as integral to Continuous Professional Development (CPD). The criticality that action learning promotes could be most impactful, in fostering a mode of learning -- "Learning in Crisis" -- that…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the process and activities of apprenticeship from onboarding to professional development. Design/methodology/approach: Literature was reviewed to highlight the important characteristics of cognitive and collaborative apprenticeship, onboarding and professional development. Findings: The conceptual…

Response to Intervention (RtI) is a multi-tiered problem-solving approach that has been used to help struggling school-aged children and is now proposed as a promising evidence-based model for early childhood settings. Successful implementation of RtI may require early childhood practitioners to develop new skills in assessment, intervention, and…

Background: Home-based child care is a widely-used form of child care. However, given its prevalence, there is little research examining the providers' instructional practices and how these may vary by provider characteristics. Objective: The goal of this study is to describe variation in instructional practices among home-based child care…

The premise of this project was to determine if superintendents in the state of Missouri were aware of implicit bias and if districts were providing training to the administration, faculty, and/or staff to mitigate implicit bias in the classroom and thus, help all students maximize their learning. This was accomplished by constructing and…

This study employed the explanatory sequential mixed-methods design to assess the effectiveness of PLCs in Ghanaian basic schools. Using proportional stratified random sampling technique, the study selected 650 respondents (400 teachers and 250 headteachers) from the basic schools in five regions of Ghana for the quantitative phase of the study.…

This study followed up on a selected cohort of 4945 Science, Technology, English and Mathematics (STEM) teacher participants from six Sub-Saharan African countries namely: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana and Nigeria. The teachers were involved in an instructional digital professional development programme targeted at building their…

Mathematical functioning in sub-Saharan Africa remains persistently weak in global terms. This limits the flourishing of young people and communities in the region. Moreover, affordable, effective ways to address the issue are not well established. This paper analyses outcomes from a blended learning 'Mathematical Thinking and IT' course,…

Group coaching is emerging as an approach with a strong potential for developing leadership competencies. However, there is little research on its use in the professional training of school leaders. In this study, we investigate the outcome of and the processes involved in group coaching using data from reflection papers and evaluations. The…

The initial period of young teachers' careers is always significant in developing their professional capability. This is when teachers start coming into contact with practical teaching, which is more diversified than the theoretical training at the University. In this research, the authors propose a process of combining the Lesson Study model with…

Continuous professional development is necessary for teachers to stay current with teaching and learning. However, teachers face tensions when they engage in such activities. From the sociocultural and distributed leadership perspectives, this case study investigates how a school, recognised for its excellence in staff well-being and development,…

Education professionals (n = 41) in special schools were interviewed about supporting their autistic pupils transitioning to adulthood following the introduction of the Children and Families Act 2014. Our participants explained how they lacked the time to fully implement knowledge gained from training, leading to growing reliance on experiential…