This article explores how teaching about passing using high-quality resources aligned to national standards can address both race "and" gender/sexuality, illuminating for students how people with various marginalized identities have been treated across time and place. The authors outline possibilities for addressing National Council for…

Lighthouses offer a unique lens for interdisciplinary teaching by connecting students to stories of innovation, perseverance, and historical change. By connecting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) concepts with historical inquiry, students develop a deeper understanding of the ingenuity behind these structures and the…

Educational programs in which people are exposed to counter-stereotypical role models are often used for breaking gender stereotypes. Most gender role-model interventions focus on adolescents and emerging adults. Yet, middle childhood might be a highly effective period for changing gender stereotypes because children are still learning about…

School-leaving and higher education admission assessments in South Africa are typically summative and normative, comparing students for admission into university. However, we argue that these assessments need to be transformative, impacting the curriculum and empowering students to explore their own agency. This study is a reflective contribution…

Collaborative lesson planning (CLP) is deemed a sustainable professional development for teachers that can improve pedagogy and instruction in the classroom. This study examined how CLP influences teachers' self-regulated learning (SRL) instruction to students. Using data from 313 primary and secondary school teachers in Hong Kong, we conducted a…

This article explores oral exams in four Norwegian secondary schools. These oral exams are high-stakes assessments, however, knowledge about practice and implications for validity and fairness is scarce. Data for the study consist of video recordings of 36 authentic oral exams in the school subject Norwegian language and literature. Applying…

Case studies are an educational tool that can promote active learning, and make learning more accessible, by serving as frameworks for student meaning-making. This action research project focused on the student experience of case studies; aiming to understand how students respond to being taught with case studies, whether they are able to engage…

Inspired by our dreams of transformation for higher education and bell hooks' (1994) vision for the classroom, we have attempted to move away from traditional learning and teaching methods, which often mirror the imbalanced power dynamics in universities. To do so, we have experimented with different methods of creating space and holding community…

In the last six years, computer-assisted mathematics education (CAME) in project-based learning (PBL) has been conducted in a relatively large part of the learning environment. However, using CAME in the PBL has an inconsistent effect on Indonesian students' mathematics achievement. A meta-analytic review was used to estimate and examine the…

The present study investigated early childhood education and care (ECEC) teachers' practices when they were engaged in play with children aged 2 to 3 years old. Both in a Norwegian context and internationally the number of younger children in ECEC is increasing, and there is a need for knowledge about what characterizes high-quality teacher…

The curriculum reform in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, focuses on implementing high-quality, evidence-based instruction, particularly explicit teaching and the gradual release of responsibility. This paper examines the 'quality' of writing instruction in the new curriculum materials for Kindergarten to Year 6 teachers. Our document analysis of…

The purpose of this study is to observe the relationship between the partial or total use of Montessori education (ME) and academic (literacy, numeracy) and developmental (executive functions) outcomes in 105 French Kindergartners (children in preschool's final year, [M = 5.53 years, SD = 0.29]). We conducted a quasi-experimental study comparing…

Although greater instructional coherence is associated with improved teaching and learning, the empirical evidence on leadership practices that build instructional coherence remains limited. This article explores the experiences of a school principal returning to K-12 education with a focus on leading for equitable teaching and learning. The…

This study aimed to investigate how the use of practicum portfolios impacts early childhood student teachers' reflective practice in Palestine. The study utilized qualitative and quantitative methods to gather and analyze student teachers' perspectives on using practicum portfolios for their professional development. The main focus was to…

Purpose: Student engagement evaluation is considered to be connected to many aspects of the management of higher education, but outside Western higher education, research and evaluation on student engagement and experiences has been limited so far. Our study focuses on the underexplored aspects of Palestinian higher education with the aim of…