This highly novel book provides an exploration of the role of silence in the school setting and interrogates the value of silence and quiet in contemporary educational practices, looking at pedagogies and classroom practice to guide this increasingly popular subdiscipline of the history of education. Arguably the first contribution written in…

From AI tutors who ensure individualized instruction but cannot do math to free online courses from elite universities that were supposed to democratize higher education, claims that technological innovations will transform education often fall short. Yet, as Anne Trumbore shows in "The Teacher in the Machine," the promises of today's…

The member institutions of the Association of Theological Schools share a legacy of collaboration. Recently, a renewed urgency for such partnerships has emerged. In this article, the collaborative tradition is revisited, longstanding approaches are scrutinized, and emerging models are explored. The historical motivations for…

We introduce the Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe (CSYE), an Open Access digital language archive based on several hundred testimony interviews with Holocaust survivors from the USC Shoah Foundation. The testimonies are a uniquely rich source of information on all aspects of European Yiddish: its regional dialects, grammatical structures,…

For decades, transnational knowledge circulation in relation to schooling in Ireland has been a neglected area of study among historians. This paper provides new insights through a transnational lens on primary, secondary, and vocational curriculum developments in the first decade following the advent of national independence in the country in…

This article compares the traditional and modern "speech production" patterns of the Kazakh language. By identifying the advantages of traditional speech structuring, the study proposes mechanisms for revitalizing modern Kazakh speech production, which is becoming increasingly simplified and distanced from its cognitive-aesthetic power…

This study aims to explore the cultural heritage and social education of contemporary Nanjing Yun brocade by combing the historical background and traditional culture of Nanjing Yun brocade, combined with the current social and cultural background, this paper analyzes the inheritance status and problems of Nanjing Yun brocade in modern society. At…

This paper explores the intersection of neoliberal ideologies and language policy in the context of Chinese language education in Oman's higher education system. Drawing on critical discourse analysis and theoretical frameworks of neoliberalism, the study investigates the introduction of Chinese language programmes within Omani universities, with…

Articles 28 and 30 of the Indian Constitution (1950) guarantee the right of religious minorities to establish their educational institutions and impart religious education. Analysing the curriculum, textbooks, and pedagogical practices of one such minority-run institution for girls makes it possible for us to see how contemporary Muslims in India…

Background: Shared governance is currently under attack by state agencies that seek to limit the power of institutional governing bodies. In addition, the effectiveness has been called into question by practitioners and researchers alike, which creates an additional stress on the prevailing governing structure of higher education. Purpose,…

This article presents a synthesized historiography of higher education in American prisons, exploring interactions of federal, state, and institution-level policies within six specific states: California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, and Texas. We define considerations for researchers, policymakers, and advocates regarding…

Dutch colonial rule in Aceh used modern education as a pacification strategy, aiming to solidify their control. This research analysed the "Oetoesan Goeroe" newspaper to reconstruct the history of education and native teachers' struggles. This qualitative research employs the historical method and critical discourse analysis to analyse…

This book investigates the achievements and challenges in policy and practice of Vietnamese higher education quality assurance. It also discusses the future directions and trends for the development of higher education quality assurance in Vietnam. The book is divided into five parts that address key issues of the 20-year development of Vietnam's…

Alternative Teacher Credentialing Programs (ATCPs) in the United States, prepare new teachers in as few as five weeks before they begin teaching in classrooms. Despite their expansion, little is known about how such programs prepare teachers of color (TOC) to teach historically marginalized students in schools. This study examines the preparation…

This study addresses the challenges faced by non-EFL undergraduate students in enhancing reading comprehension and critical thinking skills within an English for History course. While existing research has explored reading comprehension and critical thinking in EFL contexts, there is a notable gap in understanding how these skills can be developed…