In a fast-globalizing reform ensemble, we reframe science education for a concept of civic engagement connected to a new social contract for democracy and sustainability. The American philosopher of education John Dewey, writing in the early 1900s, asserted that democracy requires a facelift with each generation in order to respond to the urgent…

We present the first mixed-method study to explore the experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students studying psychology in the UK. We co-created a survey with undergraduate student research assistants, which was completed by 195 students, of which 106 were from BAME backgrounds and 89 were from White backgrounds. All students…

Australian literacy classrooms are shaped by an unprecedented time of national curriculum reform. Australian teachers follow a national English curriculum with the pressures of national standardised assessment, state interpretation (state-based syllabus and support documents) and localised system requirements influencing their pedagogical…

This essential handbook is a must-have for anyone teaching mathematics and statistics in Aotearoa New Zealand, from student teachers to experienced educators. It offers a comprehensive resource for both primary and secondary school teachers, filled with classroom-ready activities designed to engage diverse learners and foster positive mathematics…

This article describes how the authors developed the activity Speaqual to enable their students to "speak" about the "equal" sign and foster communication of their reasoning. The article explains how to play Speaqual and how the students were thoroughly engaged in a friendly competition, centralizing algebraic concepts and…

This book addresses the implications of artificial intelligence for teaching, learning and academic integrity in higher education. It explores policies about the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), describes how to teach writing in the era of GenAI, and how instructors can design courses and assessments that prevent plagiarism while…

This comprehensive handbook delves into timely issues in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts/architecture, and mathematics) curriculum and praxis. Cutting-edge research will help STEAM educators and researchers recognize and appreciate students' understanding of STEAM concepts, as well as capture contemporary educational, psychological,…

The reported study highlights the importance of an L2 curriculum integrating authentic linguistic and cultural input to promote learners' linguistic, communicative, and cultural competencies. Through content analysis, the researchers evaluated the linguistic and cultural authenticity of the Grades K-6 "Mandarin Matrix Curriculum"…

This study examined the interrelationships between e-learning, academic self-efficacy (ASE), academic motivation (AM) and academic performance (AP) among English language learners as foreign language (EFL) students in 2024. Despite the growing use of e-learning in educational settings, there is a limited understanding of its relationships with…

This study explores how parents from nine occupationally defined social classes in Turkey prioritise value categories in the secondary school curriculum, examining links between socioeconomic status and value-based education. Using a cross-sectional survey, data were collected from 311 parents in 10 randomly selected schools. After a brief…

Introduction: School-based prevention efforts to support social and emotional learning in adolescence frequently struggle to demonstrate sizable impact, and scholars suggest this may be due to a lack of curricular alignment with adolescent developmental needs. Using co-design methods, this study invited high school students to refine and revise…

Background/purpose: This study aimed to develop a Proposed Model for Social and Cultural Heritage in Early Grade Social Education Textbooks in Jordan. Materials/methods: The study adopted a qualitative methodology, involving content analysis of the textbooks for grades one, two, four, and five, along with interviews conducted with 35 experts in…

This article employs narrative inquiry to investigate the experiences of an English teacher, referred to as Dede (pseudonym), at a senior high school in West Java, Indonesia. The research question guiding this study is: 'How does an English teacher in senior high school navigate and adapt his teaching approaches in response to curriculum changes…

The Philippines implemented its educational reform commonly known as K to 12 Program in 2013 for Filipino learners' holistic development and global competitiveness. One indicator of the reform's effectiveness is the country's performance in international large-scale assessments like the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study…

Teachers play a key role in transforming the national curriculum reform into classroom practice. This study explored individual variation in Finnish teachers' (N = 901) perceptions of curriculum coherence during a one-year follow-up during the early stages of its implementation in schools. Latent profile analysis revealed five distinctive…