Purpose: This paper explores how higher education institutions can redesign curricula to produce globally competitive graduates equipped with critical skills for success in an interconnected workforce. It emphasizes the integration of interdisciplinary learning, global competence and experiential education while positioning leadership development…

Background/Purpose. Grammar plays a crucial role in clarifying and cohering written and spoken communication throughout academic contexts. This study investigates how senior English majors use grammar to write reports, a critical skill for effective communication. Materials/Methods. A summative content analysis was conducted to examine the types…

Background/purpose: Learning problems are a common occurrence in the field of education, especially in the context of the post-pandemic era. This study aims to investigate the challenges faced by teachers in learning and the solutions they proposed to address these issues. Materials/methods: A phenomenological design was used in this study, with…

There is a lack of agreement about the competencies that teachers need to be prepared for embracing inclusive frameworks in bilingual classrooms. Research has shown that such preparation requires collaboration between institutions and collective reflection about the relevance of teachers' moment-to-moment decision-making. Analyzing collective…

This book investigates recent changes in language education policy and the implementation of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Japan's public elementary schools. Through interviews with policymakers, school principals and elementary school teachers, it examines the challenges in creating, transmitting and applying this new language policy. It…

The study used a correlational design based on a cause-and-effect relationship among philosophy of education dispositions, critical reading self-efficacy perceptions, and curriculum literacy perceptions. Five theoretical models were proposed in light of the theories and research explaining the relationships between the variables. In addition,…

Integrating literacy-focused curricula in preschool settings may help support children's literacy learning. In this study, we explored the use of literacy-focused curricula and how it was associated with preschool children's literacy gains (i.e., print and letter knowledge, phonological awareness, language and comprehension, and emergent writing)…

Engineering education has evolved significantly in recent years, however, engineering graduates continue to encounter challenges during their transition to the workplace. There is a need to identify graduates' needs and gather their input regarding engineering education programs to enhance the preparation of engineering students for the workplace.…

Contemporary anarchism centers around three tenets: (1) a constant challenge of and resistance to all forms of domination, (2) so-called "prefigurative politics," in which all decisions are made in a manner that is consistent with a set of non-hierarchical values such as equality, decentralization, and voluntary cooperation, (3) a focus…

The 2022 Nuclear Posture Review emphasizes the importance of supporting the professional development of service members working in and supporting the nuclear field. Additionally, the Department of Defense (DOD) has recently shifted from a topics-based approach to an outcomes-based approach to monitor and assess student learning for key topics…

If a civic education is the essential foundation for a functioning, discursive democracy, how should it be taught? This book offers an innovative solution, arguing that far from abandoning the often- grand promise of civic education as a means of cultivating reasoning skills and democratic character, we should embrace it, and proposes a reimagined…

In this paper, a research project within a newly developed upper-level Applied Psychology course is described. The intent of the course project was to improve undergraduate students' understanding of disability and accessibility. An authentic learning approach was used to engage students in two key activities: a) conducting a physical…

The Australian Education Research Organisation was created to initiate, collate and disseminate reliable evidence-based research to the Australian school system. It uses the latest cognitive psychology to advocate the use of explicit instruction and phonics to lift outcomes of Australian schooling. These practices are reflected in the new 'core…

This meta-analysis examined whether learning outcomes differ (a) for STEM integration versus traditional instruction and (b) across STEM integration implementations. Based on 79 effect sizes from 40 studies of 15,577 students, those learning via STEM integration outperformed other students on academic achievement tests (g = 0.661; 95% CI [0.548,…

Schools in rural places in European societies generally teach the same content and perform as well as other national schools do on national tests and international comparison assessments such as PISA. However, by doing this they may also marginalise local rural knowledge and expose rural populations to a (for them) culturally insensitive…