The COVID-19 pandemic impacted dance practice in African communities, which at the time were still grappling with building technological infrastructure and resources to advance dance education, research, scholarship, and practice. How did the dance teachers and students in environments with less developed information and communication…

This research project investigates how two Maori-medium pathways (immersion and bilingual) work together in a newly built Modern Learning Environment (MLE), called Te Aka Pukaea, to progress te reo Maori and the aspirations of whanau. In this study, Te Aka Pukaea is also described here as a Maori Modern Learning Environment (MMLE). The overarching…

Background/purpose: This study is an experimental research project aimed at exploring and enhancing the implementation of integrated STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education in opportunity-expanding schools (OES), which are defined here as schools serving economically and socially disadvantaged communities to provide…

Background/purpose: As Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards become integrated into global business operations and regulation, the accountancy profession will need to evolve to confront new challenges around transparency, sustainability, and ethical leadership. In this study, the integration of ESG and sustainability reporting…

This study examines the influence of learning leadership and capacity building directly or indirectly on students' distance learning behaviour mediated by teachers' performance. Data were collected through a Google Forms questionnaire using stratified random sampling involving 43 teachers and 289 students from state and private Madrasah Tsanawiyah…

This quantitative survey study investigated the perceptions and measures to improve teaching quality in the Department of Educational Management and Policy at a university in urban Nigeria. The study comprised a sample size of 103 respondents including 52 lecturers and 51 final-year students in the 2021/2022 academic year. The researcher-developed…

This work explores perceptions of both principals and teachers regarding the leader role and readiness of three Mexican primary school principals to manage critical events in their schools in the state of Yucatán. The study focusses on school communities embedded in disadvantageous social contexts characterized by poverty, family dysfunction, and…

The persistent challenge of English proficiency in Spain, particularly in higher education, has gained critical importance due to global industry demands. Despite over 15 years of English-Medium Instruction (EMI) initiatives under the European Higher Education Area framework, linguistic shortcomings remain prevalent. This study examines the…

In this paper we use the idea of tensions to describe the ways the Chilean Ministry of Education, schools, and families fail to converge over the enactment of anti-bullying policies and the demands that they place on each party. Although schools have always been charged with prescribing appropriate norms for peer behaviour, a contemporary…

Conflict resolution skills are critical for maintaining positive relationships within the triad of cooperating teachers (CTs), student teachers (STs), and university supervisors in agricultural education. While student teaching internships provide opportunities for professional growth, they are also prone to conflicts related to personal,…

This study examined the effects of peer tutoring on high school students' mathematical self-efficacy and performance. Through an explanatory sequential mixed methods design rooted in improvement science, the researchers investigated how structured peer relationships shape confidence, performance, and attitudes toward mathematics. Data collection…

This study examined the nature of partnerships that exist between parents and teachers, the attributes that influence these partnerships, and the strategies that can enhance the partnerships between parents and teachers in two schools for the deaf in the Central Region of Ghana. We conducted focus group discussions with 12 teachers and had…

Background: Despite the growing emphasis on research-based teacher education and calls for evidence-informed practice, teachers tend to prefer experiential over scientific knowledge sources to inform their actions, justify decisions and analyse educational problems. This tendency already occurs as early as during initial teacher education, and it…

This study responds to calls for more research on motivations for learning languages other than English (LOTEs) in the new era dominated by global English. In particular, it focuses on the role of societal contextual factors surrounding the status of English and the status of the LOTE as an L2/L3, as factors which may offer a more nuanced…

The study aims to investigate the impact of implementing the Numbered Heads Strategy on developing oral expression skills among Arabic learners who speak languages, as well as their attitudes towards this teaching method. The research involved 50 participants, both male and female, at the fourth level of a language center within Al al-Bayt…