This policy brief highlights the need to transform adult skills development by expanding beyond traditional continuing vocational education and training (CVET) to include workplaces and digital environments supported by frameworks that connect formal, non-formal and informal learning pathways. It stresses the importance of workplaces as lifelong…

In recent years, the push to recognize adults as an important segment of those seeking postsecondary education and training has gained traction. Through setting credential attainment goals, many states realized they needed to make a concerted effort to engage or re-engage adults in postsecondary education in order to reach those goals and meet…

This empirical study evaluates the effectiveness of interactive murals in teaching basic vocabularies to young children. The study is grounded in educational theories that emphasize active engagement, multisensory learning, and social interaction as critical components of effective early childhood education. The primary objectives of this study…

Teaching math is more than just numbers. It's about shaping future-ready students who are not only academically strong but thrive socially and emotionally. Research shows that learning both intrapersonal and interpersonal skills helps students academically, and teachers play a crucial role in providing social-emotional support. "The…

The potential of STE(A)M has been widely recognised in recent years; however, challenges have also been identified in the implementation of this approach, making it important to deepen research into teachers' practices. In this study, we conducted a systematic review focused on teaching practices within a STE(A)M approach, to understand what…

Universities of the Third Age (U3As) play an important role in the system of non-formal lifelong education. Through offered programmes, participants meet various personal and social needs, thereby enhancing their quality of life. This study examined the applicability of a multidimensional inventory developed by the authors to assess the needs of…

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) has emerged as a transformative force in higher education, offering both challenges and opportunities. The integration of AI with Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Higher Education has sparked a paradigm shift in teaching, learning and assessment offering both incredible opportunities and…

This paper examines how school quality, measured by teachers' human capital, target setting, culture, tutoring, lesson plan, and outside classroom support, relates to student learning. Using panel data from Japan and exploiting within-student variation in exposure to school characteristics, the results show that these dimensions of school quality…

The increasing demand for a diverse pool of computing talent combined with a persistent shortage of skilled workers has engendered a need to support students pursuing Computer Science (CS) careers. Students often cite social isolation and lack of support as reasons for withdrawing from computing programs. This is especially true for those from…

This article discusses some of the macro-trends impacting and changing the post-secondary or tertiary education landscape across Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. It argues that ongoing geopolitical and geo-economic shifts, demographic transitions, and an ageing population, technological and digital…

Teachers share their stories, detailing how their own ethnic identity development transformed their teaching and their ability to connect with their students. The text includes research that informs the discussion of important issues such as "code switching," "acting White," "the importance of familial and given…

All students have emotional and behavioral difficulties periodically. Some students have difficulties at a rate, duration, and intensity significantly higher than those of their peers. We summarize the knowledge base on the development, maintenance, and change of emotional and behavioral disorders across the school years. Building from dynamic…

This Education Policy Perspective explores possible paths forward for policy makers in Brazil seeking to connect education, arts and culture. Drawing on analysis of OECD data, international policy examples, and insights from Policy Dialogues in Focus seminar with education system stakeholders in Brazil, this policy paper explores 1) international…

This study explored 118 Rural Public Colleges (RPCs) throughout the United States and the counties in which they are located. The findings show that RPCs act as anchor institutions by facilitating rural health infrastructure and workforce and economic development. Despite narratives of declining enrollments among RPCs, the study finds evidence of…

Purpose: This study aims to explore the benefits and challenges of participatory methodologies in advancing sustainability and climate action initiatives in Indonesian higher education institutions (HEIs), where education and teaching, research and community service serve as the three pillars of HE roles and responsibilities (tridharma). It…