The significance of evaluating academic engagement strategies that contribute to immigrants' success has increased in recent years. The influx of immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States accounted for the increase. The purpose of the research study was to examine educators' experiences with academic engagement strategies for recent…

Although research has been conducted on the benefits of technology-enhanced learning in education, some higher education institutions have adapted and embraced these technological benefits, but others have not. The COVID-19 pandemic brought a heightened awareness of technology-enhanced learning and the need for faculty to support the adoption of…

With the purpose of bridging research and practice, faculty members teaching laboratory courses in pharmaceutical sciences at a research university in Denmark were interviewed about their perspectives on learning outcomes of laboratory work. Findings from a recent systematic review of learning outcomes associated with laboratory work at the…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how teachers describe their experiences and perceptions of professional development. Experiential learning theory drove two research questions: (1) How do elementary public school teachers in northwest New Mexico describe their experiences with professional development? (2) How do…

Many mathematics teachers, at one time or another, have exclaimed that "I really didn't understand mathematics, until I had to teach it." Secondary mathematics teachers' knowledge, both subject matter and pedagogical content, plays an important role in their teaching of the subject. Teacher education programs are, therefore, designed to…

Today, technology integration has become an important issue in all educational levels since preschool. With the integration of technology in the implementation of the curriculum, the learning of the students becomes permanent and the teachinglearning process is carried out effectively and efficiently. In this regard, teachers need to be prone to…

Based on the oral history testimonies of Sister-teachers, this study provides an insight into the impact of the Free Education Scheme (1967) on the lives of women religious in Ireland. This major initiative was generated and driven by men; however, it had a direct impact on the professional lives of thousands of women who ran schools. The article…

Knowledge and practice refuse to be disconnected from contexts. They always already occupy historical spaces both cultural and personal. Those spaces intersect with lines of inquiry. This essay takes place in the United States in 2020, the fall of the presidential elections, a year marked by Black Lives Matter protests, and the rise of white…

This study explored the prioritization of English-medium instruction (EMI) teachers' needs for faculty development and institutional support by applying a best-worst scaling approach to an EMI program in Japan. This prioritization is important as EMI programs need management under various constraints (e.g., time, budget, and teachers). This study…

This self-study research focuses on one teacher educator's experience of learning to enact a pedagogy of facilitating teachers' professional development (PD) through a community of practice (CoP) for teachers who were learning to use the Meaningful Physical Education (PE) approach. Twelve teacher participants with a range of experience levels were…

The concept of blended learning, a combination of online and face-to-face learning, has become popular in educational settings. Using qualitative methods, this study investigates the role of blended learning and in-service teachers' perceptions. Blended learning was used for 19 in-service teachers during their summer degree program at a Chinese…

This paper reports on a study of the children's book preferences of 82 Preservice teachers (PSTs) at one Western Australian University. The study found PSTs preferred older books published during their own childhood or earlier. Further, representation of people of colour was limited to only 8 of 177 titles listed by PSTs. Key influences on their…

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the relationships between distributed leadership, teacher academic optimism and teacher organisational commitment with the contextual influence of gender and teaching experience. Design/methodology/approach: This study employed partial least squares structural equation modelling for data analysis. This study…

This paper discusses how academic support prepares undergraduate students for their workplace experience, involving cohorts of students from two universities in England, who offer an undergraduate level, three-year, Early Childhood Studies (ECS) degree. By adopting an interpretive approach, questionnaires were administered to the students…

The purpose of this study was to explore the critical life-events of the first author's journey of learning and teaching mathematics that prompted critical thinking about his past experiences as a student and teacher. It portrays a paradigmatic shift from a traditionalist thinker to a constructivist actor in the classroom from the critical…