This study examined various perspectives on 21st-century teachers, focusing on their definitions, characteristics, roles, developmental guidelines, challenges encountered during growth, and assessment criteria. The primary objective was to create educational modules for online self-training programs that enhanced teachers' skills. The research was…

Central to this phenomenological inquiry is the question of how students' fundamental needs of belonging, trust and connection are enacted in arts classrooms. Through qualitative semi-structured interviews, this research explores the teaching practices of 23 expert arts teachers in Western Australian schools, revealing strategies to sustain…

This study investigates the integration of makerspaces in early childhood education. It emphasizes the impact of play-based learning on children's cognitive development and attitudes towards learning. Quality early childhood learning encourages positive attitudes toward learning and school, fostering strength, confidence, and resilience. The study…

PhotoVoice invites students to capture photos of concerning issues, elaborate on them in writing, and share the photos and written accounts with the community, hoping for change. Inspired by critical pedagogy, it challenges teaching English as a set of linguistic skills/standards detached from students' life challenges. As a teacher-educator and…

Building on prior research, this study utilizes insights from Saudi female elementary teachers to examine their experiences and perceptions of the feminization of elementary education. It explore their views, challenges, and proposed solutions for instructing male students. The research employs a mixed-methods approach, using interviews and…

To improve postschool outcomes for students with disabilities, research in secondary transition has increasingly aimed to identify in-school experiences that contribute to positive outcomes after high school. Although research on postschool success for this population has recently identified seven new predictors, operational definitions and…

Our study investigated the role of failure during the school-based agricultural education (SBAE) student teaching experience. Using narrative inquiry, we analyzed the reflections of twelve SBAE teachers to uncover their moments of failure, how they reconciled those failures, and the lasting impact of these experiences. Our findings highlighted a…

Many researchers have examined the challenges faced by principals in schools, particularly regarding leadership as reflected in institutional reviews. Effective leadership can improve the quality of schools' services and the learning experiences provided to their students. This study adopts a quantitative method by comparing and summarizing the…

This research project developed an innovative initiative titled "Online Self-Training Program for Empowering Teachers' Learning to Enhance Students' Collaborative Learning Skills." Its main goal is to support schools within the target demographic by sharing valuable research findings to improve educational practices. The program consists…

This article seeks to provide a case study of a doctoral program aspiring to create change through student progress and provide an overview of how they have structured program curricula to promote academic and professional growth and empower students to become global leaders. Further, this article is focused on providing a focus on the importance…

This article considers Bolton based community drama group, Melodramatics, and the ways in which their practice helps illuminate forms of relational activity that confront the nihilism of the resilient subject. If we accept resilience as a normative force that restricts the ability of the political subject to 'become otherwise', we are invited to…

This article argues that making dance performance is a resourceful means of self-production that is an aspect of resilience, through interrelationship, and that making dance is an act of resilience in the context of the social, cultural, and historical struggle that continues in the lives of people with learning disabilities. The argument is made…

Working with undergraduates in an organic synthesis research laboratory presents a unique set of challenges. An undergraduate research program must be designed to focus on teaching students to "think like a chemist" while advancing the principal investigator's scientific agenda. However, as novices in the laboratory, undergraduate…

This article is concerned with teacher populism on social media in England. This has grown in the last 10 years, facilitated by Twitter. While it appears to be a response to challenging working conditions and declining pay, it has largely been driven by conservative political strategy, an adaptation of the New Right coalition between social…

Networked improvement communities (NICs) mark a promising approach to address the challenges of sustaining school reform. Whereas NICs are intended to help scale and sustain reforms, there is little evidence on how this works, as few NICs have existed long enough to be described over time. This study uses social network theory to understand what…