There is an infinity of realized and potential creative things, creative ideas, and creative performances, and yet there is no such thing as creativity, at least not in the two ways most of us think about creativity. (1) There is no general essence of creativity, no indispensable factor or shared quality that is an intrinsic part of all creative…

Traditional approaches to teaching, researching, and advancing human rights need a refresh. The Sustainable Development Goals, the Leave No One Behind ethos, and the SDG16 agenda for peaceful, just, and inclusive communities offer a refreshed way to research and teach human rights and social justice in the twenty first century. Exploring how to…

Reflective practice is a hallmark of many teacher education programmes and a means of moving students from novice to competent status. Reflection can support practical understanding of the outworkings of theory but can also contribute towards the development of the individual teacher's professional identity. To help support beginning teachers…

The present study investigated the role of teacher self-efficacy (TSE) as a mediator on the relationship between social entrepreneurship (SCE) and career adaptability (CA) behaviour. Utilising a cross-sectional survey design, a proposed conceptual model was examined. Data were gathered from 605 pre-service teachers in six different Faculties of…

The purpose of 'doing' education is often unconsidered or assumed in educational thinking and practice, despite the diversity of understandings. Gert Biesta's perspective that education has a threefold purpose of qualification, socialisation and subjectification is among the most known. However, the interpretation of Biesta's thinking is…

This study surveyed school psychologists' misconceptions about traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their perceived competency working with students affected by TBI. A state-wide curriculum devoted to TBI also was examined with respect to its impact on the rates of myths and misconceptions. A sample of 145 school psychologists in North Carolina (NC)…

Teacher professional development (PD) in reading is aimed at improving teachers' instructional practice and, in turn, positively impacting students' reading achievement. Findings from 25 studies included in this meta-analysis demonstrate that overall, reading PD produced significant, positive effects on teacher outcomes (g = 0.62). The overall…

Background: Most adults with Down syndrome develop Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology in their 30s, yet research into cognitive health programmes for this group remains limited. Method: A mixed-methods feasibility randomised control trial (RCT) evaluated an adapted, manualised group-based cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) programme for adults…

The Sensory Integration Infant Routines Questionnaire (SIIRQ) is designed to identify sensory integration difficulties through observation of participation in infant co-occupations. Identifying sensory integration and participation issues at an early age is of utmost importance given that these difficulties can affect many areas in the child's…

The dominant policy discourse of sustainable development--including that of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)--posits that we are facing a civilizational crisis, in which the current, universalized model of "development" no longer holds up, hence, "sustainable development" is ascendant as a global imperative. Global…

The pervasive shortage of mathematics teachers in Australia has resulted in a critical reliance on out-of-field (OOF) teaching, significantly impacting student performance. This study shares insights from a scholarly inquiry in progress aiming to map the complex educational ecosystem that perpetuates OOF teaching. This paper examines the…

Visual attention develops rapidly across the first postnatal year, from reflexive eye movements driven by low-level stimulus properties to increasingly voluntary eye movements influenced by higher-order factors. To test the hypothesis that development reflects guidance by increasingly abstract features, we used representational similarity analysis…

This article examines how teachers can facilitate professional identity development through digital composition. We describe how two teachers use multimodal digital storytelling to reflect on their histories and advance their professional development. The study uses qualitative case study methods and employs a new analytical framework for…

The broaden-and-build theory is a prominent framework in positive psychology that considers positive emotions as essential for people to flourish. The theory does not specify the origins of positive emotions during development, although experiences in the first years of life are considered influential for long-term adjustment and well-being. In…

Despite the ubiquity of variation in child development within individuals, across groups, and across tasks, timescales, and contexts, dominant methods in developmental science and education research still favor group averages, short snapshots of time, and single environments. The Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE) is a framework…