This article explores the quality of life of adults with poor literacy capabilities (reading, writing and numeracy) in western Rwanda. A concurrent mixed methods research design was used. Data was collected from respondents aged 18 years and over through a survey and focus group discussions. Quantitative results from linear regression analysis…

The rapid and widespread integration of generative artificial intelligence (AI) into educational settings marks a significant paradigm shift, presenting a dual narrative of transformative potential and profound challenges. This paper critically examines the impact of generative AI on education through three interconnected thematic lenses. First,…

Poor teaching quality indicates an unpleasant learning environment, tends to inherit knowledge that impacts the learning process as limited to tacit knowledge, and does not reach the explicit knowledge process, resulting in lower productivity and poor morale. This study aims to analyze the influence of instructional leadership on the competencies…

Twenty-first-century competencies and mathematical literacy have many overlapping features. Although mathematical literacy is one of the necessary components to create 21st-century skills, each individual needs to understand mathematical literacy to solve the problems encountered in daily life. This study examined the effects of pre-service…

The integration of technology in educational contexts has become a reality that must be addressed in both initial and ongoing teacher training. Lecturers require knowledge to incorporate digital tools into their pedagogical practices and to support constructivist learning (Ortiz et al., 2025). We have designed a training program, based on the…

This study explores how mapmaking, as an arts-based and culturally responsive pedagogical practice, supports young children's voice, agency, and identity construction within classroom and public gallery contexts. We focus on 22 children (ages 6-7) in the early years of primary school, situated within the early childhood education life phase, whose…

The Four-Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) Framework was adopted by the Ecological Society of America as a way to enhance ecological literacy among college students. The framework encompasses Ecological Concepts (EC), Ecological Practice (EP), Cross-Cutting Themes (CCT), and the Human-Environment Interaction (HEI) dimensions. As the 4DEE…

Concerns regarding pornography have always existed, and perhaps this is nowhere more pronounced than in the contexts of young people's viewing. Pornography is often framed in binary ways (sexual revelation versus moral turpitude), often by people who do not specialise in pornography, and young people's experiences are often neglected. Against this…

The primary purpose of the research is to examine middle school teachers' self-efficacy perceptions of digital competence. The participants of this study, which was conducted using the phenomenology pattern of the qualitative research approach, consisted of 17 middle school teachers who were determined using the criterion sampling method, one of…

Integrating cultural knowledge into science literacy and education is at the forefront of understanding human ingenuity that shaped the totality of cognitive interactions in communities and civilizations, leading to the establishment of core principles that guide every society -- past, present, and future. The dilution of cultural and historical…

Research in children's literature has undergone significant shifts over the past forty years that affect the field's current positioning, especially for those who engage in this research. The invitation to present a keynote at the Children's Literature Assembly's online conference of research in children's literature provided the author an…

One of the main objectives of international agendas is the promotion of lifelong learning opportunities. Transmedia literacy, usually acquired informally, offers many of the key skills, competences and strategies to ensure learning in a world where technology has a predominant role. However, no analyses reporting the impact of their use are…

This paper aims to unpack potential reasons why law and legal knowledge--despite its apparent importance and value in teaching and learning about human rights--appears to be largely conspicuous by its absence in human rights education (HRE) in schooling. Drawing on a range of contextually relevant categories of ignorance identified from discourse…

The research aims to establish the impact of industrial revolutions and resulting technological innovations on the content and structure of professional competencies that an employee should possess at a particular point in time. The author assumes that each subsequent industrial revolution increases the impact on socio-economic processes, causing…

Literacy education for adults, both historically and presently, has often been reduced to teaching a technical skill, disconnected from social practices and broader sociocultural contexts. This limited approach fails to recognize literacy education as a tool for empowerment. This research analyzes the approach adopted to solve the chronic…