Previous studies have provided various reviews with either general or specific scopes to understand virtual reality (VR) technologies for learning and teaching. However, a review of the networking structure among VR-supported education research from a citation-based perspective has not as yet been provided. With the inclusion of a total of 49…

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) as a corporate leader of a multi-academy trust (MAT) is an emerging new construct of headteacher in England. Core to this position and practice is the construction and membership of specific networks that I conceptualise as "realist." Such networks provide access to privileged policy influencers and…

Temporary international mobility is an increasingly relevant practice amongst academics. However, current literature lacks understanding on whether such mobility influences the individual academics' entrepreneurial knowledge. This paper hypothesizes that temporary international academic mobility is conducive to the academic's entrepreneurial…

Over the past 10-15 years, self-described "statewide networks of support" have emerged to serve students experiencing foster care (SEFC) who seek to access postsecondary education. These networks, designed to foster communication between professionals in higher education and their counterparts in the child-welfare system, consist of…

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the social networks of select veteran teachers in three schools within one large, urban school district. Using Lin's (1999) Network Theory of Social Capital as the theoretical framework, the case study described participant perspectives regarding how the social networks contribute to the…

Network governance has become a widely recognized and increasingly utilized instrument for leading and managing public service delivery, especially in the education sphere. However, beyond mainstream Western contexts, network governance in education is under-researched. With reference to network governance theories, this study explored the…

Objectives: To determine whether first-year college students cluster in networks based on subjective perceptions of loneliness. Participants: 492 first-year Notre Dame students completed surveys across two semesters and provided communication data used to reconstruct their social networks. Methods: Subjective perceptions of loneliness are measured…

Less is known about the professional development of experienced principals, defined here as having more than five years in the role, than that of aspirant principals. This deficit is somewhat surprising at a time when experienced principals are viewed as key players in two major international school leadership movements of the 21st century: the…

K-12 school districts are on the frontlines of cyber warfare, with many districts across America to become victims of phishing, social engineering, malware, and ransomware attacks. As a result, many districts have been forced to cease operations for extended periods of time, pay costly ransoms, and endure the embarrassment of having highly…

Educational innovations enacted into any system is challenging especially if the interventions are to be sustained by the stakeholders themselves. This chapter documents a study on a network of schools over the course of three years of their journey involving learning technologies in two subject disciplines. School-to-school networks over and…

Motivation helps drive students to success in general chemistry, and active learning environments with social interactions has consistently shown to improve motivation. However, analyzing student outcomes in an interactive environment is best done by considering students not as isolated units but as working together and influencing each other.…

Purpose: Nowadays, networks are the basic core of social organization and interaction; consequently, networking has become an indispensable requirement in today's societies. In education, the development of different types of collaborative networks has been observed, leading, in recent years, to the creation of educational macro-networks that…

This study explores children's peer touch in a Swedish preschool using video observations. Two main aspects of children's touch in focus: (1) to what extent do children use touch within the peer group and with whom and (2) in what ways do children touch each other (i.e. what touch forms are used and what areas of other children's bodies are…

Learning analytics platforms (LAPs) have become important modes of anticipatory governance in education. Educational futures are governed by utilizing various forms of learning analytics to track student data over time, suggesting that school leaders and teachers are expected to improve school quality by engaging with digital presentations of…

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the epistemic connections between three instructional coaches and a first-year in-service teacher during remote planning and debrief meetings. Prior evidence suggests that remote instructional coaching leads to better teaching practices and identifies the instructional coaching moves used to prompt teacher…