Background: Gross motor difficulties can limit physical activity (PA) participation, contributing to unhealthy body composition. Aim: This study profiled Grade 1 learners' gross motor development, PA and anthropometry and explored relationships between these variables. Setting: A cross-sectional design was followed, including Grade 1 learners (33…

With the growing availability of immersive technologies, such as Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR), students are now afforded greater opportunities to explore diverse educational domains, including Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STREAM). However, there remains a paucity of research investigating the efficacy of…

Three-dimensional (3D) pens are emerging educational tools that enable users to create tangible, freeform 3D printed models. However, their pedagogical potential in science education remains underexplored. This study examined preservice teachers' experiences using 3D pens to create models for primary biology and chemistry education, focusing on…

Virtual reality learning objects are representative of promising immersive, interactive technologies that may have the potential to support increased accessibility to learning. Evaluating the experiences of educators' and students' in using these tools within the educational process is not only critical for ensuring that technology integration is…

Prior research has demonstrated that students' performance on physics test items can be accurately predicted using machine learning algorithms based on their gaze behavior. These gaze data are typically recorded during item completion and capture students' visual attention to both the verbal item stem and accompanying visual representations, such…

From an unsettled, ambivalent middle between discourses of generative AI integration and refusal, we offer a critical-ethical stance for AI-engaged writing assignments. We apply a critical thinking framework to these assignments, assert critical AI literacy as a kind of critical thinking, and discuss how critical thinking and critical AI literacy…

In the digital age, skilful computer-based writing is essential for school aged children since it empowers them to communicate, acquire knowledge, critically engage with information, and produce text-based original thoughts. However, there is a lack of studies examining teachers' preparation and self-efficacy for supporting students in developing…

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted higher education, compelling a rapid shift from traditional campus-based learning to remote home learning. This study evaluated a virtual peer mentoring program at a public university in Hong Kong, using the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework to assess its effectiveness in improving students' stress management…

Purpose: The study aims to identify the key advantages/enablers and disadvantages/barriers of augmented reality (AR) implementation in education through existing reviews. It also examines whether these factors differ across educational domains. Design/methodology/approach: This study conducted a systematic review of reviews to synthesize evidence…

This study investigated the effectiveness of an innovative virtual classroom simulation (CartoonClass), compared to traditional face-to-face role-play, as methods of teacher education. The study's participants were 62 pre-service teachers from two mathematics-teaching methods courses. The participants in one course were assigned to the virtual…

Purpose: This study aims to explore how virtual reality (VR) can enhance the teaching of history to trainee early childhood teachers, particularly by leveraging local cultural heritage. It evaluates the effectiveness of VR in developing historical understanding, technical usability and emotional engagement. Design/methodology/approach: A…

Creating learning environments that integrate arts, sciences, and computing in education can improve learning in these disciplines. In particular, transdisciplinary integrations of these disciplines can lead to expansive alterations or dissolutions of epistemological, ideological, and methodological boundaries. We wish to support teachers in the…

Digital pedagogical skills are essential for teachers dedicated to the ethical and effective use of digital resourcesin blended learning, artificial learning, teaching, communication, collaboration, evaluation, and problem-solving in the era of digitalization. A variety of competency frameworks have been developed for teachers and learners by…

Educative Curriculum Materials (ECMs) are teaching materials that have the dual function of providing learning activities to students and providing professional development to the teachers that use them. Answering a call for professional development opportunities, and with input from English teachers in rural Nicaraguan schools, the designers…

The aim of this conceptual article is to provide a framework and a lens for educators in diversifying and making CS education more inclusive. In this article, we conceptualize the notion of computer science capital (CSC), which extends Bourdieu's sociological theory of capital and Archer et al.'s work on "science capital." The CSC…