Fostering transformative experiences is a central goal of education. In this article, Marieke Schaper examines the relationship between doubt and transformation in education, specifically problematizing the idea that doubt can serve as a catalyst for transformative experiences in the classroom. Schaper's thesis is that doubt is not valuable by…

Demand fading involves the removal and gradual reintroduction of demands and has been shown to effectively reduce escape-maintained challenging behavior. However, it is currently unclear if there are common demand fading practices when demand fading is used as an initial intervention rather than as a method for schedule thinning after another…

In contemporary societies, the processes of transindividuation by which knowledges are transformed into cycles and rhythms of metastability have been dramatically short-circuited. In turn, this has provoked the spiritual misery and pseudo-fabulations so prevalent all around us, including our educational contexts. For Stiegler, this is nothing…

The study aimed to explore the evidence of first language (L1) mediation in second language (L2) word associations and the L2 learner-related factors affecting the extent of L1 mediation with the following approaches. First, different from previous research, word association tests (WATs) embraced both receptive and productive word associations in…

The purpose of this study was to implement an effective online learning environment based on self-determination theory (SDT) and to develop eighteen main elements of the conceptual environment. The significant difference between SDT and other motivation theories is that SDT emphasizes on how to internalize motivation, and it explores the…

This article focus on what is and isn't 'new' in the most recent European Union (EU) key policy document for Adult Learning (AL), because it claims (in its own title) that it will constitute a basis for a 'new' agenda. As this document has been much disseminated to Member States, we think it is important to analyse its evidence of the 'new'…

This paper reports on "Young Gallery Guides", a pilot program of child-led guided tours undertaken by the HOTA (Home of the Arts) Gallery on the Gold Coast, Australia. The program, which ran from July to November 2024, included nine children aged between 7 and 12. It culminated in offering some scheduled activities to the general public,…

This article explores the content application of the ILA "General Principles for Leadership Programs." Introducing the leadership content design (LCD) framework, the authors explore leadership content application through a robust co-curricular example of the Hargis Leadership Institute. The article demonstrates a pathway for developing…

This article situates dance education leadership within the context of leadership and adult learning theories amid our current culture and policy wars. "Great man" heroic trait models are compared with collaborative skills-based approaches. The adaptive challenges we face require "soft" distributed leadership capacities.…

In this supplement to the reprint of "A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies: Designing Social Futures," Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope revisit the foundational ideas of the New London Group thirty years after the article's publication. They explore how the multiliteracies framework has evolved over time in response to changes in technology, media,…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming education, offering tools that enhance learning, streamline instruction, and personalize student engagement. As AI adoption grows, faculty must develop competencies in using these tools effectively and ethically. This article explores strategies for faculty development, ethical considerations, and AI…

Prioritizing what information to learn based on value is a critical developmental skill. Across two studies, value-based memory was assessed predominately in White children aged 6- to 7-years-old and 9- to 10-years-old using a nationwide sample collected between 2020 and 2023. Children learned cue-target associations worth varying point values.…

What are the similarities and differences between Decoding the Disciplines and Disrupting the Disciplines? This chapter explores answers to this question through a series of email exchanges between the two co-authors. Extensive commentary provides additional history and context for the evolving relationships between Decoding and Disrupting, and…

The competence to work together and co-create with others outside one's own scientific domain, culture or professional practice is a critical competence for engineers to respond to global challenges. In this context, boundary crossing (BC) competence is crucial. We reflect on a university-wide participatory action research educational innovation…

The increase in digital teaching and learning methodologies creates the opportunity for new educational approaches, both in terms of pedagogical practice and in the availability of new technological tools. The flipped classroom as an active teaching methodology is one example of blended learning (b-learning), which aims to harmonize and enhance…