Background/Context: Theoretical and policy frameworks consistently assert that warm, responsive, and cognitively rich teacher-child interactions are crucial for infants' and toddlers' learning and development (Burchinal, 2018; Pianta & Hamre, 2009). In Early Head Start (EHS), such "process quality" is expected to bolster children's…

In the post-pandemic era, lecturers in Higher Education (HE) are confronted with the challenge of motivational and attention deficits in their students. Hence, incentives to foster student engagement and motivation are subject to recent research. One such approach is game-based learning, involving specifically conceptualized games for HE, commonly…

Podcasts have rapidly emerged as a powerful tool for health communication, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. While evidence shows that podcasts can enhance student knowledge, confidence, and flexibility in learning, their educational impact is primarily studied within formal academic contexts. Despite their popularity and potential, little…

Language teachers' experiences of identity tensions present valuable opportunities for researchers to understand the complex role of professional identity in shaping language teachers' instructional practice. This exploratory sequential mixed-method study reports on identity tensions as experienced by teachers of Chinese as an additional language…

Interactive writing is a shared pen technique that has largely disappeared from primary grade classrooms. In this article, we describe the interactive writing process. We then recount the way one first-grade teacher, Tessa, implemented the strategy with her students by walking the reader through one lesson. We present how, during this lesson,…

Research on mathematics teacher curricular decision-making has focused more on what decisions teachers make and less on how teachers make curricular decisions. Teaching images are a well-known concept in teacher education as a form of teachers' practical knowledge (PK) and threads that connect teachers' past experiences to action in the present…

Modern learning and teaching theories often include contextualization as a central aspect. Instead of outdated atomistic thinking, scaffolding structures are offered that, in varying degrees, address different contexts. Therefore, a teaching strategy using aspects of Narrative Didactics seems to be suitable for the creation of thematic and…

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…

This paper explores the utility of online-based instruction from Jordanian EFL teachers' perceptions on "Darsak Platform" during the COVID-19 pandemic on five domains: the logistic and technical support, the content, the teaching and assessment strategies, and the utility of the online instruction for both students and parents. The study…

Incivility has been reported as having an adverse impact on student learning, faculty staff retention and student commitment within Higher Education. As such this behaviour has the potential to reduce student achievement and could have a financial impact. The aim of this research was to examine the impact of teaching context (lecture versus…

Problem solving is at the heart of mathematics, and is known to support learning for a diverse range of children. However, challenges can be encountered when teaching mathematics through problem solving. This article provides insights from research literature into: (1) the nature of the challenges; and (2) some ways that problem solving can be…

Team teaching is an innovative method to engage the large group and make lectures more interesting. The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of team teaching in first year biochemistry lecture classes. After obtaining ethical clearance, 150 first year medical undergraduate students participated in the study on a voluntary basis. Topic…

This article provides an overview of the instructional activity implemented to introduce the authors' first-grade students to the concept of measuring, collecting, and recording temperature data as part of a unit on weather. The activities introduced involved approximately one week of instructional time. However, the application of the skill…

This article discusses the 'Indianisation', 'nationalisation', and 'ruralisation' of the Montessori method in India at the eve, and in the aftermath of the country's political independence (1947). From 1914 onwards, Indian nationalists received Montessori's ideas through publications, the networks of the new education movement, and the…

The inclusion of engineering in science learning standards draws attention to the need to support pre-service teachers' ability to teach engineering to young learners. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of two courses on pre-service elementary teachers' self-perceptions of their ability to teach engineering and on their design…