Educational leadership, including special education leadership, could benefit from learning sciences and advanced technologies used in other fields (e.g., psychology, medicine). Despite over 30 years of research, leadership preparation is not yet incorporating critical knowledge from the learning sciences to understand the expert versus novice…

This case study research explores how organizational change dynamics influence the integration and adoption of innovative information system (IS) technologies in complex organizations. It presents a case study of the development, implementation, and integration of the Ripper Academy platform within the United States Marine Corps' distributed…

Background: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) have a responsibility to conduct assessments of decision-making capacity that comply with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA). Current best-practice guidance, such as the Mental Capacity Code of Practice and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence decision-making and mental capacity guidance,…

Empowering students to actively shape their learning is essential. Various student involvement models, such as design-based research, participatory design, and co-creation, emphasise students' growing role in shaping educational activities. Engaging students in course design, as seen in student co-creation, can enhance agency, improve the student…

Parents' happiness orientation has garnered early attention in school choice studies but has not been cautiously examined. Drawing on Aristotle's framework of Eudaimonia and Hedonia, along with Ahmed's concept of the happiness promise, this study transcends a perspec­tive of preference and examines how parents understand and pursue happiness in…

The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological research was to better understand the lived experiences of faculty teaching in a community college setting who have addressed behavioral concerns related to students with disabilities (SWDs). Much of the existing research is focused on the experiences of the students, not the faculty. Research is…

This study explored private school principals' career outlooks because of their critical role in shaping academic environments essential for student success. Principals face multiple challenges that can affect career decisions. Employing an electronic survey, this quantitative study included 65 current private school principals, collecting data…

The COVID-19 pandemic affected many areas of education leading to long-lasting changes. In this study we analyze the viewpoints of 287 high school seniors that graduated in 2022 regarding how the pandemic influenced their choice to continue their education. Our findings show that the isolated and restricted academic environment experienced through…

Promoting a high level of student engagement has been a goal for many teachers. Opportunities to respond (OTR) offer a low-cost instructional practice that allows teachers to improve student engagement in the classroom. In this study, we explored the potential effects of a data-driven coaching model on one elementary school teacher's…

The issues surrounding the personal and professional lives of TESOL educators in transnational landscapes have gained increased attention in the past decade. Existing research on transnationalism underscores the significance of expatriates' experiences, particularly those who originate from 'non-center' and whose careers lead them to work in…

Many student assessors experience low self-efficacy in giving feedback through peer assessment. The purpose of this qualitative interpretative phenomenological study was to examine the self-efficacy experiences of online graduate student assessors who supplied feedback through peer assessment in an online Master of Arts (MA) in Art and Design…

The middle-classes use school choice as a strategy of class reproduction and comparative advantage. In this article, we show how middle-class parental school choice strategies are spatially dependent and how schooling preferences and final choices are bounded by the social and educational characteristics of the local education market of their…

The goal of the continuous improvement process in North Dakota K-12 education is to review and adjust practice to best support student learning. This study considered the continuous improvement services and supports provided by North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (NDDPI), such as providing training and support through regional education…

Since 2015, UNESCO has developed a variety of programmes for preventing violent extremism through education (PVE-E), under the framework of Global Citizenship Education and Target 4.7 of Agenda 2030. There have been formal board decisions to promote PVE-E, regional and international conferences and three key publications: a Teacher's Guide (2016),…

Purpose: The study explored how PSTs perceived a learning design, using a decision simulator, a self-reflection guide and a peer mentoring guide as tools to mediate reflections on approaches to the teacher's role. The individual characteristics of PSTs were also considered, including role clarity, self-efficacy and affective commitment, as…