Developing student interest is critical to supporting student learning in computer science. Research indicates that student interest is a key predictor of persistence and achievement. While there is a growing body of work on developing computing identities for diverse students, little research focuses on early exposure to develop multilingual…

The current study investigates the CEFR-based self-assessment implementations in English as a foreign language (EFL) classes in secondary education in Türkiye. The study adopted a qualitative research design, and the data were collected via document analysis, an interview form, and an observation checklist. The results revealed an incongruity…

Stimulated by the isolation requirement of COVID-19 lockdown, online teaching method has been widely adopted by worldwide academic institutions and has been playing an essential role in accelerating education reform. While both traditional classroom teaching and pure online teaching have their drawbacks, an integrated online to offline (O2O)…

This paper examines existing management concepts and practices that make up three contemporary approaches to public policy and public administration. We attempt to understand whether municipal public administrators and public administration graduate students validate these perspectives in "reality" versus "ideally." Addressing…

The integration of innovative learning models is essential for preparing vocational high school (VHS) students with 21st-century skills. This study aimed to explore the need for a Problem-Based Flipped Learning (PBFL) model with a Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) approach tailored to the needs of vocational high school students.…

This article highlights a Cultural Sustenance View of Reading (CSVR), a complex reader model illuminated by vivid findings from an eight-year collaborative classroom-based study and extensive reviews of cognitive and sociocultural research. Within the CSVR, reading is conceptualized as being shaped by a readers' culturally and linguistically…

"Massive Open Online Courses -- Learning Frontiers and Novel Innovations" explores the potential of MOOCs in revolutionizing global education. This book looks into the advancements, challenges, and innovative practices that define the evolving world of online learning. Chapters in the book address critical themes such as learner…

Wellbeing is an emerging priority that poses a "wicked" problem. Current directives from policy makers are that schools address student wellbeing. However, the lack of a clear definition, simple solution or process for ensuring wellbeing creates a difficult task for schools. This article seeks to add to the current understanding of…

Recruiting students to science and mathematics fields continues to be a nationwide issue, resulting in a dearth of individuals to fill these present and future careers. Novel interventions, especially within the K-12 space, call for a move from content acquisition to the formation of individuals' identity that particularly fosters science and math…

In Pakistan, a large number of prospective teachers are being trained frequently from formal and distance mode of education. The recent focus of the research was on pedagogical knowledge and practices of prospective teachers in distance and formal learning system of education. The purposed study was aimed to find out the comparison of pedagogical…

This study examined the relationships among prospective teachers' (PTs) professional goals, their beliefs about the attainability of these goals, teacher identities, and teacher possible selves, with a particular focus on the mediating roles of teacher identities and teacher possible selves. A total of 2303 PTs from three large universities…

Visible Learning has been one of the most influential research initiatives conducted in education in the past few decades, and at the same time, instructional coaching is becoming one of the most popular forms of professional development. This paper considers how the implementation of Visible Learning may be supported through instructional coaches…

In the last 20 years, various authors have drawn attention to the affective aspects of educational institutions, teaching and educational leadership. In this article, the authors intend to connect affects, actions, power and influence, thereby establishing the central place of affects in educational leadership theory and practice; and to develop…

The number of studies focused on the postsecondary experiences of students with disabilities has grown rapidly in recent years. This study reports the results of a qualitative content analysis of disability-focused articles appearing in 7 leading higher education and student affairs journals from January 2011 through December 2018. Findings…

This article briefly sketches the evolution of live animal displays in twentieth- and twenty-first-century U.S. museums of science and natural history, in order to show how these exhibits function as a sampling device for changing postwar pedagogies of science learning. Live animal displays have been, more often than not, interpreted by both their…