Fathers today are more involved in their children's lives than ever before, and their engagement in early learning activities like playing, reading, singing, drawing and visiting parks or libraries supports children's emotional, cognitive and educational development, as well as their early language and literacy skills. This report revisits and…

Background: People with intellectual disability participate in organised sports to a lesser extent than people in general. The aim of this study was to explore the motivation for engaging in sports among athletes using the theoretical framework of sense of belonging. Method: Semi-structured online interviews were carried out with athletes (N = 15,…

The problem of teachers' motivations for participating in training is central in any education system because it shapes the system's capacity to adapt to the rapidly changing reality. The aim of this paper is to estimate the prevalence of this motivation among Romanian teachers and to identify certain predictors beyond such motivations for…

In this article, we analyze how a hashtag on Twitter allows to create a space of affinity that facilitates teachers' learning. We analyzed 78,470 tweets that included the hashtag #ClaustroVirtual. We determined the frequency and temporal distribution of these tweets while detecting the most active teachers using this hashtag, analyzing the…

Citizenship and Citizenship Education are at the centre of curriculum reform in Kenya. Weak implementation processes have previously watered down similar novel curricular reforms due to a need for an elaborate curriculum implementation model. This article reviews existing Citizenship Education models to develop an effective curriculum…

The rise of aliteracy, the burgeoning impact of crowded leisure time for children, and the increasingly complex daily lives of parents all impact on promoting reading for pleasure (RfP) requiring how parents value RfP to be considered in sympathetic and sustainable ways. By investigating parents' experiences, this qualitative research elevated the…

This technical annex accompanies "Addressing College Student Food Insecurity in Colorado: Trends in Student Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and College Practices." The main report presents RAND's findings on trends in student participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and college…

This study aimed to identify sensory subtypes in preschool children on the autism spectrum in Japan and examine their associations with participation and family functioning. A total of 264 caregivers of preschool children aged 3-6 years on the autism spectrum participated in the study. Data were collected from 56 child development centers and…

This study investigated whether Dialogue Journal Writing (DJW) could improve students' classroom participation and willingness to communicate through sustained written interaction with the teacher, drawing on a sociocultural perspective. The participants included 15 intermediate and upper-beginner EFL learners attending two private language…

Objectives: Participation in organised extracurricular social activities (OESAs) can provide wide-ranging positive developmental benefits for children. This study investigated whether participation and experiences differ for children aged 4- to 12-years with a developmental language disorder (DLD) compared to their typical language developing…

This paper explores parental experiences of school engagement, set against the backdrop of policy aspirations for parental involvement in schools. We suggest that the policy desire for parent engagement imagines a certain kind of 'engaged parent' that does not account for foundational shifts that have taken place in the economy and associated…

Background: In the United Kingdom, approximately 25% of adults with learning disabilities live in supported accommodation. Operational models rarely consider how people with learning disabilities want to experience the flow and rhythm of everyday life. The study explored adults with learning disabilities' perspectives of activity participation in…

The aim of this paper is to explore how adult and community education can grapple with themes of democracy, voting, and civic engagement--with particular emphasis on learners and communities with low engagement in the political system--to empower and affect change on both an individual and collective basis through a critical pedagogical approach.…

In the Chinese educational landscape, extracurricular engagement in disciplines like visual arts has received relatively limited scholarly attention compared to Western settings, where such activities are well established for cultivating diverse cognitive and socioemotional competencies. Unlike Western models, where arts education is often…

This study aimed to examine student and school characteristics that could affect adolescents' social and emotional learning (SEL) skills. The study group consisted of randomly selected 3017 high school students from 42 schools in Turkey. According to two-level Hierarchical Linear Modelling analysis findings, the mean SEL scores of schools differed…