Purpose: This study contributes to the current body of literature on students' understanding of academic misconduct, plagiarism, forms of plagiarism, the reasons they plagiarize, the sanctions imposed by academics for plagiarizing and the methods to address plagiarism in written assessments within the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of…

This article explores Cambodia's Professional Standards for School Principals (PSSP), focusing on functions and content in fulfilling principals' roles and responsibilities during the ongoing educational reforms. The official PSSP, along with relevant supporting documents from the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport (MoEYS) of Cambodia, were…

This paper examines the perspectives and experiences of 21 science and mathematics teachers in the U.S. who shifted from classroom teaching to leadership roles in their schools and districts. These individuals viewed themselves as 'teacher leaders', regardless of whether they maintained classroom teaching responsibilities, and they engaged in work…

Laboratory management is crucial in improving the quality of chemistry learning in senior high schools. However, there has been limited research on the managerial competence of chemistry teachers in managing laboratories. This study aims to analyze the managerial competence of high school chemistry teachers in laboratory management. The study used…

This paper argues that the infiltration of market forces and neoliberal policies into higher education has significantly undermined the core teaching mission of universities, leading to a devaluation of teaching, an overemphasis on research productivity, and a reliance on contingent faculty that ultimately compromises the quality of education and…

Background/Purpose: While Neo-Confucianism has been widely studied as a philosophical and political tradition, its educational implications in Vietnamese history remain underexplored. This study examines the pedagogical legacy of Lê Quý Ðôn, an 18th-century Vietnamese scholar, with a focus on how his writings and institutional roles reflect…

University students are increasingly utilizing generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in higher education for various purposes, including generating writing tasks and translating texts. However, many academic integrity statements or student codes of conduct do not include GenAI. This article investigates the university policies towards GenAI…

TEQSA's guidance notes are concise documents designed to provide high-level, principles-based guidance on interpretation and application of specific standards of the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021. They also draw attention to other interrelated standards and highlight potential risks to compliance. They do not…

The need to retain women faculty in STEM fields has led to programs for assistant professors, but midcareer faculty have not received the same intentional support; furthermore, they also face new challenges that hinder their career progression. A survey of mid-career faculty participating in a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded program…

Existing research has revealed various beneficial teacher-level outcomes of distributed leadership (DL). Yet these studies lack important operational nuances. The DL effectiveness literature mainly stresses one dimension of DL study operations of how leadership is distributed (e.g., interaction), being grounded in the agency view. However, it is…

Appropriately managing working hours is at the core of the policy on teachers' working conditions. We analyzed the impact of long working hours on teachers' well-being using data on Japanese teachers from TALIS 2018. We applied a novel identification strategy that does not require panel data, forcing variables, or instrumental variables. The…

Purpose: This qualitative study investigated the lived experience of school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who self-identify as overwhelmed. The goal was to devise a formal explanation of the reasons for such overwhelm. Method: Seven elementary and five secondary school SLPs in two separate focus groups discussed the following…

Young children and their parents faced difficulties in their daily functioning due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In this qualitative study, we explored the experiences and perceptions of parents and their young children regarding the pandemic process. A sample of 22 parents (mothers and fathers) and nine children aged between four and six…

Purpose: The study investigated the complex dynamics of employees balancing professional responsibilities with academic pursuits and its impact on the qualities of their work-life balance as well as their acquisition of academic knowledge and skills. Design/methodology/approach: Using a quantitative approach, data were collected from 575 workers…

Teachers' occupational well-being is crucial; however, the lack of validated instruments in Latin American contexts hinders its measurement and effective assessment. The present study aimed to construct and validate a scale to measure the well-being at work of Latin American teachers. Using a cross-sectional quantitative approach, the scale was…