The role of faculty in online education is critical to its sustainability and success. In "Time for Class: Lessons for the Future of Digital Learning in Higher Education," Tyton Partners (2017), a strategy consulting firm, asked administrators the most important factor for successful digital learning and the top response was…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to compare perceptions of preparedness to teach students with emotional disabilities (ED) between teachers with a mild intervention license and teachers with an ED license. The study examined the perceptions of five teachers with a mild intervention license and five teachers with an ED license as derived…

This article provides an analysis of digital competences in the current context. The growing expectation of new technologies and their multiple applications have produced important repercussions in all spheres of society, and, specifically, in the aspect of higher education where the demands are more than significant seeking to cover their…

The explosive growth of online learning in institutions of higher education has created a dire need for guidelines that instruct new and continuing online instructors about how best to teach in online spaces. The purpose of this exploratory study was to identify the roles of the online instructor and categorize critical competencies for online…

To be an effective school leader, one must respond promptly and honestly to performance concerns. Unfortunately, this is often a difficult and uncomfortable job to do. Hall looks at various ways that school leaders can fail at handling poorly performing teachers and then discusses the correct and fair way to handle them.

The ongoing change from traditional pedagogy to digital collaborative learning requires a new mode of teaching, learning, and educators' responsibilities. For competence in digitally mediated teaching, educators need understanding of how to provide appropriate digital environment to learn collectively and individually. The aim of this study was to…

This brief essay highlights how the COVID-19 crisis forced many faculty members in the higher education setting to abruptly transition from face-to-face and hybrid instruction to remote teaching. We propose that incorporating systematic reflection regarding one's professional practice as a faculty member will lead to overall improved instruction…

Recommendation 6 of the Commission on Religious Education's Final Report has focused attention on teacher preparation in England for Religious Education (RE) during primary Initial Teacher Education (ITE). It recommends at least twelve hours for 'all forms of primary ITE', challenging the current provision of many primary ITE providers.…

A significant goal of teacher education is to support the development of reflective practitioners. This intention, however, is not easily achieved when after-the-fact recall and reporting are key features of pre-service teacher learning rather than critique and contemplation. This research reports on a small-scale pilot study evaluating a novel…

Pedagogical competence is a nascent concept in higher education literature, and, in the field of marketing education, it is underutilised and remains imprecise hitherto. In South Africa, this problem is further intensified as there is a paucity of published research. This study sought to explore the pedagogical competencies of marketing educators…

Until recently, existing research on teacher professional development (PD) has largely relied on teacher perceptions and self-reports to evaluate effectiveness. Though more current research has used a diverse array of designs and methodologies to examine impact on teacher knowledge, practice, and student learning, uncertainty regarding the…

The article considers the professional training of future specialists in preschool education. The focus is on the use of modern educational technologies by future preschool education specialists. Basic concepts such as: technologies, educational technologies, innovative technologies are revealed. The modern directions of professional education of…

In this study, external representations and the problems encountered related transformation process between representations towards limit concept were investigated. "Limit Representation Conversion Test" was administered to 41 preservice mathematics teachers studying at a state university in central Turkey during 2018-2019 academic…

Teachers' professional digital competence (PDC) is of increasing importance in classrooms in the majority of EU countries. Norway is one of the countries that has been exposed to a strong top-down implementation of information and communication technology in education. However, despite national efforts, practitioners in the education system do not…

Research Findings: Developing students' social and emotional skills positively affects their academic success. The Prosocial Classroom model (PCM) highlights the importance of teacher's social-emotional competency (SEC) and well-being. The current research extends the PCM by using the Five Awarenesses of Teaching Framework (The Framework) to…