District-led Professional Development (DLPD) holds great promise for cost-effective and sustained PD for K-12 faculty but is often enacted as whole-group, one-shot meetings on topics (e.g., 21st-century learning) non-specific to teachers' grade levels and content areas. Alternatively, Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) provide on-site and…

Wisdom, well-being, and resilience are essential for individuals to effectively cope with life's adversities. This study aims to examine the relationship between wisdom, well-being, and resilience within a sample of 223 participants (60 males and 163 females) aged between 18 and 65 years. Moreover, gender, age, and marital status were examined in…

The present study aims to examine the influence of teacher collaboration within professional learning communities (PLCs) and collaborative teaching practices on both the professional growth and academic achievement of students. The study employed a mixed-methods research design that incorporated both qualitative and quantitative research…

The benefits of informal mentorship have been robustly documented. This article makes an argument for formalizing mentorship as professional development in the adult education space so as to capture the advantages of informal mentorship for the success of classrooms, programs, organizations, or institutions. It offers examples of two types of…

Online learning has an old background and is an efficient method if applied correctly. However, during the pandemic period, it has been faced with a negative perception due to the wrong practices brought about by the mandatory and rapid transition. During this pandemic term, most educational institutions have offered support in this process to…

Young children learn best through hands-on, authentic experiences that motivates, stimulates and supports their growth in all areas of development. This includes the skills necessary to enhance their literacy and language acquisition, physical and cognitive development in addition to their social-emotional development and approaches to learning.…

Preparing students for the workforce is a foundational pillar of agricultural education. Unfortunately, many employers claim that students exiting secondary education are not prepared for an entry-level position. This study sought to assess the perceptions of Career and Technical Education (CTE) administrators in Alabama and Georgia on the…

The ACPA/NASPA (2015) Professional Competency Areas for Student Affairs Educators (PCASAE) were intended to educate students and professionals as whole individuals while providing guidelines for specific knowledge areas and expected skill sets. They can be used for self-assessment, professional development, and staff training. Student affairs…

Providing students with opportunities to wrestle with and engage with messy, real-world problems can be challenging in traditional, higher education courses. However, for students in helping and applied professions, engaging with challenging problems in a supportive environment is critical to developing their skills and confidence. This paper…

This study seeks to comprehend the planning and development of the Independent Curriculum in middle and high schools in Medan. Additionally, it aims to investigate the implementation of the Merdeka Curriculum in these institutions and its impact on the quality of learning and student outcomes. The study also endeavors to identify the primary…

This study aimed to investigate the need for digital literacy for teachers in schools in the sub-districts of Nakhon Pathom Province; to design a model of teacher digital literacy development and create a model of a sustainable collaborative network for educating digital literacy in schools in the sub-districts of Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand.…

The learning process must actively involve students and provide opportunities for them to improve their critical thinking skills. This study determines the effect of the implementation flipped classroom on the critical thinking skills of students in the learning of the human respiratory system in class XI SMAN 16 Medan. This study included a…

An uptick in online enrollments at higher institutions in recent years serves as the driving force behind an increase in the number of science courses available online. The shift to online science courses introduced a new laboratory environment vastly different from the traditional laboratory, giving rise to doubts on how safe these nontraditional…

This exploratory practice study examined the impact of English extracurricular activities on pre-service teachers at the Higher Institute of Social Sciences and Education of Gafsa (HISSEG). In particular, it explored pre-service teachers' experiences in extracurricular activities that involve the use of English and how these extracurriculars…

Self-determination and self-advocacy are critical skills for students with disabilities (SWD). Around the world, practitioners and educators express concerns that students transitioning from school to post-high school settings often lack the awareness to discuss their strengths, preferences, and needs. To improve self-determination, a one-year…