COVID-19 has changed the socio-economic and educational landscape, increasing poverty rates and generating psychosocial problems. It has also conditioned the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Thus, this article pursues three-fold objectives: to describe the situation generated worldwide by the increase in poverty due to…

Given the importance of mathematics performance of learners and the challenges in South Africa, it is important that the expertise of all role-players, including the subject advisors who visit the teachers to guide and support them, is used to its full potential. While some studies have explored the experiences of teachers in this regard,…

Regardless of whether video is used for an online course, or serves as supplemental material in another course format, the videos must be watched by students in support of their learning. If professors give video production their best effort and still end up with undesirable outcomes, how can institutions better support the production of…

This study aims to explore teacher professional learning in Turkey by investigating the effects of principal leadership and teacher trust on teacher professional learning, controlling for important school and teacher characteristics. Using teacher and principal survey data collected from 85 elementary and secondary Turkish schools across the…

The first years of teaching are often described as 'emotionally challenging' by English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in secondary schools in France because their professional identity and skills are still under construction. How, then, can novice teachers (NTs) be supported during this process? The present study focuses on 14 NTs…

In Jamaica, the majority of practitioners working with infants and toddlers are largely untrained. While continuing professional development (CPD) provides practitioners with the skills to meet children's needs, the provision of CPD also serves as the means by which nursery practitioners upgrade their competencies. This study presents the findings…

Objective: In this study, we sought to assess the changes in the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of athletic training program (ATP) and nurse practitioner (NP) graduate students before and after an acute care interprofessional education (IPE) workshop. Design and Setting: This was a descriptive KAP survey to be taken by participants…

This phenomenological study sought to understand the lived experiences of graduate students engaged in STEM-related Academic Service-Learning (AS-L). For the purposes of this study, Academic Service-Learning is a form of experiential learning whereby students complete a service project as a component of a specific course. This study looked at…

Stigma and the absence of disability-informed systems and policies prevent autistic employees' success in a variety of workplaces. While studies have examined diverse organizational cultures and environments for support of autistic workers, in higher education, autism scholarship has focused almost exclusively on students and disability culture on…

Over the years, the evolution of science along with technology, engineering, and mathematics has been noticeably evident while science education, on the other hand, has shown little development. The research study aimed to investigate future change initiative implementation in secondary science curricula. In addition, the purpose of the research…

This research attempts to shed light on the persistence of the separate but equal ideology. An opinion that was ruled unconstitutional in 1954 by the US Supreme Court. Failure by the Holmes County School Board through intentional delays and legalities compelled Beatrice Alexander to file a civil court case with the District Court for the Southern…

Remote scientific research settings embody a long-term combination of extreme conditions, physical boundedness, and blurred boundaries among work, play, and sleep that challenge traditional notions of how individuals perceive and interact with infrastructure. In such settings, individuals often use creative outlets to form social bonds with…

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia began to enhance and develop the system of Saudi education. Therefore, the Saudi Ministry of Education offered Saudi Arabian teachers the opportunity to travel to the United States to participate in an American university-sponsored professional development program provided by the Midwestern University College of…

Science Olympiad (SO) is a team-oriented STEM competition that offers students the opportunity to participate in a wide range of STEM topics attracting students with varying STEM interests. This hermeneutic phenomenological cross-case study explored the experiences of 12 SO coaches with experience coaching middle school and/or high school teams.…

This research article dealt with interpersonal communication skills among children and proactive stance to life's puzzles. A review of related literature was performed to examine interpersonal communication, interpersonal communication skills, interpersonal communication and a proactive stance in conflict resolution, and the development of…