Over their career trajectories, teachers experience diverse challenges and uplifts, which influence their sense of wellbeing. While research on teacher career phases provides important insights into their lives, studies exploring teacher wellbeing and capitals they draw on to cope are scarce; and, in the field of language education, virtually…

Caregiver education and home stimulation have shown positive associations with children's developmental outcomes in early childhood in high-income "Minority World" countries, and these processes also predict children's long-term health and well-being. However, relatively little is known about these processes in low- and middle-income…

The number of mature students in PhD programs in Canada has increased over recent years. While research suggests older adults are more intrinsically motivated and tend to academically outperform their younger peers, studies generally focus on the problems and barriers mature students frequently encounter. The purpose of this research is to fill a…

The actions of a teacher are one of the strongest factors influencing students' academic achievement and future life success. However, some of the most common frameworks that are used to evaluate teachers and guide their development or improvement are not based on or informed by research about effective teaching methods. Other frameworks are…

The purpose of this study is to develop a hand-drawing curriculum to promote the students' creativity for Vocational College, so as to study its implementation effect. The participants were 40 students were sampled by cluster random sampling method majoring in interior design from the Guangxi Electrical Polytechnic Institute in Nanning, Guangxi in…

To date, EFL teachers are ever more anticipated to become intercultural educators, supporting intercultural communicative competence for both teachers and students in language classrooms filled with cultural diversity. Using a mixed-methods design, the study integrates quantitative data from a self-report survey with interviews, as it looks into…

Learning disabilities are challenging to characterize because they evolve throughout development, frequently co-occur, and have varying domain specificity. Addressing these challenges, we analyzed longitudinal patterns of growth, co-occurrence, and specificity manifesting in the math and reading skills of children with and without learning…

In recent years, more American students have participated in study abroad programs for developing language skills, intercultural competencies, broader perspectives, and personal growth. Universities emphasize "career development" through study abroad experiences. However, there are limited qualitative studies focusing on Asian regions,…

This study aims to determine the effect of inquiry-based learning using the 5E instructional model on students' attitudes toward learning history. A quantitative quasi-experimental design was employed, utilizing a pre-post attitude questionnaire. A total of 149 tenth-grade students from two different schools in Bonga town participated in the…

This paper addresses the growing importance of digital competence for higher education professors due to the increasing technology integration in this sector. Existing frameworks, such as the European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educator (DigCompEdu), present limitations for higher education, particularly regarding the use of online…

Background/purpose: This study aims to address the limited availability of educational platforms for art appreciation among university students by developing the "Home Digital Art Spectacle" (HITS) as an online space for performing arts engagement. Materials/methods: The research employed the Borg & Gall R&D model, which involved…

Lesson study is a form of teacher professional development designed to improve instructional techniques by collaborating with teachers to develop and test a lesson plan and examine its effect on learners. Lesson study is designed for in-person meetings and observation. School-based agricultural education (SBAE) teachers often do not have enough…

Purpose: Most studies about reading development in second-language learners have been carried out on children exposed to the second language from kindergarten. They have shown that decoding skills develop in a similar way to those of monolingual children. We wondered whether this holds for primary school newcomer non-native-speaking children. This…

Mid-career teachers are at a pivotal point in their practitioner journeys when they can either shift towards winding down in preparation for retirement or ramping up to assume new teacher-leadership roles. Opportunities to become teacher-leaders can revitalize mid-career educators' practice in ways that ultimately benefit their schools and…

The U.S. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act requires state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies to expand their employment-related transition services to youth with disabilities and coordinate service delivery with schools in new ways. Research has highlighted how states have begun to respond to the transition-focused mandates of WIOA,…