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From teaching classrooms to building a hands-on research culture, Tahsin Bennur from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Information Technology & Biotechnology , Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University , shares her journey of mentoring students into independent thinkers. Set within a teaching-focused institution, this Journey of a Young Investigator (JOYI) 2026 piece highlights how inquiry, persistence,…

Both conservatives and liberals have important insights—and blind spots—regarding the problems facing higher education today.

Over the last decade, students, educators, and even entrepreneurs have found creative ways to adapt the show’s social and rational sciences. (…)   For …

IntroductionWriting readiness is a critical milestone for children transitioning from preschool to formal schooling. This preliminary study introduces the Chinese Pre-writing Assessment Tool (CPAT), a computer-assisted instrument designed to provide an objective evaluation of pre-writing skills. Unlike traditional measures, the CPAT uniquely integrates both perceptual-motor and linguistic-cogniti…

The education system should not just be about passing exams, writes David Selby . Plus a letter from Mara Musso Two quotes in your article ( Schools are ‘pipeline’ to joblessness for many people, says ex-Labour adviser, 21 May ) struck a chord with me: “a joyless education system that focused too heavily on passing exams” and “the level of vitriol and hatred these young people used when talking a…

Journal of Computer Science, Published online: 25 May 2026; doi:10.3844/jcssp.2026.1679.1688 Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in many African countries face persistent barriers, including limited diagnostic awareness, scarce specialized resources, and the absence of educational i...

Scientific Data, Published online: 25 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41597-026-07397-8 A dataset of human and AI-generated rubric evaluations for formative programming assessment

Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have significantly influenced education, especially in mathematics teaching methods. This study argues that while AI tools provide valuable support to both students and university lecturers in Albanian higher education, they also pose risks of fostering dependence. By analyzing survey data from mathematics lecturers in Tirana, the research highlight…

So you've got a baby in your life. How do you talk to them, exactly? In this comic, experts explain why conversing with your baby is important — and share ways to help them develop their language skills.

Kudos to the person who once said, “People and time will teach you more than books ever could. Books give you knowledge. People give you perspective. Time gives you the truth.” - Unknown. Photo credit: Unsplash And that, in a nutshell, is the plain hard truth. As an educator , there’s only so much you can teach with a textbook. That’s all theory. But once they see or read about someone else’s liv…

This is a submission for the Gemma 4 Challenge: Build with Gemma 4 What I Built The Spark Behind OptiLearn Education in crisis-affected areas faces massive, systemic hurdles. Refugee camps often suffer from a severe lack of internet connectivity, scarce educational materials, and overwhelmed teachers managing large classrooms with vastly different student backgrounds. Modern, cloud-based AI tools…

Psychological readiness plays a critical role in how secondary school students prepare for high-stakes national examinations. This study examined the relationships among study habits, examination anxiety, academic motivation, and perceived readiness among secondary school students in Somaliland. A cross-sectional predictive correlational design was employed with a sample of 539 Form 4 students. D…

As technology becomes increasingly ubiquitous in education, digital literacy has emerged as a prerequisite for educators aiming to enhance teaching practices through technological integration. However, the psychological mechanisms underpinning the application of digital literacy to pedagogical design require further investigation. This study examined the association between digital literacy and t…

From a meso-level governance perspective, this study explores the synergistic pathways between discipline construction and postgraduate education under the doctoral project construction based on an analysis of their synergistic theoretical logic and taking Zhongyuan University of Technology as a case. Further, it systematically examines the implementation mechanisms for collaboration between disc…

Several studies have shown that learning mathematics can be more effective if students solve problems by their own reasoning than if they follow given solution methods. However, when a student needs help with solving a task it is more challenging for the teacher to support the student's own reasoning than to describe the method. In a collaborative research and development project, teachers and re…

IntroductionGamification has emerged as a prominent strategy for enhancing teacher professional development. Despite growing interest, no systematic review has specifically examined gamification applications in teacher professional training contexts.MethodsThis systematic review followed PRISMA 2020 guidelines to examine gamification integration in teacher professional training. A comprehensive s…

IntroductionInstructional leadership is central to school improvement, yet it remains underexplored in geographically isolated schools where principals face chronic resource scarcity, weak infrastructure, and cultural isolation. This study examines how elementary school principals in Tawi-Tawi, one of the Philippines' most remote provinces, exercise adaptive instructional leadership to sustain te…

Academic underperformance in the General Education and Training (GET) band, particularly in Grades 8 and 9, remains a persistent crisis in rural South African districts. While substantial policy attention and resources are directed toward Grade 12 outcomes, the foundational years of secondary education suffer from systemic neglect, creating a critical gap in understanding the drivers of early sec…

Graduate and professional students who aspire to academic careers often tell mentors that they are eager to teach but unsure how to gain experience or show it on a CV or dossier. Because TA opportunities vary across programs and budget cycles, departments and teaching centers can create equitable on-ramps by structuring small, credible experiences that convert directly into evidence. With […] The…