pedagogy

On my first day, I was terrified. But I quickly came to realise these young people weren’t irredeemably bad “Those who can’t, teach,” is the most unjust professional putdown. Unfortunately, it was true in my case. I’d lived a childhood dream for 25 years, as a sports reporter and producer in Australia, London and New York. When I moved back to Melbourne from the United States with my family in 20…

TAA member Micki M. Caskey and coauthor Veselina S. Lambrev published a new book, Writing as Artistry: EdD Students Learning to Write as Scholarly Practitioners (The Coming of Age of the Education Doctorate). This new book "offers a scaffolded, practical approach to scholarly writing, aiming to guide the reader toward a practice-focused lens, provides practical tools for fostering scholarly writi…

IntroductionEarly childhood development (ECD) can be shaped by multidimensional factors, including the relationships between parents and teachers. Prior research has analyzed parent-teacher relationships and child outcomes separately; however, limited evidence integrates both standardized measures of child development with teachers' perspectives. The current study addresses this gap by employing …

In a digital world where oral communication is showcased and being well-spoken increases chances for professional and social success, take the time to give all your students an effective voice. Erik Palmer has tips to help students understand content, audience and presentation. The post Helping Students Become Skilled Digital Speakers first appeared on MiddleWeb .

This article discusses strategies for implementing the Love-Based Curriculum as a breakthrough in humanistic education at Lazuardi Compassion Global School, West Java Province, Indonesia. There has been criticism that the educational paradigm in Indonesia has thus far tended to be technocratic and focused solely on cognitive achievements, without placing sufficient emphasis on the importance of s…

Join us in-person at the Library for a free CPD event for History and English teachers featuring the new digital learning resource, South Asians in Britain, 1830s-present. At the event you will be introduced to oral histories, archival materials and pathways to bring to life the rich and diverse ways South Asians have shaped Britain’s culture, economy, politics and society over the centuries.We'l…

BackgroundThe rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education (HE) demands clarity on its impact on teachers' professional functions, bringing opportunities and challenges that reshape traditional pedagogical roles.ObjectiveTo identify anticipated shifts in HE teachers' roles driven by growing AI integration.MethodsUsing PRISMA-ScR guidelines, a scoping review of 13 recent p…

The present study investigates how Content-based Instruction (CBI) fosters multidimensional engagement: emotional, cognitive, and behavioral, among non-English majors at a Chinese tier-2 university. Using a sequential explanatory mixed-methods design, it tracked 200 second-year engineering students across five CBI classes via longitudinal questionnaires. Follow-up semi-structured interviews with …

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are pivotal in transforming pedagogical practices and enhancing teaching-learning processes in higher education. However, effective integration requires a systemic alignment to foster academic quality. This article analyzes the factors influencing ICT incorporation into university teaching and identifies their impact on student learning outcomes. …

BackgroundAgainst the backdrop of “cultivating virtue and nurturing talent” becoming the fundamental mission of education in the new era, physical education courses leverage their inherent practicality, rule-based nature, and collaborative characteristics. Serving as a key vehicle for integrating moral education and helping students develop well-rounded personalities, this approach aligns with th…

Nature Reviews Physics, Published online: 04 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s42254-026-00959-0 Decolonizing physics is a scientific necessity often stalled by ‘competence anxiety’. By using the Six Thinking Hats framework, educators can navigate these challenging conversations with structure and safety.

This article proposes Disruptive Neuroepistemological Pedagogy (DNEP) as a conceptual and design-oriented framework for STEM education. The central claim is that some STEM concepts should not be taught only as stable curricular content, but as products of scientific disruption: they emerged because previous explanations became insufficient, because anomalies required new models, or because their …

IntroductionProblem-based learning (PBL) is an educational method in which the starting point is a problem being the most common format a written text; alternative formats such as audiovisuals remain underexplored. This exploratory pilot study aimed to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and educational potential of using excerpts from medical TV series as audiovisual triggers in PBL sessions…

This qualitative study explored how secondary school teachers in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, use personal practical knowledge (PPK), shaped by Nepal's socio-cultural, institutional, and educational contexts, to guide classroom practices, pedagogical decision-making, and student engagement. Drawing on semi-structured interviews and reflective journals from 28 teachers across public, private, and comm…

To foster inclusive attitudes through mutual understanding and cooperative learning between people with intellectual disabilities from the Federation of Associations of Plena inclusión Castilla y León and university students, future education professionals in training, responding to community, social and environmental development challenges is the purpose of the Getting to Know Each Other Project…

IntroductionThis study is part of a broader effort to validate psychometric scales translated and adapted to the French-speaking Belgian teacher education context. It examines the factor structure and internal consistency of several instruments measuring preservice teachers’ attitudes toward science and educational research and their perceived scientific skills.MethodFollowing the methodological …

Collaborative research approaches such as co-design, co-creation, and co-production are increasingly promoted as strategies for advancing equity in education by strengthening relationships between researchers, practitioners, and communities. While equity is widely referenced as a guiding principle in these approaches, little consensus exists regarding how equity is defined, enacted, or evaluated …

Educational tourism represents an innovative approach within adult education, facilitating transformative learning experiences. This qualitative case study examined women-only camps designed to promote emotional, social, and personal growth among 67 female participants across six camps in Latvia. Grounded in Mezirow's Transformative Learning Theory (1991, 2000), the study explored participants’ r…

This study examines language teachers’ wellbeing in Scotland through a holistic ecological framework, addressing how wellbeing is shaped by challenges and coping pathways across interacting systems of practice and policy. Drawing on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, the research investigates the interplay between microsystem (classroom relations and pedagogy), mesosystem (collegial and …

To be an educator and a writer is to inhabit a rollercoaster world of hope; at times, you are filled with the excitement and power of possibilities, ...