The document is a reprint of a special issue from the journal "Education Sciences," focusing on the importance of respecting the voices of individuals from marginalized communities in research.
This open-access, evidence-informed volume explores strategies for fostering institutional change in higher education by strengthening the integration of research and teaching. Drawing on international scholarship and the Amsterdam model, editors and contributors present pathways toward sustainable “hybrid” institutions where both research and education are deeply intertwined.
This open-access study offers a comprehensive overview of adult and vocational education in France. Tracing its historical foundations, it examines key political, legal, and financial frameworks, along with institutional structures, program offerings, participation trends, and characteristics of teaching staff.
Global Agendas and Education Reforms: A Comparative Study analyzes how global education agendas—such as digitalization, entrepreneurship, emergency education, internationalization, diversity, and sustainability—shape national education reforms across various countries. It highlights convergence in policies and examines their impact on pedagogy, curriculum, teacher training, and administration
This manifesto critiques the conventional critical pedagogy’s focus on revealing injustice and striving for an ideal future. Instead, it proposes an affirmative, present-focused pedagogy rooted in five core principles. These principles encourage educators and researchers to recognize and nurture what is already educational in current practices—anchored in love for the world and hope in the …
This book examines pedagogical leadership in higher education as a dynamic, multi-level phenomenon—spanning global policy, institutional management, and classroom supervision. Using Non‑Affirmative Theory (NAT), it explores how leaders at different levels interpret, translate, and enact educational strategies to influence teaching, learning, and curriculum development in coherent yet contex…
This open-access volume foregrounds the intersections of education, human rights, and diversity from a Global South vantage point. Edited by Serfontein, Wolhuter, and Naidoo, it critiques Western-dominated perspectives and reframes scholarship through African and SADC-region lenses. Chapters unpack themes such as citizenship education, human rights literacies, pedagogical approaches, school dis…
This open-access edited volume analyzes the intertwined histories of education and development in 20th-century Africa. Covering the late 19th century to the 1980s, it examines how diverse actors—colonial governments, international organizations, religious groups, and local communities—shaped educational paradigms and development agendas. Through case studies from both colonial and postcolon…
From Education Policy to Education Practice examines how educational policies are translated into classroom and system-level practices. It highlights the role of stakeholders, implementation challenges, and contextual factors shaping the effectiveness of policy enactment
This edited volume proposes a deeply ethical and political approach to music education, challenging institutional and structural norms that resist change. Drawing on insights from international scholars and renowned educational theorist Gert Biesta, it explores how music educators can embrace social and ecological responsibility in the 21st century.
This open-access volume explores how music teacher education can respond to increasing societal diversity and complexity. It argues that educators must become change agents capable of challenging entrenched traditions, hierarchies, and practices within music education. Drawing on international case studies—including intercultural collaborations and program-level initiatives—the book examine…
Indigenous Pathways, Transitions and Participation in Higher Education explores how Indigenous students access and succeed in higher education. It highlights policies, programs, and support systems that promote equity and inclusion from entry to graduation.
Schools and Society During the COVID‑19 Pandemic examines how global education systems adapted during the pandemic—addressing policy responses, shifts to remote learning, and efforts to maintain equity and resilience. It highlights lessons learned and outlines strategies for future crisis preparedness
Northern Lights on Civic and Citizenship Education presents findings on how civic knowledge, attitudes, and engagement are taught and experienced by students in Nordic countries. It highlights trends, challenges, and opportunities in promoting democratic citizenship through education
This open‑access volume critically explores global policies and practices designed to promote equity in participation and attainment within higher education. Despite the mass expansion of university systems facilitating access for students from underprivileged backgrounds, significant socioeconomic inequalities persist—especially in admission to selective institutions and programs. The book…
Emotional and Ecological Literacy for a More Sustainable Society explores how developing emotional awareness and ecological understanding through education can foster responsible and sustainable behavior. It emphasizes the integration of both literacies to support holistic learning for a better future.
Higher Education Reforms in Romania explores the changes in Romania’s university system amid European integration, especially under the Bologna Process. It highlights policy shifts, institutional challenges, and the balance between national priorities and European standards.
Recognizing Green Skills Through Non-formal Learning discusses how environmentally relevant skills can be developed and validated outside formal education. It emphasizes the role of community programs and informal training in supporting sustainable development and green employment
Diversity and Inclusion in Global Higher Education: Lessons from Across Asia is an open-access volume that offers pioneering insights and practical methods for promoting diversity and inclusion in higher education classrooms and curricula. It highlights the growing importance of international education programs in Asia and the value of understanding student diversity in a changing, evermore int…
History Education and Conflict Transformation explores how teaching history can support peacebuilding and reconciliation in post-conflict societies. It highlights educational strategies that promote critical thinking, empathy, and dialogue to transform historical narratives and reduce tensions.
This open-access volume provides a critical, international examination of GCE as it becomes mainstreamed globally. It focuses on issues like diversity and indigeneity, global inequality, human rights, and sustainability. While GCE is promoted as a way to equip youth for an inclusive world, the concept remains contested across different national and cultural contexts. Through geographically dive…
Volume One brings together international perspectives to critically examine how Waldorf (Steiner) education was received and understood in academic and public discourse during its formative years, from 1919 to 1955. Spanning six countries—Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, and Finland—the book challenges the historical view of Waldorf as a uniformly “progressive educa…
This book explores how schools can use data-driven strategies to adapt and improve in response to changing demographic trends. It highlights practical approaches for inclusive, evidence-based development in diverse educational settings.
An assessment framework defines the design and intent of an assessment by mapping the structure of the assessed curriculum and clarifying what it aims to measure. For example, the TIMSS framework outlines content domains in mathematics and science for grades 4 and 8, paired with cognitive domains—knowing, applying, and reasoning—to guide item development.
Life Skills Education for Youth explores the essential competencies that young people need to thrive in an increasingly complex and fast-changing world. The book focuses on practical skills such as critical thinking, decision-making, communication, emotional regulation, and interpersonal relationships. Designed for educators, youth workers, and policy makers, it offers both theoretical foundati…
This open‑access volume investigates the synergy between artificial intelligence (AI) and education, highlighting its transformative potential on teaching and learning. It presents a creative engagement framework, spanning foundational theory, practical K‑12 applications, and innovations in higher education.
This open-access volume examines how scientific, technological, and social transformations of the twenty-first century are reshaping educational theory. The first section explores philosophical and technological foundations; the second analyzes shifts in conceptions of humanity and society and their implications for educational paradigms; and the final section addresses practical dimensions—s…
This book introduces Case-Based Clinical Reasoning (CBCR), a teaching method to help preclinical medical students develop clinical thinking skills early. It explains the theory, how to implement CBCR, and includes practical case examples for educators.
This book analyzes the theoretical frameworks shaping the practice of outdoor environmental education programs. For the analyses, we applied the Real World Learning Model that defines the quality criteria for this kind of practice.
This book compares how mathematics is taught to engineering students across Europe, Russia, Georgia, and Armenia. It highlights two main teaching traditions, analyzes curriculum reforms, and promotes more practical, technology-supported learning methods in higher education.
The monograph reflects and scientifically and methodologically substantiates ways to solve urgent problems of the theory and practice of training officers of the National Police in terms of the quality of higher education in the context of the imperative of human-dimensional meanings, taking into account studies of Ukrainian psychological, pedagogical, legal comparative studies. In the most…
This book explores innovative learning environments (ILEs) in STEM higher education, focusing on personalized learning, virtual and augmented reality, and artificial intelligence. It highlights findings from the X‑FILEs project, discussing opportunities, challenges, and practical insights for implementing ILEs in universities. It serves as a guide for educators, researchers, and policymakers …
The focus of the research project lies on measures of development education and awareness raising in Germany.
The ASSET project is an attempt to establish an innovative model of post qualifying vocational higher education, based on a radical application of the principle of work-based (experiential) learning and a competence-based curriculum format within the values and procedures of a university. Our book is addressed to colleagues in higher education, in vocational education and training, and to a…
This open access book presents the final findings from the case studies developed within the Horizon 2020 SMOOTH project “Educational Spaces: Passing through Enclosures and Reversing Inequalities through Educational Commons.
This book provides readers insight into the current state of privacy issues, describes the challenges and rewards of developing more privacy-focused learning environments, and presents several resources and tools that readers can bring to their own teaching practices.
This open access edited volume offers an analysis of the entangled histories of education and development in twentieth-century Africa. It deals with the plurality of actors that competed and collaborated to formulate educational and developmental paradigms and projects: debating their utility and purpose, pondering their necessity and risk, and evaluating their intended and unintended consequen…
This open-access volume offers a comprehensive review of the Gauteng Department of Education's (GDE) evolution over two decades, from 1994 to 2014. Comprising 15 essays by various specialists, the book examines the GDE's policies, resource allocation, and project implementations. It provides insights into the department's operations, decisions, and their consequences, presenting a balanced pers…
This book explores the evolving landscape of physical education in the modern era, addressing its challenges, uncovering new opportunities, and highlighting its indispensable contributions to society. Schools remain a primary space where young people develop motor skills and cultivate discipline, teamwork, and a sense of belonging— values that extend far beyond the gymnasium. Meanwhile, m…
This open-access volume critically examines the evolution and future of technical universities as independent, single-faculty institutions. Tracing their origins from polytechnical schools established during the industrial era, the book explores how these institutions have adapted to shifts in national higher education structures, academic disciplines, and governance models.
This open-access book explores the unique terminology of school leadership in China, providing insights into its political, legal, financial, administrative, and cultural contexts. By analyzing key terms used in Chinese educational policies, laws, and school practices, the author offers a comprehensive understanding of how school leadership operates within China's educational system
This volume brings together 37 authors from 14 countries to examine how the social purposes of adult education are (re)interpreted across time and contexts—from the Global North to the Global South. Inspired by the inclusive, post-colonial vision of Lalage Bown
This open access book offers pioneering insights and practical methods for promoting diversity and inclusion in higher education classrooms and curricula
Changing the Course of AIDS offers an in-depth evaluation of a grassroots educational approach to mitigating the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Drawing upon six years of research in major South African workplaces, the author, David Dickinson, reveals how ordinary workers serving as peer educators can be as—if not more—effective at promoting behavioral change than traditional expert-led interventions. T…
The series aims to serve as a knowledge broker at the interface between research, analysis, policy and practice within the comparative, development and international education community
This open access collection examines how higher education responds to the demands of the automation economy and the fourth industrial revolution. Considering significant trends in how people are learning, coupled with the ways in which different higher education institutions and education stakeholders are implementing adaptations, it looks at new programs and technological advances that are cha…
Edited by Carl A. Grant, this volume examines the evolution of multicultural education research in the United States. It argues that multicultural perspectives have historically been marginalized within mainstream scholarship and seeks to bring these voices to the forefront.
This open access book explores the synergy between AI and education, highlighting its potential impact on pedagogical practices. It navigates the evolving landscape of AI-powered educational technologies and suggests practical ways to personalise instruction, nurture human‑AI co‑creativity, and transform the learning experience. Spanning from primary to higher education, this short and enga…
This open-access volume examines rural school improvement initiatives across four developing contexts—China, Myanmar, Uganda, and Kenya. It investigates the challenges these rural schools face, the models and interventions applied to address them (such as teacher professional development, community partnerships, technology integration, and leadership training), and evaluates their effectivene…
This open access book reviews the effects of twenty-first‑century scientific‑technological and social developments on educational theory