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.
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 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…
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
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
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
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 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.
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 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 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 book offers pioneering insights and practical methods for promoting diversity and inclusion in higher education classrooms and curricula
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…
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 book reviews the effects of twenty-first‑century scientific‑technological and social developments on educational theory
This study focuses on how skin color influences perceptions of opportunities and academic orientation among 17 Mexican and Puerto Rican high school students. Specifically, it analyzes how students modify—or maintain—their racial/ethnic identification in response to others’ perceptions based on skin tone.
This Element develops an original analytical foundation for studying institutional remaking and its political dynamics. It explains how institutional remaking can be observed and provides a typology comprising five areas of institutional production involved in institutional remaking: novelty, uptake, dismantling, stability, and interplay.
Over the years, I have found that although ‘nothing much has changed, everything has also changed very much’. Technology has most certainly changed, but the overarching themes remain the same: ‘Why would we use mobile devices for learning?’ ‘Do mobile devices help or hinder learning?’ And ‘How do we evaluate mobile learning?’ The evolution of new technologies has certainly i…
This open access book presents a deep investigation into the manifold topics pertaining to global university collaboration. It outlines the strategies King Abdulaziz University has employed to rise in global rankings, and the reasons chosen to collaborate with other academic and research institutes.
The digital revolution is profoundly modifying our lifestyle habits and our means of understanding the world. It seems evident that we are aiding the birth of a new stage in our civilization. In particular, the digital revolution of ICT—which has brought with it the digitization of all information—is paving the way for a new era.
This text is based on the author's research into primary school teachers’ stress. The research has been linked with the author's belief in the need to understand ourselves, our personal and professional situations and how they relate. The resulting book is a practical text designed to address the reader in such a way that they can readily identify with what is being discussed. Furthermore, re…
This book examines the complex and deeply rooted relationship between socioeconomic inequality and educational outcomes across various national contexts. Drawing on empirical data and cross-disciplinary research, it explores how disparities in income, wealth, and social capital shape access to quality education and influence student achievement, progression, and long-term success.
This book presents The Zadeh Project, a structured initiative aimed at improving the practice of clinical ethics consultation (CEC) through peer review, peer education, and modeling.
This book presents the Change Laboratory as an innovative method for teacher training in entrepreneurship education. Drawing on cultural-historical activity theory and participatory research, the Change Laboratory is used to design and implement teacher training processes that foster entrepreneurial thinking skills in various educational settings.
This book explores how prospective secondary mathematics teachers are educated across different countries around the world. Using a comparative international perspective, it presents case studies of teacher education systems to examine curricula, pedagogical approaches, program structures, as well as challenges and best practices in preparing secondary-level mathematics teachers.
Universities, Innovation and the Economy explores the growing importance of universities as key players in the innovation system and their evolving relationship with the economy. The book examines how universities contribute to economic development not only through the education of skilled labor but also through research, technological advancement, and knowledge transfer.
University and School Collaborations during a Pandemic examines how universities and schools around the world partnered to respond to the unprecedented educational challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The book presents a series of case studies from various countries, highlighting innovative collaborations that aimed to support students, teachers, and communities during the crisis.
Unsettling Responsibility in Science Education explores the shifting concepts of responsibility within science education in the context of contemporary societal and environmental challenges. The book critically examines how responsibility is conceptualized, taught, and enacted in science classrooms, moving beyond traditional notions of scientific neutrality and objectivity.
Using Social Theory in Higher Education offers an accessible introduction to key social theoretical frameworks that are used to explore and understand issues in higher education. The book brings together leading scholars to explain how a wide range of theoretical approaches – including Bourdieu, Foucault, Habermas, Butler, and others – can be applied to analyze the structures, practices, an…
This open access volume explores how a “values and valuing” perspective can enhance mathematics pedagogy by integrating cognitive, affective, and cultural dimensions. It demonstrates that teaching mathematics is not solely about reasoning, but also about emotions, cultural context, and peer interactions. Featuring contributions from global scholars, the book addresses topics such as uncover…
This open-access volume presents a collection of papers focusing on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Central Asian countries. It explores themes including project-based learning; specialized laboratory didactics (e.g., in food technology); the integration of media and digital technologies in vocational training; competence evaluation, examinations, and labor-market alig…
This open access volume delves into the multifaceted discourse surrounding “world class universities,” unpacking their purported characteristics and policy implications. The book presents a comprehensive historical survey and analysis of how the concept has evolved, highlighting its trajectories and tensions. It offers theoretical deepening by integrating perspectives from philosophy, media…
On the other hand, she shows that transitions need not result in social reproduction when institutional conditions enable the development of resources essential for social mobility . Through analyzing how descendants of migrants build various forms of capital in their social trajectories relative to structural contexts, the book advances theoretical discussions informed by Bourdieu’s theory…
This open access book addresses challenges related to women in STEM in higher education, presenting research, experiences, studies, and good practices associated with the engagement, access, and retention of women in the STEM disciplines. It also discusses strategies implemented by universities and policymakers to reduce the existing gender gap in these areas. The chapters provide an overview o…
This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of how the UK government’s Prevent Duty—part of its counter-terrorism strategy—has been interpreted and enacted in educational settings. Drawing on empirical research across schools, colleges, and universities, the book explores how educators have understood and responded to the duty to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.
This guide serves as a practical handbook for lecturers in post-compulsory higher education, combining an entrepreneurial mindset with a strong educational philosophy based on reflective practice. The authors address key components of academic quality and standards, including teaching and learning, student support, assessment and evaluation, curriculum design, resource management, and marketing.