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.
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 book addresses the evasive problem of why truly effective educational innovation on a wide scale is so difficult to achieve, and what leaders may do about this. Examining the case of system-wide reform processes centering on teaching a thinking-rich curriculum, it discusses general issues pertaining to implementing deep, large-scale changes in the core of learning and instructi…
This open access book develops a theoretical concept of teaching that is relevant to early childhood education and grounded in children’s learning and development through play. It discusses theoretical premises and research on playing and learning, and proposes the development of play‑responsive didaktik. The book examines the processes and products of learning and development, the phylogen…
This book introduces a comprehensive assessment framework designed to guide professionals in evaluating the needs of children and their families in a structured and evidence-based manner.
Content analysis, often the measure of choice, is required to meet quality criteria such as objectivity, reliability and validity. However, some of the reliability measures most frequently used have lately been discussed controversially, indicating that there is room for improvement. The first generation of the Iota concept caters to the idea of improved reliability measures for content analysi…
This open access book explores the field of human rights dissemination in Central Asia. Offering a comparative perspective on five post‑Soviet Central Asian states—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan—it examines compliance with international human rights standards in these countries.
This book presents the results of the AHEAD international horizon scanning initiative, which aimed to identify and analyze major trends that could shape the future of higher education by 2030. Through a rigorous methodology combining expert workshops, Delphi surveys, and thematic analyses, the book outlines key developments in technology, society, politics, economics, and ecology that may impac…
This book examines how education systems around the world can be reformed and strengthened in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It draws on lessons from past educational reforms to inform how policymakers, educators, and institutions can "build back better" — making education systems more equitable, resilient, and future-oriented. The authors explore reforms at macro (policy), meso (curricul…
“Up until the latter years of the twentieth century, there was very little critical analysis of child protection policies and practices. The core assumption was that… child protection policies, practices, and systems… were assumed to be benign in both intent and impact. Increasingly, however, it has been recognised that a whole range of political, cultural, and sociological influences bea…