This volume presents the proceedings of the International Scientific Conference on Digitalization, Innovations, and Sustainable Development, held in 2023. The conference brought together academics, practitioners, and industry experts to explore the dynamic interrelation between digital technologies, innovative strategies, and sustainable development goals.
This book explores how different countries approach learning and education, offering comparative insights into policies, practices, and outcomes. It analyzes international data and case studies to highlight similarities and differences across educational systems
This book explores the nature and practice of interdisciplinary mathematics education (IME), providing insights into how mathematics can be effectively integrated with other disciplines in school and university curricula. It brings together international perspectives on the theoretical foundations, pedagogical strategies, and empirical findings related to IME.
This book uses meta-analysis to synthesize research on scaffolding and scaffolding-related interventions in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education. Specifically, the volume examines the extent to which study quality, assessment type, and scaffolding characteristics (strategy, intended outcome, fading schedule, scaffolding intervention, and paired intervention) influe…
This open access book presents a strong philosophical, theoretical and practical argument for the mainstreaming of indigenous knowledge in curricula development, and in teaching and learning across the African continent.
In this book, Amy Lai examines the current free speech crisis in Western universities. She studies the origin, history, and importance of freedom of speech in the university setting, and addresses the relevance and pitfalls of political correctness and microaggressions on campuses, where laws on harassment, discrimination, and hate speech are already in place, along with other concepts that hav…
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 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…
The increasing affordances of new technologies provide both new opportunities and challenges for teaching in higher education. Equipping instructors with the necessary teaching competencies to overcome these challenges in the digital era is imperative. This handbook serves as a reference for higher education stakeholders. It aims to cultivate high-quality instructors, improve higher education q…
Hacking the Academy explores how scholars are rethinking traditional academic practices through the lens of digital tools, open access, and new modes of collaboration. Born from an experimental crowdsourced initiative, the book brings together contributions from educators, researchers, librarians, and technologists who challenge the conventions of publishing, peer review, teaching, and academic…