Alongside the exciting opportunities for AI to support teaching and learning, there are challenges and risks. In this special podcast Teacher editor Jo Earp talks to Dr Katie Richardson, Senior Research Fellow at ACER. (webbradio)

We know absenteeism has a negative impact on students. But what about on other members of the school community? New research explores the link between student absenteeism and teacher job satisfaction. 

Flexischooling—the sharing of a child's education between home and school through formal agreement—is one of a range of ‘alternative’ education approaches that may adapt education to meet a child's special educational needs. This study considers qualitative data from an online survey conducted during November and December 2023 regarding parents' reasons for undertaking flexischooling with their…

In this paper, we use the lens of complexity theory and in particular the constructs of agents, interaction, dispersed control, and emergence to describe top-down and bottom-up mechanisms for change within the sudden shift to emergency remote teaching and learning. (pdf)

Cursive handwriting is experiencing a resurgence in US schools as states such as California, Iowa and Oklahoma mandate instruction, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey consider similar legislation, writes Shawn Datchuk, Iowa Reading Research Center. The center is studying the impact of cursive on reading and writing, with preliminary evidence suggesting benefits such as improved legibility…

Early, systematic screening for dyscalculia and math anxiety is crucial, as pinpointing struggles early can significantly aid students. Teachers also can help close math achievement gaps by working on students' fact fluency, making connections between concepts, monitoring progress regularly and arranging for high-dosage tutoring, experts say.

This paper explores ECE educators’ preservice experience of engaging with Makerspace workshops as part of their undergraduate degree. (pdf)

This study explores the understanding and application of the infection model, specifically focusing on cystitis caused by Escherichia coli (E. coli) in a diaper-changing context, among preservice teachers (PSTs). (pdf)

This paper examines how children's agency operates within primary education in England through an in-depth qualitative study of three contrasting schools over two years. (pdf)

 This paper contributes to wider debates around the status of education research as a field, or discipline, by exploring the extent to which the research methods used by education researchers working in UK higher education, and beyond, have varied over the last 20 years. (pdf)

The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in education plays a crucial role in teacher training digitalisation. Although AI has enormous potential, not much is known about how pre-service teachers perceive and utilise AI tools in professional practice. (pdf)

Teachers’ beliefs in their ability to positively impact students’ learning outcomes has become a strong indicator of teachers’ motivation and behaviour towards the instructional strategies they employ. However, measuring the broader concept of teacher self-efficacy is still somewhat problematic as current scales are dated, have measurement problems, and are not theoretically sound. This paper proposes…