Early mathematical skills contribute to later school performance and socio-economic status. Working memory is related to mathematical skills, but spatial and language skills have independent effects on separate areas of mathematical skills such as solving word problems or arithmetic skills. In this study, 9- to 10-year-old children's (N = 57) cognitive and mathematical skills were assessed three…

This case study employed multimethod qualitative data collection (focus groups, individual interviews, and document analysis) to provide insight into how PLC within two primary schools cultivated physically active learning (PAL) in Norway.

In the current study, we investigated gifted students’ experiences with makerspace enrichment programs in Norway in terms of social aspects, learning aspects and teacher support aspects.

This study extends the literature on successful school leadership by presenting an analysis of a sub-field of person-environment fit, that of person-organisation (P–O) fit, between a principal and a successful school in rural Victoria, Australia.

This article reports the findings from a review of the scholarly literature concerning women leaders in education.

This research worked with 62 primary school children between ages 10 and 11 to investigate how they understood and critically viewed their digital footprint.

In the age of generative AI, can teaching videos be efficiently and effectively generated by large language models? In this study, the authors used generative AI tools to develop four short teaching videos for a management course and then compared them with human-generated videos on the same subjects in an online experiment.

Recently, publicly managed schools in collaboration with Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) embarked on developing a framework to embody sectoral values, outlined in the ETBI Patrons’ Framework on Ethos (2022). To facilitate the enactment of these values, a national community of practice (CoP) network comprising ethos coordinators was established. This paper investigates the experiences…

Writing is a key component of primary EFL education and the way it is taught can influence pupils’ language learning. To enhance written and overall proficiency, collaborative writing (CW) has been advocated, but few CW studies include teachers of young learners. Their views on writing instruction are relevant to consider, since they can have an…

In this study, 228 primary and secondary teachers followed a four-stage cycle of peer observation: pre-observation meeting; observation and brief report by observee; feedback meeting; and reflective writing by observee with a learning goal.

In this paper, we examine the role of principals in making schools more inclusive, which means enabling joint learning of all students. The article draws on empirical investigations from 2700 pages of legal documents on how international policies have been handled in two particular national contexts, Germany and Norway. We regard, in particular, school principals’…

The study investigates some of the influential discourses within the contemporary early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector regarding spirituality of young children. We ask: what discourses regarding spirituality in professional publications streams have been evident during the past seven years? And what may be the impact of these discourses on practice in the early…