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Three Souls in Search for the Inner Peace and Spiritual Journey: Educational Moments
The chapter explores the journeys of three souls—Joel, a Christian from Zimbabwe; Anushay, a Muslim from Pakistan; and Sameer, a Hindu from Nepal....
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A Cognitive Load Theory Approach to Defining and Measuring Task Complexity Through Element Interactivity
Educational researchers have been confronted with a multitude of definitions of task complexity and a lack of consensus on how to measure it. Using a...
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Teacher Competence and Professional Development
Teacher competence is known to be one of the most influential factors that explain student learning. Since teaching is such a complex and...
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The Orders of Order: Curriculum Design and a Hauntology of Efficiency
Curriculum design is commonly understood as the principles and procedures for creating an organized course of study foundational for a good life. But...
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Transformative Pilgrimage Learning and the Big Questions in the COVID-19 Era—Love, Death, and Legacy: Implications for Lifelong Learning and Nursing Education
This chapter explores the concept of Transformative Pilgrimage Learning (TPL) in light of transformative learning theory, what it means to live “life...
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Exploring the significance of toponyms in the university linguistics curriculum: insights from Kibera in Kenya and Sabalibougou in Mali
Africa’s linguistic diversity and cultural richness make it an ideal setting for incorporating case studies of toponyms (place names) into the...
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The Use of Dynamic Computer Visualizations Integrated with the POE Sequence: Its Effect on Learners’ Understanding, Retention, and Motivation
The study investigated the effects of the use of dynamic computer visualizations (DCVs) integrated with the POE (Predict-Observe-Explain) sequence on...
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Inhaler use technique course: an effective postgraduate training solution for pharmacists to enhance therapeutic outcomes as part of patient education
BackgroundPatients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease could benefit from education on using inhalers provided by pharmacists....
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Note Taking, Note Making, and Assignments
Note takingNote taking is a normal practice when students attend lectures, seminars, andAssignments discussions. Noting down important points is also...
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Heimat—Shelter or Cuckoo Nest? Exploration of a Concept Between Belonging and Exclusion
Heimat is a German concept in which culture, identity, and belonging merge. Although challenging to translate into other languages, it conceals...
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The Ethics of Equity When Engaging Students as Partners in SoTL Research
In this chapter we draw on Western and Indigenous perspectives of issues related to the ethics of engaging in research as academic staff partnering...
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Forgotten Relations Between Justice and Education: A Non-affirmative Education Approach
Today an instrumental perspective dominate the relation between justice and education (social justice through education). Such a view correspond to...
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“Throwing salt on wounds”: Covid-19 and a curriculum of embodiment
The Covid-19 pandemic certainly amplifies the extent to which curriculum is adaptable, responsive, and proactive. These vulnerabilities, while...
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Toward an Unsettling Hauntology of Science Education
Science education continues to be haunted by the (re)apparition of the question of where to “begin” with Indigenous ways-of-living-with-nature. This...
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Is checklist an effective tool for teaching research students? A survey-based study
BackgroundStudents face hardships in determining what are the main points that need more studying in every subject. Checklists are one of the ways...
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Technē and Indigenous Exosomatic Memory: Heidegger, Stiegler, and Cutting the Gordian Knot of Modernity
Heidegger noticed that modern technology has alienated people from ecological sensitivity, and consumerism shapes the mode of understanding of all...
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Three past mathematicians’ views on history in mathematics teaching and learning: Poincaré, Klein, and Freudenthal
In the HPM (History and Pedagogy of Mathematics) literature, the three mathematicians Henri Poincaré (1854–1912), Felix Klein (1849–1925), and Hans...
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Key Policies and Adjustments in the Decade After Independence
During this period, the educational leaders and policy makers made many trips to other countries such as Africa, to assist with their own educational...