Despite the efforts of initial teacher education institutes (ITEs) to incorporate technology into their curricula, pre-service teachers (PSTs) feel insufficiently prepared to use technology effectively when teaching. To prepare PSTs to use technology in their future teaching practice, teacher educators …

Collaborative learning is not a new teaching and learning approach; it has been around since the 1970s and is an evidence-based practice that has been proven to be effective time after time. Therefore, instead of reinventing the wheel or only relying on best practices or anecdotal evidence of what works …

In this paper we present an educational digital game, Function Dungeon, that we developed for learning about functions in a playful way. Results from a pilot conducted with fourteen 13-year-old students in a school in the Netherlands show that the game can foster ‘joyful practice’. That is, students …

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A decline in both student well-being and engagement were reported during the COVID-pandemic. Stressors and internal energy sources can co-exist or be both absent, which might cohere with different student needs. This study aimed to develop student profiles on emotional exhaustion and engagement, as well …

The changing position of religion in today's society and the declining familiarity with religious practices make the interpretation of religious heritage a challenging responsibility for heritage professionals. This chapter describes how the Reinwardt Academy prepares its students for this challenge. …

Purpose Generations Uniting through Sport (GUS) stimulates mutual understanding between youngsters and elderly people with sports activities. The project aims to promote intergenerational relations and increased physical activity by setting up an innovative and sustainable program. The concept for the …

In today’s competitive business environment, companies acknowledge the critical role that efficient sales management plays in driving revenue growth and sustaining a market position. The problem definition on which this research is based emerged from the increase of complaints related to the Sales Excellence …

Whereas different aspects of teaching and learning in Higher Education are often discussed within an academic community, teaching the EU seems to receive less attention. Especially in recent years we testimony the decreasing interest to EU studies in universities, including some signs of disappearing …

To reach for abstraction is a major but challenging goal in mathematics education: teachers struggle with finding ways how to foster abstraction in their classes. To shed light on this issue for the case of geometry education, we align theoretical perspectives on embodied learning and abstraction with …