Qualitative Research Concepts in Education Explained
Qualitative research concepts help explain what test scores and attendance figures cannot: how students experience a lesson, why a teacher
Education Fundamentals
Learning Theories
Kelley Attribution Theory: Reading the Causes of Behavior
Kelley attribution theory describes how ordinary people decide why something happened, especially when judging another person’s behavior. Harold Kelley proposed
Educational Philosophy
Learning Transfer Philosophy: Making Knowledge Travel
Learning transfer philosophy holds that the true test of education is whether students can use what they learned in situations
Teaching Methods
Cooperative Learning: How Students Learn Together in Class
Cooperative Learning is a teaching approach in which small groups of students work together toward a shared goal, and each
History of Education
Madrasas Educational Models Across a Thousand Years
Madrasas educational models are the various ways Muslim societies organized endowed schools for advanced study, from the first legal colleges
Education Fundamentals
Quantitative Research Concepts Every Reader Should Know
Quantitative research concepts sit behind many of the numbers people see in education news, from average test scores to graduation
Educational Philosophy
Reflection in Learning: Turning Experience Into Insight
Reflection in learning is the deliberate process of looking back at an experience, asking what it meant, and deciding what
Education Systems
Curriculum Authority Structures: Who Decides What Is Taught
Curriculum authority structures are the arrangements that decide who has the power to set what students learn, from national ministries
Educational Psychology
Spacing Effect Learning: Why Spread-Out Study Works Better
Spacing effect learning refers to the well-established finding that information is remembered longer when study sessions are spread out over
Educational Philosophy
Metacognition Emphasis: Why Thinking About Thinking Matters
A metacognition emphasis in education means deliberately teaching students to notice, plan, and adjust their own thinking while they learn.