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Exploring optimal education system: Insights from Ancient Greek philosophy
Monjur Chowdhury • Palto Datta
Volume 10 Issue 02 · 04 Sep 2024 · Most Downloaded: 404
Purpose: The overriding prominence of any education system invigorates learners to become more independent, curious, open-minded, and think freely. Over the centuries education philosophy has evolved throughout the worl…
Artificial intelligence in UK Higher Education: Transforming institutional processes, student assessment, and academic innovation
Evangelia Fragouli
Volume 11 Issue 01 · 17 May 2025 · Most Downloaded: 403
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the UK's higher education sector, impacting decision-making, policy development, knowledge exchange, operational processes, student recruitment, satisfaction, and notably…
Investigating the acceptance of applying chat-bot (Artificial intelligence) technology among higher education students in Egypt
Mohamed A. Ragheb • Passent Tantawi • Nevien Farouk • Ahmed Hatata
Volume 08 Issue 02 · 28 Feb 2022 · Most Downloaded: 395
Chat-bot as an (AI) technology has taken great attention in recent years and especially in the education sector. before applying such new technology. it is vital to Understand the determinates that affect the behaviour…
The digital evolution- needs to adapt education for a Tech-Savvy Generation
Iris Billy • Hannah Anush
Volume 10 Issue 02 · 25 Sep 2024 · Most Downloaded: 348
Technology and innovation have impacted all industries and education is not exempt from this change. Organizations in different industries are constantly re-inventing their competencies and capabilities based on the tec…
Character and service dimensions of global competencies for 21st century learning: cross-sectional perspectives
SISTER MERCEDITAS ANG
Volume 05 Issue 1 · 03 Sep 2018 · Most Downloaded: 347
In global education, the importance of character and service cannot be sidelined. This study determined the character and service dimensions of global competencies for 21st century learning from the perspectives of stud…
An evidence-informed guided problem-based learning approach to teaching operations management
VICTOR L. BERARDI • DONALD THACKER • GREGORY E. BLUNDELL
Volume 05 Issue 1 · 03 Sep 2018 · Most Downloaded: 344
Evidence of learning and student growth is a prized goal for programs and instructors, but is often difficult to measure with precision, especially for concepts like problem solving or critical thinking. This paper pres…
Service learning in teacher education programmes: A literature review on the rationale, benefits, and challenges
Tsitsi Effie Mutambara
Volume 09 Issue 02 · 04 Sep 2023 · Most Downloaded: 342
Service-learning is a teaching approach that gives students opportunities to participate in a service that meets community needs as well as being relevant to the curriculum content and to reflect on the service-learning…
Dialectical contradictions in postgraduate business education: A Framework for enhancing teaching and learning in UK higher education
Tripti Kohli • Aarti H Modasiya • Kashif Khan • Palto Datta
Volume 12 Issue 02 · 19 May 2026 · Most Downloaded: 341
Purpose of this study: The purpose of this study is to critically examine the role of dialectical contradiction as a pedagogical construct and explore its application within Postgraduate business and management programm…
Postgraduate supervision: A practical reflection on how to support students’ engagement
Evangelia Fragouli
Volume 07 Issue 02 · 19 Mar 2021 · Most Downloaded: 341
The quality of postgraduate education largely depends on effective supervision of postgraduate students. Nowadays, the supervisory role has become more challenging due to different ethnic, cultural, political, economic,…
Internationalizing the Curriculum
Evangelia Fragouli
Volume 06 Issue 02 · 27 Feb 2020 · Most Downloaded: 335
Institutions of higher education have placed increasing importance on internationalizing their curricula over the past 10 years. The present work, through application of literature review and review of the Higher Educat…
A study of the perception of students and instructors on the usage of Artificial Intelligence in education
Iris Billy • Hannah Anush
Volume 09 Issue 02 · 22 Sep 2023 · Most Downloaded: 332
Artificial intelligence (AI) approaches offer effective support for online learning and teaching, including personalizing learning for students, automation for instructors’ routine tasks, and fueling personalized…
Saudi Universities and higher education skills on Saudi Arabia
HODA AHMED IBEAHEEM • SALLY ELAWADY • WIDED RAGMOUN
Volume 04 Issue 2 · 23 Feb 2018 · Most Downloaded: 331
This study aims to improve the role of universities in the developing of skills of higher education graduates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia according to their social needs. In other words, we are looking for the impact…
The privilege to be authentic: Positionality and leadership
Jacob Bucher • Suhad Tabahi • Nicki Gonzales • Erin Winterrowd
Volume 11 Issue 02 · 05 Oct 2025 · Most Downloaded: 319
This paper pushes the conversation about authentic leadership by introducing the variable of identity. Recent discourse on authentic leadership identifies it as an effective and desirable approach to leadership, but to…
Revitalizing Education in Pakistan: Challenges and Recommendations
Zohaib Hassan Sain
Volume 09 Issue 02 · 04 Sep 2023 · Most Downloaded: 316
Education plays a crucial role in ensuring political stability and driving socio-economic progress within a country. However, the presence of varied education systems offering distinct forms of instruction has resulted…
A qualitative investigation into the reasons for low academic achievement of international students in a private college
Dinesh Bist • Peter Smith • Mark S. Davies
Volume 06 Issue 01 · 07 Aug 2019 · Most Downloaded: 316
Although several academic studies have explored international students’ academic issues in the host country, most explored either academic achievement or improving learning, teaching and assessment practices in is…
Instructional Design Models—Framework for Innovative Teaching and Learning Methodologies
CORDELIA OBIZOBA
Volume 02 Issue 1 · 08 Oct 2015 · Most Downloaded: 314
Effective instructional design is essential for efficient teaching and learning outcomes in all disciplines, particularly in the nursing content-laden curriculum. Instructional design model steps and processes enable fa…
Text-Based versus video discussion boards to promote a sense of community with graduate online students: A student perspective
Gabriel De Freitas • Iris Billy • Charles Crain
Volume 09 Issue 02 · 04 Sep 2023 · Most Downloaded: 313
For university administrators creating an engaging online course where students feel part of an online community can be challenging even for the most experienced online educator. Online discussions are a common tool use…
Reporting the impact of Student Centred Learning (SCL): Interactive learning experience based on small-scale study in undergraduate business classes
SAFAA SHAABAN
Volume 05 Issue 1 · 03 Sep 2018 · Most Downloaded: 308
This paper presents an examination of the student response to a small-scale experiment in Student Centred Learning (SCL) in undergraduate business classes. This experiment tests the benefits and the impact of Student Ce…
Getting a good start on your research: Writing up the paper’s introduction
David Ahlstrom • Linda C. Wang
Volume 06 Issue 02 · 27 Feb 2020 · Most Downloaded: 306
Publishing research in quality academic journals is always challenging. To improve the odds of publishing in the better business and allied social science journals, an author needs to get the paper off to a good start.…
Reflecting on the HEA Framework for Internationalizing Higher Education & on the ‘practical theory’ of Handal and Lauvas
Evangelia Fragouli
Volume 07 Issue 01 · 30 Aug 2020 · Most Downloaded: 305
Internationalised curriculum development is critical to any institution aiming to approach internationalisation in a coherent way. Research on Internationalisation of the Curriculum (IoC), emphasizes the notion of curri…
The role of qualification frameworks in assuring appropriate selection of assessment methods for quality learning
ESRA ALDHAEN • MERLIN STONE • ELENI ARAVOPOULOU
Volume 04 Issue 2 · 23 Feb 2018 · Most Downloaded: 299
This paper aims to identify the role of qualification frameworks in defining appropriate assessment methods to assess the earning gained by the learners. It demonstrates a successful mechanism of mapping courses to cert…
Aligning digital literacy and student academic success: Lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic
Veronica Udeogalanya
Volume 08 Issue 02 · 28 Feb 2022 · Most Downloaded: 298
In this paper the alignment of computer and digital literacy as well as student academic success were examined. Lack of adequate functional digital literacy training and the unreadiness of higher education institutions…
Being published in reputable academic and scientific journals: Key criteria for acceptance
PALTO DATTA • MARK T. JONES
Volume 05 Issue 1 · 09 Sep 2018 · Most Downloaded: 298
Purpose: In scholarly journal publication, blind peer review has become an integral part of the process that helps maintain the standard and quality of academic papers that are accepted for publication. The main purpose…
Path models for predicting prudential judgment And legal ability of educational managers
SISTER MERCEDITAS ANG, SPC
Volume 04 Issue 1 · 29 Aug 2017 · Most Downloaded: 297
This study investigated the nature of prudential judgment and legal ability through value orientations, with a random sample of educational managers in selected colleges and universities. Prudential judgment has t…
Do social media help in the sustainability of small businesses? A pedagogical study using fictional business cases
Deepraj Mukherjee • Erin E. Hollenbaugh
Volume 06 Issue 01 · 07 Aug 2019 · Most Downloaded: 296
The sustainability of small businesses is an important criterion as they act as the drivers of local economies. The success of small businesses will not only help in job creation but will also help to arrest the interna…
Towards a citizen development andragogy: Low-code platforms, design thinking and knowledge-based dynamic capabilities
Victor Berardi • Vaneet Kaur • Donald Thacker • Gregory Blundell
Volume 09 Issue 02 · 04 Sep 2023 · Most Downloaded: 295
Addressing the ongoing deficit in technical skills and talent necessitates an effective management approach that can harness the power of accelerating innovation. In response to the challenge, this paper presents a comp…
Sorry Harvard, but I don't like the Case Method
Tarun Pasricha
Volume 03 Issue 1 · 05 Sep 2016 · Most Downloaded: 294
The Harvard website (http://www.hbs.edu/teaching/inside-hbs/) has the following to say on the Case Method: “To create leaders, Harvard Business School creates the context in which leaders are formed:…
Utilizing Emotional Intelligence in Teaching to Foster Economic Integration: The Application of Economic Simulation Models in Higher Education Institutions
Lara AbdelRazik
Volume 11 Issue 02 · 05 Oct 2025 · Most Downloaded: 291
Emotional Intelligence is a vital strategy that should be emphasized in both public and private higher education institutions as it involves recognizing emotions as valuable sources of information that support effective…
Introducing cannabis education on a college Campus in 2021 The case of Medgar Evers College
Alicia E. Reid • Micah E. S. Crump • Vikiana R. Clement • JoAnn D. Rolle
Volume 08 Issue 02 · 28 Feb 2022 · Most Downloaded: 288
This paper illuminates how introducing cannabis on a college campus parallels the transition of cannabis in U.S. society moving from legitimate to illegal to legalization to corporate to academia. Using a case study met…
The transformation framework The role security in the global education system
Dr. Antoine Trad
Volume 08 Issue 01 · 28 Aug 2021 · Most Downloaded: 288
This article analyses the role of Global Education System (GES) and proposes the Applied Holistic Mathematical Model for GES (AHMM4GES). The AHMM4GES is based on many years of research on business & educational tran…