Journal of Professional Capital and Community: Volume 8 Issue 3

Intergenerational learning in private higher education institutions: strategies and factors of influence

Ramona-Diana Leon

This research aims to identify the most suitable intergenerational learning strategies for the private higher education institutions, using the analytic network process.

Teacher-student relationship and teaching styles in primary education: A model of analysis

María Eugenia Cardenal, Octavio Díaz-Santana, Sara M. González-Betancor

The teacher role in the classroom can explain important aspects of the student's school experience. The teacher-student relationship, a central dimension of social capital…

“I need to continually study and broaden my horizons”: a narrative inquiry of a novice teacher's induction experience in China

Gang Zhu, Liang Shen, Lianjiang George Jiang, Biyuan Yang, Keyuan Shi, Juanjo Mena

Although the importance of teacher induction is widely acknowledged, how teachers experience inductions, particularly those conducted in under-resourced areas, remains…

Open innovation networks: a driver for knowledge mobilisation in schools?

Marcus Pietsch, Chris Brown, Burak Aydin, Colin Cramer

In organisational and innovation research, the term “open innovation” refers to the inflow and outflow of knowledge to and from organisations: with open innovation theory…

Tracing the interconnectedness of early childhood educators’ professional capital

Andrea Nolan

Since the early 2000s there has been increased attention on the professionalisation of the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) workforce in many OECD countries. This study…

Promoting sustainable educational innovation using the Sustainability Meter

Anna P.M. Tappel, Cindy Louise Poortman, Kim Schildkamp, Adrie J. Visscher

Schools struggle with sustaining their educational innovations (Cohen and Mehta, 2017; Askell-Williams and Koh, 2020) and may benefit from concrete and practical guidance…

Autism for the professions: one university, three colleges and one undergraduate course

Mary Carlson, Wendy Krueger, Amy Van Hecke

This paper discusses the elements of successful university-level, cross-disciplinary course development using best practices to foster richer relational networks and to meet the…

Virtual communities of practice as responses to the turbulence of 2020: developing equity and justice leadership

Joshua Bornstein, Elizabeth Gil

Virtual communities of practice (VCoPs) supported educators during the COVID-19 pandemic and the resurgent movement for racial justice that arose in 2020. Four VCoPs offered a…