This study evaluates a two-day train the trainer program designed to provide instructors from diverse backgrounds with the tools needed to teach financial literacy to individual debtors. Trained teachers reported satisfaction with their training and felt prepared to teach; they also provided...

The process of education, although essentially involves transmission of a lot of specialized information, inherently it should be rather transformative. The transformation would occur when learners are able make meaning of what they learn, to put them in more specific terms of action and to make...

Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) are making major differences in the teaching approaches and the way students are learning. ICT enhanced learning environment facilitates active, collaborative, creative, integrative, and evaluating learning as an advantage over the traditional...

A significant body of research demonstrates that teachers and the quality of their teaching are crucial components of student learning. Many teachers in resource-poor environments have limited knowledge, skills, or motivation. Some impact evaluations have shown promising results from...

Despite efforts to integrate refugee children into host country education systems, their low school attachment remains a major policy challenge. Teachers play a key role in keeping students attached to school, yet classroom diversity poses difficulties for teachers who are not always adequately...

The relationship between teachers' characteristics and their pupils' achievement has been the subject of many studies. Most of this research focuses on the impact of teacher salaries, experience, and measures of teachers' pre-service training such as educational background. The effect of...