Project-based learning (PBL) is an active student-centred form of instruction which is characterised by students’ autonomy, constructive investigations, goal-setting, collaboration, communication and reflection within real-world practices. It has been explored in various contexts and in different phases of schooling, from primary to higher education. The majority of the reviewed studies were based on a quasi-experimental…
Improving Schools Template
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Improving Schools is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Education Systems and Policy, Early Childhood Education and Development.
| Publisher | SAGE |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Harvard) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Improving Schools, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education Systems and Policy Early Childhood Education and Development Parental Involvement in Education Educational Assessment and Improvement |
| ISSN | 1365-4802 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 0.3 |
| h-index | 51 |
| i10-index | 240 |
| Total citations | 12,009 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University of Nottingham |
| Journal website | imp.sagepub.com |
| You get | A submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit. |
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Most-cited papers in Improving Schools
This article outlines the progress and impact of professional learning communities within, between and across schools, as part of the implementation of whole system reform in Wales. It describes the way in which professional learning communities are being developed to support improvement and change across the education system in Wales. The article focuses on a…
In Spring 2020, schools in many countries had to close in response to the COVID-19 virus pandemic and move to remote teaching. This paper explores the views of pupils, parents/carers and teachers of ‘home-school’ in one Norwegian municipality, gathered through parallel online surveys in April 2020 during the peak of the COVID-19 lockdown period. It…
This article explores some of the core values which underpin student voice work. We are in the very early stages of trying to understand the values that surround student voice and hope to develop these understandings by drawing on the work of various educational theorists. Throughout the article we examine some of the complexities that…