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Culturally Responsive Home–School Partnership Strategies

Culturally Responsive Home–School Partnership Strategies Excellent Educator, Volume: 3, Issue: 8, Page: 3 Summary of Sianturi et al (2025) Academic Insights This study investigates home-school partnerships in Indigenous contexts through a decolonising framework. It finds that historical marginalization and cultural disconnect reduce parental trust and participation in formal schooling systems. However, when schools adopt culturally […]

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Parental Influence on Student Engagement

Parental Influence on Student Engagement Excellent Educator, Volume: 3, Issue: 8, Page: 1 Summary of Yang et al (2023) Academic Insights This review examines how parental involvement influences student engagement across behavioral, emotional, and cognitive domains. It shows that meaningful parental actions—especially academic socialisation such as discussing goals, expectations, and future plans—have the strongest impact

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Discovery Learning and Critical Thinking

Discovery Learning and Critical Thinking Excellent Educator, Volume: 3, Issue: 7, Page: 1 Summary of Manurung and Pappachan (2025) Academic Insights Academic InsightsThis study examined how discovery learning helps university students build critical thinking while solving mathematical story problems. Using observations, interviews, and documentation with elementary education students, the researchers found that discovery learning encouraged

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Drama Education and Critical Thinking

Drama Education and Critical Thinking Excellent Educator, Volume: 3, Issue: 7, Page: 3 Summary of Hu and Shu (2025) Academic Insights Academic InsightsThis study explored how drama education can improve critical thinking through collaboration and communication. Survey and interview data from university students showed that teamwork and expressive interaction in drama activities had significant positive

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Critical Thinking in the Age of AI

Critical Thinking in the Age of AI Excellent Educator, Volume: 3, Issue: 7, Page: 4 Summary of Papaneophytou and Nicolaou (2025) Academic Insights This review examines why critical thinking is increasingly important in biological sciences as artificial intelligence becomes more common in research and education. While AI can speed up analysis, personalize learning, and support

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Social Media Use and Critical Thinking

Social Media Use and Critical Thinking Excellent Educator, Volume: 3, Issue: 7, Page: 5 Summary of Galindo-Domínguez et al (2025) Academic Insights Academic InsightsThis research studied how university students’ social media use relates to critical thinking and found that the strongest predictor was not social media itself, but students’ competence in learning to learn. Social

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Interactive Learning for Critical Thinking

Interactive Learning for Critical Thinking Excellent Educator, Volume: 3, Issue: 7, Page: 2 Summary of Blyznyuk and Kachak (2024) Academic Insights This article highlights how interactive learning strengthens students’ critical thinking by making them active participants in the learning process. Instead of passively receiving information, students engage in problem solving, discussion, collaboration, reflection, and practical

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