OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Asia Pacific Journal of Education is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Applying blended synchronous teaching and learning for flexible learning in higher education: an action research study at a university in Hong Kong	39
Pre-service EFL teachers’ readiness in computer-assisted language learning and teaching	37
Conceptual model to predict Filipino teachers’ adoption of ICT-based instruction in class: using the UTAUT model	31
Reproduction of nationalist and neoliberal ideologies in Nepal’s language and literacy policies	28
An integrated model of principal transformational leadership and teacher leadership that is related to teacher self-efficacy and student academic performance	25
Shadow education as a form of oppression: conceptualizing experiences and reflections of secondary students in Hong Kong	20
The COVID-19 Pandemic as a catalyst for teacher pedagogical and technological innovation and development: Teachers’ perspectives	19
Ideological and political education in Chinese Universities: structures and practices	18
Aspiration for cosmopolitan capital and ambiguous loss: Chinese exchange students’ experiences in U.S. higher education institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic	18
Young English learners’ attitudes towards China English: unpacking their identity construction with implications for secondary level language education in China	15
Structural relationships among self-regulation, transactional distance, and learning engagement in a large university class using flipped learning	15
Using differentiated instruction in multigrade classes: a case of a small school	14
The role of graduate students’ learning strategies in reducing their English medium instruction avoidance: the mediation effect of language anxiety	14
The moderating influence of environment factors in an extended community of inquiry model of e-learning	14
Triage in teaching: the nature and impact of workload in schools	13
Formative assessment use in university EFL writing instruction: a survey report from China	12
Moving inquiry-based learning forward: A meta-synthesis on inquiry-based classroom practices for pedagogical innovation and school improvement in the humanities and arts	12
What do Chinese students say about their academic motivational goals—reasons underlying academic strivings?	12
Social entrepreneurship in higher education: challenges and opportunities	12
Determinants of continuance intention towards e-learning during COVID-19: an extended expectation-confirmation model	11
Changing Assessments and the Examination Culture in Singapore: A Review and Analysis of Singapore’s Assessment Policies	11
“I’ll do it in my own class”: novice language teacher identity construction in Turkey	11
Measuring social support perceived by inclusive education teachers in China	11
Leadership in a culturally diverse environment: perspectives from international school leaders in Malaysia	11
Hong Kong preschool teachers’ utilization of culturally responsive teaching to teach Chinese to ethnic minority students: a qualitative exploration	10

Learners’ satisfaction with native and non-native English-speaking teachers’ teaching competence and their learning motivation: a path-analytic approach	10
Network governance in education: the experiences and struggles of local governments in Chinese school turnaround	9
Effects of cooperative–metacognitive instruction on EFL learners’ writing and metacognitive awareness	9
Integrating 21^st century competencies into a K-12 curriculum reform in Macau	9
Learning to teach critical thinking: testimonies of three EFL teachers in China	9
K to 12 curriculum reform in the Philippines: towards making students future ready	8
Exploring behavioural differences between certificate achievers and explorers in MOOCs	8
The Routledge international handbook of language education policy in Asia	8
Rethinking the concept of global human resources in the Japanese higher education context	8
The impact of institutional support and student engagement on educational outcomes of Orang Asli students at public universities	8
Exploring Chinese in-service primary teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) for the use of thinking tools	8
Factors affecting the transition from university to work in selected Malaysian cities: is a public university degree a disadvantage?	8
Chinese pre-service teachers’ cognitions about cultivating critical thinking in teaching English as a foreign language	8
Rethinking international student mobility through the lens of “crisis” at a juncture of pandemic and global uncertainties	8
Does boarding benefit the mathematics achievement of primary and middle school students? Evidence from China	8
Run by others: school autonomy in Shanghai’s entrustment management reform	8
Reflective practices and self-directed learning competencies in second language university classes	7
Teachers’ views on classroom-based assessment: an exploratory study at an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia	7
The effects of technostress, intolerance of uncertainty, and ICT competence on learning burnout during COVID-19: a moderated mediation examination	7
School dropout in primary schools in rural Cambodia: school-level and student-level factors	7
International Schools in China and teacher turnover: the need for a more nuanced approach towards precarity reflecting agency	7
The origin and impact of an ESL teacher’s beliefs on curriculum design	7
A study of continuance use intention of an on online learning system after Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic outbreak	7
Exploring Chinese college students’ emotions as they engage in online learning during a pandemic	6
Understanding the reasons for academic stress in Hong Kong via photovoice: implications for education policies and changes	6
Social support and online self-regulated learning during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Blended learning performance influence mechanism based on community of inquiry	6
Teaching abroad during initial teacher education: the effects as perceived by recently qualified teachers on their preparedness for teaching	6
Countering stuckness: international doctoral students’ experiences of disrupted mobility amidst COVID-19	6
Equity, fairness, and social justice in teaching and learning in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Qualitative inquiry on parental involvement in children’s education: perspectives of parents, children, and teachers in select elementary schools in the Philippines	6
Robing up: transactional identity development of Vietnamese PhD students	6
Outsiderness and socialisation bump: first year perspectives of international university research students	6
Education reforms within neoliberal paradigms: A comparative look at the Singaporean and Finnish education systems	6
Differentiated instruction for students with SEN in mainstream classrooms: contextual features and types of curriculum modifications	5
Practicing tiered and heterogeneous grouping tasks in differentiated EFL classrooms at a military institution in Taiwan	5
Student evaluation of sino-foreign cooperative universities: from the perspective of internationalization of higher education	5
Creating the path towards organisational citizenship behaviour through collective efficacy and teacher’s self-efficacy	5
School-STEM professional collaboration to diversify stereotypes and increase interest in STEM careers among primary school students	5
Home and school factors in early English language development	5
Early experience and later multilingual attainments by ethnic minority students in Hong Kong	5
Parental education and youth educational aspiration in Singapore: a path analysis in institutional and psychological context	5
Chinese university EFL learners’ foreign language classroom anxiety and enjoyment in an online learning environment during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Rising above their circumstances: what makes some disadvantaged East and South-East Asian students perform far better in science than their background predicts?	5
Students’ question asking process: a model based on the perceptions of elementary school students and teachers	5
Formative assessment in English language teaching: exploring the enactment practices of teachers within three primary schools in Singapore	4
Digital poverty in a country that is digitally powerful: some insights into leadership of girls’ schooling in India under Covid-19 restrictions	4
The mediating role of basic psychological needs satisfaction in the relationship between teacher-student relationships and academic engagement in China	4
Where are they from? Pre-service educators’ views on place and professional identity	4
Policy and pedagogical reforms in Singapore: Taking stock, moving forward	4

“I chose teacher education because…”: a look into Indonesian future teachers	4
The principles of teacher’s decision-making in Japanese board writing (bansho) process	4
The effects of incorporating metacognitive strategies instruction into collaborative writing on writing complexity, accuracy, and fluency	4
An action research on teaching in multicultural classrooms at joint-venture universities in China	4
Marketing Australian public schools: the double bind of the public school principal	4
Relationship between principal leadership and students’ mathematics achievement: a comparative study between Germany and Chinese Taipei	4
The role of learning style in engineering design thinking via project-based STEM course	4
Cultural humility in an intercultural mentor-mentee relationship: overcoming emotional “borders and borderlands” of Nepali-mentors and US-mentees	4
Differential washback effects of a high-stakes test on students’ English learning process: evidence from a large-scale stratified survey in China	4
Making restrictive schooling policies for rural migrants: discourse, power, and policy cycle in the Chinese context	4
Instructional leadership, power distance, teacher enthusiasm, and differentiated instruction in Turkey: testing a multilevel moderated mediation model	4
Cost efficiency – one size fits all? A university-level analysis of economies of scale and scope in Vietnamese higher education	4
How Chinese students manage their transition to higher education effectively: student initiative at Sino-Foreign cooperative universities	4
The impact of teachers’ organizational silence on job performance: a serial mediation effect of psychological empowerment and organizational affective commitment	4
Changes in North Korea’s higher education and education management system during the Kim Jong Un Era	4
The cultural representation of Chinese-speaking groups in US-produced Chinese as a foreign language textbooks	4
Attributes of mathematics learning valued by ethnic minority students in Hong Kong mainstream schools	4
Exploring preservice teachers’ belief changes during early childhood education teaching practicum in China: A case study	4
Secondary school students’ perceptions and experiences of learning science and mathematics: the case of Bhutan	3
Assessment reform in Indonesia: contextual barriers and opportunities for implementation	3
Career concerns and needs of mainland Chinese Master’s students in Hong Kong	3
Early career academics’ identity development in a changing HE landscape: insights from a Malaysian private university	3
New Generation Schools in Cambodia: a farewell to shadow education?	3
Perceived benefits of studying general education for undergraduate students in the self-financing institutions in Hong Kong	3
Factors influencing programming self-efficacy: an empirical study in the context of Mainland China	3
Institutional influences on teachers’ classroom technology integration: a multi-case study of teachers’ uses of mobile social media at universities in China	3
Transformational leaders in higher education administration: understanding their profile through phenomenology	3
Only one way to be a world-class university? Comparative analysis on the texts and visual images on websites of universities in China and South Korea	3
Campus sport experience as catalyst for college student adjustment and well-being	3
Policy borrowing of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR) in Japan: an analysis of the interplay between global education trends and national policymaking	3
An examination of the relationships between school principals’ entrepreneurial competencies, sustainable management behaviours and generative leadership	3
Teacher Professional Development and Practice of Project-Based Learning in Taiwan: The Moderating Effect of Self-Efficacy	3
Drawing on students’ lived experiences in emergency remote teaching (ERT): reflections from a critical pedagogy inspired writing class	3
Timor-Leste: reforming the education system through school leader capacity building and school-based teacher professional development	3
Utopia as method: a response to education in crisis?	3
Challenges and constraints in the design of an ESP course in Cambodia: implications for higher education institutions	3
A motivation profile analysis of Malay students in Singapore	3
Japan’s pursuit of meritocracy, cosmopolitanism, and global rankings in higher education: a Bourdieusian interpretation	3
Study abroad at home: first-year undergraduates’ socialization into the community of practice in a Sino-America cooperative education institute in China	3
Research-practice partnerships in lesson and learning studies: a review from Asian experiences	3
Work environment factors affecting foreign early-career researchers’ intention to stay, sense of belonging, and stress	3
Understanding middle leaders’ concerns in curriculum change: a missing perspective	3
Getting ahead while retaining ethnic salience: educational mobilities, class, and empowerment of a Tibetan student in China	3