Dr. Sylvana Zammit Pulo is Deputy Head of School at Malta’s Department of Education, where she coordinates her student cohort academic and pastoral needs. She is responsible for international education initiatives and school improvement through research-informed practices. Holding a PhD from the University of Warwick, her research explores whether the concept of e-leadership is relevant to a physical school context. The study
Janine Bittner graduated in Geography, Biology (Major) and in Pedagogy (Minor) for Teacher Education at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. She has worked as research associate and senior lecturer at several universities in Germany for many years. Janine received intensive postgraduate training in research methodology, statistics, higher education teaching, science management. Since 2022 Janine has been working full-time on her PhD thesis in geography.
Luo Qian is a Postgraduate student from China West Normal University. She is interested in: vocabulary teaching; foreign languages and literature and won the Third prize for academic scholarship and individual scholarship.
Yasser J. Alaisawi holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Teaching Science and serves as the International Teachers Association (ITA) Ambassador for Saudi Arabia. He is a dedicated Science Teacher with a passion for fostering critical thinking and inquiry-based learning among his students. Yasser has been recognized for his exceptional contributions to education, having been nominated for the Madinah People’s Award for Distinguished Teacher and the Khalifa Award for Education in the Creative Teacher Category.
Genta Jahiu is a Teaching Assistant of Psychology courses at the Faculty of Education, University of Pristina “Hasan Prishtina” in Kosovo. She is a Ph.D. candidate for Teacher Education and Educational Sciences, at the Faculty of Education, at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. Her research interests focus on improving preschool and primary education through increased inclusion, as well as teacher motivation, job satisfaction and professional development. She is also a licensed Clinical Psychologist currently pursuing specialization in this field.
Prof. DrSc. Svitlana Shekhavtsova is a lecturer at the Slavic Languages Department in Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica in Slovakia from 2023. Before she worked in Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University in Ukraine for about 25 years. Her scientific interests include such Pedagogical aspects, as developing students` critical thinking, self-education and cross-cultural competence as a life-long global skill. In 2023, Prof. Shekhavtsova received a grant from the European Union “Funded by the EU NextGenerationEU through the Recovery and Resilience Plan for Slovakia under the project No. 09I03-03-V01-00148.” for conducting scientific research and presenting its results. Published more than 150 scientific publications including 2 monographs.