Progress in Education : Volume 72

This volume includes eight chapters describing recent progress in the field of education research. Chapter One explores contemporary Chinese animation and analyses the current educational aims behind these productions. Chapter Two deals with the needs of special education students in Ukraine. Chapter Three investigates means by which to help students reach their full potential with respect to course enrolment decisions and students'' motivation to read. Chapter Four examines preservice elementary teachers'' depiction of what a diverse classroom looks like to them, what individual assets they bring, and challenges they predict will arise during teaching. Chapter Five presents a literature review with an overview of the speech-language pathologist (SLP) profession for preservice teachers, as well as how and why teachers and SLPs collaborate together in schools, followed by a review of the literature focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion in preservice teacher and SLP preparation programs. Chapter Six explores the role of case studies in changing teacher candidates'' attitudes toward parent involvement across four geographically dispersed universities. Chapter Seven determines how a collaborative curriculum and teaching in a flipped classroom affects the development of university science co-instructors'' technological pedagogical and content knowledge. Finally, Chapter Eight includes the author''s personal opinion on the purpose of education, the current status of the Bhutanese education system, and the way forward.