Research in Social Sciences and Technology (RESSAT)  

E-ISSN: 2468-6891 
 

Editorial: 

Learning Transformation through Innovation and Sustainability in Educational Practices 

 

In the academic world “Real learning” in any form is an active interaction of human mind with 

past experience, and that relates to man, machine, materials and ideas. Therefore any teaching and 

learning process should be aimed at providing ample scope for the learners mind to interact and 

acquire fruitful experience. Only through this active interaction, the learners and educators can 

reconstruct his/her experience in light of new experience leading to “Real learning”.  This enables 

to enhance the competency, tenacity and inquisitiveness among the scholars.  A dedicated and 

focused approach towards different teaching and learning experience of educators from different 

parts of the world, especially from the Middle East has been widely discussed in this Special Issue 

of general Education Conference. 

 The 2nd General Education conference organized by Abu Dhabi University on learning 

transformation, was a platform to ponder upon the ways of institutionalizing innovation and 

sustainability in educational practices. The participation of researcher and presenters from 

different parts of the world helped the participants to have a view and learn from the best practices 

used elsewhere and cope with the challenges of frequently changing demographics, advancement 

in technology, and economic challenges that have a direct impact on our practices of teaching and 

learning. 

Research in Social Sciences and Technology (RESSAT) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-

access journal. This journal is published twice a year (May & November) as online versions. The 

current ‘Special Issue’ of the journal consists of nine articles. The articles have been selected after 

following the double blind peer review process. The feedback and comments received from the 

experts helped the authors to refine and enhance the quality of papers. The present edition include 

papers from the field of teaching & learning, educational Leadership & management, and 

digitalization of learning etc. The editorial appreciates the efforts taken by the subject experts to 



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evaluate the papers and offer constructive suggestions. We are extremely delighted to present the 

current issue and are confident that it will add value to the reader’s knowledge and help them 

acquire new thought process in the field of education and learning.  

 

We would like to thank everyone and express our special appreciation to the people who 

contributed to make this issue ready for you. We especially would like to thank all authors and 

reviewers for their contribution to RESSAT. We hope you will both enjoy and be challenged by 

the articles in this issue. We also look forward to seeing your contribution to the development of 

RESSAT in the future. 

 

Guest Editor,  RESSAT     Editor-in-Chief, RESSAT 

Asst. Prof. Dr. Smitha Dev                                                     Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bulent Tarman 

Abu Dhabi University