Introduction Liesel Ebersöhn and Ingrid Gogolin Part I: Global Perspectives on New Technologies and Education 1 Prepared for Distance Learning? International Evidence on the Use and Perceptionof Information and Communication Technology by Teachers Agnes Stancel-Piatak, Yuan-Ling Liaw, Rolf Strietholt, andAnn-Kristin Koop 2 Response to COVID-19 In Remote Russian Schools: Readiness to Online Education and Coping StrategiesRoman Zvyagintsev (corresponding author), Yuliya Kersha, Nadezhda Bysik,Sergey Kosaretsky 3 Participatory Research and Biographical Introspection – Methodological Reflectionson Research with Youth without School-Leaving CertificatesMarlena Dorniak Part II: Global Perspectives on Socio-Emotional Dimensions of Education 4 Researching Educational Advocacy: Findings from the WERA International Research Network on Engaging Families, Communities, and Educators as Educational Advocates Lauri Johnson andSue Winton 5 The Role of Empathy in Improving Social and Emotional Learning Skills AmongEducators and Students in the Era of COVID-19Kalliopi Kounenou, Ntina Kourmousi, Lea Ferrari, Hanako Suzuki, Mami Kanzaki, Angela Andrei, Andreea-Diana Scoda, Gloria Marsay, Feride Bacanli, Nurten Karacan Ozdemir,Chong Myung Park, andV. Scott H. Solberg 6 Cultural Values, Happiness and Harmful Peer Aggression Reported by Adolescentsin12 World RegionsGrace Skrzypiec, Chih-Chien Yang, Juzhe Xi, Mirella Wyra, Iwona Sikorska,Damanjit Sandhu, Christina Roussi-Vergou, Eva Romera, Rosario Ortega-Ruiz,Dorit Olenik-Shemesh, Soonjung Kwon, Soon-Won Kang, Tali Heiman,Annalisa Guarini, Eleni Didaskalou, Antonella Brighi, Ulil Amri Nasiruddin,and Earvin Alinsug. Part III: Global Perspectives on Educational Practices 7 Reading through English Curricula of Cambodia, Guatemala, Japan, Myanmar, andthe Philippines: A Case Study of Teacher ReflectionsNaing Win Soe, Pauline Mangulabnan, and Ana Lucia Arrecis 8 Successful Leadership by a Japanese High School Principal: A Case StudyHiroshi Sato 9 An alternative review of Multi-age (Multi-grade) Teaching and Learning in Global CommunitiesBarbara Cozza 10 The associations between Engaging Teaching, Interest, Self-Concept, Socio-economic Status, and Year 4 Science Achievement: Evidence from TIMSS 2015Yu Chen and Winnie Wing Mui So