Motivated by the high socio-economic impact of innovations in science and technology, entrepreneurship in STEM disciplines is gaining increasing attention. As a result, entrepreneurship education programs (EEPs) have been introduced and designed to train STEM faculty and expose them to entrepreneurial practice. This study examines factors…

Due to the distinct language, cultural values, and social structures, dedicated qualitative research is needed to explore the challenges and supports faced by Chinese women faculty (CWF) members in US academia. Adopting a transnational feminist perspective, this study aims to explore how five CWF members navigate various disadvantages arising from…

Key to addressing persistent opportunity gaps in education is preparing teachers who are committed to disrupting the status quo. In recent years, teacher education research and scholarship have increasingly focused attention on the learning and development of preservice teachers with respect to issues of race, equity, and justice. However, less…

Education policy reform is often created and implemented in ways that advantage White individuals. This is even more salient when examining the intersection of race and gender identities. Using North Carolina's teacher evaluation system as a policy reform case, I examine whether there are differential observation ratings between Black and White…

The purpose of this study was to examine Finnish teachers' experiences of pedagogical activities carried out in collaboration with external stakeholders. For examining teachers' cross-sectoral networking practices, we interviewed 63 teachers across six schools in Finland's capital area, focusing on how external networks are utilized to enrich…

This single-case, descriptive study explored one K-4 teacher candidate's identity and attempts to teach toward social justice within and beyond a series of small group discussions in a Professional Development School context. More specifically, it studied how this teacher candidate positioned her identity through the lenses of social justice…

Assessment professionals are often at the helm of leading discussions around data-use and data-driven decisions for higher education stakeholders. However, the problem is that assessment practitioners must be cognizant of how to engage stakeholders with equity-minded and socially just informed assessment practices. The purpose of this article is…

The authors utilize a duoethnographic approach to interrogate their positionality within a co-caring community of elementary school educators who participated in a week-long writers' workshop as part of their professional development. The teachers worked in a rural elementary school in the American South that served students who represent…

In this article, we focus on developing a clearer conceptualization of teacher identity. We provide an inclusive definition that integrates three key dimensions of the construct that have been previously underexamined: (1) Teacher identity as part of ongoing, goal-focused, agentic regulating processes, (2) Teacher identity as part of multiple…

Policy-makers and provincial governments have a responsibility to prioritise equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility (EDIA) with approaches that leverage both intersectionality and transdisciplinarity, especially when looking at literacies research. Supported by a federally funded knowledge synthesis grant that surveyed the scope of EDIA in…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the use of an intersectionality framework to analyze and incorporate teachers' lived experiences into critical professional development. Design/methodology/approach: Researchers used qualitative coding based on the matrix of oppression and privilege (Ferber and O'Reilly Herrera, 2013) to analyze…

Student achievement disparities in inclusive science classrooms are concerning, as knowledge about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is increasingly important for upward mobility. When students identify with multiple marginalized sociocultural groups, progress becomes more troubling, as the interplay among these factors is…

Student achievement disparities in inclusive science classrooms are concerning, as knowledge about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is increasingly important for upward mobility. When students identify with multiple marginalized sociocultural groups, progress becomes more troubling, as the interplay among these factors is…

The instructional practices of the engineering design process and culturally responsive pedagogy have each garnered national attention and multiple decades of research. Findings from the respective literature bases call for educators and policymakers to integrate these two pedagogical approaches into K-12 classroom instruction. Scholars have…

The Council for Exceptional Children studied the profession of special education and found that a substantial number of special educators rated their confidence as lower in culturally responsive instruction strategies (Fowler, et al., 2019). The recommendations in this article highlight how to confront the intersection of racism and ableism and…