Agricultural educators can have a profound impact on student's lives and are often aware of their students' life experiences outside of the classroom. Students often treat their agricultural educator as a mentor, which increases their likeliness of confiding in them when facing hardships, such as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). An ACE is…

More than half of American school children have experienced some form of trauma (Baicker, 2020; Castro-Schepers, 2023; CDC, 2023; Ormiston et al., 2022). Teachers often find themselves in the role of counselors, supporting not only students' academic growth, but also students' emotional healing (Lander, 2018). The stress teachers incur working…

Background: Challenge-based learning (CBL) is a pedagogical approach increasingly adopted in engineering education. Despite its growing practice, there is little consensus in the literature about how CBL is implemented in engineering curricula and what experiences teachers and students have in relation to it. Purpose: To address this gap, the…

The problem of academic dishonesty in general and exam cheating in particular, has been ubiquitous in schools, colleges, and universities around the world. This paper reports on the findings from teachers' and students' experiences and perceptions of exam cheating at Nepali schools, colleges, and universities. In so doing, the paper highlights the…

Purpose: This study investigates middle school students' learning experiences through digital storytelling, applying a multimodal analytical framework to uncover patterns in digital stories. This study explores how participants engage in pedagogical activities, reflect on their learning experiences, and articulate their voices through digital…

As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the term "resiliency" has led to much discussion in many educational settings. Resiliency is a profound word and it is through further exploration of its meaning that I seek to garner new insights into what is needed in order to strengthen both student and teacher resiliency, and to provide…

So much emphasis is placed these days on measuring the performance of pupils that it is difficult to imagine the social space of the classroom being used for any other purpose. But our intention in this essay is not to succumb to pessimism about the surveillance imposed by standards-based reforms. Such bleak determinism can be challenged by…

In the wake of rapid technological advancements, sweeping educational reforms, and the far-reaching impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, hybrid courses emerged as a significant trend in higher education, particularly in China. This action research study built upon existing theoretical frameworks and practical experiences to delve deeper into the…

Field experiences are an integral part of teacher education programs because they provide preservice teachers with an opportunity to put the theory, they are learning in their university classrooms into practice. The purpose of this research study was to explore the preservice teachers' virtual field experiences at two universities during the…

The purpose of this research was to highlight another dimension of education that values the body as a place where learning and self-efficacy take place. Traditionally, the arts are kept separate from the core subjects, and the mind is kept separate from the body in education. This dual way of thinking also creates culturally hegemonic systems…

Early childhood education is an institutional introduction of children to the world, making it essential for policymakers, educators and society to find the best way to provide such an introduction. Following a new policy in Saudi Arabia, daycare centres have been renamed 'hospitality centres', bringing a set of duties and rights rooted deep in…

There is a sense of melancholy whenever a neighborhood school closes its doors forever. Communities lose identity with the loss of a beloved and familial, societal hub. Schools are where academic dreams and goals are born. The joy of a new school year and the social circle of friends in a thriving community give students the fresh start for…

Our study explores the transcultural journeys of three doctoral students from South Korea and China, examining how our diverse experiences as teacher educators in the United States have shaped our teaching practices. Utilizing collaborative autoethnography grounded in transcultural and poststructural theoretical frameworks, we highlight the…

Field experience is done to provide an opportunity to preservice teachers to develop pedagogic, professional competencies, personality, and social holistically through classroom learning and interactions outside the classroom. The purpose of this study is to describe what preservice teachers observe and what their perspective process they get…

In this Voices: Reflective Accounts of Education essay, Annalisa Butticci and Colie Levar Long reflect on the Afrocentric and sensory pedagogy and positionalities that helped incarcerated students and their teacher create a virtual learning community within one post pandemic prison higher education program. Through an ethnographic study of the…