In this article, the Education Studies Department (ESD) at Berea College shares lessons learned while becoming an inclusive, justice-focused, and democratic Education Preparation Program (EPP) together with its "Community of Teachers" (CoT). ESD values diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI+B) and democratic relationships.…

This paper shares a rhizomatic unfolding of how a creative, post-qualitative praxis for becoming adventurous in the field of Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) can unfold in a conducive policy and practice context (Wales, UK). Specifically, we focus on the making and mattering of what we call 'Crush-Cards'. These are a suite of…

This article suggests to reflect on the philosophical foundations of Open Education. It reaches out to Bergson's and Popper's respective understandings of Open Society; ontology of immanence, not-yetness; and post-inquiry. It invites to revisit "ethos," "eidos" and "praxis" in Open Education to move away from a…

While much of the literature on Black women teachers documents their legacy of addressing anti-black racism in traditional public-school settings, there is room for more dialogue about the labor of Black women teachers who teach in non-traditional school settings. This study draws on endarkened storywork, a methodological approach derived from the…

This article reflects on 4 years of research activities in the fields of horticulture and creative praxis. The initial project was a personal one and set out with a simple methodology of collecting, observing, and recording a specific genus of plants, that of Mentha. But as the specific question of whether a garden can, or should, be thought of as…

Music education research has in recent years been interested in defining music education's societal mission. Concepts such as praxial music education, artistic citizenship, or an activist approach tried to determine that music education's foremost task would be to transform societies. This seemed urgent in view of global crises. But is music…

In the 2021 Presidential Address, I argued that critical scholarship in higher education unsettled the demarcation between the street and the ivory tower and spans the gulf between theorizing and policy. I portrayed critical scholarship both as an insertion which disrupts bodies, stories, and refusals, as well as sitting uneasily on the fulcrum of…

This paper investigates the unexpected phenomenon that we call multiple documentational genesis, which occurred during a professional development program for in-service mathematics teachers, guided by researchers in mathematics education. It involves the proliferation of uncoordinated teaching materials created by teachers for their students based…

Alternative Breaks (AB) allow students to connect with diversity and social justice; however, the literature centers the experiences of White students in ABs. This article focuses on an identity-affiliated AB for Latine(x) students attending a PWI in Utah that's documented and analyzed through plática methodology. The authors work from a…

This scholarly review presents a case for transforming special education rather than reauthorizing special education law in its present form and, in doing so, reconceptualizing the inclusion movement to recognize marginalizing influences. A comprehensive review of research, policy reviews, and observations of praxis is undertaken to examine…

Dominant policy discourses in Australia define teacher professionalism as a technical accomplishment. Within this technical framing, teacher learning is largely understood as the acquisition of skills, with teacher practice helping students meet pre-determined outcomes. Despite the dominance of such discourses, teacher professionalism and learning…

This article synthesizes and extends the opportunities and strategies outlined across this issue for engaging supervision with intentionality, support, equity, and use of 21st-century solutions.

We compare epistemologies and aesthetics in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme and the Australian New South Wales Stage 6 Visual Arts Syllabus, focusing on curriculum content, pedagogical praxis, and assessment strategies. Both curricula feature making, reflexivity, and critique. International Baccalaureate components are…

The fast-changing world of work has justified the need for contemporary, accessible and inclusive models of lifelong guidance, underpinned by principles of social justice and equity, that meet a range of needs, and have the ambition of leaving no one behind. While guidance provision is widely available across most education systems, guidance for…

This article considers how the performing arts integrate with research, learning and teaching. In doing so, it addresses the relation between research and performance practice, and the connections between research/practice with learning and teaching. Reference to A/R/Tography is made as a constructivist praxis facilitating integration of these…