This New Directions in Teaching and Learning issue has focused on rehumanizing higher education. Authors have highlighted a wide array of important topics that are relevant to ensuring the humanizing purposes of higher education are met by today's and tomorrow's colleges and universities. The author highlights reminds us that higher education is…

This article studies PhD candidates' "role identity," that is, where candidates position themselves on the spectrum between being a student and an employee, and how this relates to certain background characteristics (the type of contract, discipline and progress). Furthermore, we study how this self-perceived role relates to the…

The purpose of 'doing' education is often unconsidered or assumed in educational thinking and practice, despite the diversity of understandings. Gert Biesta's perspective that education has a threefold purpose of qualification, socialisation and subjectification is among the most known. However, the interpretation of Biesta's thinking is…

Kindergarten readiness is shaped by both family and school contexts, highlighting the importance of an ecological perspective on early learning. The current study examined whether parental engagement mediates the relationship between parents' protective factors (e.g., social support) and children's kindergarten readiness when controlling for…

This article expands and investigates what physicians perceive as facilitators and barriers to initiating preventive health education, also called anticipatory guidance or medical education, around secure firearm storage in the home (safe storage) and outside the home (Emergency Risk Protection Orders [ERPO]). We employ in-depth qualitative…

For too long, federal higher education accountability has relied on outdated structures that fail the very students they were designed to serve. Rooted in a tripartite bureaucratic framework, states, accrediting agencies, and the federal government have shared roles and responsibility for accountability. But the current system is slow to adapt,…

Prepare students in applied behavior analysis (ABA) programs to navigate the complex ethical issues they'll face in their professional practice. Aligned with the Behavior Analysis Certification Board's most recent ethics code, this is the most student-friendly, accessible, and up-to-date ABA ethics text available. Comprehensive and expertly…

Understanding the effective implementation of evidence-based practices in schools is a critical step to maximising educational outcomes for all students. The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) has been working closely with a small number of schools on the Learning Partner project to learn about implementation in their settings and…

Mentorship is widely understood as a support system or strategy that is associated with academic, social and emotional benefits for its participants (mentors and mentees alike). Mentoring activities are conducted in increasingly more diverse forms and the discussion thereof has gained much traction in areas beyond the scope of student learning,…

School disengagement remains a significant challenge in many OECD countries, requiring a thorough understanding of its root causes. Using a socio-ecological systems framework, this paper explores factors contributing to school disengagement among African-heritage students with refugee backgrounds. Through in-depth interviews with school leaders,…

Systemic change is regarded as a key component of professional school counseling practice for increasing positive, equitable outcomes for PreK-12 students. Although related constructs like leadership and advocacy have been thoughtfully explored, systemic change requires consultation and collaboration with educational and community partners. To…

The role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), as a stakeholder of the entrepreneurship ecosystem, is gaining more and more importance in the development and dissemination of youth entrepreneurship. However, there is a lack of research in both national and international literature on the role of NGOs in entrepreneurship in general and youth…

The composition of abilities of innovation and entrepreneurship instructors and their state of competence are key to the advancement of efforts for innovation and entrepreneurship education at higher education institutions, and the multidimensional dynamic structure of instructor abilities determines the baseline for the quality of innovation and…

Avatar-based virtual reality (VR) is becoming more prevalent in industry and educational settings. There is, however, limited research on the extent to which gender stereotypes are present in this environment. The university laboratory study presented in this paper was conducted in a VR environment with participants who were randomly assigned to…

Building on the research about assessing teachers' leader identity, we were curious to understand how K-12 school principals perceive teachers as leaders. We used a survey research design to gather quantitative and qualitative data from K-12 school principals. We could not find any extant surveys aligned with our research focus; thus, we designed…