In recent years, multiple physics education research studies were conducted with a goal of understanding and improving graduate education in physics. Using a variety of frameworks and methodologies, these studies have documented policies and practices in graduate programs and the results of these studies have influenced policies and practices…

Using a longitudinal mixed methods approach, this study examined Chinese American youth's experiences and coping with racial discrimination. Participants included 25 second-generation Chinese American youth who participated in an 8-year, three-wave longitudinal study. The participants' average age at Time 1 was 15.5 years. Participants were…

Though limited research has explored the agentic video learning of Chinese as Foreign Language/CFL learners, little research has examined Chinese video learners' agency in Dynamic Assessment (DA) and Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). This study challenges existing research that considers videos as merely supportive tools and learners as…

This article examines current literature, normative practices, and essential critiques around community service and service-learning in the institution of higher education. It specifically addresses the importance of economic and racial justice in efforts aimed at liberatory social change. The argument contends that community service and…

There is a pervasive belief that immersive virtual reality (imVR) holds transformative implications for almost all technology-mediated human activities, including the sphere of education. Given this context, it becomes essential to comprehend the impact it exerts on learning, in addition to ascertaining whether it positively affects factors that…

The experiences of dyslexic students within inclusive education have not yet been thoroughly investigated by research. This article explores identity formation and the experiences of students with dyslexia, by considering different views. It focuses on how these experiences both shape and are shaped by students' own perspectives and those of…

The Australian Curriculum suggests that students have transitioned from additive to multiplicative thinking upon entry into secondary school. However, research shows that many students are thinking additively, placing them at a disadvantage to their multiplicative thinking peers. In this paper, early findings from a broader research project…

Drawing on Donna Haraway's 'Cyborg Manifesto' and employing a hermeneutic phenomenological narrative enquiry approach, this article examines the complex professional identities of 'non-native English-speaking (English) teachers (NNESTs) from immigrant backgrounds who speak English as an additional language in the Australian education system.…

Bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives from sociology, education, and human geography to investigate the space, community, and culture at an International Branch Campus, this fascinating book provides empirical evidence to understand the implications for students' future socio-spatial mobilities. Drawing on ethnographic data from a…

This book focuses on providing occupational therapy sensory interventions through a tiered approach to help improve academic participation, covering assessment of the sensory aspects of the environment and population as well as at the group level. Chapters showcase how occupational therapy practitioners can effectively contribute to each tier of…

Clinical practice is complex and requires a consistent assessment process to effectively navigate student evaluation. Nursing programs must ensure that assessment methods measure entry-to-practice competencies. A clear description of expectations and a consistent approach to the evaluation of student performance is required. A quality improvement…

Purpose: This study introduces an ecological framework for disabilities meant to provide a new model of viewing and learning about disabilities and special education. This model projects a multi-systemic view of factors that influence a person's life, where people with disabilities are active actors in the development of the world. The increased…

Paulo Freire said that students read the "world" before they read the "word." In this article, I focus on a unit in which what students had read in the "world" directed our reading of the "word," the class text. I trace the unit from its conception to final student essays and consider how student experience…

First-generation college students (FGCSs) are a growing population in undergraduate education. Research on FGCS primarily focuses on the challenges and barriers they encounter in college. While important, this literature offers a limited view of FGCS as learners. Moreover, minimal literature has examined these students' lived experiences within…

Background: Engineering culture research to date has described the culture as rigid, chilly, and posing many barriers to entry. However, the COVID-19 pandemic provided an important opportunity to explore how engineering culture responds to a major disruption. Purpose: The purposes of this study are to understand how elements of engineering culture…