Mobile-learning (M-learning) apps have grown in popularity and demand in recent years and have become a typical occurrence in modern educational systems, particularly with the deployment of M-learning initiatives. The key objective of this study was to reveal the key factors that impact university students' behavioural intention and actual use of…

This article explores instructors and students' beliefs toward effective teaching in higher education in Ethiopia. Besides classroom observations, we developed and conducted semi-structured interviews with ten instructors and 12 students at one higher education institution. We followed the data condensation and displayed it for interpreting the…

The research investigates the hypothesis that teachers' attitudes toward inclusive education may be related to their value priorities. Specifically, it is hypothesized that some teachers' personal values correlate positively with their attitudes toward inclusive education. The study, conducted during a pre-service teacher training course, involved…

In the last few decades, classical education has greatly expanded across the United States. The philosophical roots of classical education span over 2,000 years of history, yet very little educational research has focused on these ever-expanding schools. The purpose of this quantitative study was to explore the relationship between implicit…

The problem that was addressed in this study was that the teacher evaluation system in a small rural public school in Northern California needed to be examined for teacher effectiveness. This was important to identify perceptions of administration and teachers who stated concern about the effectiveness of the district's teacher evaluation system.…

Schools and businesses are realizing the importance of empathy and the role it plays in their success. The purpose of this mixed-methods action research is to assess the impact of robotics on fifth grade students' empathy towards people with disabilities. This study aimed to answer the following research questions: (1) What is the effect of using…

This autoethnography shares our personal experiences and counter-narratives in the St. Louis busing program. Through our mission we expound on experiences and real-life situations as seen through our lens as a student and a mother in the St. Louis busing program. Critical race theory (CRT) was used as an essential framework allowing us to focus on…

The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic posed challenges for laboratory-based courses. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore students' experiences, as related to engagement, in a HyFlex laboratory course that was designed for on-campus and online students to learn together. The research questions were: 1. What are the students'…

Student conduct is a critical element of student development. The problem investigated by this study was that monetary fines as a punitive sanction tend to be overly represented in the student attrition group at the study site. The purpose of this study was to investigate how students and student conduct administrators (SCAs) at the study site…

Purpose and Method of Study: The purpose of this study was to review a Cherokee language immersion school's effort to revitalize the Cherokee language and contribute to the knowledge base of native language immersion school leaders regarding the revival of Native American languages. The research design for this study was a qualitative evaluative…

This study aimed to explore and understand the impact of the Graduate Certificate in Workplace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI Graduate Certificate) on master's and doctoral students' social empathy (SE) development. The participants in this certificate engaged in several online activities that increased their knowledge of microaggressions,…

This study aimed to explore and understand the impact of the Graduate Certificate in Workplace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI Graduate Certificate) on master's and doctoral students' social empathy (SE) development. The participants in this certificate engaged in several online activities that increased their knowledge of microaggressions,…

Gifted Education (GE) stands as an area with clear underrepresentation and disproportionality of Black and/or African American students (Erwin & Worrell, 2012; Ford et al., 2016, 2020; Grissom & Redding, 2016; Hodges et al., 2018). Underrepresentation and disproportionality of Black students indicate that the racial demographics of GE…

New teachers have been trained by mentor teachers for hundreds of years. While Kolb's theory of experiential learning (Fry & Kolb, 1979) provides a framework supporting the long-held traditional model of clinical practice, more recent models have emerged including the co-teaching model of clinical practice. In 2010, a report commissioned by…

The study investigated how schoolteachers and administrators perceive innovative and engaging teaching practices in Southeastern U.S. high schools. Perceptual data was collected from high school teachers to determine whether they believe their professional development adequately prepares them to use innovative and engaging instructional practices…