Purpose: Although practicing school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) report that most of their training in language sample analysis (LSA) comes during their educational program, SLP students' experiences with LSA in their training program have not been investigated. The purpose of this study was to gather information on the LSA use,…

Background/purpose: Over the past few decades, there has been a growing scholarly interest in mathematical self-efficacy, given its significant impact on students' motivation, persistence, and achievement. However, there is still a limited understanding of how these beliefs develop in culturally specific, non-Western settings, particularly in Arab…

Background/purpose: This study aims to identify the level of work-related stress among educators of disabilities from their own perspectives. Students with disabilities are among the groups most in need of education, so it is essential to find teachers with advanced psychological and professional characteristics. Hence, the subject of this…

Professional learning (PL) is universally lauded as essential to enhancing teaching quality and retention for aspiring teachers, yet it is a difficult balancing act for program and P12 school leaders trying to administer the many intricate components of a teacher residency program while implementing meaningful PL for residents. Grounded in…

Preparing new teachers for the reality of artificial intelligence in education (AIEd) has become a pressing issue. This study was conducted in a Canadian teacher education program that offers a course on digital technologies incorporating a module on AIEd. This paper addresses two research questions: 1) What were teacher candidates' (TCs')…

We present the first mixed-method study to explore the experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students studying psychology in the UK. We co-created a survey with undergraduate student research assistants, which was completed by 195 students, of which 106 were from BAME backgrounds and 89 were from White backgrounds. All students…

This study explores the phenomena of gendered care through feminist new materialisms, particularly Karen Barad's agential realism (2007). The study delves into how materiality, corporeality, and emotion intra-act in the entanglement of the girl-learning-how-to-care within the family in Finland. A Baradian approach guided the methodology, analysing…

This study aims to investigate the perceptions of teacher candidates enrolled in an early childhood program (BEd) towards the importance of producing the capstone portfolio. The purpose of using capstone portfolios is to provide evidence that Early Childhood Education candidates (ECEC) have met international accreditation standards as stipulated…

This reflexive essay is about the closure of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) resource centers on college campuses. Notably, there is a conflict between theory and practice, as these spaces are essential for the safety, health, wellbeing, and perseverance of LGBTQ+ students, despite closures occurring across the country and…

This paper examines the long-term impacts of early-life drought exposure on the human capital and socio-economic outcomes of women born in the Arab Republic of Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco across more than five decades. Using a pooled cross-section of 13 rounds of the Demographic and Health Surveys, the paper demonstrates that early childhood…

Community colleges enroll large numbers of racially minoritized students, yet approximately 80% of their faculty are White. Extant scholarship demonstrates that Faculty of Color within the community college sector experience challenges related to the lack of faculty racial diversity. There is a paucity of research that examines the racialized and…

This transcendental phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of five Mexican American women pursuing or who obtained a doctorate from one university in southeast Texas. The Chicana's experience achieving a doctorate has been overlooked by the literature, with much of the research on Mexican American women being outdated or focusing on…

Transfer students are typically a small proportion of the entering undergraduate classes at selective 4-year colleges. Most first-generation and limited income students start their college trajectories at community colleges. This project aims to address that gap through a partnership as a research team of members representing a selective college…

Capstone courses, where students work on a large group project at the end of their degree, are common in computing. Many accreditation and industry bodies explicitly require or recommend them. Over the past two decades, capstone courses specifically focused on game development have become increasingly popular. Game development offers students the…

The purpose of this handbook is to support preservice teachers as they prepare for field experiences, including novice and student teaching, in early childhood settings. By integrating AI technology, this resource presents 80 carefully designed prompts to guide reflective thinking, lesson planning, the creation of safe environments, and…