Background: This article explores the social life within and outside the university of 17 young Spanish people with intellectual disabilities studying in a postsecondary education programme. This programme offers training for inclusion in the labour market. Students obtain a certificate, which is not an official university degree. Methods:…

The purpose of this article is to identify and examine the barriers between Afghan refugee families and a school in Pakistan and how they could have been diminished by leveraging families' funds of knowledge (Moll & Greenberg, 1990). Pakistan was a country of temporary asylum (or first safe country) for these parents/guardians as they awaited…

Teachers must draw upon their pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) to effectively teach their disciplinary content. While there are abundant studies on teachers' PCK, those focused on career-change teachers are limited. This study examines the PCK development of pre-service STEM career-change teachers, an increasingly prominent group of teachers…

This study investigates the relationship between preservice teachers' digital transformation awareness and their 21st-century information literacy skills. A cross-sectional survey design was employed with 378 preservice teachers at a Turkish state university. Data were collected through a Personal Information Form, the Digital Transformation…

Young people's perspectives on social and educational inequalities got little attention from broader social theory and have not been prioritised by childhood and youth studies. Similarly, secondary school students' voices and qualitative experiences with education and education inequality have been missing, particularly in an Irish context.…

This study investigates how undergraduate physics majors develop an interest in specific subfields. We examine interest formation through the lens of social cognitive career theory (SCCT) using four SCCT constructs: learning experiences, self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and proximal environmental influences. We conducted 27 interviews with…

Diaspora approach to space, place, and their interaction with curriculum have empowered us to take generative pathways in understanding our roles, experiences, and agencies as Asian diaspora women faculty in teacher education in the United States. Through critical counter-narratives, this paper exposes our racialized experiences in U.S. teacher…

Universal design for learning (UDL) is a pedagogical framework intended to promote accessibility and equity in learning environments, especially for students with disabilities. In UDL, instructors provide optionality and flexibility in the learning environment for representation, engagement, and expression, rather than expecting the learner to…

The purpose of this study is to measure the appropriateness of the existing admissions requirements as related to the likelihood of graduation. We employ a five-year sample of students admitted into the graduate program and selected a cutoff date to allow sufficient time for most of each cohort to complete their studies. Following the general…

California will soon offer transitional kindergarten (TK) to all four-year-olds, a school-based option for early care and education (ECE). According to the state Master Plan for Early Learning and Care, universal TK for four-year-olds should enable more children age three and younger to be served in other settings like child care centers and…

This qualitative study reports Vietnamese Australian children's perspectives on their learning experiences at their community language schools. The study draws on interview data with three mothers and their four children (aged 10-12), who used to attend or are currently attending community language schools in the state of Victoria, Australia.…

This study investigated learners' experiences and understanding of transformation geometry using two instructional strategies: Conventional Van Hiele Phased Instruction (CVHPI) and TechnologyEnhanced Van Hiele Phased Instruction (TVHPI), incorporating GeoGebra as a digital tool. Through semi-structured interviews, qualitative data were collected…

This study aims to explore the relationship between job characteristics, job burnout, and work-to-home interference, particularly focusing on the influence mechanisms within the group of music teachers in universities in Guangdong Province, China. Based on the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model and the work-to-home interference theory, this study…

Educators report feeling overwhelmed by shifts in their working conditions and responsibilities since the pandemic, leading to significant levels of burnout and reduced professional satisfaction. Beyond traditional instructional roles, teachers are increasingly expected to serve as first responders to students' wellness needs, manage complex…

School exclusion forms part of the processes that can increase young people's risk of offending and involvement in exploitation and harm. However, little is known about the education experiences of young people impacted by harm, such as child sexual and criminal exploitation. This paper presents findings from a survey with 17 children's and…