Background: Inclusion-oriented development processes and corresponding (educational) actions are inevitably linked to the analysis of exclusion and discrimination practices. The institutional 'production of inequality and difference' plays a central role. Educational processes are strongly determined by one's own biographical experiences. Methods:…

The student population in the United States is becoming increasingly diverse, but the educator base, including teachers and other school professionals, remains primarily White and female. Educators are encouraged (and at times required) to participate in professional development training to increase their multicultural competence. Although…

Legal codes and policies in India relating to the trans community, following the global trends, are changing fast towards a more humane approach. One of the oldest marginalised communities in India, whose identity has been recognized legally very recently, still struggles to access mainstream education even after the declaration of education as a…

While the automated assessment of oral reading fluency (ORF) using accuracy and speech rate has proliferated, expressiveness of speech, as measured by prosodic features, has been neglected due to its inherent complexity and lack of technological resources. Despite the potential benefits of burgeoning technology for assessing hard-to-measure…

Focusing on English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) textbook dialogues, this study explores both gender equality and diverse identities from the perspective of interactional competence. The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to examine gender differences in textbook dialogues concerning interactional patterns, and second, to derive pedagogical…

In this article, we reflect on criticality in contemporary inequality research through a discussion of the significance of marginalising class discourses in Denmark to the everyday schooling experience of a group of high school students. The article is based on an investigation of how language, class and educational success are linked in public as…

Over the past decade, Southeast Asian countries have made significant progress in advancing inclusive education, largely driven by the momentum of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4). The SDGs have served as a powerful catalyst, encouraging these countries to align their educational policies and practices with the principles of inclusion and…

In Latin America, Universities recognize that it is not enough to ensure the participation of equal numbers of men and women in the classrooms. In this sense, promoting the inclusion of women in STEM areas is a relevant issue for the region. This article presents the results of measuring students' perceived achievement of scientific-technological…

Despite extensive EMI research worldwide, few studies focus on stakeholders' EMI experiences through the lens of epistemological stance. Informed by 'epistemic injustice', this study examines the epistemic nature of EMI policy by examining Bangladeshi students' language ideologies to understand whose languages, knowledge, and voices are…

This is a quantitative study on language and racial attitudes among learners of French in the English-dominant context of British Columbia (Canada). Such attitudes matter because they can have an impact on students' learning outcomes in and outside the classroom and they reflect linguistic and racial ideologies that exist in society. A verbal…

In response to disruptions introduced to the job market by AI résumé screeners, this article introduces a novel theoretical framework for the life cycle of artificial intelligence systems to help unblackbox résumé screening AI systems. It then applies the AI life cycle framework to a digital case study of RChilli's job-résumé matching algorithm.…

Disparities in school discipline based on student race and disability status remain a major barrier to achieving educational equity. In addition to systemic factors, research suggests that educators' racial and labeling biases may also be partially responsible for exacerbating these inequities. This article presents a novel mindfulness-based…

There has been renewed recognition of the challenges that women teachers face in their day-to-day work. Recent research has found that women are quitting because of the harassment they face from boy students in the classroom, with the rise of social media misogyny contributing to boys' sexist behaviour. This paper draws on testimonies from four…

This conceptual paper explores the intersecting domains of epistemology, decoloniality, and power dynamics in university education. It scrutinises the hegemonic prevalence of Western knowledge systems and the resultant epistemic exclusion and marginalisation of alternative and indigenous knowledge paradigms within academic environments. Digging…

This simulation study examines the characteristics of the Explanatory Item Response Model (EIRM) when estimating treatment effects when compared to classical test theory (CTT) sum and mean scores and item response theory (IRT)-based theta scores. Results show that the EIRM and IRT theta scores provide generally equivalent bias and false positive…