Because only 3% of students from U.S. historically-black colleges/universities (HBCUs) study abroad (Redden, 2018), educators at HBCUs must design pedagogies that develop global skills for students for whom international travel is unfeasible. Films momentarily immerse students in new cultures, which was the goal within one public, Midwestern HBCU…

Singapore's multiculturalism has been recognised as a successful model for the preservation of harmony across racial differences in its society. Despite this, outstanding complexities still exist between groups, but are often minimised in public discourse. While there is vast literature on multiculturalism and race relations in Singaporean…

Caregiver involvement in homework is a key contributor to student success, yet its interaction with intelligent tutoring systems remains underexamined. To address this gap, we conducted a technology probe study exploring how a conversational support tool might enhance caregiver assistance during remote math homework within tutoring systems.…

Teacher education programs must examine their curriculum and field-based experiences to ensure attention to teaching children who are diverse in language, culture, and abilities. Researchers used surveys to understand ways course and field work may have impacted Preservice Teachers' (PTs') perceptions of diversity. PTs reported that the program…

As artificial intelligence (AI) receives wider attention in education, examining teachers' acceptance of AI (TAAI) becomes essential. However, existing instruments measuring TAAI reported limited validity evidence and faced some design challenges, such as missing informed definitions of AI to participants. To fill this gap, this study developed…

South African schools are increasingly integrating digital technology into their curricula to enhance educational outcomes. This study aims to evaluate educators' readiness to teach using digital media (DM) and the effectiveness of the e-learning policy in addressing disparities across schools. The hypothesis is that disparities in access to…

This study examines how LGBT people are represented in Thai political online news discourse by analyzing the use of the term "gender." Utilizing a corpus of English-language articles from Prachathai and Bangkok Post published between 2020 and 2024, the research employed corpus-assisted discourse analysis, combining quantitative keyword…

This mixed-methods study examined how narrow reading affects L2 undergraduate students of forestry and agriculture in terms of their reading comprehension, vocabulary growth, and perceptions of their language knowledge and skills. To collect the data, three instruments were employed, namely pre- and post-tests, online questionnaires, and journal…

Nowadays there are more and more studies investigating the joint role of research and practice in the field of applied linguistics. Previous studies have identified many problems or obstacles that led to ineffective communication between the two stakeholders; however, there is little research exploring teacher and researcher identities (cf.…

Set against the backdrop of anti-Blackness and the COVID-19 pandemic, this study explored the context and emergence of Black Joy as a group of Black elders and youth co-designed and implemented a social studies curriculum rooted in the exploration of Black history in their local community. The co-authors utilized kitchen table talk methodologies…

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered an unprecedented disruption to global education systems, with over 50 million K-12 students in the United States affected by prolonged school closures. This disruption amplified longstanding inequities for low-income students, students of color, and multilingual learners. This "Teachers College Record"…

The Every Adolescent Girl Empowered and Resilient (EAGER) project addresses the vital issue of empowering marginalized out-of-school adolescent girls in Sierra Leone through an informal education initiative. Our study, conducted by Sierra Leonean researchers using a feminist lens, explores the perspectives of both girls and caregivers on…

South Africa immediately springs to mind as the epitome of multilingual language policies. In fact, its Constitution granted official status to 11 languages in 1996, and the Language Policy in Higher Education passed by the Ministry of Education in 2002 required universities to develop and use the indigenous official languages as academic…

Effective learning strategies have been proven to be advantageous to lower learners' foreign language anxiety (FLA) and improve their language proficiency. However, many studies have devoted to students' learning strategies but ignored the important role of teachers in reducing FLA. In addition, the effectiveness of the FLA-reducing strategies…

This study aimed to investigate how argument-driven inquiry (ADI) activities impact pre-service teachers' views of the nature of scientific inquiry (NOSI), with a specific focus on climate change. To this end, an ADI approach was used to teach climate change, where the aspects of NOSI were explicitly taught. A sample of 24 pre-service teachers…