The aim of this study was to investigate the comparability of feedback across culturally diverse countries by assessing the measurement invariance in PISA 2015 data. A multi-group confirmatory factor analysis showed that the feedback scale implemented in PISA 2015 was not invariant across countries. The intercepts and residuals of the factor model…

This study uses positioning theory to explore the reasons for Chinese learning assistants' misalignment with school pedagogical ideology and their resistance to professional learning at an international English-Chinese dual-language school. This study reveals that inconsistencies between three types of positioning practices (other-positioning,…

Culturally mixed group work has become a common mode of assessment in higher education to encourage students from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds to learn from and work with each other. This article aims to address whether culturally mixed group work can contribute to students' intercultural competence (IC) development. The…

Translingual identity, as a part of the trans-paradigm, refers to linguistic, sociocultural, ethno-racial, and religious practices, which are negotiable, fluid, and in motion, transcending mainstream boundaries. This paper expands the translingual literature from the perspective of sociolinguistic disparities of culturally and linguistically…

Parent-grandparent coparenting is a common phenomenon in mainland China; however, little is known about its relationship with children's cognitive development. This study investigates the links between parent-grandparent coparenting and young children's executive function (EF) and examines the potential mediating role of maternal parenting between…

This study explored the relationship between educational technology and the mathematics achievement of South African and German students. Hierarchical Linear Models (HLM) showed that the availability of computers at school and using computers in the mathematics classroom in South Africa positively associated with the mathematics achievement of…

Purpose: This study examined 46 articles in total, which yielded 5 recurring themes: perceived discrimination, language barriers, socioeconomic barriers, cultural barriers and educational/knowledge barriers. The two most dominant themes found were the inability to speak the country's primary language and belonging to a culture with different…

International students' experiences of multicultural living-learning communities were explored using consensual qualitative research. Fifteen female international students attending a university in the mid-Atlantic region were interviewed in five focus groups. Participants reported that the benefits of multicultural living-learning communities…

The awareness of the pedagogical challenges faced by specific student groups, while processing their inclusion in the academic and social school procedures, is often limited or non-existent. Such is the case of immigrant students of Chinese origin attending Greek schools. The qualitative study we present focuses on listening to the voices of 54…

In several countries where immigration influxes have changed or increased, citizenship education policies have been strengthened as a way to build social cohesion. In this paper, I took the case of Chile to explore citizenship education policies throughout their references towards immigration. Methodologically, I use the Foucauldian notion of…

The issue of representation has polarised public discourse and in recent years the decolonisation of research methodologies has entered the field of interculturality. However, universalistic discourses of dialogue and tolerance can be harnessed to silence certain voices by construing them as 'other'. With this paper I confront this conceptual knot…

A key aspect of young children's development of algebraic reasoning is the process of visualising and identifying structures to both abstract and generalise. There has been a growing body of research focused on how students form generalisations, this article adds to the existing body of research by examining how young culturally diverse students…

Student accoucheurs were perceived to be uncomfortable conducting intimate clinical procedures, hence the struggle to attain the required clinical learning experiences when allocated in maternity wards. A qualitative explorative, descriptive, and contextual design was used. Five focus group discussions of midwives were purposively sampled. Data…

Research shows that the percentage of Culturally and Linguistically Different (CLD) students identified for participation in gifted education programs does not correlate with the percentage of minority students in the classroom. Black and Brown students are underserved and underrepresented in gifted programs and Advanced Placement classes, when…

Applying several critical race theories as analytical frameworks, the authors present and analyze counterstories of Indigenous Latinx students attending an urban high school in a "new Latinx diaspora" community, underscoring points of convergence as well as the ways their experiences were distinct from those of their Latinx peers. The…