While willingness to communicate (WTC) is crucial for success in learning English as a foreign language (EFL), many Chinese EFL students prioritize test performance over communication skills, which hampers their language learning outcomes. Self-determination theory suggests that need-supportive teaching can improve students' motivation by…

Substantial shares of college students, and especially those from minoritized and marginalized backgrounds, struggle to meet their daily material needs, hindering their well-being and ability to attain college success. In response, colleges have implemented an array of campus basic needs services. However, prior research is fragmented and tends to…

Economies and societies run on skills. But aging populations and technological disruption are accelerating skills gaps, which threaten to become a skills chasm without the right interventions. Those include a greater focus on making learning more effective and rethinking pathways to success in school and at work. Such changes would produce…

In today's increasingly diverse classrooms, multilingual learners (MLLs) are a rapidly growing subpopulation of K-12 public school students. MLLs bring linguistic and cultural assets to the classroom, but they also face academic challenges compared with their English-only peers. Teachers play an important role in helping all students, but…

This book encourages primary school practitioners to think differently about the way in which health and physical education (HPE) is delivered in schools. Drawing on evidence from a long-term collaborative practitioner action research project, EveryBody Counts, the book shows that it is possible to challenge the orthodoxy and to reshape practice…

Students in the social sciences are increasingly engaged in research on sensitive topics; however, little is known about the protection they receive from risks that can arise from conducting this type of research. For example, students may experience vicarious trauma from analyzing sensitive data or face harassment from people who disagree with…

This article outlines how the authors' research and development group, comprised of LGBTQ+-identifying teacher educators and classroom social studies teachers, considered and conceptualized how they might engage in LGBTQ+-inclusive social studies education in middle and secondary schools during contentious sociopolitical times. As a group, they…

Within the Multi-Tiered Support System (MTSS) framework, Response to Intervention (RTI) seeks to advance educational equity by providing data-driven interventions and continuous progress monitoring. While RTI has been credited for increasing student academic achievement and promoting high-quality inclusive education, rigid assessment protocols,…

The success of efforts to integrate generative AI (GenAI) into classrooms depends heavily on teachers' willingness to integrate the relevant technologies. However, few studies have examined the effect of perceived psychological needs satisfaction on teachers' willingness to integrate GenAI (WIAI). This study investigated the effect of perceived…

Ensuring that an OER textbook provides exceptional learning experiences and accessibility requires rigorous stages of writing, expert peer reviews, and user testing. In this OER research project, the objectives were to provide a scholarly textbook for a Master in Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree program that reflected current…

This paper examines how the English education system has attempted to react to the financial pressures caused by a rise in diagnoses of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). In particular, it explores how a crisis in funding has led to government financial aid, known as safety valve agreements and this in turn has allowed new…

Despite recorded successes of using Lego®-based Therapy (LBT) to support autistic children and young people (CYP) and those with SEMH needs, there is a dearth of research examining the perspectives of secondary school practitioners. Addressing this gap, this paper explores the perspectives of staff (teachers and paraprofessionals) in a secondary…

In 2011, the Australian Government embarked on an equitybadged, 'needs-based' school funding reform accompanied by national school autonomy reforms devolving decisions about resourcing, staffing and service design and delivery to school principals. In the second of three articles examining national policy impacts on English as an additional…

In order for career pathways to remain relevant to learners and meet the rapidly evolving needs of industry and workforce demands, they must include cross-sector collaboration, seamless advancement and progression, credential attainment, experiential work-based learning (EWBL), and they need to be responsive and flexible. "Emerging Sectors,…

In this article we explore the educational experiences of an Indonesian youth, Ariga (pseudonym), in the Lembaga Pembinaan Khusus Anak (LPKA), a youth correctional facility in Aceh, Indonesia. Using narrative inquiry methodology alongside social reproduction theory, this narrative inquiry examines how institutional policies and practices impact…