This study explores the mental and emotional well-being of Black women Student Affairs administrators by examining their experiences while working at historically White institutions. Their experiences were examined using critical narrative inquiry and Black Feminist Thought to understand the layers of race and gender on their well-being in an…

Teaching and learning in higher education have increasingly become digitalized and associated with innovative pedagogical methodologies over the past decades. Following the sudden onset of the pandemic in March 2020, several studies tended to focus on traditional students' experiences with emergency remote education while literature is scarce on…

The process of professional actor training is one that requires vulnerability and often leads to self-discovery. At the same time, studies have shown that the impact of acting on performers is complex and can also lead to psychological trauma. This dissertation addressed the questions (a) What are the experiences of former students of BFA Actor…

Higher education students in Finland and all over the world are often engaged in a paid job alongside their studies. The purpose of the present study is to explore how humanities students' work experience is related to their career engagement and metacognitive awareness. More precisely, the aim is to investigate how the nature and amount of work…

As third-year medical students transition from the classroom to the high-stakes, high-stress environment of the emergency department (ED), they confront a unique set of challenges that result in significant personal trauma. The literature offers limited insight into the trauma experienced specifically during the shift to emergency medicine (EM) as…

Gamification possesses a great potential to shape human behaviors and performance. However, the mixed results in gamification research suggest the need to develop a thorough understanding of the mechanistic underpinnings of gamification. Although self-determination theory (SDT) provides a solid theoretical framework to achieve such purposes, it…

The article explores the critical need for school psychologists to savor the rewarding aspects of their roles while acknowledging prevalent stressors. By examining job satisfaction and dissatisfaction, the author highlights the importance of cultivating sources of joy in their professional lives to enhance feelings of fulfillment and, ultimately,…

In the context of global concerns about teacher workload and the relationship between workload and attrition, understanding the nature, quantity and intensity of teachers' work is an essential first step in formulating robust solutions to this significant problem. Understanding teachers' work, however, is a complex undertaking, and prior attempts…

While research on early childhood expulsion practices and efforts to prevent such an event has dominated the literature, the voices of parents living with the effects of the expulsion have been practically non-existent. To date, it is unclear how families experience their young children's exclusion or how families fare during and after a child is…

Teaching and learning are profoundly personal experiences, yet systems of education often prioritize ubiquitous agendas that alienate rather than engage. Creating space for individuals and their lived experiences has the capacity to transform the classroom from a place of containment to one of expansiveness. Resisting the tendency of education to…

The focus of this study was on identifying patterns of student behavior to support data-informed decision-making which would then improve the learning experience and learning outcomes of online English language courses. Learning analytics approach (or more specifically cluster analysis) was used to identify engagement patterns in online learning.…

In recent years, hybrid education has gained attention for teaching and interacting with two groups simultaneously, where both teachers and students face challenges with interaction. We hypothesise that transactional distance plays a role in this. This study, aims to explore the characteristics of hybrid education in terms of interaction and…

The literature has shown that teacher leaders' self-identity is a crucial aspect of teacher leadership development. However, less is known about the factors that influence the development of teacher leadership identity in the Chinese education context. By conducting semi-structured interviews with 23 secondary school teachers and administrators,…

The purpose of this exploratory, quantitative action research study was to determine whether methods coursework and practicum experiences influence pre-service music educators' self-efficacy towards teaching in secondary instrumental music settings. Junior music education students enrolled in an instrumental music methods course (n = 17) and in…

The rapid increase in international students, many of whom study in a second language (L2), has driven extensive research that examines the contribution of L2 proficiency to students' academic success. However, focusing solely on L2 proficiency as captured by language test scores provides a limited perspective, ignoring the many factors that…