The use of digital technologies is increasing in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) schools to support futurefocused learning and allow students to gain 21st century skills that can enable them to participate and thrive in a digital future. NZ students have among the highest use of digital technologies in the world, and digital devices present both…

Addressing school bullying is a matter of social justice, but prevention and intervention efforts worldwide have achieved only modest results. Bullying has traditionally been conceptualised within psychology in terms of individuals' dysfunctionality, but research now also encompasses bullying based on bias rather than personal characteristics,…

Background/purpose: Muslim parents in the Deep South of Thailand prefer to send their children to Islamic private schools, expecting that they would simultaneously accumulate Islamic and secular knowledge and become devout Muslims. This study employed a future-oriented research design to explore parents' and alumni's expectations of Islamic…

This qualitative study analyses the heterogeneous educational aspirations of Chinese middle-class parents. Drawing on Bourdieusian reflexivity theory alongside concepts of orthodoxy, capital, and field, findings suggest that parents hold diverse educational aspirations, which can be categorised into aspirations for academic performance, holistic…

A free speech recession has taken hold in American higher education, with students and faculty self-censoring at historic rates and professors facing sanctions for controversial views more often than during the height of McCarthyism in the 1950s. Using 2025 free speech rankings of 251 campuses from the Foundation for Individual Rights and…

Latino/x families experience barriers when navigating and accessing special education (SPED) services. Previous research has identified some of these barriers that Latino/x families encounter and facilitators to provide support for a positive SPED experience (Rios & Burke, 2020). The purpose of this study is to continue the investigation of…

Background: Adolescents in residential care present a greater risk of developing various problems in several domains compared to adolescents residing with their biological families. Psychological adjustment is an emerging area of investigation with this particularly vulnerable population to understand the factors that underlie the difficulties…

Student engagement is a fundamental issue for educators and researchers. In some cases, even with advanced technological facilities or trained instructors, it can be difficult to encourage students to participate synchronously. The multidimensional nature of engagement may provide a rationale for this phenomenon. While definitions and…

The expansion of doctoral education systems globally has spurred increased research into doctoral employment; however, there is a paucity of gender-based perspectives on the decisions of those who have entered the academic profession. This study delves into the career reflections of academics within the Chinese context, aiming to uncover gender…

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) self-efficacy refers to students' belief in their ability to succeed in STEM-related tasks. Although parental involvement is known to positively influence students' STEM self-efficacy, the relation between different types of parental involvement (e.g., discussions and activities) and…

Primary homework in England is widespread and contentious, yet research largely ignores its gendered impact on families. This netnographic study locates mother perspectives online to explore whether participation in mother-focused forums affords maternal cyber-agency in the homework debate. Findings suggest that many women, positioning themselves…

Diversity is a socially constructed idea where differences are assigned values that are in turn shaped by local socio-political exigencies and narratives. Interpretations of diversity in Anglo-Saxon contexts tend to revolve around identity markers, such as race, gender, (dis)abilities and nationalities. Looking beyond Anglo-Saxon contexts, this…

Establishing a coherent meaning in life has long been considered to be a protective factor of well-being, but this construct has been understudied in early adolescent development. The current study investigated the relationships between family allocentrism and depressive symptoms as well as the mediation effect of meaning in life in 214 Chinese…

Genetics, environment, and their interactions impact autism spectrum disorder etiology. Smoking is a suspected autism spectrum disorder risk factor due to biological plausibility and high prevalence. Using two large epidemiological samples, we examined whether autism spectrum disorder was associated with prenatal paternal smoking in a Discovery…

This paper explores relations between literacy education, ideology and politics, based on an analysis of educational reforms during Soviet and US military occupation in North and South Korea. Following the end of the Second World War, anti-illiteracy campaigns in the two Koreas became important means of political socialisation for Koreans amid the…