Doctoral students and apprentices are much alike. Doctoral students are treated as junior academic scholars. They must follow and learn different knowledge and research skills from their senior academic scholars, mainly supervisors and other congenial faculty members within the department. During the process, reflectivity is one of their vital…

Purpose: This study investigates mentoring practices within Initial Teacher Education in England during a period of significant policy reform. Informed by Bourdieu's theory of capital and habitus, the research explores how pre-service teachers (PSTs) experience mentoring relationships and how these experiences shape their professional identity and…

This book is an evidence-based, practical guide to enable pre- and in-service teachers, system, school, and middle leaders to maximise students' understanding of classroom teaching and assessment, improving outcomes and expanding opportunities for all students. Developing accessible assessment and pedagogy is especially critical when students have…

This article aims to highlight the experience of a non-binary Kenyan student through a life story interview, exploring the tension between identity performance, activism, and visibility in a hostile context. This method enables the identification of a dynamic identity construction and performance process, examining how invisible minorities find…

This research aimed to determine the factor that had the most significant contribution to students' motivation to learn English and the predictors of each element in the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS) model in the Vietnamese context. Quantitative results were collected from 231s to year English major students via the survey questionnaire…

This study examines the relationship between emotions experienced in Physical Education (PE) and their impact on resilience in physical-sport activities (PA-S) using the Transcontextual Model (TCM) applied to Achievement Emotion Theory (AET). The aim was to assess the consistency and emotional transfer between PE and PA-S, and how these emotions…

The present study examined how Arab students, as a minority group in a teacher-education college in Israel, coped with uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic. The insights gained can inform how educators support Arab students during other challenging times, such as periods of political instability. The study aimed to enhance understanding of…

This article discusses the analytic-evocative autoethnographic exploration of my learning experiences planning for, facilitating, participating in, and reflecting on a series of expressive writing workshops for women-identifying Canadians who have served in the military. I explore how the intersection of expressive writing, adult education, and…

This article discusses findings from semi-structured interviews with writing consultants about their affective experiences working across three different consulting modalities: in person, asynchronous, and synchronous. This study offers affect as a lens for understanding consultants' responses to and strategies for consulting in multiple…

Four educators from Nepal engaged in a collaborative autoethnographic inquiry to examine how community engagement can transform higher education through interdisciplinary, reflective, and contextually grounded approaches. Drawing on data from a two-month pilot residential program in Panchkhal Municipality, Nepal, we explored how students…

While there has been a growing interest in teachers' empathy within TESOL, the various dimensions of empathy remain less explored compared to other fields such as anthropology, medicine, and psychology. Guided by the theoretical framing of "teacher knowledge" (TK), this paper reports on one key theme from a doctoral study concerning how…

This analytic autoethnography offers a critical and personal reflection on two decades (2005-2025) of academic life at a South African university. Framed within South Africa's shifting higher education landscape, the study explores academic identity formation through eight thematic lenses: from early experiences as an unprepared lecturer to the…

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…

Purpose: Digital twin enabled e-learning (DTEe-L) transitions from traditional instructional design to innovative learner-centered e-learning design. Initially, during the COVID-19 pandemic, DTEe-L demonstrated great promise for significantly optimizing e-learning environments, emerging as a suitable mechanism for innovative and active learning,…

Emerging technologies and innovative instructional methods have revolutionized education, making blended learning the new standard in the artificial intelligence era. However, poor integration of online and face-to-face learning has led to challenges such as superficial student engagement. This study developed a Community of Inquiry-based blended…