This paper seeks to present the case of successful nativelike proficiency in L7, achieved in adulthood. As a case study of multiple language acquisition processes acquired, both in childhood and adulthood, this study operates in the fields of multilingualism and language acquisition. The author presents her experiences of language acquisition and…

"Applications" of knowledge symbolically and structurally "codify" thinking, often displacing the human who is relegated to passive, routine reproduction of operations and left with no space or time to understand or question the relations underlying the processes. This is both mirrored and augmented by the schematic narrowing…

Private dance studios exist outside the scope of K-12 institutions in the United States and serve students within their local communities. Many of them strive to benefit underrepresented groups through community engagement initiatives. This mixed-method study scrutinizes the various community engagement practices of private dance studios through a…

In this paper, we explore the critical practice of making sense of students' mathematical ideas. We extend previous research by studying stances prospective teachers adopt, the extent or depth to which they do so, and the types of prospective teachers making sense of students' mathematical ideas. Analyzing the responses of 123 prospective teachers…

Previous research indicates that students' academic performance can be negatively affected by interparental conflict. However, studies focusing on Chinese high school students, whose academic performance is particularly emphasized, are limited. Moreover, relatively little work has examined the mechanisms underlying the association between…

Personalized learning (PL) is a student-centered instructional approach in which learning goals, pacing, content, and environments are customized to address individual student needs (Bernacki et al., 2021; Ellis, 2009; Lee, 2014; Miliband, 2006; Office of Educational Technology, 2010; Sota, 2016; Zhang et al., 2020). In grades K-12, PL has been…

With the backdrop of the pandemic, rise of anti-Asian hate, and mental health crises, we came together in 2020 to resist returning to "business as usual" and manifest radical love to build toward hopefulness. With Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Praxis of Critical Race Love (PCRL) as our theoretical framework, we share our mixed-method…

As two Chicana scholar-activists, we recognize the common approach to oral history research is often technical and pragmatic and that published teaching materials rooted in radical feminist of color and Indigenous intellectual traditions are limited. In this article, we trace an intellectual and scholarly genealogy that demonstrates there is no…

This study examines differences in teachers' uptake of critical language pedagogy during a 16-week graduate course. Drawing on narrative constructs of personal, professional, and linguistic identity, the study shows that the more tightly teachers integrate hegemonic language ideologies into their various identities, the more hesitant they are to…

This article examines how White evangelicals constructed "culture" as a theological and sociological category during 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork in both formal and informal pedagogical contexts, including a private, K-12 Christian academy and church-based programs. For them, concerns about "the culture" overwhelmingly…

How can students use AI as a tool to assist them in the learning process? More importantly, how are students using AI and how is it impacting their learning? The purpose of this research study was to explore and understand the perceptions of students' experiences with AI tools and how it has impacted their learning experience. As AI continues to…

As the number of book bans continues to increase nationally, there has been a growing body of research examining the impacts of book bans and their function as an extension of other educational gag orders. The literature is profusely and unapologetically clear that book bans have a myriad of impacts--they decrease engagement, critical thinking and…

This article draws on the scholarship of Black Critical Theory in education. It enriches this literature by provocatively commanding scholarly and methodological space for Mad Studies to explore, understand and address, distressed Black pupils' experiences of anti-Black sanism in education in Britain. Currently limited by the proliferation of…

Bennett Reimer's philosophy of music education laid out in his influential "A Philosophy of Music Education" (1970) was born in the height of Cold War superpower confrontation but until recently its connection to Cold War politics and mentality has not been noticed and explored, in large part due to Reimer's decontextualized and…

The application potential of the metaverse as an emerging technology in education has sparked widespread attention globally. A systematic review was conducted using the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses method, which yielded 43 relevant articles from a total of 527 articles to examine the current status and the…