In recent years, the theory of antiblackness known, generally, as 'afropessimism' has been taken up in the field of Education. In this article, the author outlines afropessimism and emplaces it into the traditions of Black educational thought, namely Critical Race Theory. The article also highlights the emerging contributions of scholars who have…

Disciplinary pressures within academia often produce specialised and one-sided accounts of complex social processes. Convincing accounts of popular education regularly acknowledge the importance of social movements but without theorising them adequately -- and vice versa. This one-sidedness is compounded by a widespread tendency to generalise from…

This article crafts a distinct conceptualization of time in social sciences through two temporal concepts: Chronos and Kairos. Chronos refers to sequential, linear time, which frames quantitative causality and qualitative documentation in research methodology. Kairos, however, captures time as transformative, conceptual, and emotional moments,…

This essay analyzes Pierre Hadot's reading of Aristotelian "theoria" in order to evaluate "theoria's" relevancy for the contemporary field of Contemplative Education. It emphasizes the limited engagement with "theoria" against a backdrop of heightened attention to mindfulness-based practices. The essay critiques the…

This article continues the efforts of Gert Biesta and Jim Hordern to address the nature and organisation of educational studies as highlighted in a recent special issue titled 'Educational studies today and for the future: threats, hopes, and collaborations' in "BJES" (Volume 7, No. 5, 2023). The aim is to articulate a distinctive voice…

A key question in the field of educational theory is the question of what is 'educational' in education. Responses to this question in the field are often connected to some type of change that is to take place in the child: children are socialised, they become subjects, or learn. I argue that this way of understanding what is educational in…

"Improvement Science in Education: A Primer," second edition, is the first and introductory volume in the Myers Education Press series, "Improvement Science in Education and Beyond." It provides a comprehensive overview of improvement science as a framework to guide continuous improvement and reconceptualizes improvement by…

Both the history of and the changing demographics within theological education demand a reckoning with the past, a close examination of the present, and a course correction for the future. Critical race theory (CRT), a framework currently under fierce political debate and intense public scrutiny, provides a lens for such a task. CRT is a…

Objective: This qualitative study aimed to demystify the utilisation of tools and the object in the activity system was realised by the teacher in attaining the object's desired outcome. Method: A CHAT framework analysis was used to understand the more complex learning environment and underpin the dynamic problems raised in human research and…

If post-qualitative studies is committed to rethinking epistemologies and ontologies of matter and humanism, then why is the field perpetuating narrow, "one-slit," theorizing? Does it matter who we theorize with? And what matter matters in post-qualitative inquiry? These questions guide the discussion in this essay as Pillow offers a…

Generalizability theory is a modern and powerful framework for conducting reliability analyses. It is flexible to accommodate both random and fixed facets. However, there has been a relative scarcity in the practical literature on how to handle the fixed facet case. This article aims to provide practitioners a conceptual understanding and…

The authors employ a philosophical approach to model why a philosophy in practice dissertation has value in the context of EDD programs. Through literature review and philosophical analysis, the authors interrogate binary oppositions implicit in the discussion of theory, research, and practice. The authors out what the philosophy in practice…

The work of John Dewey continues to challenge educators whose work is to put theory into practice in the classroom. In the United States and elsewhere, a popular impression of Dewey and progressive education is that of inductive, child-centered pedagogy, but his writings in Democracy and Education--as well as in subsequent re-writings of previous…

In conversation with colleagues, it has been repeatedly addressed that the field of education research, whether philosophical, historical, or political, can be wildly depressing. One source of frustration is the subject content. Discussing historical and contemporary injustices in education, such as forced assimilation through residential schools,…

The relationship between theory and practice in teacher training has been discussed extensively in the world of education. Both theoretical and practical knowledge are fundamental to teachers' engagement in educational activities. However, the question of where this knowledge comes from and how it develops over time has yet to be answered. As…