Framed as a letter to the author's daughter, this essay explores what it means to live, parent, and teach as a Settler Canadian on stolen Indigenous Land. Through personal reflections and Indigenous scholarship, the author considers how love, accountability, and relational learning can guide us toward decolonial and reconciliatory futures. This…

The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals identifies education as an essential pillar for progress. As an anchor of learning, early childhood education must be given high priority worldwide. Innovative teaching practices are imperative to ensuring the quality and sustainability of early education. This study examines the correlations among…

In less than a decade, conflicts have driven two massive waves of refugees to the European Union, mainly from Syria and Ukraine but not only. Many of these refugees are children whose education has been disrupted. This article aims to identify the elements that foster school success for migrant and refugee children in their host societies. To…

Compulsory volunteerism is required in many countries, with the goal of building long-term capacities for service in adolescence, yet the policy may not necessarily result in volunteerism or civic engagement in adulthood. Little is also understood about different school-based volunteering environments and how they interact with youth volunteer…

The differences in gender have consequence on mathematics achievement. Nonetheless, the dominance in the performance of mathematics with regards to both sexes remains skewed. Thus, the current study sought to measure the impact of gender disparities on mathematics performances and investigate the attitudes and perceptions towards the learning of…

In light of the increasingly complex international and regional educational landscape, enhancing student academic achievement has emerged as a critical, shared objective for nations, institutions, educators, and students alike. This volume presents an in-depth review of the current conditions, challenges, and dilemmas confronting students in their…

Multilevel scientific creativity of college students has gained increasing scholarly attention. However, the double-edged effects of a playful climate on creativity have often been overlooked, while single-level theoretical frameworks have hindered the understanding of complex scientific creative processes. In this review, the relationship between…

Background/purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges and opportunities for students' learning worldwide and changed the environments in which students learn. An international learning environment was designed to "bridge the distance", address pre-service teachers' socio-emotional needs and develop their entrepreneurial thinking…

Purpose: The intersection of multiculturalism and educational leadership has received increasing attention in research worldwide. Nonetheless, considering major trends and challenges across different societies, little is known about this under the indigenous communities' framework. The purpose of the paper is to address this gap through a review…

Problematic internet use (PIU) has become a noticeable issue among adolescents, which negatively affects their physical and mental health. Previous research has noted the protective role of school climate in reducing PIU, but the underlying mechanisms need to be further explored. Based on the ecological systems theory, this study focused on the…

Despite the importance of spatiality in language learning and teaching environments, empirical research in this line is still lacking. Here, we adopt a spatial ontology perspective to examine how seven English for Specific Purposes (ESP) learners and three teachers perceived and experienced three language learning environments. Set in a higher…

Teachers are deeply affected by the same cultural influences as their students; directly and indirectly. This is certainly true in the rise of masculinity influencer, extremist, and alleged sex trafficker Andrew Tate and the brands of individual and cultural misogyny he perpetuates. Using data collected from the /r/Teachers subreddit community of…

Sylvia Hurtado's 1992 article, "The Campus Racial Climate: Contexts of Conflict." remains a groundbreaking contribution to research on campus racial climates. In their 2007 publication, "Nine Themes in Campus Racial Climates and Implications for Institutional Transformation," Shaun Harper and Sylvia Hurtado synthesized 15 years…

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is key to an individual's success throughout life and can be fostered in children's daily settings. School climate has the potential to promote or hinder the development of SEL in students. However, it is not clear from previous research which specific aspects of school climate relate to which SEL skills. This…

This paper examines interactions between educational systems and environments, focusing on the stance leaders take toward instructional guidance in their environment. After analyzing interview and focus group data from 49 school and system leaders across three systems (i.e., Montessori, International Baccalaureate, Catholic), we found differences…