In recent years, there has been a strong call for more fine-grained analyses of student engagement to better capture its nature as a situated, momentary phenomenon. This special issue aims to promote cross-disciplinary discussions about the complex processes involved in students' momentary engagement and learning situated in classroom contexts.…

Metacognition cannot develop on its own; therefore, teachers should teach this skill to their students. Teachers should provide appropriate models and guidelines so pre-service teachers can gain awareness of metacognition before starting their profession. This service sought to determine how a holistic approach affects Turkish pre-service…

Sixteen careers advisers based in five Scottish universities were asked a range of questions designed to explore possible impacts of alterations in student mental health and wellbeing on their practice. Through combining key insights from a critical analysis of the relevant literature and policy documents with others that were gleaned from the…

Our paper is a collaborative autoethnography exploring the intersection of environmental crises, personal experiences, and education through the narratives of two educators, Maha Shoaib and Sarah Kistner. Reflecting on the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan and the 2021 Texas Freeze, we explore how systemic inequities and inadequate preparedness…

In contemporary educational theory, the concept of 'nature' has been restricted to the 'inner nature' of humans, reflecting Western philosophy's focus on introspection and essence. This shift has excluded the ever-growing natural world from the realm of inner nature, relegating it to an external entity and creating a divide between human nature…

Enacting African consciousness in classrooms by taking up an Elder stance does not mean excluding students (or teachers) who do not have African ancestry. In fact, all knowledge is "situated"; there is no knowledge that comes from nowhere. In this article, two authors draw from an African worldview and present the Elder stance as a…

This paper examines the interplay between sustainability transitions and industrial demands within Taiwanese engineering education. Taiwan, a newly industrialized economy, faces unique challenges in integrating sustainability into its engineering programs while maintaining economic growth. Based on 34 interviews with professors, deans, and…

In the Chinese educational landscape, extracurricular engagement in disciplines like visual arts has received relatively limited scholarly attention compared to Western settings, where such activities are well established for cultivating diverse cognitive and socioemotional competencies. Unlike Western models, where arts education is often…

This qualitative, single-case study investigated undergraduate students' perceptions and experiences of the academic advisement approach in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) academic program at the University of Wisconsin Stout. Focusing on holistic advising to address diverse and evolving needs, the study aimed to inform…

Female student-athletes encounter unique challenges in navigating their social and mental well-being, often intensified by various stereotypes and pressures within athletic culture. This study explores the experiences of female student-athletes in community creation as well as how the various communities contribute to their growth and development.…

In this qualitative multiple-case study, three teachers' understanding of holistic education philosophy was explored through their enacted instructional practices in mathematics classrooms in a holistic school in India. Drawing upon the ethnographic methodology, the data collected include interviews and conversations, classroom observations, and…

Researchers have extensively investigated the quantitative relationship between various admissions requirements and their predictive capability for academic success in DPT programs; however, limited investigators have examined the perceptions of these requirements by admissions faculty. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the…

There is an emerging need for redefining religious literacy for teachers in mainstream secondary schools in the United Kingdom (UK) where Religious Studies is part of the core curriculum. The research study draws upon careful observation and analysis of UK mainstream secondary school curricula about Islam and on the qualitative pieces of evidence…

Student success is an integral part of systemic change research. However, students' lived experiences and voices are often subdued in this programme, leaving the change that occurs to be evaluated upon measures that do not capture a holistic view of the experiences students and their shifting identities during the roll-out of those changes. These…

Building on the existing concepts of multiliteracies and of translanguaging repertoires, I propose the concept of transliteracy repertoires--or the idea that individuals' idiolects do not naturally delineate between named languages or named modes. I theorize that these transliteracy repertoires: (1) are deeply connected with individuals'…