Burnout is an emotional reflection of chronic job stress and reflects how teachers experience and perceive their work environment. However, few studies have explored the relationships between loneliness, emotional labor strategies, and school climate and burnout. Therefore, this study explored the mediating roles of loneliness and emotional labor…

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…

True belonging requires more than welcome. Discover concrete strategies to create mathematics classrooms where students' thinking and identities are valued. This article explores how teachers can intentionally design for belonging in mathematics classrooms by integrating two powerful frameworks: Design for Belonging (Wise, 2022) and Complex…

In 2025, ACER published the Teacher Practice Improvement Tool (TPIT), as part of its family of improvement tools. A comprehensive review of international research was undertaken to inform the development of the TPIT, which resulted in the inductive development of five inter-related domains that holistically capture the practices of highly…

Contemporary perspectives suggest that some children are more sensitive to their caregiving environment than others. This prospective longitudinal study examined the role of environmental sensitivity in the developmental pathways of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), focusing on its early identification during the neonatal period.…

This study explored the evolving role of university managers in higher education, focusing on their transition from traditional administrative functions to transformational leadership roles. Employing a qualitative case study approach at Gulu University, Uganda, the research examined managers' adaptations during their engagement with the TESCEA…

While the mobility patterns of first-degree students and graduates have been extensively researched, there is limited understanding of the international mobility of doctoral graduates. This article examines the early outbound mobility of UK domiciled doctoral graduates. Informed by human capital and signalling theory, we analyse the Higher…

Virtual reality (VR) has unique potential for simulating environments and situations beyond real-life experiences. This study investigates the limitations of VR equipment design for learning spaces, specifically online environments. Presented are the findings of an exploratory study that examined the immersion, ease of use, and physiological and…

Background: While research has demonstrated the importance of K-12 environments for adolescent well-being, there have been numerous challenges to measuring and addressing this social environment. The "School as a Protective Factor (SPF)-Framework" and "Brief" instrument were established to meet this gap. This study investigates…

Few empirical studies in higher education consider the importance of the physical environment on students' satisfaction with the learning environment. The present study first examined the effects of a move to a new campus on students' satisfaction with the physical and learning environments. Then, it examined how students' satisfaction with a…

It is proposed that the purpose of education is to enable people to live happy, healthy and useful lives -- now and in the future. A curriculum and framework for children's education is derived from the above purpose. Using the results of over twenty years of research, the pedagogical and physical environments required that will enable children to…

The experiences of individuals returning to the most conservative countries from abroad are not being recorded. The present study explores how Saudi scholars working in the higher education sector readjust and reconnect to their workplace after completing their doctoral scholarships abroad. The study has adopted a narrative approach and used the…

This qualitative study employed portraiture methodology and the analytical tool of thinking with theory to comprehend how gay Latino men enrolled at a four-year university experienced heteronormativity in different settings (e.g. with family and at college) and how these influenced their connections to love. Using stories from five participants,…

This study explores factors that contribute to college students' subjective well-being (SWB). Using the experience sampling method, the investigators collected data from an urban university in a mid-western state in the United States. We analyzed 963 experience sampling forms from 21 college students. Results showed that participants' SWB was…

Research Findings: The aim of this study was to examine associations between two aspects of teachers' occupational well-being, i.e., teaching-related stress and work engagement, and the quality of teacher-child interactions in Finnish kindergarten classrooms. Participants were 47 kindergarten teachers with their classrooms of 6-year-old children.…