Due to rising linguistic diversity and educational disparities in Austria, a German-language-support model was installed in 2018-2019 across Austrian schools. This study examines teachers' professional identity in this program. The study uses qualitative data from interviews with 21 female teachers across 13 Viennese primary schools to explore…

The aim of this study is to determine the levels of workplace loneliness among middle school mathematics teachers and to examine whether these levels differ based on specific demographic variables, as well as to conduct an in-depth analysis of teachers' experiences with workplace loneliness. Employing an explanatory mixed-methods design, the…

In this study, it was aimed to determine the sources of concern of primary school teachers in terms of controversial issues and the difficulties they experience in instructional processes and to improve their teaching skills related to controversial issues with digital stories. In this context, participatory action research method was utilized. A…

The guiding vision of the Tribal College Movement is an education system founded on traditional knowledge and focused on a prosperous future through job creation and community expansion. In 1973, the first six tribal colleges established the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) to provide a support network to more effectively…

Millennials, the generation born between 1980 and 1994, have distinguished themselves by their adaptability, tech-savviness, and collaborative values. The current study explored millennial parents' perceptions of parental involvement in their children's elementary education in Johnson County, Kansas elementary schools. Grounded in Epstein's model…

E-leadership, a form of leadership facilitated by advanced information technology, has gained prominence over the past decade, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, as it extends traditional leadership to support remote work environments. This study investigated the impact of e-leadership on employees in the higher education sector,…

Nationally, students who are parents (known as parenting students or student parents) make up nearly 1 in 5 undergraduates. Though they earn similar grades to non-parenting students on average, student parents are much less likely to complete college credentials, even when controlling for personal characteristics and institution type. There is a…

Universities have a pivotal role to play in addressing the climate crisis, not only educating an increasingly large proportion of the global population, but also through scientific breakthroughs, technological innovation and raising public awareness. Higher education is particularly important given the roots of ecological and social breakdown in…

This study investigates the nature of co-construction in roleplays conducted with human versus AI interlocutors for assessing interactional competence (IC) in L2 English. Seventy-five university students in Japan completed roleplay tasks with both human tutors and an AI agent. The AI agent is a multimodal dialog system integrated with a large…

In the spring of 2020, schools across the globe closed as a public health measure to address the growing COVID-19 pandemic. For children and youth with special educational needs (SEN) who rely on specific additional supports and services, and who were more likely than their peers to experience a lack of school success even before COVID-19, gaps in…

Growing evidence links early life adversity (ELA), including Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and unpredictability, to disrupted health and development. This knowledge has led to increased screening for ELA in primary care settings and provided new opportunities to further research associations between ELA and health. It is imperative to…

Purpose: This study aims to explore and highlight how a secondary English teacher's commitment to nonviolence was maintained through gentle and purposeful resistance to the subtle violence of her school's curriculum practices. Design/methodology/approach: Data from this qualitative study was examined with attention to the slow violence of…

While Extensive Reading (ER) has emerged as an effective approach to developing language skills, ER research has largely focused on its impact on language acquisition, rather than the socio-cultural content of the materials used and any effect of those on the reader. Considering that ER programs tend to expect learners to read large volumes of…

The paper presents the findings of a systematic literature review on teachers' attitudes and opinions toward Sexuality Education (SE) that can be implemented with students aged 14 and older. Relevant articles were systematically searched in four scientific databases (ERIC, PsycInfo, Scopus, and Web of Science Core Collection) and other sources…

Drawing on self-determination theory (SDT), this qualitative study examines elementary homeroom teachers' beliefs and values, and how they perceive their role in addressing students' needs. Based on 18 semi-structured interviews with 15 homeroom teachers from five schools participating in the Purple School program in Israel, this study uncovers…