Teachers' school contexts play critical yet underappreciated roles in their development of instructional practice in individual classrooms. Sparked by insights from Akiko Hayashi's book "Teaching Expertise in Three Countries," this reflective piece explores the author's development of his craft across four distinctive educational…

Contribution: This article demonstrates that social, cultural, economic, and political topics can be effectively addressed in the context of traditional computer science and engineering topics with few additional resources and little coordination. Background: Social, cultural, economic, and political influences are often secondary topics in…

There are many people whose actions and behaviours can influence the mindset and beliefs that students have toward learning math. In addition to other factors such as social media, which are beyond the scope of this article, parents, teachers, and peers all have different influences on children's mindsets, and often those people do not recognize…

Using literature and related documents, the study reviews and analyzes the global trend of liberal arts education (LAE) resurgence and experimentation in different societies across three continents, East Asia, North America, and Western Europe. The study explores how LAE has been incorporated into different societies, how the variations in each…

Minority stress theory is a model for understanding health disparities among sexual minorities, defined as those who experience a level of same-sex attraction, identity, or behavior. Methods for assessing minority stress among youth included only adult measures until the development of the Sexual Minority Adolescent Stress Inventory (SMASI). The…

The current study sought to better understand how leisure boredom is associated with alcohol use and how peer factors moderated the relationship between state and trait leisure boredom and past month alcohol use. The 2004 to 2008 multi-cohort study sample included 3,837 high school students (50% female; 91% mixed race; M[subscript age] = 14 years;…

Identity issues have been an area of focus in language learning motivation scholarship. However, the role of national identity in language learning motivation has not received sufficient attention. In response to the timely call for reflections on nationalism and language education, this study examines how political nationalism and cultural…

Physical education (PE) has significant potential to shape how young people experience their own and others' bodies. This potential has not always been realized in positive ways and some research suggests that experiences in PE have contributed to young people's dissatisfaction with their appearances. The broad aim of this review is to provide a…

The purpose of this study was to identify malleable practices in the homes of Spanish-speaking toddlers prior to school enrollment. This was achieved by examining daily activities and routines and the role older siblings played in these interactions to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of the home language and literacy environment and…

The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Plus non-conforming identities (LGBTQ+) individuals who have pursued a professional career in the outdoor recreation industry. Six stories of queer identity in the outdoors were gifted to this study, with the…

The purpose of this study was to gather data about male leadership bias and how it affected women's treatment, evaluation, and promotion in a predominantly male leadership environment. This was explored through the lens of role congruity theory (Eagly & Karau, 2002) which underscored the impact of gender stereotypes on women leaders, mainly…

The purpose of this study was to elicit preferences for the 'format' and 'content' of tobacco treatment among college student smokers, using an online discrete choice experiment (DCE) survey. A DCE survey, supplemented with a think-aloud method, was conducted among 54 college students who smoked combustible cigarettes and/or e-cigarettes.…

Sexuality is negotiated through intimate and familial relationships within larger systems of culture and society. In contemporary Iran, religion and cultural upbringing exert a large influence on women's sexual development. This article presents a case study of a young adult, single woman in Iran who participated in online, client-centered art…

After conducting a collaborative inquiry professional development project with educators at a suburban Title I school focused on data use for equity, researchers followed up with participants a year later to determine if there were lasting, meaningful learning outcomes. Findings from interviews indicate that the project was impactful because it…

In this article, we extend the boundaries of research on family language policy (FLP) by addressing the situation that occurs when the State takes over the care of unaccompanied minor refugees and asylum-seekers, thereby assuming by proxy the responsibilities normally assigned to families. We analyse media discourses involving unaccompanied minors…