Teachers are struggling with issues and conversations around masculinities in schools. How do we discuss problem areas associated with masculinities, without demonising the young men we are engaging with? How do we create safe spaces for young people to discuss and challenge their masculinities together? It has never been harder to engage young…

This study examines the communication techniques and frames used in the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol's YouTube content, as well as viewer engagement with the content. Through a content analysis of the organization's 28 producer-facing videos, this research identified key framing strategies, emotional and logical appeals, and sources used. The…

The link between happiness and mathematics learning is complicated but fundamental. Good emotions can improve the quality of any learning experience and this is especially true for mathematics, as it is often seen as complicated and scary. Happiness and mathematics learning are linked by the ability of positive emotions to create a healthy…

A trigger warning (TW) is a statement designed to caution individuals about upcoming content that could evoke distressing emotions. The majority of students promote the use of TWs and believe them to be helpful and their use is becoming more commonplace amongst instructors (noting that instructors also sometimes avoid teaching or discussing…

In any US school, even in schools with strong commitments to equity, colleagues and administrators may make deficit-oriented, prejudiced, and/or problematic comments about students and families. These harmful comments are often fueled by white supremacy, cisheteropatriarchy, ableism, capitalism, etc., and we refer to them as politically charged…

Children's executive function skills develop through everyday interactions with adults and others, and they need much extended time to interact with others. One way to enhance such skills is to build their executive function skills through physical activities. Such activities promote children's abilities in social interactions, and they are…

This update to Mezirow's Transformative Learning theory seeks to advance Mälkki's enhancement to the emotional dimension in phase one--the disorienting dilemma--by proposing the need for a complete grief process (as theorized by Kübler-Ross), to support movement from Mälkki's conceptualization of "edge-emotions" to a "comfort…

Background: People with intellectual disability are at higher risk of experiencing social isolation in their everyday lives, because of exclusionary practices, discriminatory social policies and structural exclusion. However, less is known about what people with intellectual disability themselves think about loneliness in their lives and what…

Creating, visualizing, and critiquing data are integral knowledge-building practices within science, as well as many other fields. Yet data is often treated as neutral and value-free, perpetuating narratives of science as a dispassionate discipline where data are merely extracted, repackaged, and distributed anew. As researchers and educators seek…

As a part of the special issue Centering Affect and Emotion Toward Justice and Dignity in Science Edcation, this article draws together literature around emotions and white supremacy. Specifically, I draw upon the work of Reverend Thandeka and Ralph Ellison to describe emotional configurations (Vea, 2020) of whiteness. Focusing on the experiences…

The aim of this paper is to bring into conversation the concept of 'affective witnessing' and the notion of 'vulnerability' as an affective relation to reconceptualise the framework for understanding affective witnessing of vulnerability in pedagogical theory and practice. In particular, the paper explores how paying close attention to affectivity…

Although enjoyment has been linked to participation in physical activity (PA), a thorough analysis of the concept is lacking. Health-related behavior research emphasizes the necessity of focusing on individual psychological requirements, such as enjoyment in PA, to boost children and adolescents' motivation for PA. The current paper is a report on…

A narrative inquiry study explored six graduate students' experiences of "imposter syndrome" during their graduate studies. Semi-structured interviews occurred with each participant at two time points: one initial interview and a follow-up interview to discuss the impact of the initial interview and to perform member checking. Each…

In this essay, I explore how cognitive bias, rather than racial or ethnic bias, may inhibit the ability of school psychologists to advance social justice through research and practice. I begin with the argument that tests advance the cause of social justice because they define problems (i.e., disparities among groups) in objective, measurable…

Assumptions around the association between boredom and creativity are contentious. Although studies suggest positive effects of boredom, it is also considered a negative predictor of creativity. Researchers also assume that creativity reduces boredom, but boredom can also occur during creative tasks. In this review, we identify and systematise the…