Student voice (SV), referring to the concept and practices of involving students in educational decisions, has been gaining popularity due to its promising effects on student need satisfaction and academic motivation. Definitions of SV approaches, their variety, and the benefits that various approaches have for students' need satisfaction and…

This study aimed to analyze organizational democracy and organizational alienation behaviours of faculty members at universities, along with the relationship between these two variables. Applying surveying methodological approach, the data have been obtained from 364 faculty members working at four public and two foundation universities in Izmir…

This study investigates the relationship between personal satisfaction and career decision-making among science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students. The research aims to identify how personal fulfillment influences students' career choices and the extent of their satisfaction with selected paths. Utilizing a structured…

Background/purpose: Vietnam's higher education (HE) market has become increasingly competitive, with institutional branding playing a crucial role in attracting prospective students. This paper examines how Customer-Based Brand Equity (CBBE) affects the choice of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) through Integrated Marketing Communication…

Mathematical games are widely used in primary school classrooms, yet the activities that are labelled as "games" vary considerably in their structure, cognitive demands, and potential to support student reasoning. This conceptual paper offers a typology that distinguishes between pseudo-games, superficial games, gamification, and…

According to the latest reports by international evaluation organizations, new forms of political dynamics in democracies are emerging globally that, paradoxically, endanger the very development of democracy: the rise of populism and social and political polarization, new forms of democratic authoritarianism, and, consequently, the risk of…

More and more cities and counties fund and run their own early childhood programs, but each seems to operate them in its own unique way. While the opportunity to design and build a new program can be inspiring, the process itself can be painstaking and fraught with second guesses. Unfortunately, there are few resources to help policymakers and…

Realist evaluations, a form of theory-driven evaluation, aim to explain how, why, for whom, and to what extent a complex health intervention works (or does not work). Realist evaluations are often "methods-flexible" and encourage the appropriate use of a range of evidence types that provide explanatory value. However, there is a lack of…

Generally, discussions of shared governance in higher education do not include university committees. This study addresses this gap, through the lens of open systems, reconceptualized loosely coupled systems, and micro foundations. Using social network analysis, this study explores the documented governance networks of formal university committees…

Memorable messages have been studied as a form of anticipatory socialization in many contexts. However, few studies have investigated the role of memorable messages in academic major decision-making for college students. Due to the lack of gender diversity in certain fields, industry practitioners and academicians have called for increased…

In this article, we address the question: How do educators of the deaf and hard-of-hearing (EODs) perceive their role vis-a-vis communication modality and educational philosophy of deaf and hard-of-hearing (D/HH) children? Using an ethnographic framework, we report on findings from semi-structured interviews conducted with 16 EODs across public,…

The robustness of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) results features high on the agenda of methodologists and practitioners. This article aims at advancing this debate on several fronts. First, in line with the extant literature, we take a comprehensive view on robustness arguing that decisions on calibration, consistency, and frequency…

A coach's purpose and core value system are used in everyday decision making with relation to student-athletes. Understanding one's perspective as a coach in educational athletics can help all coaches, specifically young or beginning coaches, to recognize the importance of establishing a personal coaching philosophy they can rely on in difficult…

Metacognition is important for successful goal-directed behavior. It consists of two main elements: metacognitive knowledge and online awareness. Online awareness consists of monitoring and self-regulation. Metacognitive sensitivity is the extent to which someone can accurately distinguish their own correct from incorrect responses and is an…

The purpose of this study is to reveal the pull and push factors that influence the decisions of administrators and practitioners about online courses offered to students on campus in terms of teaching-learning, course content procurement, and assessment-evaluation dimensions. The study was carried out using nested multi-case studies as a…