This study examines subject teachers' views on support for learning in mainstream lower secondary schools in Finland. Because Finnish legislation on support for learning changed in 2010, we wanted to explore subject teachers' views on how support is being delivered in practice. Our data consist of 115 subject teachers' answers to an electronic…

Amid growing mental health concerns among college students, higher education institutions are increasingly called to lead systemic, collaborative, and forward-thinking responses to meet students' evolving needs, especially across the SACSA region. Grounded in Ecological Systems Theory, Crisis Theory, and public health models, the article…

In today's era of rapid social and technological transformations, the need for an education transcending traditional knowledge transmission has become imperative. Students are now expected not only to achieve academic competence but also to develop a broad range of life skills that will enable them to successfully manage the personal, social, and…

Bullying behaviour often increases in late childhood and peaks in early adolescence. While interventions to address bullying behaviour typically encourage students to report bullying incidents to school staff, students are often reluctant to report incidents for fear it will worsen their situation or because they lack confidence in a staff…

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted pre-service teachers to assume various teacher roles in distance education, necessitating a diverse range of competencies. However, pre-service mathematics teachers have expressed the need for professional support to enhance their preparation for future teaching responsibilities. This study explores the impact of…

Objective" The environmental crisis driven by deforestation, biodiversity destruction, marine degradation, and climate change is a global problem that can be addressed through sustainable living over generations. Drawing from Social Cognitive Theory, this study investigated the intergenerational transmission (from parents to their adolescent…

The 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is cause for celebrating the promise of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) made to all students with disabilities in the United States. This anniversary is also a time for special education leaders to be vigilant advocates so the promise of the law might be…

The Developmentally Engaging, Learning and Teaching Approach (DELTA) initiative underscores the importance of age appropriateness (development), a child's interest (engagement), a child's role (learning), and the teacher's role (teaching). The goal of the initiative was to provide active learning opportunities for first grade students by replacing…

In research-practice partnerships (RPPs), the line between researcher and practitioner can be blurred, and the roles for everyone involved may be unclear. Yet little is known about how these roles are negotiated and with what consequences for collaborative efforts. Guided by organizational theory, we share findings from a multiyear case study of…

This article outlines how resource deployment from the top down can provide support for faculty seeking to implement a marketing curriculum that is focused on teaching digital marketing. Data from this exploratory study suggest that if the higher administration, particularly the dean, is familiar with what happens in the digital marketing…

Background: Supporting people with intellectual disability to make decisions is an important issue for policy implementation yet there is little evidence about the practice of providing support. Method: This study aimed to understand the experiences of family members and disability support workers in providing support to adults with intellectual…

Young children's participation has been specifically foregrounded as a pedagogical element within education policy in Wales. However, there is currently little evidence that this policy concerned with participation has been enacted. This research describes an intervention, Spatially Democratic Pedagogy, as a pedagogical approach to foster young…

An academic career in psychology typically begins with a role reversal: young academics, who were only recently being taught, become doctoral researchers and teachers. Studies at two German universities provide insights into how students and early-career academics (ecas) in psychology view research and teaching and how their perspectives might…

A school principal discusses how the enrollment of two gender-diverse students in his school changed his thinking on school safety and helped him and his staff create a more inclusive and sensitive school environment.

Self-regulated learning (SRL) is defined as a substantial competence for lifelong learning, meaning that its promotion seems important in the early years. The present study is of special interest as it aimed to develop and evaluate an intervention to improve SRL in preschool-aged children. Because the support of essential reference persons is…