Dramatically increased accessibility to recording technologies and participatory nature of today's information environment certainly have emancipatory potentials. Perhaps, we live in an era that Dziga Vertov once dreamed of: mass authorship of filmmaking reveals the injustice and inequality of the world. However, in reality, we are witnessing…

College experiences can contribute to teaching, learning, and instruction within higher education. The framework for this essay treats the college community as prototypic of the U.S. political society. Several aspects of the national political culture have been approximated within a collegiate culture. For example, every political problem within…

Purpose: This study examined how participation in the Service Platoon program of The Mission Continues (TMC) impacts self-reported purpose in life (PIL), interpersonal support (IS), and civic engagement (CE) among military veterans. Methods: An online survey was given to military veterans upon initial registration with TMC and again 12 months…

Parent engagement is typically understood as parent attendance at school functions or volunteering; however, these spaces are often defined by the behavioral norms of White middle-class parents. Using social class, moral capital, and Critical Whiteness Studies as theoretical frameworks, this article qualitatively examines the implementation of a…

Photovoice aims to impact those who view photographs and stories in culminating exhibits. This multi-phase research project, completed in partnership with city government and community partners, explored photovoice impacts on exhibit attendees, collaborating organizations, and decision-makers. Results show increased levels of awareness, concern,…

Competency-Based Education (CBE) programs require the demonstration of competence rather than accumulation of credits, empowering learners to choose the process and pace of their experience. The current study investigated the role that self-direction plays in the success of students in CBE programs and the extent to which the cultivation of…

Vocational education and training (VET) is a common form of upper secondary school tracking in countries around the world. There are ongoing debates regarding the effects of this differentiation on academic and labor market outcomes; however, evidence on civic outcomes is lacking. Using a unique cohort study in Germany (N = 2461) and a doubly…

The study aims to find out the importance of social media for the self-compassion of special needs education (SNE) students to improve their online class participation in particular with a focus on the Pakistani perspective of special educators. The quantitative approach was applied through the application of a random sampling technique. A…

Participatory design is a well-known approach that involves stakeholders in designing technologies and other innovations. In education, participatory design is especially advocated for involving students with special needs. However, less attention has been paid to how participatory design can help in collaborations with teachers. This paper…

The purpose of the study was to investigate the school related factors influencing parental choice of private schools in the city of Bangalore. The study intended to analyze factors affecting parents' choice of private schools in Bangalore, to discuss the extent to which various factors influence parents' choice of private schools. The study used…

University students have different backgrounds and varied experiences. This diversity has frequently been examined with regard to performance in Higher Education. However, much less attention has been paid to its significance concerning employability. The investigation of this potential relationship is the focus of this study. In this research,…

Teachers play a major role in the success of educational reform, and reforms impact teachers in different ways. This paper explores the relationship between teacher identity and school reform: how a reform affords or constrains teacher professional identity construction, and how teacher identity construction enhances or hinders reform enactment.…

This article explores the role of faculty members in developing and enhancing Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) on North American postsecondary educational institutions. Researchers use a qualitative research design in which nine faculty members and ten chief enrollment managers at nineteen postsecondary institutions participated in individual…

Guided by Dewey's [1966. "Democracy and education." New York: The Free Press] concept of 'education as growth', the purpose of this paper is to explore learners' enactments of student voice in Physical Education (PE) at a time of curricular reform. A qualitative comparative case study design gathered data from 18 students across 10…

Internationally, there has been growing interest in the experiences of care experienced youth and their engagements with activities that can support positive development. Despite the acknowledged potential of sport/physical activity (PA) to act as a vehicle for positive development, there remain concerns about the piecemeal nature of sport/PA…