Financial literacy is essential for individuals to navigate the complexities of modern society. In 2021, financial literacy was introduced as a new strand in Ontario's Grade 9 mathematics curriculum, which aims to address educational barriers for historically marginalized groups, such as Black students (Ontario Newsroom, 2021). This article…

It is rare to run practical and Health Online and Distance Education professional programmes in West Africa. This research identifies one of the rare nursing programmes by an Online Distance Education mode. It further explored the lived experiences of a total of 13 top managers and educators (four females and nine males) who primarily organise,…

This research works on creating a hybrid Knowledge Recommendation System (KRS) for an Entrepreneurship Course using the Knowledge Graph (KG) and Clustering Technologies (CTs). The system aims at improving students' learning experience by providing relevant learning materials and even focusing on learner preferences. These results are already part…

This article explores how Los Angeles Pacific University (LAPU) uses its AI tool, Spark, to enhance student learning. Spark personalizes the learning experience, offers 24/7 tutoring, and fosters collaboration, leading to improved academic performance. The tool complements traditional teaching, providing equitable, accessible support to students…

Extended reality (XR) technologies can bring immersive learning experiences into the classroom, and pre-service teachers need to be prepared to use them for that to happen. As a first step, it is important to contextualize and understand pre-service teachers' experiences and beliefs about these technologies. In response, this mixed methods study…

This study explores how Chinese literary youth from diverse social backgrounds mobilize literary cultural capital and multiple habitus in their participation in New Concept Writing Competition (NCWC), a pathway to benefit "Gaokao" for students with special talents. Drawing on interviews with 15 participants from diverse social…

Abundant literature has documented the far-reaching adverse impacts of parental neglect on later intrapersonal and interpersonal outcomes. However, the existing research has been limited, neglecting to investigate its enduring effects on various development domains simultaneously. Based on the developmental cascade model, this study investigates…

In recent years, multiple physics education research studies were conducted with a goal of understanding and improving graduate education in physics. Using a variety of frameworks and methodologies, these studies have documented policies and practices in graduate programs and the results of these studies have influenced policies and practices…

Using a longitudinal mixed methods approach, this study examined Chinese American youth's experiences and coping with racial discrimination. Participants included 25 second-generation Chinese American youth who participated in an 8-year, three-wave longitudinal study. The participants' average age at Time 1 was 15.5 years. Participants were…

Though limited research has explored the agentic video learning of Chinese as Foreign Language/CFL learners, little research has examined Chinese video learners' agency in Dynamic Assessment (DA) and Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). This study challenges existing research that considers videos as merely supportive tools and learners as…

This article examines current literature, normative practices, and essential critiques around community service and service-learning in the institution of higher education. It specifically addresses the importance of economic and racial justice in efforts aimed at liberatory social change. The argument contends that community service and…

There is a pervasive belief that immersive virtual reality (imVR) holds transformative implications for almost all technology-mediated human activities, including the sphere of education. Given this context, it becomes essential to comprehend the impact it exerts on learning, in addition to ascertaining whether it positively affects factors that…

The experiences of dyslexic students within inclusive education have not yet been thoroughly investigated by research. This article explores identity formation and the experiences of students with dyslexia, by considering different views. It focuses on how these experiences both shape and are shaped by students' own perspectives and those of…

The Australian Curriculum suggests that students have transitioned from additive to multiplicative thinking upon entry into secondary school. However, research shows that many students are thinking additively, placing them at a disadvantage to their multiplicative thinking peers. In this paper, early findings from a broader research project…

Drawing on Donna Haraway's 'Cyborg Manifesto' and employing a hermeneutic phenomenological narrative enquiry approach, this article examines the complex professional identities of 'non-native English-speaking (English) teachers (NNESTs) from immigrant backgrounds who speak English as an additional language in the Australian education system.…