An emerging body of theory, research, and practice literature places empathy, social support and social capital as intersectional and the cornerstone of sustained citizenship and youth action in general, but particularly around issues of social justice. While there is now an acceptance of the importance of young people exercising their voice,…

Twenty years ago, Northern Ireland's previously prominent presence in the headlines of the yellow press dwindled to virtual non-existence. As the region's three-decade long conflict went into abeyance and the daily death tally dropped, the vagaries of the region's little-understood, political tensions were assigned to little-read columns hidden…

Debates surrounding youth participation in governance have permeated a range of fields in the last two decades. This commentary is predominately situated in education and civic participation domains, with sporting domains remaining largely under researched. Indeed, this research becomes sparser when considered in school physical education and…

The aim of the study is to examine the symbolic play behaviours of the child and mother at home and to determine how the mother participated when playing with her child. The study included 19 mothers and their children with 24-36 months old children from Turkey. The symbolic play that the mother and child played together in their home environment…

People with disabilities in the United States have access to a fraction of engaging play experiences available to others due to playground design choices, minimal legal requirements, and societal acceptance of the status quo. PlayGrand Adventures, the first and largest all-abilities playground in North Texas, meets this need by providing engaging…

While educational language policies have been shown to have a stronger influence on school-aged children's multilingual outcomes than Family Language Policy, California provides an example of how parental motivation and activism can also have a profound impact on educational language policies. This paper has two goals: first, it provides an…

In returning to the classroom, schools are at a crossroads and uniquely positioned to recreate and reinvent themselves. The current issues of equity, social-emotional sensitivity, curriculum reform, civic involvement, public health policy and environmental infrastructure are opportunities to build more responsive schools with students better…

This narrative study was an exploration of leadership skill development and transfer to the workplace based on former collegiate student-athletes' participation in varsity team athletics and a holistic support services program. Six individuals participated in the study by engaging in semi-structured interviews. Sensemaking theory served as the…

Throughout the history of higher education in the United States, parents and family members of college students have often found themselves as obsolete to the postsecondary experience. Minimal research has been dedicated to understanding the experience of parents and family members of college students until the millennial generation began their…

Parents or caregivers of children with disabilities play a crucial role in supporting their child's learning. This includes navigating the education system and supporting their child's participation in an inclusive school. They may face various challenges, which have been amplified even more due to the remote learning and other COVID-19…

The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of gender and racial microaggressions and how those experiences impact work engagement from the perspective of the Black woman higher education administrator. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 Black women with current professional mid- or senior-level administrative positions…

This research study was designed to explore potential variables of Sport Club student leaders' contexts on their leadership development. My specific unit of analysis was the degree to which Sport Club student leaders demonstrated leadership outcomes in leadership skills that aligned with the Sport Club student leaders' contexts. I defined Sport…

Service learning is a new pedagogical approach that has not been comprehensively appraised compared to customary teaching approaches. Service learning entails learning concepts in class, volunteering with non-profit or social service assemblages, and engaging in reflective undertakings to broaden the understanding of concepts taught in class. The…

The purpose of this study was to conduct exploratory qualitative research into the perceptions of engagement among Black male football student-athletes at a Midwest university. The researcher used a qualitative single case study method. This study consisted of two research questions: How do Black male football student-athletes make meaning of…

This study explored students' time use and focused on the relationship between student employment and other activities. It considered time use from two competing ideas of zero-sum and resource expansion. A zero-sum perspective assumes an inherent trade-off between time spent working and available time for other activities. A resource expansion…