This qualitative, improvement science, autoethnographic case study aims to examine a unique perspective on rural research through the lens of place-conscious leadership. With an identified problem of inequity in advanced-level course offerings, which resulted in lost student opportunities and student attrition to neighboring schools, the…

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is an initiative of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ESD contributes to a sustainable community by teaching students about their personal impact on their community to help them make resourceful decisions. The researchers are interested in principals' role when implementing ESD…

In te ao Maori, our connection to our maunga and physical landmarks speaks to who we are as a people. Our maunga are also a source of inspiration and direction. This article draws on the symbolism of maunga and describes a Maori process of the way maunga can also act as a metaphorical journey to strengthening identity and transformative change. It…

Psychological assessment has been a cornerstone of clinical psychology since the establishment of the field. The duties involved in the practice of psychological assessment are integral to the identity of the clinical psychologist and have been the subject of decades of empirical research and clinical consequence. While the historical importance…

Multicultural education is more commonly found within schools that are racially and ethnically diverse. However, within homogenous schools, multicultural education is extremely limited or nonexistent. The purpose of this study was to investigate students', teachers', and parents' perceptions of multicultural education in a monoracial and…

This paper begins a quarter of a century ago with the first visit to the UK of the Reggio Emilia exhibition 'The Hundred Languages of Children' and initial interest by some of the early education community in 'doing Reggio'. Within the same period, the move to introduce a formal curriculum for young children in England and Wales began, initially…

In a time of fraying community and interpersonal relationships, rural school and community leaders are in search of research-based approaches to strengthen connections and sustain relationships among their students and community members. This article reports the findings from two studies (Moore, 2023; Weikert, 2022) documenting how and why, during…

Over the years, the evolution of science along with technology, engineering, and mathematics has been noticeably evident while science education, on the other hand, has shown little development. The research study aimed to investigate future change initiative implementation in secondary science curricula. In addition, the purpose of the research…

The abrupt closure of schools globally in mid-2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education for 1.5 billion learners, compelling an emergency shift to online teaching (UNESCO, n.d.). While personalized learning initiatives had been gaining traction, the pandemic challenged their continuity, transforming them into crisis management…

Institutions of higher education have recently been embroiled in a series of controversies concerning two related, though hotly contested ideas: the creation of safe space and the preservation of free speech. On one hand, there is a demand for institutional safe spaces--literal refuges or broad university norms that create a sense of inclusion for…

As the title suggests, this article shows how the authors took teaching-related ideas and developed them -- through the steps of drafting, review, and revising -- into published articles. Using examples of the steps involved, the authors explore options for how others in the field of English teaching might productively write for publication as…

School curricula in the United States tend to focus on students' visual sense, making the teaching and learning of aural art a unique and challenging endeavor. In this philosophical inquiry with practical applications, I propose that the music curriculum be reevaluated with an ear toward the quality of sounds students hear daily as a foundation…

This research contributes to helping educational establishments across the world develop self-efficacy techniques to improve communication skills within an accounting course design and other disciplines. This paper asks the research question: Does self-efficacy enhance accounting students' communication ability? Previous research has identified…

Internationally, second level curriculum policy for STEM education is concentrating its efforts on promoting curriculum-making pedagogies, with enquiry-based teaching and learning at the forefront of this change. Policy aspirations have not translated well into practice, evidenced by science practical lessons consistently being delivered as…

Though many individuals in the United States of America and worldwide identify as LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other identities), educational programs for allied health professions often do not adequately cover LGBTQ+ issues. The literature clearly identifies a dearth of LGBTQ+ information in…