The multiracial population in the U.S. increased by nearly 400% between 2000 and 2020. Author April Vazquez writes that this increase has important implications for a predominantly white workforce of teachers. Educators must respond to our nation's changing demographics by supporting our multiracial students, which begins with recognizing this…

Initial teacher education faces the challenge of training future teachers to lead the change in schools towards inclusive education based on social justice. However, the literature reveals that preservice teachers may view inclusive education through the lens of special education. This paper presents a contextualised ethnographic study centred…

Philosophical descriptions of democratic music education frequently rely on "inclusion" and "participation" as the defining features of democratically oriented music programs. Democratic epistemic considerations, such as regulatory ideals of musical quality and excellence, however, are less commonly cited, if not actively…

This article aims to provide educators with a RECIPE to pivot from traditional market orientation to inclusive marketing orientation. Inclusive Marketing Orientation (IMO) is an evolved marketing strategy that embraces the needs and desires of underrepresented consumers. The impact of increasing students' awareness of inclusivity not only benefits…

Intervening to enhance self-determination has been linked to enhanced in-school outcomes (e.g., academic and transition goal attainment and access to general education) and post-school outcomes (e.g., competitive employment, community participation) for students with and without disabilities in inclusive schools. However, research is needed to…

Participatory Research (PR), which places participants at the foreground, is an evolving field spanning several disciplines. This article critiques conceptual tensions surrounding the notion of participation itself and how PR tenets can be engaged with children (under 18). We propose an innovative heuristic framework to be used flexibly by the…

How can instructors in higher education understand and address the challenges of cultivating critical social justice knowledge and perspectives? In this paper an embodied knowledge framework is used to interpret the accounts of two former doctoral students within a US research institution who, while expressing appreciation for a graduate seminar…

This paper describes a multi-year project to inform academic development (AD) for instructors at a large university, as the result of a shift towards greater equity, diversity, inclusion, and access (EDIA) efforts. A variety of data were collected, along with extant literature focused on teaching and learning, to identify campus needs and…

Background: Using inclusive research methods with people with intellectual disabilities is increasingly common. A recent consensus statement identified key elements when conducting and reporting inclusive research with people with intellectual disabilities. This review identifies the range of health and social care research topics using inclusive…

The need within the global value chain for more highly trained and skilled workers, along with the exit of 'baby boomers' from the workplace and the impact of the 'great resignation,' has compounded the pool of candidates for future leadership roles. Recognizing the profound expectation that a good leader identifies and develops their successor,…

This project addresses the growing issue of burnout among U.S. higher education faculty. An inquiry into the causes of faculty burnout points to weaknesses within the American higher education system that have been exacerbated by a network of external and internal pressures. From the outside, institutions are being pressured to act more like…

This paper reports a series of studies that assessed the performance of students on continuous assessment components from two courses in an undergraduate psychology programme. Data were collected from two consecutive cohorts of students (total N = 576) and the grades of students were compared based on additional learning needs (ALN; ALN versus No…

This article aims to problematise the discourses of inclusive education by analysing the experiences of disabled people in the Portuguese regular school system. Individual interviews and focus group, held in different areas of the country, exposed the main debates, contradictions and continuities between policies and practices coming from…

Equity and inclusion have consistently been problematic within the field of outdoor and environmental education. Despite numerous positive benefits associated with programming, current trends highlight discrepancies in the affordance of those outcomes. The present dissertation explores equity within the curriculum in outdoor and environmental…

This article reviews foundational scholarship related to leadership identity development (LID). The LID grounded theory and resultant model are explained, and subsequent replication and translation studies are overviewed and thematized. The authors also interrogate how issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion shape the development and enactment…