Belonging is considered to be a positive foundation for students' well-being and success at university; however, in this article, we argue that it is time to think about belonging more critically. This research highlights how students experience and create multiple belongings. Drawing upon empirical data from interviews and video blogs with…

Introduction: This article reports on experiences of teachers and learners with visual impairments (LVI) in inclusive high schools in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Methods: Qualitative research used face-to-face interviews, semi-structured questionnaires, document analysis and observation instruments for data collection. The study employed purposive…

The paper explores teachers' language literacy practices in underprivileged, inner-city schools in Athens, Greece, and their implications for student learning and educational inclusion. The current developments of global/European and national education policy agendas on literacy and inclusion inform the research questions of the study. Bernstein's…

Comprehensive Sexuality Education is vital in educating youth about gender and sexuality diversity, and yet there has been a growing debate about including LGBTIQ+ content. Using focus group interviews with 11 cisheterosexual school-attending youth in Cape Town, South Africa, this article considers their accounts of whether and how…

Purpose: The present study investigates healthcare students' affective, behavioral, and cognitive attitudes toward hypothetical peers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the effect of the ASD label on their attitudes. Methods: The MAS scale for ASD persons in the postsecondary education (Matthews et al., 2015) was translated and adapted in…

This guide from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) provides higher education administrators with actionable strategies to foster inclusive, equitable campus environments in response to the documented rise in Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism. Framed within the context of civil rights protections, the guide offers a…

Sense of belonging is a social construct encompassing feelings of being integral to a system. A positive sense of belonging is associated with better social and academic engagement and retention. Traditionally, belongingness has been examined in terms of helping students integrate into existing systems; however, this study instead examines the…

"Leveraging AI for Human-Centered Learning" provides intentional approaches to the integration of artificial intelligence tools into middle and high school classrooms, specifically to foster equity and social-emotional wellbeing. The overlap of AI with today's schools poses pivotal questions about ethics, morality, inclusion, and human…

Following a global increase in higher education enrolment and an increase of students with disabilities in the United States, the preparation of faculty to support students with disabilities is a significant contemporary issue. Currently, there is no standard for certification or preparation for faculty as educators and this article offers a…

This study examines subject teachers' views on support for learning in mainstream lower secondary schools in Finland. Because Finnish legislation on support for learning changed in 2010, we wanted to explore subject teachers' views on how support is being delivered in practice. Our data consist of 115 subject teachers' answers to an electronic…

Belonging has been explored in research in higher education with a focus on student engagement or performance and the impact of psychological aspects on individuals' learning. Few studies focused on underrepresented occupational therapy students' belonging. Our research aimed to explore the lived experience of occupational therapy students…

The rapid advancements in modern technologies have opened new possibilities for enhancing educational experiences for students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). This paper conducts a systematic review of 139 studies on the integration of AI, VR, and LLMs in Special Education. Using a deductive thematic analysis framework, it…

The early childhood education (ECE) sector in Aotearoa New Zealand is committed through policy to inclusive pedagogy for all children, however translating such policies into everyday practice for teachers can be challenging. According to an Education Review Office (ERO, 2022) report, many ECE teachers do not feel confident teaching children with…

The education system in Ontario is created to exclude Disabled people and other marginalized groups. Instead of building an environment for disabled students to thrive, they are instead viewed as incapable and as a burden on the system. Under the current special education model, disabled students are segregated instead of included. Exclusion of…

The contemporary early childhood education environment is characterised by greater diversity among children, necessitating a sensitive approach to addressing these differences. This study aims to examine preschool teachers' perspectives on the impact of their backgrounds on differences in anti-bias education (ABE) and their needs to adapt to these…