This paper presents how students reshaped the idea of an international university offered to them. The findings derive from participant observation ethnographic fieldwork carried out at Fudan University in China. The analysis proves that the idea of an "international university" offered to Fudan University students was double-edged in…

Recently, Indigenous commentators have begun to analyse the way in which institutional Research Ethics Boards (REBs) engage with Indigenous researchers and participants, respond to Indigenous peoples' concerns with academic research activities, and scrutinise the ethics proposals of Indigenous scholars. Of particular concern for Indigenous…

Nearly 40 years after the creation of NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising and at least as many years after academic advising was recognized as a unique role in higher education, the term academic advising as applied to individuals who work in higher education has been only colloquially defined. Using the analytic induction research…

In 2008, Ecuador reformed its Constitution after a prolonged period of economic, social and political crises. The momentary rupturing of power structures, that had limited political participation to small clusters of elites, opened participatory spaces for historically marginalised social groups to engage in the process of constitutional drafting.…

Teachers often think of student engagement in terms of hands-on activities that get students involved in their courses. They seldom consider the larger aspects of the teaching--learning environment that often influence the extent to which students are willing to become engaged in their coursework. In this chapter, we describe five "rules of…

The collegiate experience provides opportunities for learners to engage with others in an environment that prepares graduates for twenty-first century challenges. This chapter offers reasons why students should engage with other students by doing, feeling, and thinking, and posits that engagement on campus not only serves students individually and…

Creating a "classroom contract" is an activity for teachers to increase learner engagement and students' accountability for their own learning from the very first class. The contract is a set of rules and expected behavior, negotiated by the teacher and the students. Student engagement can be an issue in many classrooms, and any practice…

Based on an in-depth qualitative content analysis of post-election discourse in three online creative communities (Scratch, Archive of Our Own, and hitRECord), we examine the significance of youth political expression in non-political online spaces, and its implications for civic education. We find that these spaces offer a valuable window into…

The primary goal of this study was to gain insight into the bullying phenomenon by exploring bullying from a different vantage point. Parents were identified as a key resource for anti-bullying intervention and prevention programs; however, little research exists on their overall perspective of bullying. Research heavily focused on the bullying…

Improved academic performance, among many other factors, has been linked in the research to parental involvement. Unfortunately, many view African-American parents as uninvolved because of the activities in which they choose to participate. This study is a narratological case study that examines the perceptions of African-American parents in…

The following reflection on digital democracy will draw connections between the practices of educating a democratic citizenry and the current deficits of digital citizenship education. It will seek to inspire those teaching digital citizenship to expand their narrow lens in order to create a more participatory and analytic digital citizen.

Educational spaces have long provided opportunities for politicisation and activism. However, research into the processes through which students become politicised can often focus on participation in recognised forms of political action, thereby ignoring the multiple factors active in developing a political consciousness. This paper draws on…

Background: Suicide is the second leading cause of death for adolescents. Whereas school-based prevention programs are effective, obtaining active consent for youth participation in public health programming concerning sensitive topics is challenging. We explored several active consent procedures for improving participation rates. Methods: Five…

This equity toolkit is designed as an opportunity for school stakeholders to gauge, reflect on, and plan for meaningful youth participation in advancing more equitable and inclusive schools. In essence, this tool is designed to meet school stakeholders where they are and provide them with opportunities for reflection and planning in order to…

This study, using affective events theory (AET) as a framework of reference, focuses on job satisfaction and job performance of academics with social sciences backgrounds working in Malaysian universities and colleges. More specifically, it aims at examining the influence of workplace features such as involvement, workload, and welfare on job…