This paper presents the results of a critical ethnography of literacy practices experienced by a group of university students, who perceived them as promoting social exclusion in the Colombian educational system. It also gives an account of their views about how this educational system could be more inclusive and contribute to peacebuilding in the…

Immigrant perspectives of learning formats are potential causes of slow integration into US society. The purpose is to investigate whether a relationship exists between perspectives of learning and instruction formats, linguistic skills development, self-directed learning and motivation in immigrant integration through the lens of Knowles (1974)…

The integration of peer mentoring into academic programmes as a mechanism for supporting new students has received considerable attention in higher education worldwide, especially in developed countries. Despite a growing body of research on peer mentoring in higher education, an extensive review of the benefits of this approach is needed to…

Education is a fundamental human right and essential to enable people to maximize their abilities to settle in a new country, adapt to a new environment, and become participating community members. As part of the challenges posed by immigration, the society aims to provide at least primary education to the children of immigrants. Statistical data…

Understanding the challenges of inclusion that students with severe mental illness experience are essential for developing inclusive environments in universities. Therefore, a study was conducted among students with mental illness participating in Supported Education programs in universities. A structured instrument was implemented with 79…

The problem is neurodivergent students continue to experience exclusion and segregation resulting in a loss of social interactions, decreased academic growth and progress, and any decline in developmental growth in the all-inclusive classroom. The purpose of this qualitative participative action research was to develop strategies for…

Recent de-tracking reforms in some German federal states converted or merged the two lower track secondary school types into a comprehensive one, where students can achieve all school-leaving qualifications. The goals of the reforms were to facilitate desegregation of students from different socioeconomic backgrounds and to reduce educational…

International student mobility has been increasingly driven by economic rationales. However, the mere presence of international students in US higher education is inadequate to realize the non-economic values of internationalization, such as enhancing intercultural understanding. This dissertation, grounded in a humanistic perspective, examined…

This article explores how friendship relations have been used in approaches to the participation of racially minoritized students in Danish schools from the 1970s until the present day. Using Foucault's concept of "technologies of power" we approach friendship as a pedagogical technology. This allows us to examine how friendship is…

This paper examines the perspectives of educators on whether internationalisation at a distance (IaD) democratises student mobility in higher education. Adopting a collaborative autoethnographic approach, the analysis focuses on the perspectives of educators involved in virtual mobility practices in relation to three prompts: (1) IaD's capacity…

Upon arrival in Sweden, adult migrants are required to learn Swedish at the earliest opportunity. This requirement also extends to deaf migrants, regardless of their linguistic and educational backgrounds. This paper presents findings and experiences derived from a project focused on the multilingual situation of deaf migrants in Sweden. Some deaf…

Bangladeshi international students in Canada have strong academic and economic potential but lack proper social integration, which exacerbates their psychosocial challenges. This study aimed to explore their psychosocial difficulties to identify and address those issues. A qualitative study was conducted with 10 female and male students to examine…

Social network analysis has become a common methodology within physics education research to quantify the impacts that student interactions and classroom structure have on student outcomes. These relationships are typically quantified using a degree centrality metric based on the number and range of connections a student has, such that a higher…

Learning, particularly learning English is presented as a key part of integration for adult migrants in the UK. England and Scotland differ in how their policy approaches to integration include adult learning. This article aims to explore and uncover the ways in which adult education, particularly for refugees and asylum seekers is embedded and…

University dropout is a phenomenon of growing interest in the knowledge society. However, it is a complex phenomenon in which a variety of academic and social variables interact with each other. Cyberbullying is also something that has been the subject of increased research recently, and although it has most often been studied in primary and…