The purpose of this paper is to elaborate and comment on some themes related to construct validity, construct choice, and construct respecification in the Campbellian validity system. It is argued that Reichardt's [(2008, November). An alternative to the Campbellian conceptualization of validity. (Paper presentation). Evaluation 2008 Conference,…

Scholars acknowledge the significant role of puberty in the risks for adverse outcomes. However, we lack understanding of the relevant social and structural factors at play. Current theoretical approaches to research on puberty were posited based on the experiences of White, middle-class girls who developed early or late, disregarding the…

Purpose: This study focuses on identifying the recent trends in healthcare entrepreneurship by applying the Biblioshiny package under R programming. Design/methodology/approach: The academic works of literature in the English language that are available in the Scopus database are taken into account. Findings: A total of 862 documents were taken to…

This study presents a bibliometric analysis of Scopus-indexed publications on the Merdeka Curriculum, Indonesia's latest progressive educational framework promoting flexibility and independence in learning. Analyzing publications from 2020 to 2024, the research highlights trends, citations, document types, sources, keywords, affiliations, and…

Self-determination is recognized as a key outcome in the disability field. However, the alignment of self-determination research with the shared citizenship paradigm and growing research on the role of context and contextual variables in shaping personal and collective self-determination outcomes has not yet been fully explored. In this article we…

Traditional conceptions of academic authorship, e.g., the seemingly self-evident assumption that an author is someone who actually "writes" a text, is challenged by the complexity, scale, and collaborative nature of scientific research. Authors are expected to make a substantial contribution and to assume accountability for all aspects…

Background: Aphasia has been widely investigated for English and other Indo-European languages such as German, Dutch, Italian and Spanish. It has been reported that published studies on Arabic aphasia only comprised five studies, accounting for only 0.40% of the total literature on aphasia between 2000 and 2009. Aims: The present paper is a…

This research justifies the advantages of improving the management of a research organization through the transformation of the organizational structure based on a project approach. The methodological foundation relies on systemic and project approaches, employing methods such as systematization, summarization, critical analysis, retrospective…

The concept of 'centre and periphery' has become ubiquitous in the study of higher education, especially in an international context. Through an engagement with the recent scholarly literature, we argue that simultaneously this concept has been decontextualised and naturalised. Its origins were largely forgotten and centre and periphery started to…

In this article, I assume that it is universally accepted that education--at least sometimes--should aim at knowledge. Moreover, I take my point of departure from the classical (and minimal) definition of "knowledge" in terms of justified true belief (JTB). I further assume that this definition usually rests on a common-sense realist…

The trajectory into digital transformation, coincided with UNESCO's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) since 2000s, has permeated into various aspects of the world, including education. This success has propelled UNESCO's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which envision education as a central catalyst. In these transformations, global…

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Australasian Science Education Research Association's annual conference, this paper reviews the last 25 years of the Association's journal "Research in Science Education" ("RISE"). All "RISE" papers, at 4-year intervals (1994-2018; seven volumes), were reviewed: a total of…

Although anthropological methods have been appropriated by qualitative and mixed-methods educational researchers, visual anthropology has had virtually no impact on educational research. Furthermore, video, in general, despite its widespread impact on 21st century culture, has played only a limited role in the conducting of education-related…

This study utilizes a correlational research design to identify the relationship, if any, between institutional and external support of research and development (R&D) at an R1 University Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education R1: Very High Research Activity Doctoral University in the southeastern United States of America.…

Critical quantitative methods provide opportunities for Queer Theory to challenge, re-define, and re-claim the historically privileged research tradition. In this paper, I begin by summarizing the various binaries that oppress research and individuality. I then engage with Queer Theory and my own intersectional positionality to propose a nonbinary…