Indonesia's policy on preventing and responding to sexual abuse in universities is a difficult and confusing policy that attracts national and international attention, both inside and outside the universities. As university environment evolves, the requirement to comply with these regulations encourages institutions to confront sexual assault…

Different definitions and tests of dyslexia can cause unfairness and make life difficult for people with dyslexia as well as for the professionals. In 2012, the Danish government decided to support the fight against dyslexia. The government issued a public tender for the development of "a standardized, electronically administered test of…

In this article, there is a cripped arugmentation towards and away from performance as curricular. In other words, what we are trying to more fully grapple with is how curriculum within the school and otherwise becomes and is embodied within the body as a performative action towards and away from "dis"ability as a means of…

Several marginal effect size (ES) statistics suitable for quantifying the magnitude of differential item functioning (DIF) have been proposed in the area of item response theory; for instance, the Differential Functioning of Items and Tests (DFIT) statistics, signed and unsigned item difference in the sample statistics (SIDS, UIDS, NSIDS, and…

This study investigates the potential of rehearsal interjections to provide opportunities for novice teachers and teacher educators to discuss topics related to teaching the practice of mathematical defining. Through analysis of video recordings of seven elementary novice teachers' rehearsals about geometric definitions, we identified the problems…

Questions about trust between tutors in tertiary education and their students have not received much treatment in comparison to those of institutional trustworthiness or trust in the public education system. This reflective paper reviews and critically evaluates existing literature from the fields of SoTL, education and other relevant research…

We argue that the feedback traditionally used to indicate negative outcomes causes future detrimental performance because of the default goal of "win maximization." In gaming paradigms where participants intentionally performed as well ("win maximization") and as poorly ("loss maximization") as possible, we showed a…

Leadership educators often acknowledge the need to embrace and honor diverse lived experiences and different ways we acquire knowledge and demonstrate leadership. However, do our practices and expectations really reflect this? How do we ensure we are not perpetuating expectations and structures rooted in White supremacist culture?

What do we mean by the word "education"? How do others know what we mean when the term is under constant revision? Do we even need definitive answers in order to speak meaningfully of it? This paper attempts to explore the potential for education's meaningfulness via attention to its ordinary usages. In order to justify the need to be…

This article offers contextual information for a definition of supervision and articulates the nuanced, yet interconnected, ways supervision is different from administrative functions of leadership and management.

The purpose of this Glossary of Terms is to help novice researchers in understanding basic research terminologies in educational research. It provides definitions of many of the terms used in the guidebooks to conducting qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods of research. The terms are arranged in alphabetical order.

Violence is considered a major concern in society, specifically regarding school. In this article, the concept of school violence is explored. Different categorisations and manifestations of violence are presented, and the dividing lines between them are discussed. The questions highlighted in the article include the following: How is school…

Lexism (the Othering of dyslexics) currently lacks a clear definition. In this conceptual article, I argue that Lexism does not require any such definition; indeed definitions generally can be unhelpful. To understand Lexism I provide examples of how we might use the concept in a series of hypothetical cases. Exemplars avoid the need for…

Notwithstanding its crucial role in facilitating desired outcomes of schooling, educational psychology researchers have recognized the conceptual haziness of student engagement as a multidimensional construct. With the main purpose of refining its conceptual definition, this paper aims to attain the following four goals. First, we seek to…

Background: The reported prevalence of insomnia symptoms in people with intellectual disabilities varies greatly, possibly due to the lack of a common definition. This article provides an overview of the different definitions used and formulates key points for a general definition. Methods: A literature search was performed. An overview of the…