This paper describes the results of qualitative and exploratory research into the transition to and experiences of the working world of graduates from a Chilean technical-professional higher education institution, whose student body is mainly made up of first-generation higher education students. The study includes eight in-depth and six group…

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs collects data on how states implement the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act through the mandated State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR). Some indicators in the SPP/APR require state educational agencies (SEAs) to report data by race and ethnicity.…

More than half of the youth in upper-secondary education in Norway choose programmes in vocational education and training. There is a larger risk of marginalisation in VET than in other educational programmes. One challenge facing VET is the mismatch between students' vocational education and the companies` need for apprenticeships. It is found…

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to be transformative or to amplify misrepresentations and biases. Generative AI text-to-image production using DALL-E 3 was evaluated for gender and ethnicity biases among Australian academics. DALL-E 3 produced multiple iterations of images using a variety of prompts. Collectively, 81…

Purpose: Cognitive models of anxiety attribute anxiety and ruminative thought patterns to selective processing of threat-related stimuli that automatically capture attention. We explored whether stuttering was associated with similar attentional biases by examining: (a) whether school-age children who stutter (CWS) differed from controls in…

The decoy effect describes a bias in which people's choices between two valuable options are swayed by a third, inferior, "decoy" option. Despite being documented in lab settings, relatively little work has investigated whether decoy effects occur "in the wild" where consumers face large, diverse choice sets. We employ a new…

In the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence (AI) literature generation, understanding how society perceives AI-generated content, compared with human-produced literature is of paramount importance. This study investigated societal perceptions and biases toward AI-generated versus human-produced poetry. A sample of 123 participants was…

Background: While there is substantial heterogeneity in the extent to which educational intervention impacts persist, it has proven challenging to identify outcomes and intervention features that reliably explain variation (Hart et al., 2024). The degree to which intervention impacts capture "real" effects on the underlying construct…

Purpose: This study rigorously explores the intersectional challenges faced by black fat males, emphasizing the amalgamation of anti-fat bias, gender and sexuality and racial discrimination within educational contexts. The purpose of this study is to dissect the complex dynamics of this intersection, shedding light on the nuanced experiences of…

In this brief essay, I respond to four critics of my most recent book, "Teaching Honesty in a Populist Era: Emphasizing Truth in the Education of Citizens" (Oxford University Press, 2024). I attend to their concerns regarding who is included in the "we" of the fundamental civic question, "What should we do?" That…

The prevalence of hegemonic masculinity praxis and heteropatriarchal normalization in the United States produces a challenging work environment for male K-12 teachers in dance-educational spaces. This interview-based case study investigates five male New York City-based K-12 dance educators' personal, cultural, and professional identities relating…

In this paper I consider the social role vocational education can play in decentring settler-colonialism. Through focused programming located in community settings, these educational offerings provide opportunities for students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Connecting capitalism's relationship to this school system, I contend that…

The exposure of scientific scandals and the increase of dubious research practices have generated a stream of studies on Questionable Research Practices (QRPs), such as failure to acknowledge co-authors, selective presentation of findings, or removal of data not supporting desired outcomes. In contrast to high-profile fraud cases, QRPs can be…

Purpose: This study aims to use an autoethnography and ethnopoetic approach, interweaving personal narratives with scholarly research, to illuminate the profound and far-reaching consequences of fat phobia. Through a multifaceted lens, the lived experiences of a fat, black woman subjected to fat shaming, discrimination and societal prejudice are…

Implicit prejudice can be simply understood as any negative feelings or beliefs people hold towards a particular outgroup without being aware of it. One such form is microaggression, which can be defined as everyday verbal or nonverbal subtle, unconscious putdowns, slights, or negative remarks towards members of an outgroup. One of the most common…