Drawing on critically oriented principles, we invite policymakers and practitioners to extend traditional commitments to bridging the gap between research and policy and practice. To achieve this goal, we move beyond hegemonic norms that privilege traditional forms of research and instead adopt a more inclusive and expansive emphasis on knowledge.…

Defining educational inclusion is a complex task on which there is still no conceptual agreement among practitioners. Although the term inclusion has moved away from integration or disability, it has not yet been consolidated as the presence and participation of all students. Some of the reasons are lack of material and human resources, isolated…

Background: Teacher learning from professional development (PD) remains undertheorized. Most PD studies focus on its content or structure to gauge learning, leaving substantive gaps in our understanding of teacher learning processes and the role of contexts. Therefore, we investigate teachers' learning as they take practices from PD and adapt them…

Patriarchal ideologies and structures helped to shape the public school institution at the onset of compulsory education in the United States and continue to circulate within educational discourses today, causing harmful consequences for the workforce made up of mostly women that is tasked with educating our nation's youth (Jones, 2020, Accepted…

Invitational Theory is rooted in three theoretical foundations, perceptual theory, self-concept theory, and a democratic ethos (Purkey, Novak, and Fretz, 2020). This essay addresses the third of these foundations, a "Democratic Ethos." While "perceptual theory" and "self-concept theory" provide a relational foundation…

In recent years, there has been active discussion regarding the potential role of mathematics education research in informing teaching practice. As both a holder of a Ph.D. who continues to publish research in international journals, and a practising secondary school teacher with ten years of classroom experience, I propose in this essay a…

Very little empirical research has been conducted on Irish outdoor education practice(s). This inquiry aims to critically explore outdoor education practices in public Outdoor Education and Training Centres in the Republic of Ireland. First, an overview of the development of Irish outdoor education from the mid-twentieth century onwards is…

Today's higher education leaders are tasked with devising creative solutions to issues under formidable circumstances. Appreciative Administration offers a creative theory-to-practice framework to help higher education organizations thrive. The purpose of this article is to provide an updated definition and explore practical applications of the…

This paper examines translation in qualitative research as an ethic of care. I conceptualize care-ful translation in conversation with teachers in India who enact care as a complex entanglement of establishing normativity, carrying out responsibility, and being responsive. I focus my examination on dhyaan, a Hindi term used by teachers when…

The British Educational Research Association (BERA) has promulgated a concept of close-to-practice research that is seen as vital to defending and promoting education as an academic discipline. However, what is overlooked are the questions of what education is for and what educational practice is--questions that need to be addressed for any…

In this article, we try to understand the phenomenon of pedagogical tact as a particular form of power to judge. For this, we rehearse Immanuel Kant's idea of "Urteilskraft" as it first appears in the "Critique of Pure Reason," where it is also rendered in educational terms. However, the power to apply rules works without any…

Background: Social justice as a concept and a pedagogy has (and is) gaining traction in physical education teacher education [Walton-Fisette, J. L., and S. Sutherland. 2018. "Moving Forward with Social Justice Education in Physical Education Teacher Education". "Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy" 23 (5): 461-468] and school…

Many psychologists working in schools acknowledge how their work contributes to the reproduction and mitigation of societal injustices. While professionals engaged in education systems and classrooms may hope to achieve the latter, disciplinary conventions can compete with best intentions. In response, psychologists working in schools have…

This book highlights the pivotal role that engineering education researchers can play at technical universities. By delving into both theoretical and practical aspects, it showcases the transformative potential of integrating rigorous educational research into technical education. The book begins by outlining the current landscape of engineering…

The present qualitative study explored Iranian EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers' attitudes toward research-practice relationship. The participants were selected based on snowball sampling. They were 15 male and female teachers who had from 6 months to 1 year of teaching experience. All the participants held B.A. in English Language…