While much has been written about the right of access to education, less attention has been given to the right to education in a form 'directed towards the full development of the human personality.' To understand what this might mean, it is important to locate discussion within the broader frame of human rights. For too long, intersex people have…

Learning about the nature of science is an important aspect of becoming part of the culture of practicing physicists. While these topics have a long-standing tradition in U.S. curricula they are currently not part of German educational standards or curricula. And while there is some research concerning primary and secondary school students'…

The article discusses results of bibliographic and empirical research with the aim of analyzing the affect-intellect relationship in the process of developing teachers and students who experience successful educational practice. The bibliographical research was based on the ideas of the philosopher Baruch de Espinosa on the nature of affections…

Among the variety of communication possibilities between home and school, face-to-face conferences. The present study focuses on a sub-genre that can be defined as a "students developmental conference": a meeting involving the students, family representatives, and where the main goal is to support students' development and self-analysis.…

Transition has an impact upon the emotional and social development of the individual as well as academically. This paper argues that transition is not a one-off event but is an ongoing process that is repeated over time. In entering further education (FE) the impact of transition in the move from formal schooling to post-compulsory education is no…

We employed a mixed methods approach with sequential explanatory design (Creswell & Plano Clark, 2017) and a Social Capital Theory framework (Bourdieu, 1977) to investigate three research questions: (1) In what ways were participants' career and college readiness capital developed during high school? (2) How do participants view their academic…

Black faculty members navigating the tenure process in higher educational settings, especially historically Black colleges or universities (HBCU), quickly learn within their careers that the job at hand requires a lot of time, energy, and persistence. Extant literature highlights the difficulties Black scholars face in such settings; however, it…

The purpose of this study was to identify and understand the attributes--knowledge, skills, and competencies--that presidents expected in the Senior Student Affairs Officers (SSAO) at Catholic colleges in the Midwest. This qualitative study used in-depth interviews with presidents and senior student affairs officers to explore the knowledge,…

The kindergarten classroom changed over the past few decades from an environment focused on developmental needs toward an environment that focuses on the academic expectation. Educational mandates for standards-based curriculum reduced the social interactions for children to support development and academics in the kindergarten classroom. It is…

Athletic training students require strong critical thinking skills in order to make decisions for the health and safety of their athletes. Research has shown that these skills are difficult to develop. Simulation learning is often used in healthcare education as a way to build these critical thinking skills. This action research study sought to…

Many international students are looking to improve their career opportunities pursuing a specific career when they study in the U.S.; however, they confront struggles because they are less prepared in career readiness. Their voices are easily ignored because they are less vocal and have been told to obey the rules; at the same time, their needs…

Despite rhetoric and composition maintaining a role as a producer of democracy, democratic deliberation has not appeared widely as a pedagogical practice, outside of reinforcing traditional modes of argumentative writing. This dissertation articulates the dispositions and practices for a deliberative pedagogy in composition that supports students'…

A key element of statistical literacy is the construction and interpretation of graphs. In this article, the author uses examples of student work (Years 3 and 4), at an Australian school, to show some of the complex steps involved in creating a formal graph from a data table. Over time the student's observations and understanding become more…

Teachers struggle to reach all students and to lead them to mastery of the various disciplines they teach. However, only a few student display persistence and tenacity to accomplish academic assignments and goals set by teachers, schools, and districts. This paper explores the concept of persistence and how to develop persistence in students.…

This ethnographic case study explores the dynamic and fluid development of one African-American student's bilingual/biliterate identity through her enrollment in a Spanish-English Dual Language Education program. We integrate the frameworks of identity in interaction and monoglossic and raciolinguistic language ideologies to understand how this…