Quickly disseminating an innovative, timely afterschool program raises challenges, from recruitment and professional development to assessment, program fidelity, and quality. In this paper, we describe our experience as project developers, trainers, and researchers working with an afterschool network, Imagine Science, to disseminate a middle…

A pedagogical strategy called "play-based learning" was one of the new visions, purposes, and objectives introduced by the kindergarten program. Play-based learning is a child-centered approach that emphasizes play-based learning in the curriculum material. This qualitative study's goal was to investigate the pedagogical methods…

This book provides a much-needed overview of the theory and practice of intercultural service learning (ISL), an approach that combines curricular learning, intercultural encounters and community service. It includes a model that outlines the essential components of this pedagogy and which is intended to serve as a foundation for practitioners…

Background/purpose: Adapting sustainability practices has become imperative in all fields of life, including the education sector. Therefore, various strategies have been developed and promoted to encourage different institutions to incorporate sustainability policies, enabling them to transform effectively. This approach is considered effective…

This study aims to elucidate how joint programmes can be used in the transfer and translation of Western policy to the local level in the context of China's efforts to build first-class higher education as a rising power. Although the Sino-French joint programme being studied was intended to be a wholesale adaptation of French engineering…

An important feature of higher education is the mentorship of junior faculty by senior faculty. Addressing the vital role mentorship plays in an academic institution's survival promotes more opportunities and positive learning experiences. Research shows that mentorship programs for faculty have numerous benefits. Dr. Dessell and others found in…

Computer programming languages play a crucial role in the education and training of librarians. This study examines the extent to which ALA-accredited online Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) programs integrate programming languages into their curricula. Using a mixed-methods approach, data were collected from program websites,…

Teaching and learning of any language are inherently rooted in politics and power relations. Language education wields a double-edge sword, promising empowerment, emancipation, and transformation on the one hand, while simultaneously becoming a precarious instrument for marginalization and oppression on the other. Consequently, the dominant…

Research-Practice Partnerships (RPPs) have recently grown in popularity as they provide a formal framework for collaborative research between researchers and practitioners. Moreover, there is a plethora of guidance for executing effective RPPs. However, there is a continuing question of whether partnerships are practical and useful; thus, our…

Sport complexes in the United States are needed to help youths and adults be involved in physical activities to battle being overweight or obese, especially in rural communities. Additionally, conducting youth sports contest tournaments may potentially increase economic impact to the community by drawing spectators from outside of the community.…

As schools continue to implement social-emotional learning programs, school psychologists should ensure these interventions are socially valid and promote effective outcomes for racially and ethnically minoritized youth. One study of how this can feasibly be done provides guidance for culturally adapting a program for Black youth.

This basic interpretive qualitative study explores the multiple levels of context in which Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) Master's programs exist and how those levels of context influence curriculum development and teaching. Utilizing interviews with 44 HESA faculty members across the United States and Canada, findings illustrate how…

Based on the panel data of 31 Chinese provinces and cities from 2010 to 2019, the study examines the impact of professional degree graduate students on regional innovation human capital and investigated the threshold effect of human capital spatial agglomeration through panel fixed-effects model, GMM dynamic panel model, quantile regression and…

Background: Recovery Colleges offer an educational approach to personal recovery within mental health services. Fundamentally, course design and delivery incorporates co-production via collaboration between practitioner and peer trainers. Objective: What guidance, training and support have been provided for peer and practitioner trainers who…

This paper examines a research project carried out in the city of Liverpool in Merseyside, UK, which drew on creative arts-based methodologies, popular education, and 'post-abyssal' epistemologies to co-create frameworks of knowledge with communities in struggle. A 'spatial vocabulary of power' for Merseyside was developed to render explicit the…