Many Indian international students are studying in American colleges and universities. Education abroad in an unfamiliar environment can be challenging for students. Thus, the present study investigated the coping strategies employed by six Indian international students studying in the United States, using phenomenological data analysis…

This instrumental case study aimed to understand the development of a sense of community in a fully online course that was offered during the COVID-19 pandemic era. The study further aimed to examine how the particular course elements supported community-building processes. The data were collected through a survey of the sense of community index…

This research project set out to study how Chinese international students in the United Kingdom understand human rights principles. The principal method involved semi-structured interviews which were primarily intended as a listening exercise in which participants were able to voice their views on human rights. The discussions were explicitly…

This phenomenological qualitative study examined the experiences of graduate-level teacher candidates enrolled in teacher residency programs and serving as teacher aides or assistants (TAs). Some participants were graduate-level teacher candidates already employed as TAs in a large urban district and enrolled in an Urban Pipeline Residency…

Situations where students encounter mathematical "impasses" -- instances where their current discourse is incommensurable with the discourse demanded to solve a task -- have the potential to stir emotional responses of different types. They can engender feelings of confusion and bafflement, or even embarrassment, or alternatively open…

This study highlights the most pertinent m-learning content quality features that should be considered by designers from the point of view of experts to determine students' perceptions about suggested quality features and to measure any statistically significant differences in students' perceptions due to their gender and technological skills. An…

There is little research on the experiences of new bilingual education teachers in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. This case study analyzes the written reflections of 20 first-year Spanish/English bilingual teachers in New York City, in which they shared their experiences and perspectives as bilingual educators during emergency…

The interaction of education and digital technology today is one of the key characteristics of development. Many industrialized nations place a high value on digital learning practices and have created several national strategic plans to encourage and support the use of digital practices in education. In its reform and development of education,…

Transformative participatory approaches in education are positioned to challenge traditional models where instructors bear all responsibility for knowledge creation and learners are passive recipients of knowledge. The promotion of participatory learning and critical pedagogy is essential to helping professionals seeking to understand oppressive…

The 1946 GI Bill is widely credited with having created the modern U.S. higher education system, and the Post-9/11 GI Bill led to an expansion of services available to veterans at U.S. colleges and universities and the nonprofit veterans services industry. Despite this, veterans struggle to adapt to civilian society and report a lower sense of…

This study reports qualitative findings related to elementary preservice teachers' perceptions and use of a six-phased planning approach, titled Planning for Elementary Digitally-Supported Disciplinary Literacy, to integrate digitally supported disciplinary literacy into lesson planning. Preservice teachers in this study were seeking PK-6…

The advisor-advisee relationship can influence students' career choices, yet little is understood as it pertains to Black and Latinx graduate students in STEM (German et al., 2019). The purpose of this study is to investigate how graduate advisors' actions influenced the career interest of Black and Latinx students in STEM graduate programs.…

Considerable demand for academic research and publications is not a new subject of discussion in the academic field. In Indonesia, there is increasing challenge and pressure to conduct scientific publications, making it a very competitive field for academics, particularly for lecturers and postgraduate students. The present study examines…

This study aimed to investigate the use of mobile phones as a learning tool among postgraduate students at Sokoine University of Agriculture. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design. The sample size was 120 respondents selected through the stratified sampling technique and data were collected using structured questionnaires.…

It is critical to pave the way for more women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Despite the need for an increased workforce, women remain underrepresented in technology careers and particularly technology leadership (Tomaskovic-Devey & Han, 2018). Furthermore, there is a lack of research on how STEM recruiting and…