Despite its importance for students' learning, engaging students in dialogic discussions, especially about controversial, justice-oriented topics, can be difficult for U.S. teachers to enact due to current political constraints. In this study, we explore how three middle school teachers engaged their students in curriculum-embedded discussions on…

This paper analyses how 'polarisations' in which social tensions between the religious, ethnic and socio-economic groups are believed to increase are experienced and understood by secondary school teachers in the Netherlands. Based on the idea that polarisation is present in everyday interactions, this study contributes to an everyday perspective…

This study explores how a team of university and youth co-researchers collaboratively inquired into, and participated in, the process of writing for educational change. We refer to the collective literate processes through which researchers worked to center community priorities in academic writing as community-centered composing. We document how…

Purpose: The study aimed to determine whether an online asynchronous program can positively influence undergraduate communication sciences and disorders students' attitudes, beliefs, and actions toward advancing social justice. Method: The study employed a mixed-method design. Participants included 18 undergraduate students from two state…

Intersectionality is a key framework for understanding complex experiences of inequality and discrimination in contemporary societies and specifically in educational contexts. This scoping review examines academic discourse on intersectional pedagogy from 2020 to 2024, following the methodological framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley. Using…

As attacks on critical race theory continue, anti-Black violence remains normalized, with schools often unwilling to transform toward racial healing. Sharing narratives from urban school-based practitioner projects, the authors conceptualize an applied critical race theory systems change model. After clarifying four tenets to guide teacher…

Objective: As more institutions adopt the Okanagan Charter (2015) to become health-promoting campuses, the question of how to effectively evaluate the impact of this work remains key. This article describes the development of an evaluation model designed to measure the collective impact of embedding holistic health into all aspects of campus…

Recognising a need to investigate the concerns and barriers to the acceptance of artificial intelligence (AI) in education, this study explores the acceptability of different AI applications in education from a multi-stakeholder perspective, including students, teachers, and parents. Acknowledging the transformative potential of AI, it addresses…

The purpose of this research is to understand how teacher candidates take-up, critique and push beyond new learning about supporting multilingual students of refugee background in the spaces where they are learning to teach. This qualitative case study design combines observations, interviews, and document analysis across three sections of a…

English is known as a language of domination and hegemony making. But in certain contexts, it can function as a liberatory tool that can be used to overcome hindrances for emancipation and progress. The objective of this paper is to exemplify how Dalits--marginalised and oppressed communities--in India view English as a means of resisting…

The social movements #Rhodes Must Fall and #FeesMustFall that arose during 2015/2016 in South Africa were a direct response to structural injustices that continue to permeate higher education institutions, signalling that decoloniality was yet to be achieved. Whilst much has been written and debated about decolonisation in relation to…

Culturally Sustaining Literacy Pedagogies (CSLP) have gained attention for affirming students' identities and linguistic resources in elementary classrooms. While research has examined CSLP's role in promoting cultural competence and academic success, less is known about how it supports critical consciousness--an essential tool for helping…

To engage interested students and informal learners with the issues of power and marginalisation embedded in a special collection of lesbian pulp fiction books, an online exhibit was created that expands access beyond 'neutral' bibliographic metadata (author, title, publisher) to include features that help learners understand the relevance of the…

Background/purpose: This study aims to explore teachers' perspectives on inclusivity and living heritage, examine how inclusivity can be instilled through living heritage in history education, and analyse teachers' strategies for integrating these elements into classroom practice. Materials/methods: This study employed a mixed-methods approach…

Population parity figures keep governments and universities accountable in ensuring that equity groups have access to higher education. However, what happens once population parity is reached? This paper explores Australian doctoral education policy on culturally and linguistically diverse (transcultural) domestic candidates. Using Foucauldian…