This study examines the prevalence and quality of mixed methods research (MMR) in educational journals, highlighting its growing acceptance yet emphasizing the need for enhanced methodological rigor. Although MMR has become popular across education sub-disciplines, its specific use in educational research is underexplored. This study aims to…

In "Reel to Real: Race, Class, and Sex at the Movies," a collection of profound and paradigm-shifting essays on film, Bell Hooks (1996) writes, "Whether we like it or not, cinema assumes a pedagogical role in the lives of many. It may not be the intent of a filmmaker to teach audiences anything, but that does not mean that lessons…

While textbooks may remain important tools for information delivery, how can educators find and present interesting and relevant content to eighteen to twenty-something-year-olds? If learning is to take place, capturing and maintaining student attention, interest, and active engagement is a primary challenge in the classroom. Given this reality,…

This work focuses on the teacher training case-based for preventing the refugee students' marginalisation. Some key-elements in prevention of marginalisation in school are presented in the first part: the holistic descriptive model and the difficulty in resorting to practical-based strategies for teachers training. A professional research study…

Psychoeducation, merging educational strategies with psychological insights, is pivotal in modern psychology for managing mental health. Understanding psychoeducation trends is vital for its optimization as mental health awareness grows. This study conducted a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of psychoeducation research over the past decade,…

This paper extends the growing conversations around creativity's metamorphic capacities for good to propose and explore Social Change Creativity (SCC) as a distinct creative domain in which individuals and communities engage in the creative process to combat social injustice and manifest equitable social outcomes. SCC involves the use of creative…

This case study is based on original research adopting a textographic research approach. Textography combines both textual analysis and ethnography to investigate the texts, context, and practices of a specific discourse community. Textography can include ethnographic methods including but not limited to observations, documentary evidence, and/or…

In this paper, the author will develop a more comprehensive notion of truth, one that goes beyond the epistemological correspondence theory, and the author will argue for the importance of authentication as a crucial extension of truth, especially in a posttruth climate. Hannah Arendt observes, "facts need testimony to be remembered and…

What would your classroom be like if you could see it as something surprising, novel, and fresh in every moment? What are the unique gifts that students and teachers alike bring to classrooms? Through a combination of robust theory, in-depth scholarship, and practical exercises for teachers, "A Pedagogy of Surprise" is a vital resource…

The paper focuses exclusively on the famous geometry lesson given by Socrates to the slave-boy in Plato's Meno, providing an in-depth analysis that emphasizes the pedagogical aspects of the lesson. This approach allows for an examination of the lesson that teachers, educators and students alike--regardless of their interest in the philosophical…

Regression discontinuity (RD) designs are increasingly used for causal evaluations. However, the literature contains little guidance for conducting a moderation analysis within an RDD context. The current article focuses on moderation with a single binary variable. A simulation study compares: (1) different bandwidth selectors and (2) local…

For almost 80 years, post-war Japanese moral education has adopted a dual-process structure, which states morality is taught through two processes: one through all aspects of school education and the other through a special moral education class. The necessity and effectiveness of this structure were theorised by Eijiro Inatomi. However, it has…

Teachers' school contexts play critical yet underappreciated roles in their development of instructional practice in individual classrooms. Sparked by insights from Akiko Hayashi's book "Teaching Expertise in Three Countries," this reflective piece explores the author's development of his craft across four distinctive educational…

Background: Coughing and throat clearing are different airway protective manoeuvres elicited in the framework of dysphagia. However, coughing and throat clearing may be auditorily confused during a clinical swallowing evaluation. In addition, literature reporting comparisons between coughing and throat clearing via gold standard airflow metrics is…

Many large-scale assessments model proficiency with a latent regression on contextual variables. Item-response data are used to estimate the parameters of the latent variable model and are used in conjunction with the contextual data to generate plausible values of individuals' proficiency attributes. These models typically incorporate numerous…