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…

Critical Action Learning (CAL) involves a deliberate choice to engage with emotions and power relations generated by people's attempts to learn. This choice recognizes that there are likely to be implicit limits to learning in organizations, especially where such learning starts to undermine established ways of thinking and working. One way to…

Rural special education research is necessary to demonstrate effective practices for rural students, teachers, schools, and communities. However, the majority of educational research is conducted in urban and suburban U.S. schools, which may not generalize adequately to rural locales. Rural special education teacher and student experiences are…

The assessment of instructional quality has been and continues to be a desirable, yet difficult endeavor in higher education. The development of new teaching evaluation frameworks along with instruments to measure various aspects of teaching practices holds promise. The challenge rests in the implementation of these frameworks and measures in…

A majority of American adults value the role that art plays in education at the K-12 level. However, the potential benefits of arts-based, kinesthetic learning activities have not been well-documented at the college level. Twenty-three undergraduate students participated in passive learning, traditional active learning activities and arts-based…