The first years of teaching are extremely challenging as novices simultaneously teach and learn to teach. Research suggests relationships play a meaningful role in helping novices access support and feel supported as they navigate "problems of practice," enduring issues that teachers must manage to effectively teach and facilitate their…

This study focuses on a Facebook group utilized by secondary English teachers during the initial crisis period of COVID 19, defined as March 2020-June 2020. During this period, teacher participants used this Facebook group as a community of practice to re-envision pedagogy, using social media as a third space in which to have discussions with…

In the following article, we wrestle with the following salient questions: How do we reengage faculty when they are surrounded by chronic stress and are experiencing overwhelming negative emotions? When many of them feel overworked and underappreciated? When they haven't even begun to process the loss and grief? In this midst of ongoing…

The OECD Learning Compass offers a forward-looking framework to help students navigate an increasingly complex and fast-changing world. It highlights the importance of student agency, well-being, and the development of key competencies for shaping both personal and collective futures. However, for students to truly benefit from this vision,…

Serving as a prominent framework for online learning, the Community of Inquiry (CoI), identifies three factors critical to learning in online environments: teaching presence, cognitive presence, and social presence. However, application of the CoI framework to face-to-face classes has not been broadly or systematically explored, despite…

Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are valuable spaces for collaboration and reflection to promote the transformation of teaching practice and resilience to change. In PLCs that are sustained over time, trust-building is a key element. In Latin America, school systems and educational models are based on mistrust, which in Chile is consistent…

Universities continue to see equity gaps in retention and graduation rates for Latinx students. To enhance Latinx student success, a team of Latinx faculty at a HSI developed innovative programming for educators centered on creating culturally sustaining educational spaces for Latinx students. Creando Conciencia is an ESCALA Educational Services,…

In a climate of growing intolerance and violence, marked by various forms of injustice across the democratic world, human rights and democratic citizenship education have the potential to help cultivate knowledge, values and skills or competences in the young that are necessary to foster a culture of human rights and democracy. However, education…

This paper draws on qualitative interview data with student-residents and alumni of an undergraduate residential learning community at a large U.S. university. The authors bring together the frameworks of intersectionality and counterspace to explore how student-residents experienced the intersectional framework of the residential learning…

This article reports on the findings of research that investigated the personal, organisational, and socio-political factors that affect early and mid-to-late career teachers' well-being in Australian schools. Framed through the lens of the Job Demands-Resources Model, the study focused on both positive and negative indicators of teacher…

This collaborative self-study explored the teaching experiences of five faculty members who focused on elevating student experiences in their online/hybrid courses. The researchers were interested in assessment and feedback mechanisms to center students' learning, de-emphasize grading, and engage in equitable practices. A basic qualitative…

In this empirical article, the author seeks to understand the question: What "productive tensions" (Wenger, 1998, p. 79) emerged as three humanities teachers worked to queer their teacher-developed literacy curriculum? The author returns to what it means to queer a curriculum in the findings and discussion. But first, it is important to…

This article explores how campuses can sustain their work and affirm their commitment to equity as states across the nation enact anti-diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) legislation and the Trump administration attempts to shut down DEI initiatives across the federal government and other sectors, including higher education. Previous research by…

Healthy early childhood development unfolds in the context of relationships with important caregivers, including early educators. Grounded in the evidence on early relational health, the 8-week Hand in Hand Foundations Course for Early Childhood Educators teaches a novel connection-based approach to understanding and responding to young children's…

Background/Context: The last few decades of research on teacher professional learning (PL) show clear evidence that PL programs can shift instructional practice and accelerate student learning. Yet many programs continue to be ineffective, raising the question: what are features of effective PL design? Prior work attempting to answer this question…