This study of 105 Australian in-service teachers investigated the relationship between teacher self-efficacy and teachers' causal beliefs towards students with and without specific learning disabilities. Results found that teachers reporting higher levels of teacher self-efficacy provided more positive feedback, less frustration, and held lower…

Purpose: The author offers two challenges and four principles to teaching in the tertiary sector during this pandemic. While others may focus on the challenge of technical delivery, the author notes the challenges of systemic student disengagement. The author attempts to correct for this in four ways. She argues that the challenges she identifies…

Cultural humility represents a set of concepts that extend the core notion of cultural competence required for licensed professionals in audiology and speech-language pathology (ASHA, n.d.). A cultural humility mindset includes self-evaluation, addressing power imbalances, and fostering productive partnerships (Tervalon & Murray-Garcia, 1998).…

This study examined Major Gifts Officers' (MGOs') perceptions of master teaching behaviors exhibited by university faculty. Using an online survey, the Teacher Behavior Checklist was administered to Major Gifts Officers working at Southeastern Conference institutions. Based on their undergraduate experience, fundraisers were asked to rate faculty…

Incivility in nursing is a multidimensional problem that requires a new, innovative approach to managing complicated interpersonal behaviors. Emotional intelligence has emerged as an essential skill for the nursing profession, as these competencies have been associated with enhanced interpersonal interactions and may be effective in cultivating a…

This study explored the curricular decision-making and instructional practices of four Black male elementary teachers in a large suburban school district. In order to capture the intersection of their racial and gender identity with their educational practices, the researcher utilized educational connoisseurship and criticism, a methodology that…

Student perception in the asynchronous online learning course room was examined in this study. The problem addressed was how latent functions of gender bias might negatively impact the student perception of instructor authority within the online learning platform, which may then influence the student-teacher relationship and/or effective…

Schools are expected to be sites of caring, but there is evidence that both students and adults often experience them as uncaring places. One reason is that a sustained and heavy policy emphasis on accountability and demonstrations of effectiveness has placed pressure on educators to perform in certain ways, and to care about things other than…

This study aimed to investigate Phuket Rajabhat University's role in academic services for the complete aged society. 65 participants, 50 years old and above, were included in the in-depth interview and focus group, content analysis was used for the data analysis. 959 participants were collected data by the questionnaire. The findings revealed…

The purpose of this instrumental case study was to investigate perceptions of the preparation strategies, practices, and supports for preservice teachers at a select HBCU to determine how the program prepares preservice teachers to educate culturally diverse K-12 students through culturally relevant pedagogy. This researcher examined data from…

The purpose of this study was to examine whether district funding influences the leadership work of school principals. This study explored the role of the elementary principal in four school districts. Two districts were located in communities with an affluent population and the schools had an abundance of fiscal resources; the other two districts…

This explanatory sequential study examined and explored the understandings and perceptions a new cohort of K-12 teachers before and after they received Trauma Informed Care (TIC) training, which emphasized the prevention, recognition, and mitigation of secondary trauma (ST). TIC training is a requirement for all teachers. The study aimed at…

In this paper, I examine how performative practices of care that are primarily focused on academic achievement and learning outcomes have contributed to the creation of geographies of exclusion within mainstream schools for students with disability. Through a study of a 12-year-old student diagnosed with autism in a secondary school in Melbourne,…

Bullying is an issue that continues to represent a significant challenge to the provision of pastoral care in schools. In more recent decades, it has evolved in its complexity to include forms of bullying often referred to as cyberbullying or online bullying. Reflecting a wider discourse on pastoral care, recent analysis of how schools have been…

Many African American women who work in higher education, in non-faculty roles, incorporate a historical and cultural tradition commonly referred to as "othermothering" with higher education best practices when working with African American students. The practice of othermothering was used by enslaved African American women to assist…