This concept paper proposes a way of mapping educational landscapes to clarify the practice of experiential programming. It initially reviews how experiential education has been defined and suggestions for better definitional clarity. It then examines a recent initiative commissioned by the Society for Experiential Education to update its…

What is the relation of philosophy and teaching? Do we start from philosophy and then work to close the gap through a process of application? Do we start from teaching, and work to create a space for philosophical reflection? Is it enough to include philosophical texts and activities in teacher education? Or perhaps we need to include teachers…

The reflective professional mentoring process has implications for pedagogical practices. Thus, the study of mentor teachers' activities can be incorporated into the theoretical framework generated by reflections and beliefs. This study explores how abduction manifests in mentoring by analyzing Seidman's in-depth phenomenological interviews within…

A scoping review of the online counselor education scholarship from 1997 to 2023 in 27 national and regional peer-reviewed counseling journals yielded a sample of 110 articles. Findings of the scoping review detailed the topics addressed, methodological features, key findings, and recommendations for practice and research.

What does it mean to teach in higher education (HE) from vantage points that do not privilege human self-interest, but include nonhuman animals as significant subjects of educational practice? This paper addresses human-animal relations as a nascent area of HE pedagogy. It explores premises of, and approaches to post-anthropocentric HE pedagogies…

Positive psychology has significantly influenced educational organizations by promoting well-being, resilience, and engagement among students and educators. Research and real-world examples highlight how integrating positive psychology into curriculum, instruction, and assessment can foster personal and academic growth. By prioritizing student,…

This paper analyses the findings of a scoping review that sought to ascertain components that influence early career teachers' practices as inclusive educators in general education settings. This represents a unique contribution to existing scholarship in that it explicitly identifies and defines 18 key components that influence early career…

While teachers work is increasingly constrained by a focus on quantifiable measures and accountability, the persistent underachievement of students from disadvantaged backgrounds is an ongoing and unsolved problem. There is increasing expectation for schools to take responsibility for the social-emotional as well as intellectual capabilities of…

The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and, in particular, its Sustainable Development Goal no. 4, underline the relevance of quality education that translates into long-term benefits for all learners. This article reports findings of a collaborative research study that piloted an inclusive practice index to investigate…

In this article, Ingrid Andersson discusses the decolonial philosophy of Sylvia Wynter, with a special focus on addressing her concepts of the hybrid human and origin stories. Andersson shows how Wynter's philosophizing about the "being" of being human is premised on an entanglement of nature and culture that is on par with the posthuman…

Background: Many students would benefit from trauma-informed physical activity (PA); however, there is a lack of systematic guidance on incorporating trauma-informed practices across school-based PA opportunities. The purpose of this study was to generate a feasible framework for trauma-informed school-based PA. Methods: Framework development was…

In a master's course for secondary literacy teachers, productive tensions arose when the author asked the graduate student educators to engage in remix and restory of a canonical text through an assignment. Teachers primarily expressed concerns about access to digital tools and oriented toward the assignment in relation to modalities and…

Efforts to increase student engagement in high- impact practices (HIPs) have taken higher education by storm since seminal work on the positive educational benefits that can result from participation in 11 formally recognized HIPs. However, in recent years, several scholars have called attention to the "high-impact" nature of the…

Leadership programs establish relevance and garner public trust in higher education by demonstrating their usefulness to communities and society across sectors. In this article, the General Principles were leveraged as a tool to make sense of a pedagogy of practice applied to coursework and programs over the course of programmatic growth. This…

Research has paid less attention to the formalization of education from a systems theory and control perspective, rather than a mere algorithmic one. In this work, the underpinnings of system theory and control are provided, along with a review of their application in education. The review of studies in databases found only seven articles that…