This Case Study is based on original research into the teaching and learning and wider needs of first-generation (or first-in-family) students studying at an elite U.K. university during the time of the online pivot engendered by the COVID-19 pandemic. It addresses the practical problems around conducting semistructured interviews online between…

Online higher education has seen significant transformations in recent years, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. A comparative approach to understanding the drivers, trends, and challenges in online learning reveals a shift from pre-pandemic to post-pandemic periods. Before COVID-19, online education was seen as a supplementary…

Sanitary restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic implied that (i) the level of stress, anxiety and depression increases among populations; and (ii) teaching in schools and universities held online. This study examines the impact of stress, anxiety and depression, as well as the perceived social support, on the educational strategies employed by…

This study presents findings from a narrative inquiry into the experiences of secondary English language arts (ELA) educators in Georgia who aim to teach through critical and culturally affirming pedagogies. It uses a complexity theory framework to consider how these teachers have responded to the current sociopolitical context in the state, which…

The rapid expansion of online education, accelerated by global disruptions, has transformed how English as a foreign language (EFL) courses are taught. While virtual platforms offer flexibility and easy access to resources, they also present unique challenges to effective language learning--especially in areas like speaking practice, where student…

The quality of online learning is generally acknowledged to be a crucial element in students' academic achievement. Using a quantitative, cross-sectional paradigm, this study sought to analyze the link between university students perceived online course experiences and deep learning, with an emphasis on the mediating function of self-regulation…

To address global challenges such as climate change, we must prepare an engineering workforce of sustainability-minded engineers ready to tackle complex socio-technical problems with multiple stakeholders. Frameworks like the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have begun to drive structural changes in engineering education,…

Active learning approaches and critical thinking (CT) are crucial in modern higher education systems, for example within US and UK, particularly in the post-digital era of online platforms and ubiquitous Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools; however there remains a gap in our understanding of whether and how to teach CT effectively in…

Collaboration between educators and families is a critical issue in the field of education. This topic becomes even more salient when working with culturally, linguistically, or economically diverse families of children with disabilities. Both research and practice have shown that many educators enter the profession without adequate preparation…

State education agencies are increasingly interested in developing and adopting through-course assessment models to meet statewide assessment and accountability requirements. However, because many of these systems are still under development, limited information about teacher perceptions of these administration models is available. We used focus…

This research focused on enhancing leadership instruction in colleges of agriculture. A multi-institutional research team initiated a program to teach agricultural and natural resource faculty how to create leadership-oriented case studies for undergraduates. Forty faculty members participated in an online training academy centered on Bolman and…

Teachers' beliefs about their disabled students' abilities impact students' well-being and success. These beliefs often inform teachers' decisions and instructional practices, which can influence the quality of disabled students' learning experience. Beliefs are commonly established early on and can be difficult to shift, although not impossible.…

"Teaching Climate Change to Children" describes the journey of two literacy researchers to learn about climate change and support relevant literacy pedagogy for young children (pre-K-6). The authors argue that climate change and social justice are inextricable from each other; that children in the younger grades are capable of learning…

Despite being a traditional coursework for pre-medical and medical students around the globe, biochemistry education suffers from a lack of positive appreciation due to the nature of the subject combined with deficiency of teaching modalities. A first semester biochemistry course was designed to include four different teaching modalities:…

This exploratory mixed-methods case study poses the following research question: How do adjunct instructors fit into the larger ecology of graduate archival education? We draw upon semi-structured interviews with 33 full-time, tenure-track faculty members from North American graduate archival programs to discern how adjunct instructors are…