Worldwide, access to higher education is still a privilege. This unique volume recounts the experiences of students from two rural provinces -- one in Pakistan, one in the Republic of Ireland -- who have struggled to undertake graduate studies. Seeking to understand why some are able to persevere with studies against enormous odds, the authors…

Purpose: Social media engagement is widely used by the higher education institutions (HEIs) to improve brand performance through brand image and brand loyalty. This study focusses on the effect of social media engagement on relationship quality and brand performance in the higher education marketing (HEM) context. Social media engagement…

Since a critical turn was embarked on two decades ago, research into sports coaching has increased in quality and quantity [see Jones, R. L. (2019). "Studies in sports coaching." Cambridge Scholars Publishing]. Despite such welcome advances, the essence or heart of the activity remains contested terrain [Abraham, A., & Collins, D.…

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the impact of leadership skills (technical, human and conceptual) on organizational citizenship behavior in Vietnamese libraries and the role of organizational culture as the mediator. Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative approach was chosen to gather data from 356 participants working in various…

Little review research has been conducted to describe the interaction and inter-relationships among components of reading development facilitated through mobile assisted language learning (MALL). The language learners, mediation via mobile devices, learning context, learning material and tasks, and learning outcomes need to be carefully examined…

This study examined changes in middle school teachers' beliefs about inquiry, implementation of inquiry practices, and self-efficacy to teach science through inquiry after participating in a year-long professional development program. The professional development model design was based on Bandura's (1986) social cognitive theory of learning and…

The objective of the paper is to explore how theory is integrated into practice in students' academic work within upper secondary education. In order to study this, the paper develops an analytical framework for situated reflection that conceptualises reflective processes in direct relation to practical activities of students. The framework…

By partnering theoretical insights from multiliteracies, queer phenomenology, and sound studies, this article underscores sound's capacity as a resource for adolescent multimodal writing. Refracted through a singular LGBTQ youth's practice of sonic cartography, the practice of mapping narrative through sound, the author articulates how sound came…

This paper reports on a qualitative narrative study that captures the experiences of LGBT [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender] school leaders along the U.S.-Mexican border in relation towards their journey in becoming a school leader and their occurrences within their practice. I analyze this issue through a queer theory framework and through…

While quality English language education is not equally accessible in many EFL countries, neoliberalism and its ideology of language as a neutral skill that everyone can acquire has obscured inequalities caused by the heavy emphasis on English as a dominant world language. Using South Korea as an example, I examine how individuals, especially…

Integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is becoming increasingly common in K-12 classrooms, and small group activities are ubiquitous to STEM instruction. This article includes both theoretical and practical descriptions of a microethnographic approach to critical multimodal discourse analysis that we used to…

The purpose of this work was to explore the satisfaction-and-engagement conundrum by testing competing structural models. The specific development and function of interventions that influence both job satisfaction and employee engagement are deeply rooted in uncovering evidence that give insight into which is primary and secondary. A survey…

During this time of ecological crises, ecofeminist theory and practice is vital for challenging ecological and social injustice. We begin this article by briefly unpacking the critique of essentialism that has had a silencing and divisive effect on the field of ecofeminism. Through this exploration we reorient away from essentializing or…

Researchers interested in new modes of social control and regulation through pedagogic means have increasingly drawn on Bernstein's theories of social control through pedagogic means and the emergence of a totally pedagogised society. This article explores this aspect of the Bernsteinian theoretical project by extrapolating and contrasting…

Current importance of this investigation has been stipulated by the modern trends in the development of civil society. Differentiated processes of its development, increased significance of certain institutions of the civil society often require not just empirical description of the principal trends of the functions of civil society, but also need…