This article presents the results of a narrative analysis that looked into some EFL students' experiences related to their English learning processes and the use of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies). The study was carried out at a university in southern Colombia. The main objective was to understand the participants' experiences in…

In this article, the authors encourage the consideration of the use of Black women's memoir to inform pre-service early childhood education by exploring Mary Herring Wright's memoir of growing up Black and deaf in the southern USA in "Sounds Like Home" and bell hooks' memoir of childhood in "Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood."…

This essay explores an English lesson I taught to a Year 9 class in which students drew upon and narrativised personal experiences. I describe and examine the literary sociability of the lesson, by which I mean the social and cultural exchanges that give shape to students' reading and writing. In doing so, I demonstrate the need for policymakers…

This article emerges from a podcast hosted by a Centre for Migration at a Canadian University in 2021. In this discussion, we explore how podcasts offer a unique and often under-researched arts-based medium that can be used as a form of creative expression to tell stories, build dialogue, and create solidarity. We argue that podcasts offer…

Are there developmental pathways for learning that provide continuity from early learning through adulthood with measurable intervals for assessment and with transitions for learning that are understandable, stable, identifiable, communicable, flexible, and affordable to implement? If so, what are the foundations for learning that enable students…

Schooling experiences for Black students in the US have been shaped historically by anti-education laws, mandates, and initiatives that sustain unjust systemic practices and policies. These practices and policies often stagnate academic progress and have led to institutional deficits and the normalization of deficit-orientations towards students…

This dissertation explores the campus climate of a Historically Black University in the Southeastern United Sates by providing an overview of the campus' sexual assault policy and Black women students' and administrators' perceptions of the climate surrounding sexual assault on the campus. The research questions that guided this study are (1) How…

Historically, gender norms have allowed faculty who were men to remain an ideal worker by being dedicated to work regardless of family status because they had a wife to keep up the domestic and childcare duties (Tierney & Bensimon, 1996; Wolf-Wendel & Ward, 2006). Although both men and women have served as faculty members and parents, the…

Racism is woven into the fabric of every institution within the United States (Jones, 1974; Ladson-Billings, 1998), and it is present alongside the often unattended to intersectional oppression (Crenshaw, 2017). These two realities are often found and reproduced within P-12 school settings (Ladson-Billings, 2005; Ladson-Billings, 2019; Hopson,…

Higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United States and around the world were forced to change many of their practices in response to the global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Academic advisors at HEIs played a critical role in support of student retention before the pandemic and continued to do so during that crisis. The NACADA…

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of narration and listening conditions in autobiographical memory of a staged event. Eighty young adults were recruited for the present research. First, they were interviewed on current issues (staged event). Second, they were asked to complete a memory questionnaire about the content of…

The present study investigated oral personal narratives elicited from Arabic speaking adolescents with and without hearing loss. Analyses focused on macrostructure, microstructure, and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). For macrostructure, narratives were examined for structural components (abstract, orientation, complication, evaluation, resolution,…

The Chinese are one of the oldest immigrant communities in Europe, and in some countries among the most economically successful. Media portraits of immigrant Chinese, however, are often filtered through racialised stereotypes, as culturally insular and economically savvy opportunists working in low-end take-outs, retails, and garment workshops.…

This paper reflects on my experience of using personal stories to create a Pot Gan performance exploring the complexity of how lives are lived, how the experience of climate change is shaped by poverty and struggle, but also strength in facing adversity. Bringing real stories to the stage had more meaning, emotion and personal connection for…

This article provides an auto-ethnographic narrative to offer insights into my experience as a practitioner-researcher working in widening participation (WP) in post-compulsory education (PCE). It relates how I came to join the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) Practitioner Research Programme (PRP). It provides insights into the role of WP…