A “Library School:” Building a Collaborative Preschool-Library Partnership to Support Whole Family Engagement

Early Childhood Education Journal - Preschools and public libraries are natural partners in that they share similarities in their support for early learning and family engagement for the young...     

“The Problem Will Pass:” Attitudes of Latinx Adults Toward Mental Illness and Help Seeking

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling - Globally, mental illness is still stigmatized by many. The following qualitative study explored beliefs about mental illness and help...     

“I’m not the only victim…” student perceptions of exploitative supervision relation in doctoral degree

Higher Education - Drawing on a five-ethical principles framework, this study examines how the thirteen recruited doctoral students across disciplines in Hong Kong interpret the idea of and...     

Peer reviews of teaching as appreciative inquiry: learning from “the best” of our colleagues

Higher Education - Research on peer review to date has focused on its role as a formal compliance mechanism, a process for enhancing and developing teaching practice, and as a considerable source...     

“We Feel Connected… and Like We Belong”: A Parent-Led,Staff-Supported Model of Family Engagement in Early Childhood

Early Childhood Education Journal - Although researchers and practitioners have acknowledged that family engagement in children’s schooling occurs in many forms, most studies and program...     

“We’re More Than a Daycare”: Reported Roles and Settings for Early Childhood Professionals and Implications for Professionalizing the Field

Early Childhood Education Journal - In the US, recent efforts have focused on professionalizing the field of early childhood. One way to indicate professionalism is through the terms used to...     

“Teaching,my passion; publishing,my pain”: unpacking academics’ professional identity tensions through the lens of emotional resilience

Higher Education - In the global competition of higher education, an increasing emphasis has been placed on university research excellence. Accordingly, academics have to engage in both research...     

“They’re Going to Forget About Their Mother Tongue”: Influence of Chinese Beliefs in Child Home Language and Literacy Development

Early Childhood Education Journal - The primary aim of this study was to explore and understand Chinese American parents’ language and literacy beliefs, perceptions, and practices with regard...     

复杂系统观与特殊儿童心理健康教育创新

依据复杂系统观,系统、全面、深入地探讨了特殊儿童心理健康教育问题,认为我国的特殊儿童心理健康教育是一个开放的复杂系统.通过哲学思考与系统辩证思维,首次完整提出了特殊儿童心理健康教育复杂系统多层次总体(分类)结构.运用复杂系统工程方法(从定性到定量的综合集成法),从五个方面解读了特殊儿童心理健康教育系统特性及其复杂作用.主张"把复杂性当作复杂性处理",强调"始终把特殊儿童当作特殊儿童",不仅超越了传统的线性思维与还原论束缚,也弥补了非线性思维与整体论知识不足,从而为具有中国特色的特殊儿童心理健康教育创新提供了理论依据和基本思路.     

Introduction to the Special Issue on Component Computing in Education

The use of professional software is an integral part of a student's education in the mining engineering curriculum at The Pennsylvania State University. Even though mining engineering represents a limited market across U.S. educational institutions, the goal still exists for using this type of software to enrich the learning environment with visual elements and, therefore, enhance the students' ability to understand design principles in a more systematic manner. All of the students are required to develop a complete mine-design project, from conception to completion, which includes the selection of appropriate mining components and systems to meet desired needs. However, the question that is often asked is whether or not the desired benefits from using such software can be justified in terms of initial cost, and programming time required for both the instructor and students of small engineering programs, such as mining engineering. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the experiences of faculty and students with typical professional software tools available for mining-engineering educational programs, and to assess their ability to enhance active teaching and learning through computer-based problem solving in a manner which is cost effective for a small-enrolment engineering major.     

Special section on understanding and improving quality in family child care: Introduction and commentary

This introduction to the special section on understanding and improving quality in family, child care gives an overview of the eight papers included in the special section with implications for, future research and policy directions.