All posts by The International Academic Forum

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Artful Early Years: Children’s Gendered Awareness and Expression

The gender binary, as a socially constructed framework, continues to shape early childhood experiences in ways that marginalise gender diverse …

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The Poetics of Embodied Intelligence: Creative Dance as an Educational Commons for Inclusion and Community Leadership

This workshop explores creative and community dance as a form of embodied intelligence, functioning as a shared resource that fosters …

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Paul’s Turn: Re-imagining Art From the Entropic Remains of Visual Form

After exhibiting the work Untitled (Rust) at the Annex Gallery in Glasgow (part of the Field Notes exhibition, 2025) I …

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From Nation-Building to Economic Strategy: Shifting Cultural Policy Rationales in Singapore’s Visual Arts

This study examines the evolving relationship between economic imperatives and community engagement within Singapore’s visual arts sector, situated within the …

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Interpretive Polarization in the Analysis of Iranian Governmental Murals: Between Cultural Continuity and Visual Authoritarianism

This paper examines the significant interpretive polarization that currently characterizes scholarly discourse over Iranian government murals. The majority of existing …

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Decolonising Memory: A Curatorial Encounter With Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Linguistic Philosophy

The nomenclature of museum collections is rarely treated as a site of politics, yet every catalogue entry, accession record and …

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Chanting Revolution: Environmental Performance in Syrian Protests Chants and Youssef-Agha’s The Chronicles of the Syrian Revolution

This article analyses the performative dynamics of language in the chants of the Syrian demonstrations (2011–2024) in relation to Tarif …

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Disposable Futures: Posthuman Bodies, Biopolitical Value, and the Ethics of Recognition in Contemporary British Fiction

This paper examines how contemporary British fiction deploys posthuman and transhuman figures to interrogate the political mechanisms through which human …

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Sustainable Culinary Practices: Bridging Traditional and Modern Hospitality in Ghana

Ghana’s hospitality sector is increasingly shaped by the tension between globalised menu expectations and growing interest in culturally rooted, sustainable …

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Fostering Global Citizenship Through Intercultural Dialogue and Collaborative Learning: Evidence From Ghanaian Higher Education

Global citizenship education remains under-researched in African settings, despite growing importance in higher education worldwide. This study examines how intercultural …

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Empowering the Future: Overcoming Obstacles in Ghanaian TVET Colleges

This study examined the major obstacles affecting the performance of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges in Ghana …

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Collective Photographic Practices Reconsidered: Temporality, Witnessing, and Responsibility

Although photography has long involved multiple participants, collective and collaborative photographic practices are frequently discussed as if they constituted a …

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Beyond the Image: Female Art Models in Contemporary Photography—Precarious Work, Relational Labour and Gendered Digital Visibility

This research examines the work of female photographic models as a largely invisible and precarious form of labour situated at …

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Sonic Patriarchy: Improvising Gender in Southern Thai Folk Song

“Pleng Bok” is one traditional performance of social communication in southern Thailand. Pleng Bok has a wide range of content, …

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Letters That Preschoolers Write Most Often

This study focuses on analyzing letter writing in preschool-aged children, with an emphasis on gender differences and the relationship between …

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The Archival Apparatus: Professional Journals as an Interpretive Infrastructure of Architecture

Contemporary architectural development in Taiwan is defined by a compressed phenomenon, wherein the discipline operates as an externally transplanted and …

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Navigating the Cinematic Landscape: Analyzing Consumer Decision-Making Through Cognitive Mapping Methodology

In the era of the streaming boom, the traditional cinema experience is undergoing a profound transformation. While attention spans are …

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Micro-credentials at the Higher Education – Work Interface: From Intercultural Communication to Transnational Communicative Competence

This article examines micro-credentials as a structural and pedagogical interface between higher education and working life. Situated within a Finnish …

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A Systematic Review of Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Indigenous Knowledge Management in Special Libraries in Kenya

This study employed systematic review methodology to explore 67 articles at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence technologies and indigenous knowledge …

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Seeking Alternatives Through Languages in Dollie Radford’s Diary and Poetry

This short article reexamines the fin-de-siècle poet Dollie Radford (1858–1920) by foregrounding her engagement with literary resources as intellectual and …

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Humanising Language Education in AI-Mediated Classrooms: Debate Pedagogy as a Counterbalance to Algorithmic Learning in the Saudi EFL Context

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in educational environments, language learning is progressively shifting towards personalised, algorithm-driven models that prioritise …

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The Body Politic: How Classical Ideas of the Female Body Shape Modern Politics and State Governance

Women’s bodies are a political necessity and an inconvenience. Paradoxically, women’s reproductive work is necessary for the continuation of the …

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Transitioning to Knowledge-Based Economies: A Comparative Analysis of Education Policy Reforms in the GCC

Throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), member states are actively transitioning away from hydrocarbon dependency toward knowledge-based economies (Karoly, 2010; …

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Subversive Incongruence: G-Dragon and the Multi-step Flow of Gender-Disruptive Luxury Branding

In contemporary luxury advertising, the strategic leverage of gender incongruence—male celebrities explicitly styling womenswear—has evolved into a dual-layered tool of …

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Stitching Memory, Weaving Identity: Memorializing the Everyday Through Textile Installation in Philippine Contemporary Art

This practice-based study investigates hand sewing as a form of memory work and textile installation as a means of memorializing …

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Selling Curriculum Reform in Colours: Multimodal Packaging of English Policy Texts in Hong Kong (2017–2025)

This article examines how curriculum reform is condensed, ranked, and legitimised when a long policy text is repackaged for rapid …

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Guilt Without Grace: The Translation of Hamartia as Tsumi and the Literary Imagination of Sin in Meiji and Modern Japan

This study examines how the 1880 Meiji New Testament translated the Greek terms hamartia (sin) and charis (grace) within the …

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Interrogating the Machine: A Human-AI Workflow for Structured Extraction From Historical Sources

Text-analysis technology has evolved rapidly with the advent of Large Language Models (LLMs). As these tools reshape how we process …

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Art as Social Infrastructure: Curating Practices Through the Visible Project

This practice-based paper considers how curatorial work may operate as social infrastructure through the case of Visible, an international platform …

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Readymades, Abstract Paintings and the Paradigm Shift That Revolutionized Representational Landscape Paintings Into Abstract and Conceptual Landscapes

Landscape is a Renaissance phenomenon that has continued to contemporary art, although between 1907 and 1914 the artistic community shifted …

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The Cello as Voice: Instrumental Lyricism in the Music of Frederic Chopin

This paper examines instrumental lyricism in the music of Frédéric Chopin, focusing on the expressive role of the cello and …

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Viplava Jānapadam: The Birth of Political Revolutionary Folklore in South India: A Longue Durée Study of Telugu Jānapada Oral Traditions

This paper is an interdisciplinary study of Telugu Jānapadam (folk) traditions in the Telugu-speaking states of India, specifically Telangana, from …

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Between Embargo and Export: Canton Enamelled Porcelain (Guangcai) and Hong Kong–US Relations in the Cold War

This essay research focuses on the spoon, Canton enameled porcelain (Guangcai) collected in the V&A Museum. It was identified as …

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Paleoart as Epistemic Mediation and a Psychogenetic Device: Reconstruction of Fossil Species and Symbolic Formation in Educational Contexts

Paleoart is an interdisciplinary field at the intersection of the visual arts and the Earth sciences, devoted to the visual …

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Interactional Identity Formation: Evidence From Contemporary Comparative Religious Contexts

In this paper, insights from ritual and anthropology are applied to considerations of the ritual and social framework of Buddhist/Daoist …

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Relational Humanity: Mind-Modelling and Distributed Agency in Klara and the Sun

Adopting the approach of cognitive narratology, this study examines Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Klara and the Sun (2021) as a text …

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Lost in Algorithmic Translation: Evaluating AI Tools in Translating Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

This study critically evaluates the efficacy of AI translation tools—Google Translate, DeepL, and ChatGPT-4—in rendering Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart …

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Artificial Intelligence and Regional Cybersecurity Governance: Transforming Security Cooperation in the 21st Century

This study examines how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping regional cybersecurity governance, addressing a gap in understanding the causal mechanisms …

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Using ARIMA Forecast for Scenario Projections to Compare Funding Mechanisms in the Singaporean Arts Sector

This study investigates the impact of different government funding mechanisms on the financial sustainability of Singapore’s arts and heritage sector. …

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Anam Agus Fuaim: The Soul and Sound of Irish Choral Music

This presentation explores the rich traditions, evolving practices, and distinctive sound of Irish choral music. Beginning with an overview of …

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Architectural Nationalism and Spatial Justice: Reimagining Development and Indigenous Belonging in Post-2014 India

This research explores how India’s post-2014 architectural politics most visibly through the Central Vista Redevelopment and the Smart Cities Mission …

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Historical Sources from Stone: Collection and Research of Epitaphs from the Khitan Liao Dynasty (907–1125)

This paper presents a study for the Khitan-Liao Dynasty (907-1125) epitaphs unearthed since the last century, along with their current …

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Industry to Academia: A Need Analysis for AI Skills to Design Industry-Friendly Curriculum Through Scoping Review

The rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across industries has created an urgent need for higher education to align their …

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Breaching the Billionaire’s Retreat: Tech Elite Spaces in Contemporary Screen Media

This presentation examines the proliferation of tech billionaire retreats as a dominant setting in contemporary film and television, analyzing how …

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Flow Resonance: Mural Artwork

This article documents the heritage project ‘Resonancia de flujo: saberes y memorias de un territorio’ (Flow Resonance: Knowledge and Memories …

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Being Moved by Fiction: Do We Have Only Quasi-emotions when We Feel for Fictional Characters?

‘Quasi-emotions’ were postulated to solve to the famous paradox of fiction, why we feel for fictional characters besides knowing they …

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Identity Construction Among Artist Entrepreneurs in the Visual Arts Sector: An Exploratory Study

This exploratory study examines the identity construction of artist-entrepreneurs who organize their artistic activity and make sense of their professional …

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In Pursuit of Affirmative Biopolitics: The Paradigm of Immunization in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam

In the MaddAddam trilogy, Atwood deftly depicts catastrophic scenarios resulting from the unconstrained advancement of biotechnology. Undoubtedly, the adoption of …

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Classical Music as Symbolic Capital in Advertising: A Semiotic and Computational Approach to Kitsch and Consumption

This paper examines the recurrent use of Western classical music in advertising as a mechanism of symbolic distinction and aesthetic …

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Maximising Pre-Class Learning Through Collaborative Strategies in the Flipped Classroom

Flipped classrooms rely on students completing preparatory work before class, yet ensuring meaningful engagement with assigned readings remains a persistent …

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How Are Academic English Levels and Course Load Impacting Academic Performance: A Study of Domestic Students in the English-Medium University

Among the extensive research about international students’ academic English skills and the impact upon their academic performance in English-medium universities, …

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From Resistance to Revolution: Resilient Cyberspace in Myanmar’s Authoritarian Public Sphere (2025-26 Election)

Building on Dukalskis’s (2021) concept of the "authoritarian public sphere", a state-managed arena where regimes use infrastructure to regulate cyberspace, …

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Divorced Fathers in Precarious Times: Class Decline, Housing Insecurity, and Post-Divorce Life in Israel

In Israel, rising divorce rates and the retrenchment of neoliberal welfare provisions have intensified economic vulnerabilities among single-income households. While …

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Negotiating Religious Citizenship: Spiritual Warfare and the Exclusion of the “Religious Other”

This paper explores how an Evangelical Church’s "radical" theological framework constructs a religious definition of peace rooted in spiritual standardization. …

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From Reader to Participant: The Evolving Embodiment of Erotica in Story of O and Beyond

Erotic fiction has the power to mark its reader permanently, yet the journey of how such texts are received, adapted, …

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Jing Si Aphorism Family–School Humanistic Education Model in Tzu Chi Da AI Kindergarten and Parent-Child Bonding Class, Malaysia

In recent years, moral decline highlights the limitations of academically oriented education systems, creating a critical gap between moral understanding …

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Synthetic Humanism and the Ontological Displacement of Human Heuristics in Multimodal Agentic Systems

What becomes of cognitive labor unique to human beings such as critical judgment, skepticism, and embodied reasoning when multimodal AI …

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AI-Generated Imagery as an Ethical Pedagogical Interface: Addressing Visual Gaps in Heritage Conservation Education

Cultural heritage conservation education often faces a persistent paradox: the necessity of visualizing high-risk environments—such as compromised storage or disaster …

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Conceptualizing Virtual Museums as Cultural Learning Ecosystems

This research proposes a conceptual framework regarding virtual museums as cultural learning ecosystems in the context of contemporary digital education. …

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Art, Technology and Participation in Later Life

Digitalisation is reshaping social participation across all areas of life. Yet older adults, particularly those with cognitive impairments, are frequently …

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Process-Oriented Collaborative Essays: Empowering Undergraduate Students Through Assessment Redesign in the Age of Generative AI

The growing use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT is reshaping how students approach learning and assessment …

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Playing the Grading Game: Teachers, Performativity and the Dispute over Grade Inflation in Portugal

Grading is integral to the regimes of performativity governing educational systems and practices (Ball, 2003). In Portuguese public debate, grade …

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Counting the Uncounted: The Statistical Construction of School Dropout and Grade Retention in Portugal

Following Desrosières’ (1993) work on the epistemological tensions inherent in statistical objects, we examine how dropout and retention are defined, …

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Exploring the Use of a Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Practice: Perception and Knowledge Performance With the CARE² Model

International learning environments are a defining feature of contemporary higher education and require instructional approaches that intentionally address cultural diversity …

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English Production Learning Cycle Using Generative AI in Image Description Tasks: Focusing on Lowering Psychological Barriers and Promoting Autonomous Noticing

This study examined how a three-step learning cycle—(1) independent English production, (2) reference to AI-generated samples, and (3) self-correction—affected university …

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Gamification Technology in Teaching Science Subjects

This study is designed to develop an educational platform based on gamification elements to increase the motivation and activity of …

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Safety Experience and Student Well-being at School: The Moderating Role of School Characteristics Among Indonesian Students

Well-being has become an important factor that contributes to students’ mental health. Since prior studies suggested that a safe school …

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A Comparative Study on Oral Communication Strategy Use Among Vietnamese Non-English Majors

This paper investigated differences in the use of Communication Strategies among Vietnamese non-English majors of different English proficiency levels at …

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Development and Evaluation of a Gamified Digital Platform for Science Education in Secondary Schools

The integration of gamification into science education has emerged as an effective approach to enhance student engagement, motivation, and learning …

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Prevalence of Ederly High Risk of Stroke and Related Risk Factors: Data From Elderly Screening in West Sumatera Indonesia

Stroke is the second leading cause of death globally and a major contributor to long-term disability, with risk increasing markedly …

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The DIAL Framework for AI-Supported Decision Making in Undergraduate Business Programs

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming organizational decision-making processes, yet undergraduate business education has been slower to systematically integrate AI-supported …

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From Surface to Substance: Using an AI Thinking Partner to Scaffold Critical Reflection in Initial Teacher Education

Critical reflection is an essential skill within initial teacher education that supports authentic and meaningful connections for pre-service teachers (Polley, …

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Type One Activations in Suggestopedia: Scaffolding, Suggestion, and the Activation of Hidden Reserves

Type One Activations have become a central feature of contemporary Nordic suggestopedic practice, yet they have received little theoretical attention …

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Bridging Policy and Practice in India: Implementing IB Inquiry-Based Pedagogy in a Tier-3 CBSE School

This study investigates the feasibility of adapting International Baccalaureate (IB) inquiry-based pedagogical methods within urban CBSE middle-school classrooms to bridge …

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Playing Heritage: Loose Parts and Traditional Emirati Play as Pathways to Culture and Identity in Early Childhood

Early years settings commonly approach culture through what can be seen and displayed: national day celebrations, dress-up corners, food festivals, …

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Technology-Mediated English Grammar Learning by Chinese Learners: A Case Study

Traditional paper-based in-class writing tasks are common when we teach students English grammar in universities. Nowadays, technology including artificial intelligence …

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Supporting the Development of Emergent Literacy in Preschool Education: The Role of Family and Kindergarten Collaboration

This study explores the development of emergent literacy in preschool children, focusing on the relationship between family background and educational …

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Effects of Polygenic Risk Score of Bipolar Disorder on Executive Functions Through Lifestyle Factors and Brain Tissue

Background: Bipolar disorder (BD) has been linked to substance use and cognitive declines, yet BD polygenic risk score (PRS) was …

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Assessing the Impact of Sustainability Initiatives on Fashion Students’ Practices and Attitudes

Embedding sustainability into fashion design curricula is well-established in Western countries, but it remains relatively new in Asia. Hong Kong …

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Migration Intentions Among Mathematics Educators in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Batangas, Philippines

This study examined the migration intentions of mathematics educators in higher education institutions (HEIs) in Batangas, Philippines, during Academic Year …

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Non-cognitive Factors of Mathematics Achievement Among Higher Education Students in Bahrain

This study examined the non-cognitive factors influencing mathematics achievement among higher education students in Bahrain through a descriptive-correlational design, employing …

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Prioritizing Multi-dimensional Requirements of Senior Adults for Aging in Place Using Hesitant Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (HFAHP)

This study proposes a comprehensive multi-criteria decision making based methodological framework to support aging in place by prioritizing personalized requirements …

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Designing Career Readiness Through Industry-Embedded Capstone Pedagogy: A Curriculum Design Framework for Professional Identity Formation

As the professional workplace landscape becomes increasingly complex and uncertain, educators are challenged to adapt to learning environments that move …

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Supporting Pasifika Learners in New Zealand Tertiary Education: Strengths-Based Pastoral Care Practices to Enhance Pasifika Learner Wellbeing and Educational Outcomes

Pastoral support influences learner wellbeing but inconsistent support, limited transparency and confidentiality concerns can reduce its effectiveness. This study investigates …

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Increasing Intraverbal Response Order Variability in a Child With Autism: Effects of Lag Schedule Combined With Differential Reinforcement

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often develop rigid, repetitive language patterns. Although discrete-trial training effectively establishes intraverbal responses—verbal behavior …

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Cultivating Autonomous English Learning Through Digital Platforms in Moroccan Higher Education

Digital platforms have increasingly become central to modern language learning, providing learners with enhanced opportunities for flexibility, personalization, and the …

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The Homework as a Space for Dialogue in Curriculum Design

This paper explores the role of homework assignments within instructional design, conceptualizing them not merely as tools for assessment or …

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Bridging the Distance: Leveraging Communication Apps to Foster Collaboration and Reduce Isolation in Online Graduate Education

Distance learning in graduate programs presents persistent challenges related to student isolation, diminished peer interaction, and the absence of spontaneous …

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Navigating Educational Resilience: Regional Disparities and Institutional Support for Transnational Students’ School Adaptation in Taiwan

In the context of global mobility, educational discontinuity poses profound challenges to the educational justice of transnational students. Integrating the …

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AI and the Limits of Sustainable Knowledge Production in Higher Education Under Conditions of Metric-Driven Evaluation

The increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education is embedded in broader transformations of research evaluation systems, where …

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Overview of Industrial Engineering Courses in Brazil Under the Focus of Entrepreneurship

This study presents an overview of Industrial Engineering programmes in Brazil with a focus on entrepreneurship. The research is grounded …

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Genre-Based Analysis of Research Abstracts: Implications for Academic Writing Instruction

Modern scholarship recognizes the research abstract as a distinct genre rather than a mere summary (Vergel & Valle, 2019). Recognizing …

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Platformization of Public Education in São Paulo, Brazil: Impacts on Teaching Practices and Technological Integration in Natural Sciences and Mathematics

The platformization of public education is characterized by the systematic incorporation of digital platforms, marketed by private companies, which come …

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From Stereotype to Cultural Representation: Reframing Isan Ghost Figures Through Contemporary Character Design

This creative research examines how contemporary character design can reframe stigmatised representations of Isan identity in Thailand. Historically, Isan — …

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Academising Sociology: Identifying Four Fields of René Worms’ Communication Strategy for the International Institute of Sociology

The French sociologist René Worms (1869–1926) is recognised as a brilliant organiser who managed to recruit prestigious collaborators across borders …

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Supporting Teachers in Addressing Electrical Engineering Preconceptions

This research paper examines the suitability of AI tools for teaching the fundamentals of electrical engineering. The research question addressed …

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Defining Design as a Governmental Capability: Conceptual Foundations for an Emerging Public-Sector Practice

Design has expanded significantly in recent decades, moving beyond its traditional disciplinary boundaries to function as an important capability within …

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Total Quality Management in Action: What Headmasters of High School Believe

This paper examines Total Quality Management (TQM) as a management philosophy that can support improvement in Greek secondary schools, with …

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Transformative Equality in Inclusive Education: Reframing Deaf Education in Lithuania

This study examines inclusive education for deaf learners in the Lithuanian context through a mixed-methods approach, integrating qualitative and quantitative …

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Strategic Media Production for Tourism Promotion in Bangkok, Thailand: A Case Study of “Taste and Trails City Run Banthat Thong”

Urban destinations increasingly use experiential events and digital media to diversify tourism identities and encourage new forms of place engagement. …

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Validation of a Multiple-Choice Physics Test Using Classical Test Theory: Toward a More Up-to-Date International Item Database

This study examines the psychometric properties of a multiple-choice physics questionnaire using the framework of Classical Test Theory (CTT), with …

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Contextualising Controversy: Narratives of Sensitive Issues in Tunisian, Pakistani and Iranian School Textbooks

How school curricula address sensitive topics remains a persistent challenge in education. While much of the literature focuses on how …

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AI-Integrated Task-Based Language Teaching for Low-Proficiency EFL Learners: A Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Study

This longitudinal mixed-methods study investigated how AI-integrated Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) supported speaking development, affective change, and learner engagement among …

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Reframing Teacher Well-Being as Strategic Human Capital: A Conceptual Framework Linking Professional Coaching, Self-Efficacy, and Sustainable Institutional Performance

Teacher burnout has become a strategic challenge for contemporary education systems because it affects teacher retention, school sustainability, and institutional …

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A Study of the Organizing Process of the Thai Independent Documentary Film Festival

This creative research project examined strategies for developing and presenting Thai independent documentary films to Generation Z audiences (born 2000–2010) …

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AI Chatbots for Critical Literacy in Education: Perspectives From UX Experts and Educators

This study examines stakeholder perspectives on TouriBot, an AI-supported chatbot integrated into a gamified educational application. The chatbot was implemented …

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Debugging the Machine: Critical AI Literacy in Language Education

As generative AI becomes more present in language learning, educators often face a tension between overreliance and avoidance. If students …

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Renaissances as a Practice-Based Research in Teaching: Where Arts’ Histories Begin

“In the Antiroom: Arts’ Histories as a Pluriversal Proposal” is an ongoing doctoral research characterized by its interdisciplinary and indisciplinary …

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From Majlis to Manuscript: Leveraging Emirati Oral Traditions to Scaffold Phase 1 Literacy in the PYP

Emirati children arrive in KG2 as competent storytellers. Most have spent their first five years in households where narrative is …

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The Experience of Mexican Female Students in the COIL Mexico-Colombia Project: Insights Into Intercultural Online Collaboration and Educational Exchange

The COIL Project between Guanajuato (Mexico) and Colombia originated as part of the institutional collaboration between the high schools of …

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English Language Classrooms as Sites of Global Citizenship Education: Developing Intercultural Competence in Multilingual Learning Contexts

This research explores the role of English language classrooms as platforms for Global Citizenship Education (GCE) by developing intercultural competence …

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Beyond Exposure: Emotional Attachment in Heritage Language Retention Among Bilingual Families

Heritage language retention in bilingual children has traditionally been attributed to factors such as exposure, schooling context, and community practices. …

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Designing AI-Supported Assessment in Marketing Education: Specified Latitude and the CRAFT Framework

Universities must prepare marketing graduates for practice in which generative artificial intelligence (AI) is routine, while preserving assessment validity and …

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Industry-Integrated Curriculum Design for Employability in Marketing Education: The BRIDGE Process Framework

Graduate employability is a strategic priority in business and marketing education, yet a persistent gap remains between conventional curricula and …

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Building a Formative Assessment Tool Using the CARE² Model: Strategies for Capturing Learner Perceptions of Instructional Design Frameworks

Measuring instructional design principles is critical for understanding how pedagogical strategies influence learner experiences, engagement, and outcomes (Spooren et al., …

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Creative Strategies for Developing a Romantic–Comedy Television Series Centered on the Girls Love Genre

The Girls' Love (GL) genre has experienced significant growth in the Thai television industry, becoming a prominent cultural export and …

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The Role of Technology in Inclusive Education: A PRISMA 2020 Systematic Review

Technological advancement is transforming educational practice, reshaping how learners engage with content and how educators design instruction for increasingly diverse …

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Evaluating Simulation-Based Learning in Management Education: Evidence From Student Perceptions

Simulation-based pedagogy is increasingly used in management education to create experiential learning environments that connect theoretical concepts with real-world decision-making. …

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3 Level Game for the First-Year Students in Computer Science

This study explores the use of gamification and Generative AI to enhance engagement and learning outcomes to “Design, build, and …

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Design Conditions for Educator Adoption of LLM-Based Ethics Scaffolding in Higher Education

This paper examines what has to align before educators can integrate LLM-based ethics scaffolding into ordinary higher-education teaching without increasing …

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The Importance of Implementing AI Institutional Policy in Higher Education

A significant increase in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in educational practices has raised a number of ethical issues related to …

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The Power of the Nudge: Measuring the Impact of Proactive Outreach

Student persistence in online higher education remains a challenge, even with strong curriculum and support systems. While existing literature supports …

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How Much Does Financial Support Matter? Changes in Study Abroad Participation and Destination Choice at a Japanese University

This paper is the third in a longitudinal series examining the relationship between financial support and study abroad at a …

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Adapting Health Systems to Population Aging: Policy Lessons From a Chile-Japan Comparison

Population aging is reshaping health systems worldwide, creating pressures on financing, service delivery, and long-term care (LTC). Countries are responding …

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Fostering Teacher-Student-Parent Relationships Through Hands-On Learning: A No-Screen Approach to Early Literacy

This multi-case study explores the impacts of a screen-free approach to direct literacy instruction that utilizes the Science of Reading …

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The Lost Children: Re-engaging Adolescent Literacy Through Structured Intervention, Relational Pedagogy, and the Identity of Success

Adolescent literacy presents a significant educational challenge, with many students entering secondary schooling with persistent reading difficulties and low academic …

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Mining Complex Movement Sequences to Understand Cognitive Strategies in Puzzle Solving: Integrating Computing Analytics and Psychological Insights

Puzzle solving behaviour represents an important domain within educational research, offering insights into cognitive strategy formation, spatial reasoning, and decision …

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UXMind: An Intelligent Agent for AI-Assisted Interface Evaluation in UX Education

Interface evaluation methods play a central role in the field of Human–Computer Interaction (HCI), enabling the systematic analysis of usability, …

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Investigating the Acceptance of Using Artificial Intelligence Platforms in Students’ Scientific Research: Survey From Selected Universities in Vietnam

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence platforms has significantly influenced and transformed the ways in which students use and access …

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Naming the Mafia: Representation and the Construction of the Mafia Imaginary

This paper investigates how cultural representations contribute to the construction of the mafia imaginary in contemporary Italy. Rather than approaching …

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Designing Cloth Books for Children Aged 0–2 Years: A Practice-Based Capacity-Building Model for Early Childhood Media Producers in Thailand

Early childhood (0–2 years) is a critical developmental period requiring media design aligned with cognitive, emotional, and sensory growth. Quality …

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Face-Negotiation Theory’s Role in a Loss of a Major: A Case Study

In 2024 the Lithuanian Ministry of Education denied a small, Baltic liberal arts university reaccreditation of its communication program, meaning …

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Parenting and Motivation: Parental Conduct and Coping with Children’s Learning Motivation Difficulties

Within Self-Determination Theory, motivation is conceptualized as a continuum ranging from amotivation to intrinsic regulation. In children with learning difficulties, …

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Understanding Sustainability in the Context of Anchoring and Objectification: Insights From College Students

Transition to a sustainable society requires transformative changes in people’s sense of their role in the natural world rather than …

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The Pedagogical Effectiveness of Integrating Gamification and AI Tools in Teaching Physics

The study is aimed at evaluating the impact of the integration of gamification elements and artificial intelligence tools into the …

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Designing Inclusive Learning Experiences to Reduce Dropout Rates in Emirati Foundation Programs

Foundation programs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) represent a critical transition stage between secondary and higher education, yet early …

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Through the Observer’s Lens: Learning and Professional Growth in Peer Observation of Teaching in UAE Higher Education

Peer observation of teaching (POT) is widely used in higher education to enhance teaching quality and support professional development. While …

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Dalcroze’s Eurhythmics in Contemporary Pedagogy

Émile Jaques-Dalcroze occupies a significant position in the historical transformation of music pedagogy at the beginning of the twentieth century. …

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Effectiveness of the Dangerous Decibels® Program in Primary Schools in the Czech Republic

Noise-induced hearing loss is the most common preventable cause of hearing loss in children, adolescents and adults. In 2015, WHO …

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From Textural Foundation to Thematic Presence: Cello in Chopin’s Piano Trio Op. 8

Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Trio in G‑minor, Op. 8, dedicated to Antoni Radziwiłł, represents a relevant example within his chamber music …

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Collective Parental Involvement in Municipal Educational Governance: Selective Institutional Accessibility

Situated within global shifts toward decentralized governance, this case study examines the power dynamics shaping collective parental involvement in municipal …

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From Two Kinds of Fear in Communication to Transformative Intercultural Communication for Creative Democracy

Democracy is creative. Dewey argued that democracy must be continuously renewed by each generation to avoid stagnation. The task can …

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Bridging Statistics Education and Professional Practice in Economics and Business Degrees

Statistics plays a key role in Economics and Business programmes, yet students often perceive it as abstract and disconnected from …

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AI-Mediated Feedback in Education: Teachers’ Baseline Perceptions, Opportunities, and Professional Barriers in a Research-Action Context

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education is progressively reshaping feedback processes, shifting them from episodic corrective acts to …

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Adapting WHO Life Skills Education to Older Adulthood for Promoting Competent Aging

This study presents an adaptation of the Life Skills Education Model developed by the World Health Organization to older adulthood, …

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Developing Cultural Products to Enhance Tourism With Cultural Capital in Betong District, Yala Province

This study had three objectives: creating value from cultural capital and local wisdom, strengthening the capacity of entrepreneurs and personnel …

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The Bilingual Presentation of Qatari National at the National Museum of Qatar Through Written Texts

This study investigates the construction and presentation of national identity within the written texts of the National Museum of Qatar …

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Corporate Global Citizenship Through Sustainable Working Capital Management: Evidence From Thai Listed Companies

In an increasingly interconnected world facing urgent environmental challenges, corporations are pivotal actors in cultivating a culture of peace through …

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Mission of the Laity in the Philippines: Ecological Care After 500 Years of Christianity

Marking the milestone of "500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines," this study presents a multidisciplinary missiological analysis of the …

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How Can You Implement Mindfulness in the Classroom? The Impact of Mindfulness on Preservice Teachers

Mindfulness has been shown to significantly benefit the mental, emotional, and physical health of both adults and children. These benefits …

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Translating Nordic Educational Equity Into the Global South: Institutional Adaptation in Indonesia’s Sekolah Rakyat

This study examines how principles of Nordic educational equity are translated and institutionally adapted within Indonesia’s Sekolah Rakyat initiative. Drawing …

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AI Literacy, Collaboration, and Future STEM Interests: An Informal Seven-Week Dual-Enrollment Presidential AI Challenge

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes part of everyday life, preparing young learners to understand and use it responsibly is no …

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Designing for Disciplinary Diversity: A Comparative Analysis of Preferences in Informal Learning Environments

In the contemporary academic landscape, Informal Learning Environments (ILEs) serve as critical infrastructure for fostering productivity, cross-disciplinary inspiration, and social …

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Cross-National Transfer and Community Participation in Regional Art Festivals: Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale and Art at Fuliang

This paper examines how local resident involvement changes when a regional art festival model travels across national boundaries. It focuses …

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The Platformization of Digital Health Information and Older Adults’ Credibility Judgement: an Everyday Information Practices Study in Hong Kong

The platformization of health information has fundamentally reshaped how knowledge is accessed and validated, presenting older adults with unique challenges …

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Health-Nutritional Status According to Social Determinants Among Older Adults in Monte Buey (Córdoba, Argentina): A Population-Based Study

Population aging constitutes a demographic phenomenon of increasing relevance in local contexts. Within this framework, the present study examines the …

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Empathy, Neoliberal Governance, and the Paradox of Person‑Centred Care in Long‑Term Care Homes

Person-centered care is widely recognized as best practice in Long Term Care Homes (LTCHs), yet its implementation remains uneven. Empathetic …

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Questioning Sensory Imagination

Sometimes we imagine fictional worlds or live in them. A fascinating video game, book or movie, or a VR setting …

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God of Acting: Negotiating Scandal and Artistry in the Trajectory of Lee Byung-hun

A star is never one person. They are a composite of conflicting meanings held together by ideology. In the case …

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Art Conservation as Dialogue: East-West Approaches in the Treatment of a Shibayama Lacquered Screen

This paper presents a conservation case study that became a site of methodological dialogue between Japanese and European conservation ethics …

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Cultural Preservation as a Pathway for Rural Development: The Case of Jatiwangi Art Factory

The decline in demand for clay roof tiles due to technological change, alongside increasing industrial investment from outside the region, …

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From Knowledge to Practice: Assessing Adolescent Learners’ Nutrition Literacy and Its Determinants in South African Schools

Adolescence is a critical period for establishing lifelong dietary habits (World Health Organization, 2018). School-based Nutrition Education (NE) is a …

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From Embodied Perception to Spatial Construction: Design and Practice of an Open-Source Spatial Education Curriculum at Taichung Green Museumbrary

In response to the pervasive lack of spatial literacy education in Taiwan and the uneven geographic distribution of cultural resources, …

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Preparing the Data-Driven Healthcare Workforce: A PRISMA-Guided Review of Big Data Analytics and Educational Implications

The rapid expansion of Electronic Health Records has accelerated the integration of Big Data Analytics (BDA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) …

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Learning Phronesis for Global Citizenship: Classical Narratives and Moral Decision-Making in Secondary Education

This paper presents a guidance-oriented educational workshop designed for upper secondary education, structured as a narrative workshop where classical texts, …

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Built-Environment Barriers to Fall-Detection Sensors in Urban Smart Eldercare: Evidence From Hefei, China

China's urban community-based eldercare is often delivered through government-backed, project-driven safety-net programs. Fall-detection sensors can be procured and installed quickly, …

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Decoding Meaningful Connectivity Framework: Leveraging Thailand’s Universal Service Obligation (USO) Policy for Enhancing Fixed Broadband Adoption in Rural Communities

Despite substantial public investment in Thailand’s Universal Service Obligation (USO) policy, a persistent gap remains between broadband availability and actual …

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From Digital Traces to Healthy City Streets: Emotion-Behavior-Environment Links via City Jogging in Beijing

Urban streets are expected to support everyday health in high-density cities, yet evidence on what makes them jogging-friendly remains limited. …

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Social Media and Youth Audience Participation Motivation in Performance Events: A Case Study of a Central Taiwan Performance Venue

Social media has become a key channel through which performing arts venues communicate with audiences, reshaping how young people access …

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Playful Remembrance? Digital Gaming and the Historical Commemoration of the Sino-Japanese War in China’s Game Verse

Digital gaming is constantly redefining what it means to “remember”. By turning the act of recalling the past into an …

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AI-Driven Leadership and Administration in Higher Education

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping higher education, yet many universities lack practical frameworks for integrating AI into leadership and administrative …

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The Use of AI-Powered Piano Practice Mobile Applications in China: A Qualitative Case Study

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), AI-powered tools have become increasingly integrated into educational settings. In China, AI-powered …

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Implementation of Integrated Curriculum in the Opinions of Primary Education Teachers

The integration of educational content is one of the conceptual pillars of the current curricular reform in primary education in …

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Navigating Values Education in Hong Kong: Implementation Effectiveness and Teacher Preparedness

Values Education in Hong Kong, integrated within the Curriculum Framework on Values Education (2021), plays a pivotal role in fostering …

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Beyond GenAI Adoption: New Horizons for the Ethos of Teaching in Higher Education

The rapid integration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into higher education has generated extensive research on technological adoption, academic integrity, …

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Navigating Cities Through Play: A Study of Geo AR Induced Urban Flânerie During the Pikmin Bloom Tour in Kaohsiung

This study examines whether geolocation-based augmented reality (Geo AR) gameplay can encourage urban flânerie, cultural landscape perception, and initial place …

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Drone Visual Culture in the Neganthropocene: Pollination Economics, Global Supply Chains, and Reshaping Technological Narratives

This paper explores negentropy in the Neganthropocene through drone visual culture, employing a critical philosophy of technology to analyze how …

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Descriptive Mundanities and Scale in the Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss

The rise of the modern novel marked a shift away from description in favor of narrative elements such as the …

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Nazi War Criminals in the United States: America’s Evolution in Policy and Ethics

Beginning in the mid 1970s, the United States committed itself to the search for, and prosecution of, Nazi war criminals …

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Material Culture and Marginality: The Loss of Mataram Characteristics in Ancient Gravestones at Tanggeran Village, Central Java (19th–20th Centuries)

Islamic Mataram was a preeminent kingdom in Java since the 16th century. However, by the 19th century, the colonial policies …

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Towards a Language Planning Framework for Nation-building of Semi-colonies

This paper builds upon Sue Wright’s idea of national language from her book Language Policy and Language Planning: From Nationalism …

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Digital Sarawak Mandala Art Therapy as a Scalable Culturally Grounded Mental Health Intervention for Young Adults: Evidence from Sarawak, Malaysia

This study examined the effectiveness of a culturally adapted mandala art-based intervention delivered in digital and physical formats in enhancing …

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Tracing Digital Footprints of Fast Fashion: A Pre-experimental Study on TikTok Educational Videos and the Customer Response Index

The development of Indonesia's fashion industry is influenced by the rise of fast fashion and social media platforms such as …

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Empowering Youth as Community Leaders

Youth leadership initiatives play an important role in fostering civic engagement, social responsibility, and positive youth development. However, limited research …

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Knowing Through Matter: Material Practice and Cultural Epistemology

By examining how material practice generates forms of knowledge that emerge prior to, alongside, and beyond discursive representation, this paper …

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Persistence of Form: Operational Memory and Material Continuity

This paper reexamines traditional symbolic and representational accounts of form persistence from a material and process-oriented perspective. Moving beyond explanations …

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Teaching Through the CARE² Model: Exploring How an Instructional Design Framework Can Shape International Learners’ Experiences

This study explores the experiences provided by 943 international business learners from Nepal, Bangladesh, and India enrolled in three courses …

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New Transportation and Its Impact on Clothing Styles of the 1920s to the 1930s

It is a familiar story that women’s clothing in Japan changed over time, influenced by the changes in aesthetics, by …

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Leveraging GPTutor in a Flipped Learning Activity to Improve Student Engagement

Student engagement with lecture content can be significantly enhanced through effective pre-class preparation. Traditionally, students often lack motivation to read …

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Impact Study of Professional Salesmanship Course to the Learning Experiences, Student Learning and Learner Diversity of the Business Graduates

This research study focused on the impact of the course Professional Salesmanship on the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration …

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Older Prisoners’ Experiences of Successful Ageing Behind Bars: From Marginalization to Finding Meaning

Older incarcerated individuals comprise the fastest-growing demographic in prison systems in the United States and Europe (Canada et al., 2019). …

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From Disruption to Integration: Understanding Practitioner Engagement with Generative AI

While Generative AI (GenAI) is rapidly transforming education, approaches to helping practitioners incorporate it into their work are still developing. …

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Individual Conceptions of Teaching of Prospective Pre-primary Teachers in Relation to the Integration of Educational Content

An individual conception of teaching constitutes a system of pedagogical beliefs that shapes teachers’ instructional decision-making. This study analyses the …

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Designing Game-Based Online Courseware for Workplace Chinese Communication in a University Context

Despite the availability of AI tools for writing, learning Chinese characters, grammar, and writing remains essential for students. It provides …

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The Role of Academic Capital in Reducing Social Asymmetries in Brazilian Universities

Brazil is characterised by pronounced social inequality, historically marked by discrimination on the grounds of race, class and gender, which …