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Environmental Education Program in Fieldwork promotes behavioral changes in Secondary Education students in Public Institutions of the Northern Highlands of Peru, 2025

A 2025 quantitative pre-experimental study in Peru's northern highlands demonstrates that an environmental education program utilizing fieldwork significantly improves ecological behaviors and attitudes among public secondary school students.

Lilia Josefina Silva Chavez, Eduardo Herrera Camizan, Jean Carlos Zapata Rojas2026-09-07
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Vocational school choice during educational transition based on the theory of planned behavior

This quantitative study of 462 Indonesian junior high school graduates utilizes the Theory of Planned Behavior and PLS-SEM to demonstrate that family environment and student interest are the primary drivers of vocational school choices, with both factors serving as significant mediators that enhance the impact of self-understanding and social support on educational decision-making.

Rina Febriana, Muhammad Nurtanto, Anis Kandriasri, Yeni Yulianti, Hendra Jaya2026-09-07
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The Political Economy of Scientific Legitimacy in the Case of Karl Marx and the Nobel Prize in Economics

Drawing on Bourdieu's field theory, this paper argues that Karl Marx would have been excluded from the Nobel Prize in Economics not due to a lack of merit, but because the award functions as an ideological gatekeeping mechanism that systematically marginalizes scholars whose work challenges the foundational premises of the discipline and the interests of economic power.

Ishwor Thapa2026-09-07
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Investigating the Association Between Student Life Stage and Class Attendance at a South African University of Technology

This study of 419 business students at a South African university of technology reveals that class attendance is significantly shaped by life stage factors such as age, study level, and living arrangements rather than just motivation, suggesting that institutions should adopt more inclusive policies that accommodate diverse student circumstances.

Gift Muresherwa2026-09-07
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Rethinking Slow Tourism: Embedded Slowness and the Limits of Visibility- Based Operationalization

This study challenges conventional visibility-based definitions of slow tourism by analyzing Instagram content in Jharkhand, India, to reveal how "embedded slowness"—shaped by ecological rhythms and infrastructural conditions—manifests in peripheral regions despite the absence of explicit slow tourism branding, while highlighting how platform algorithms reinforce selective spatial recognition that obscures everyday socio-ecological practices.

Mona Ratnesh, Neha Choudhary, Julie Vardhan, Abhishek Tripathi2026-09-07
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Economic Sanctions as Instruments of Geopolitical Power and Their Humanitarian Consequences in Contemporary Armed Conflicts

This article critically examines the transformation of economic sanctions into instruments of geopolitical coercion, arguing that their proliferation and inadequate humanitarian safeguards disproportionately harm civilian populations and expose structural inequalities, thereby necessitating a reformed, multilateral framework grounded in international law principles such as proportionality, accountability, and human rights protection.

Sheikh Inam Ul Mansoor, Rubina Iqbal2026-09-07
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Cultural Psychology of Chinese Brand Meaning and Brand Trust: Cultural Models across Four Southeast Asian Countries

This study utilizes Cultural Model Theory to demonstrate that Chinese brand meanings across Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam are organized into five distinct cultural models that significantly influence brand trust and purchase intention, challenging the notion of a single cultural-attitude continuum in transnational consumer settings.

Weixin Zhu, Liaoniao Zhang, Huan Ding, Lan Liu2026-09-07
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The Effectiveness of Jigsaw Method as a Socio-Cognitive Stimulus in Translation Training for Pre-Service Teachers: A Quasi- Experimental Study

This quasi-experimental study demonstrates that implementing the jigsaw method significantly enhances translation skills and fosters positive socio-cognitive perceptions among Iranian pre-service teachers, suggesting its effectiveness as a collaborative educational strategy in translator-teacher training.

Mohammad Hasan Razmi, Amirhamid Forough Ameri, Mousa Ghonchepour2026-09-07