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The Intersection of STEM Education and Social-Emotional Learning: Global Trends and Future Directions

This study utilizes a sequential mixed-methods approach to demonstrate that while integrating Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) into STEM education effectively enhances both technical literacy and affective competencies, its success is currently hindered in formal school settings by systemic curriculum pressures, necessitating a shift toward more sensitive evaluation methods and longitudinal research to support long-term STEM retention.

Thoriqi Firdaus, Nuraida Ameliana Putri, Isna Silfiatul Ismawati, Miftahul Jannah, Asna Rahma Auliya2026-07-23

📄 social science

Educational Assortative Mating and the Experience of Intimate Partner Violence Among Partnered Women in Sub-Saharan Africa

This study of 119,262 partnered women across 26 sub-Saharan African countries reveals that educational homogamy serves as a protective factor against intimate partner violence, while hypogamy (where women are more educated than their partners) significantly increases the risk of violence, supporting male backlash and gender power theories.

Alawode Oluwatobi2026-07-23

📄 social science

Trust in Science and Institutional Legitimacy: A Phenomenological Framework for AI-Enabled Health Policy

Drawing on a global dataset of over 71,000 respondents, this study proposes a phenomenological framework that shifts the focus from individual trust to relational "Figures of Relevance," demonstrating how institutional openness and tailored communication strategies are essential for legitimizing AI-enabled health policies.

Kochav Koren2026-07-23

📄 social science

Inspirational leadership and its relationship to the level of organizational excellence among heads of academic departments in Jordanian universities

This study of 328 faculty members in Jordanian universities reveals a statistically significant positive correlation between the average levels of inspirational leadership practiced by department heads and the average level of organizational excellence, leading to recommendations for targeted training to further develop these leadership skills.

Khaledah Khaled Alkailanee, Hazem Ali Badarneh, Luai Taleb Obaidat, Radi Mohammad Al Shannaq2026-07-23

📄 social science

From FoMO to Social Media Addiction: The Mediating Role of Mindfulness and the Moderating Role of Mental Well-Being

This study of 840 Turkish university students reveals that mindfulness mediates the positive relationship between Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) and social media addiction, while mental well-being further strengthens mindfulness's protective effect against such addiction.

Deniz Mertkan Gezgin2026-07-23

📄 social science

Teaching Interreligious Dialogue for Peacebuilding in Higher Education: Evidence from a University Intervention

This study demonstrates that a seven-week university-based interreligious dialogue intervention significantly improved Pakistani students' awareness, trust, and dialogue skills across diverse religious groups, with effects sustained over one year, thereby supporting the integration of such literacy programs into higher education to foster peacebuilding in plural societies.

Sara Rizvi Jafree, Syeda Khadija Burhan, Gloria Calib2026-07-23

📄 social science

Disciplinary differences in epistemic beliefs and the moderating role in research approach preferences among postgraduate students in Tanzania

This study of 479 Tanzanian postgraduate students reveals that academic disciplines significantly influence epistemic beliefs and moderate how these beliefs shape research approach preferences, highlighting the need to integrate epistemological awareness into postgraduate training to foster methodological flexibility.

Maximillian Mgeni, Harun Magosho, Afrael Sarakikya2026-07-23

📄 other

Resource Adequacy and Uneven Equity Gradients in Creative Thinking: A Multilevel Analysis of PISA 2022 Indonesia

This multilevel analysis of PISA 2022 Indonesian data reveals that while educational resource shortages significantly hinder student creative thinking and equity gradients vary across schools, the mediating role of creative self-efficacy observed in high-performing systems is not yet active in this context.

Miftah Aria Kusuma, Hari Purnomo, Winda Nur Cahyo, Widodo Brontowiyono2026-07-23

📄 social science

Reshaping Learning Experience and Learning Outcome Through Student Input

This mixed-methods study conducted in Nigeria demonstrates that integrating AI-driven, voice-mode student feedback into secondary mathematics education effectively overcomes literacy and anxiety barriers, thereby transforming teacher-student dynamics and enhancing learning outcomes through human-centered, data-informed instructional practices.

Oluwasanmi Samuel Owolabi2026-07-23

📄 social science

Design-Driven Intergenerational Integration: A Co-Creation and Service Design Framework for Community Education in Aging Societies

Drawing on multi-case research in Chinese urban communities, this paper proposes a Design-Driven Intergenerational Integration (DDII) framework that utilizes service design and co-creation methodologies to transform age-segregated service systems into sustainable, endogenous community practices through a structured "Senior-Youth Pairing" model and a graded volunteer governance architecture.

Jianbin Wu, Liying Wang, Chuhe Liu, Xiangfang Ren, Shunfeng Zhang2026-07-22

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