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From Manipulation to Meaning-Making: Dialogic Inquiry in Virtual-Lab-Supported Physics Classrooms in Brazil

This study demonstrates that in resource-limited Brazilian physics classrooms, virtual laboratories effectively support dialogic inquiry by shifting discourse from procedural manipulation to evidence-based reasoning, with observation-based exploratory talk serving as a critical bridge between simulation interaction and conceptual understanding.

Luwei Bai, Sara Hennessy, Alison Twiner2026-07-07
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Effects of an Outcome-Based Education-oriented BOPPPS teaching model integrated with artistic drawing on pathology laboratory learning in nursing students: a randomized controlled trial

This randomized controlled trial demonstrates that an Outcome-Based Education-oriented BOPPPS teaching model integrated with artistic drawing significantly improves pathology laboratory examination scores, innovation ability, and self-directed learning skills among nursing students compared to traditional instruction.

Zuoya She, Ziwei Huang, Jiangyin Zhang, Yue Peng, Bingyao Lu, Limei Li, Zhenhua Huang, Binbin Wen2026-07-07
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Social skills and learning motivation as predictors of academic achievement among Ethiopian Teacher Education Students

This study of Ethiopian pre-service teachers reveals that social skills and learning motivation are significant predictors of academic achievement, with social competencies accounting for 36.9% of the variance in student performance and female students demonstrating higher cooperative and problem-solving abilities than their male counterparts.

Samuel Kefelew, Desalegn Woldie2026-07-07
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Teachers’ Perspectives on Climate Change Effects on Foundation Phase Learners’ Behaviour and Learning

This qualitative case study in Graaff-Reinet, South Africa, reveals that extreme weather conditions associated with climate change significantly impair Foundation Phase learners' behavior and academic performance by causing fatigue, distraction, and absenteeism, thereby highlighting the urgent need for adaptive infrastructure and teaching practices.

Mia Jenna Kreusch, Sikhulile Bonginkosi Msezane2026-07-07
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Invisible Victims, Visible Crimes: Child Labour and Organized Criminality in India and Mexico

This article employs a mixed socio-legal comparative analysis of India and Mexico to argue that child labour is frequently obscured as mere poverty or informality, when it is in fact a visible crime intertwined with organized criminality that demands a rights-based social work approach to transform institutional invisibility into effective protection and rehabilitation systems.

Sahil Kumar Sahil, Priyanka Gupta Priyanka2026-07-07
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Analyzing the dissemination path mechanism of China's rural cultural heritage in Rizhao based on the improved TTF-UTAUT combined model:Taking Rizhao green tea as the research object

This study employs an improved TTF-UTAUT integrated model and structural equation modeling on 1,442 survey responses to demonstrate that task–technology fit, driven by technological suitability and cultural perception, significantly mediates the relationship between digital platform factors and users' actual dissemination behavior of Rizhao green tea as a form of rural cultural heritage.

Zhenchao Zhao, Getong Liu, Ling Yu, ChangYu Liu2026-07-07
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Technology Based Authentic Assessment in Academic Writing in Indonesian Higher Education

This qualitative study demonstrates that implementing a technology-based authentic assessment model—integrating portfolios, peer review, and project-based writing with digital tools—effectively enhances Indonesian EFL students' academic writing development by shifting focus from final products to the writing process, despite challenges regarding time constraints and scoring consistency.

Mahalli Mahalli, Teguh Budiharso -2026-07-07
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Reframing Transnational Education in India through Online Learning

This paper argues that India's transnational education framework, currently constrained by costly mobility-based models, should evolve into a hybrid system leveraging online and blended learning—such as increasing delivery caps for foreign branch campuses and utilizing Collaborative Online International Learning—to achieve greater scalability, inclusivity, and equitable access to international education.

Diya Dutt, Sudarshan Saha2026-07-07
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Performative Sovereignty in the Borderland: Infrastructure Modernization, State Developmentalism, and Symbolic Participation in Aruk, Indonesia

This article argues that the modernization of Indonesia's Aruk border infrastructure functions primarily as a performative act of state sovereignty that creates visual symbolism and procedural participation without delivering substantive socio-economic development or empowering local communities, thereby perpetuating their economic dependence on neighboring Malaysia.

Ida Rochmawati, Arifin Arifin, Iving Arisdiyoto2026-07-07