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Public Services in Pontianak and Implications for Human Rights-Based Social Work: A Socio Legal Analysis of Disability Rights

This socio-legal analysis of Pontianak's 2025 disability regulation reveals that while the city has achieved significant institutional progress in public service infrastructure and budgeting, a persistent "compliance-accessibility paradox" necessitates human rights-based social work to bridge the gap between formal legal recognition and the practical realization of independent communication, reasonable accommodation, and meaningful participation for persons with disabilities.

Tiza Yaniza Yaniza2026-10-14

📄 social science

From Culinary Practice to Foreign Policy: Gastrodiplomacy in the Dominican Republic

This article argues that the Dominican Republic's gastrodiplomacy emerges not from a single national campaign but through dispersed, overlapping initiatives across official, private, and diaspora sectors, highlighting the need for strategic coordination to transform these recurrent culinary practices into a coherent foreign policy tool.

Roberto Augusto Gómez Ferstl2026-10-14

📄 social science

The Persistence of Infant Caregiving Behavior Under Disrupting Conditions

This study provides initial evidence that positive infant caregiving behaviors are more resistant to disruptive conditions, such as extinction or competing tasks, when they have been previously reinforced in a rich context compared to a lean one, supporting the application of behavioral momentum theory to caregiving scenarios.

Karen M. Lionello-DeNolf, Nicole A. Pantano2026-10-14

📄 social science

Less Afraid, Still Wary: Europeans’ Fear of AI-Driven Job Loss Before and After Generative AI

Analyzing Eurobarometer data from 2017 and 2024 across 27 EU countries, this study reveals that perceived AI-driven job threats have surprisingly declined despite the rise of generative AI, with acceptance driven more by perceived benefits than fear and influenced by factors such as digital skills, employer transparency, and training.

Amit Vishwakarma, RAJENDER KUMAR GUNEJA2026-10-14

📄 social science

Institutional Pluralism and Wetland Governance: Institutional Implementation, Participation, Compliance and Coordination in the Malagarasi–Muyovozi Wetlands, Tanzania

This mixed-methods study of the Malagarasi–Muyovozi Wetlands in Tanzania reveals that while institutional implementation factors significantly influence stakeholder participation, regulatory compliance, and coordination, persistent weaknesses in monitoring, resources, and institutional clarity contribute to a paradox where perceived improvements in compliance coexist with the continued deterioration of the wetland ecosystem.

Joseph Bukombeᵃ, Christopher Paul Mahongeᵇ, Halima Omari Mangiᵃ2026-10-14

📄 social science

Factors central to mathematics teacher wellbeing: What matters most to mathematics teachers in England and Australia

This exploratory study of mathematics teachers in England and Australia identifies manageable workload as the most central factor to their wellbeing, followed by positive professional relationships and pedagogical autonomy, while also highlighting significant cross-national and sector-specific differences in their priorities.

Gosia Marschall, Julia Hill2026-10-14

📄 social science

Bridging the Rural Early Childhood Literacy Gap in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia: A PRISMA 2020 Systematic Review of Teacher Capacity, Infrastructure, and Parental Expectations

This PRISMA 2020 systematic review of 102 studies on rural early childhood literacy in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, identifies a critical misalignment between rising parental aspirations and limited teacher capacity and infrastructure, proposing the Rural Early Childhood Literacy Ecosystem Framework (RECLEF) to guide holistic policy and practice interventions.

MA Muazar Habibi, Jundu Muhammad Mufakkirul Islami2026-10-14

📄 social science

Managerial Competence and Work Motivation in Kindergarten Governance in West Lombok

This study of 36 kindergarten principals in West Lombok, Indonesia, found that while work motivation significantly predicts school-based management implementation, managerial competence showed only a non-significant positive association, suggesting that fostering motivational conditions is crucial for effective kindergarten governance.

MA Muazar Habibi, Jundu Muhammad Mufakkirul Islami2026-10-14

📄 social science

Between Mandate and Practice: A Scoping Review of Early Childhood Counselling Needs in Indonesia and Lessons from Eight Education Systems

This scoping review identifies a critical gap between Indonesia's regulatory mandate for early childhood counselling and its under-resourced practice, proposing an Integrated Early Childhood Counselling Framework (IECCF) that draws on lessons from eight global education systems to shift focus from individual deficits to relational, multi-layered support.

MA Muazar Habibi, Jundu Muhammad Mufakkirul Islami2026-10-14

📄 social science

Sources of Australian and Chinese preservice teachers’ classroom management self-efficacy: a qualitative study

This qualitative study utilizing semi-structured interviews reveals that while enacted experiences are central to developing classroom management self-efficacy for both Australian and Chinese preservice teachers, cultural contexts and program structures significantly influence the salience of different efficacy sources, highlighting the necessity of distinguishing between knowledge and self-efficacy in teacher education design.

Siyu Duan, Gosia Marschall, Kerry Bissaker2026-10-14

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