📄 social science

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
📄 social science

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
📄 social science

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
📄 social science

Configurations of Competence-Based Curriculum Implementation among Secondary School Teachers in Tanzania

Guided by Sense-Making Theory and the Concerns-Based Adoption Model, this qualitative multiple-case study of Tanzanian secondary school teachers reveals that competence-based curriculum implementation manifests in three distinct configurations—Fidelity Alignment, Strategic Adaptation, and Symbolic Adoption—demonstrating that the process is fundamentally interpretive and shaped by the interplay of teacher interpretations, pedagogical decisions, and contextual realities.

Noel Mark Makwinya2026-07-07
📄 social science

A cognitive–motivational perspective on AI-assisted pre-clerkship preparation: a theory- informed cross-sectional study

This cross-sectional study of 176 Chinese medical students reveals that perceived usefulness is the sole significant predictor of behavioral intention to use AI-assisted pre-clerkship preparation, supporting a simplified Technology Acceptance Model where prioritizing clinical relevance over technological complexity can bridge cognitive gaps and enhance clinical readiness.

Yan-Pan Gao, Ji Shu, Danyun Wang, Weiguo Lv, Yuemin Ding, Ling-Hui Zeng2026-07-07
📄 social science

Enhancing Critical Dialogue in Fiction Writing through Local Culture-Based Media: A Design-Based Research in Indonesian Junior High Schools

This Design-Based Research study demonstrates that integrating Javanese folklore with hybrid digital-analog media in Indonesian junior high schools significantly enhances students' critical dialogue and fiction writing skills while empowering teachers as agents of cultural sovereignty, thereby offering a culturally grounded literacy model to address Indonesia's critical literacy deficit.

Ririn Setyorini, Sarwiji Suwandi, Andayani Andayani2026-07-07