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The Voice of Students in the Teaching–Learning Process as Transformative Action in the School Environment

This ethnographic study demonstrates that integrating students' voices through creative digital media practices, such as interactive whiteboards, school radio, and photovoice, fosters dialogue, participation, and collective knowledge construction, thereby transforming the school climate and strengthening student wellbeing in a rural primary classroom.

Ana López-Medialdea, Belén Dieste-Gracia, Esperanza Cid-Romero2026-07-03
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Talking with children about war: considering how, what, and in which context

This study of 244 Israeli parents and their children reveals that the impact of war-related conversations on children's distress depends on their exposure to war events, with avoiding discussion proving harmful for highly exposed children while unfiltered speech and sharing negative emotions or even positive information increasing distress for those with lower exposure.

Maayan Shorer, Oren Ron, Lee Roded, Gal Rotblit, Adi Podoler2026-07-03
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Experiences of a Community-Based Mindfulness Program Among Bedouin-Arab Participants: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis

This study utilizes reflexive thematic analysis to demonstrate that a community-based mindfulness program in a Bedouin-Arab community fosters personal transformation and cultural adaptability by enabling participants to integrate mindfulness practices into their existing religious and cultural frameworks through experiential learning and group reflection.

Ricardo Tarrasch, Fatme Kassem-Agbaria, Rani Assa Polansky2026-07-03
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Family Resilience in the Face of Short-Term War Trauma: A Phenomenological Study of Iranian Urban Families' Lived Experiences During the 12-Day Iran-Israel Conflict

This interpretative phenomenological analysis of 22 Iranian urban families reveals how they mobilized resilience strategies, including rapid reorganization, enhanced emotional communication, and shared meaning-making, to navigate the unique challenges of the 12-day Iran-Israel conflict, particularly the paradoxical effects of technological blackouts on family connectedness.

Mohaddeseh Alimoradi Otaghvar2026-07-02
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What Replaces the State? Waste Governance Beyond Municipal Failure in Makana, South Africa

Drawing on qualitative research in Makana, South Africa, this article argues that municipal waste service failures do not create a governance vacuum but rather a fragmented assemblage of state, private, and community actors that sustains waste management while shifting the burdens of cost, risk, and labor onto vulnerable households.

Marc Kalina, Ncebakazi Makwetu, Catherina Schenck2026-07-02
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Measuring Urban Community Residents’ Well-Being: Indicator System Construction and Weighting Based on Factor Analysis and the Entropy Method

This study constructs and validates a multidimensional indicator system for measuring urban community residents' well-being using factor analysis and the entropy method, revealing that community cohesion, governance responsiveness, and policy fairness are the primary drivers, thereby proposing a governance optimization pathway prioritizing institutional and relational factors followed by functional improvements and environmental safeguards.

Hongcai Song, Qianling Jiang, Yijia Zhao, LinFan Pan, Jie Wei2026-07-02
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Adaptation Subtypes and Core Intervention Targets Among High-Altitude Han Chinese Migrants: An Integrated Latent Profile and Network Analysis

This study utilized latent profile and network analyses on 488 Han Chinese migrants in Tibet to identify four adaptation subtypes, revealing that well-adapted individuals exhibit a personality-driven network centered on Openness to Experience, whereas maladapted individuals display a symptom-driven network dominated by Anxiety and Somatization, thereby offering empirically grounded targets for subtype-tailored interventions.

Siyao Yu¹, Si Yang¹, Hao Li¹2026-07-02
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From C1 Exit Standards to Enacted Proficiency: A Mixed-Methods Study of Score Interpretation and Assessment Alignment in an EFL Higher Education Programme

This mixed-methods study of a Vietnamese EFL programme reveals that the enactment of C1 exit standards is a pedagogically constructed outcome dependent on assessment evidence and guided self-regulation, as evidenced by low proficiency rates and the finding that only listening skills significantly improved during the B2-to-C1 transition.

Nguyet Nguyen Thi Anh, Yen Vuong Thi Hai2026-07-02