Purpose Our study focuses on stress contagion in vocational school classes, examining how students’ stress experiences affect their spatial classmates. For this purpose, we apply a novel formal network model that allows us to differentiate between endogenous and exogenous peer effects in the stress contagion process. Using the network model, we investigate effects on students’ stress level…
In today’s rapidly changing world, technology has profoundly impacted our daily lives, making it increasingly difficult to predict what skills will be necessary for the future. To address this challenge, 21st-century skills have been proposed as a framework for shaping future education, in which one of the skills is technological literacy. How the latter is understood, positioned, and approac…
This study seeks to investigate the association between distinct tracks of secondary education—namely, vocational school (Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan, SMK) and general school (Sekolah Menengah Atas, SMA)—and two key labor market outcomes: the duration required for graduates to attain their initial employment and their resilience in the face of pandemic, as measured by changes in average month…
Vocational education can have a significant role and important function in preparing students for work in professional fields where sexual harassment is common. Assistant nurses constitute a group that is at great risk of being subjected to sexual harassment by patients. Yet little is known about how vocational students training for the job react to the violations. The research question guiding…
This article delves into how bereaved Brazilian immigrants in Germany confront their mourning far from their country of upbringing. Introducing the term “elusive closure,” the study captures the unique, unresolved grief that distance can impose on migrants. While the significance of mourning is undeniable, few recent studies have explored immigrant bereavement experiences. Addressing this g…
In Nagaland, northeastern India, shifting cultivation (SC) is a traditional agricultural practice influenced by a wide range of ecological, social, and economic factors. This study analyzes the variables influencing crop selection and land management in changing cultivation practices. Focused group discussions (FGDs) were conducted across 20 villages selected from four districts: Dimapur, Kohim…
This paper focuses on the innovative combination of elements in social science methodologies, proposing a dimension-type framework to guide method combinations. It envisions a two-dimensional framework based on the classification of research nature and analytical techniques. Within this framework, commonly used methods in the social sciences, such as qualitative, quantitative, and case studies,…
Integrating reading and writing instruction with scientific inquiry can enhance student learning, yet the nature of the connections between each of these learning domains remain underexplored. In this systematic review, we analysed 16 interventions in elementary education in order to develop a categorization of the functions of reading and writing within scientific inquiry. Inductive analysis r…
Out-of-field teaching is a phenomenon faced by many countries worldwide, including Thailand. Because out-of-field teaching can alleviate the shortage of teachers qualified in certain subjects, such as mathematics and science, research has focused on facilitating in-service teachers to teach out of their fields to ensure students excel in these subjects. However, little effort has been made to p…
Current advances in academic research stem from two main sources: artificial intelligence technologies and the specific field of generative artificial intelligence. However, the ethical use of these technologies and their implications for academic integrity has not been sufficiently investigated. Therefore, this research examines the ethical use of artificial intelligence technologies and Gener…