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Academic Tribe-Based Master Teacher Studios in China: New Characteristics and New Mechanics
Full text linkThe academic tribe-based master teacher studio, as a new pattern of teacher professional development in China, has the potential to circumvent the limitations of traditional master teacher workshops, such as insularity, experience-focused tendency, insensitivity to emerging technologies, unbalanced engagement between members, and rigid mechanisms. This article is a discussion of the chief characteristics and working mechanics of the academic tribe-based master teacher studio. The studio provides an open, intelligent platform for teacher professional growth with the adoption of distributed leadership, collaborative research, and intelligent technology. Focusing on learning, research, and scaling as three core tasks for its teacher members, it plays the concomitant roles as an intelligent learning center, an authentic teaching issue-focused lab, and a research outcome scaling center, aiming to offer the teachers all-round support in personalized learning, teaching problem solution, and research outcome dissemination
Cosmic Dust and Planet Formation
Full text linkCosmic dust—tiny, ancient particles adrift in space—holds the secret to how planets, and ultimately life, are born. Though nearly invisible, these microscopic grains are the architects of worlds. Formed in the death throes of stars, they float through the cosmos, merging, colliding, and evolving over billions of years until gravity and chemistry weave them into planets. This humble dust bridges the past and future of the universe: the remnants of dying stars become the seeds of new solar systems. Yet, cosmic dust also challenges our perception of significance. In every grain lies a history older than Earth itself, a reminder that our planet and bodies are sculpted from the same interstellar material. Understanding cosmic dust reshapes humanity’s sense of origin and belonging—it shows that creation is not a singular event but an unending cosmic cycle of destruction, transformation, and rebirth
A Framework for High-Quality Management of Homework in the Context of Digital Education
Full text linkThe deepened understandings of the Double Reduction policy have instigated a transition from focusing on reduction in homework quantity to emphasizing homework quality in Chinese basic education. The digital transformation in education offers new opportunities to address the current issues with homework management, such as unscientific design of homework, a lack of process tracking, and low efficiency in homework marking. This article aims to explore a successful pathway for high-quality homework management by proposing a framework of digitally enabled homework management (DEHM), which highlights homework design and assignment, homework completion tracking and recording, and homework feedback and remedies as the three basic steps of the DEHM process; integrates initial homework data, homework completion data, homework results data, homework intervention data, and homework progress data; and involves teachers, students, parents, and school administrators as DEHM actors. The study underscores the roles of DEHM in ensuring the traceability and accountability for homework quality, reducing teachers’ workloads, promoting personalized learning in students, and providing data-based evidence for educational governance
Primary and Secondary AI Education: Preparing Children for the Future
Full text linkAs a result of the expedited advancement and expanded application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, its social and economic impacts become increasingly significant. AI is often counted as one of the major technologies in the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” (Wong et al., 2020), which is reshaping the structure and demands of the future labor markets. AI literacy, alongside reading and mathematical skills, constitutes one of the core 21st century competencies (Steinbauer et al., 2021). Hence, it is essential to integrate AI education into the primary and secondary curricula
Physical Activities: The Most Natural Preventive Way against Tumor
Full text linkParticipating in physical activities has been demonstrated to be one of the most efficacious natural methods for preventing and combating cancer. Research indicates that consistent physical activity can diminish the likelihood of getting specific cancer types, such as breast, colon, and lung cancer. Physical activity aids in sustaining a healthy body weight, enhancing immunological function, and diminishing inflammation—elements that collectively minimize cancer risk. Furthermore, physical activity can enhance the overall mental well-being and quality of life for individuals diagnosed with cancer and those in remission. Healthcare practitioners recommend that persons engage in a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise weekly to obtain the cancer-preventive advantages of physical activity. Incorporating regular physical activity into one's lifestyle enables individuals to proactively mitigate their cancer risk and enhance overall well-being
Sources and Mechanisms of Cell-Based Therapeutic Strategies for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Full text linkNeurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, are characterized by progressive loss of neurons and neural function, leading to cognitive and motor impairments. Current pharmacological treatments primarily offer symptomatic relief without addressing the underlying neuronal degeneration. Cell-based therapies have emerged as a promising approach to restore neuronal function, modulate neuroinflammation, and promote tissue repair. Various cell types, including embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, and neural stem/progenitor cells, have demonstrated potential in preclinical and early clinical studies. These therapies aim to replace lost neurons, secrete neurotrophic factors, and create a supportive microenvironment for endogenous repair. Despite encouraging results, challenges remain regarding cell survival, differentiation, immune rejection, tumorigenicity, and ethical considerations. This review summarizes recent advances in cell therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, highlights clinical applications, and discusses future perspectives for translating these therapies into effective treatments
River Organisms in Transmitting Contagious Diseases
Full text linkRivers are lifelines of civilization, yet they also carry hidden dangers that humanity often overlooks. Beneath their shimmering surfaces, countless microorganisms thrive—some beneficial, others deadly. As pollution, urbanization, and climate change intensify, rivers have become potent transmitters of contagious diseases, spreading bacteria, viruses, and parasites to human communities. The neglect of river health is no longer just an environmental concern but a public health emergency. Unsafe sanitation, industrial waste, and agricultural runoff feed outbreaks of cholera, hepatitis, typhoid, and parasitic infections across the globe. Protecting rivers means protecting ourselves; their ecosystems are deeply intertwined with human health. The world must treat rivers not as waste channels but as living systems vital for disease prevention. Our approach to public health must expand beyond hospitals and vaccines to include clean waterways, for the health of our rivers mirrors the health of humanity
Between Care and Code: Clinicians’ Perspectives as an Ethical Lens for AI in Mental Health – Insights from an Interview-Based Case Study
Full text linkArtificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the field of mental health care, offering new opportunities for diagnosis, treatment, documentation, and access to services. While AI tools promise efficiency, scalability, and innovation, they also raise concerns related to empathy, ethics, bias, inclusivity, and professional identity. This paper explores clinicians’ responses to the integration of AI in mental health, highlighting the tensions that emerge between efficiency and empathy, automation and therapeutic presence, and access and equity. Drawing on thematic analysis of recent empirical and conceptual literature, the discussion identifies three central themes: (1) clinicians’ ambivalence toward AI reflects both anxiety about displacement and optimism about support; (2) the ethical challenges of AI—including risks of bias, loss of trust, and inequitable access—require careful design and governance; and (3) AI should supplement, rather than replace, human care, preserving therapeutic relationships as the cornerstone of mental health practice. The paper argues that ambivalence itself is a valuable ethical resource: it reflects clinicians’ constructive visions for responsible innovation. By integrating these perspectives, the review underscores the need for balanced policies, inclusive design, and ongoing dialogue among clinicians, developers, and policymakers. A conceptual table is provided to illustrate the interplay of efficiency, empathy, and equity in shaping clinicians’ experiences and expectations. Overall, the paper contributes to critical debates on the future of AI in mental health, emphasizing that sustainable adoption depends not only on technological advancement but also on protecting the human dimensions of care
Preference for General over Vocational Tracks: An Investigation Based on a Survey of 21,531 Junior Secondary Students from Three Autonomous Prefectures
Full text linkThis study aims to investigate the issue of preference for general over vocational tracks (PFGOVT) at the senior secondary education level in ethnic minority areas as well as the underlying reasons. The research team conducted a survey of 21,531 ninth-grade students from three autonomous prefectures where ethnic minority populations predominate, namely, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, and Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province. The survey was preceded by in-person interviews with certain numbers of junior secondary students, parents, teachers, and local educational officials
Investigation of the Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Conception of Assessment and Its Connection with Their Approaches to Assessment
Full text linkThis study aimed to examine Turkish pre-service science teachers’ conceptions of assessment, and how pre-service science teachers with different approaches to assessment conceptualize assessment. A total of 15 pre-service science teachers participated in the study. To achieve this aim, an adapted version of the Approaches to Classroom Assessment Inventory was first administered to identify participants’ assessment approaches across four dimensions: purpose, process, fairness, and assessment theory. Subsequently, semi-structured interviews were conducted to gather in-depth data. The interview data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis, with parent and child codes identified both inductively and deductively. The results indicated that, according to most participants, assessment should focus on the “student” in order to diagnose learning difficulties and misconceptions, monitor progress, and provide feedback. Furthermore, participants emphasized the importance of contemporary assessment methods, such as portfolio assessment, peer assessment, self-assessment, and the use of Vee diagrams. The study concluded that pre-service science teachers’ approaches to assessment reflect contemporary views, though their conceptions of assessment were not fully aligned with any single assessment approach