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Bridging Gaps in Science Education- A Case Study of Chemistry Education in Bo City, Sierra Leone
No full textThe degree to which students understand the subjects taught in schools largely depends on the educational environment In resource-poor regions particularly in resource-poor developing countries this environment is often inadequate severely hindering learning outcomes Here the mixed-methods approach was used to assess the degree to which students understand chemical formulas and equations taught in Senior Secondary Schools SSS in Sierra Leone A total of 158 SSS II and SSS III students across 6 schools in Bo City were randomly selected Bo City is the regional headquarter of the Southern Region of Sierra Leone Diagnostic pre-test results showed an alarming deficiency among students regarding the level of knowledge of foundational chemistry Only 3 6 of the students correctly formulated Lithium Trioxosulphate IV and only another 7 3 accurately balanced the sodium-chlorine reaction equation Qualitative analysis further showed a widespread misconception of the IUPAC nomenclature 63 29 and polyatomic ion valencies 88 3 Additionally 77 of the students failed to correctly identify NaCl compound and some 53 7 properly balanced the related chemical equation
Voices of the Folk: Exploring Life and Culture through Dinajpur’s Palatiya Drama Narratives (S1)
No full textPalatiya a traditional Bengali folk drama form serves as both a source of entertainment and a repository of community heritage This paper examines the life and culture of the Palatiya community through two narratives Hadangkali Biswadhagri and Dhakoshori to understand how they portray rural hardships resilience and cultural identity The study employs an interdisciplinary approach drawing on literary analysis anthropology and performance studies and uses qualitative methods with data from drama texts interviews observations photographs and relevant literature Findings show that both plays center on two women Bishobala and Dhakoshori who embody the working-class struggle against poverty and injustice while reflecting the community s traditions values and resistance to oppression These works not only preserve Bengali folk culture but also function as social documents of rural life The research contributes to folk and performance studies by highlighting Palatiya s role as a medium of cultural continuity and a voice for marginalized communities and calls for further study of ethnic cultural forms in contemporary context
Assessment of Privacy Level in Traditional Yemeni Architecture: A Case Study of Dhamar City
No full textThe issue of privacy has been a very important topic in all fields because it is a topic related to human and social aspects The problem is represented by the spread of the phenomenon of globalization and the spread of modern global thought in historical cities that are characterized by their local specificity The research aims to determine the level of architectural privacy in Dhamar by identifying the criteria and factors that affect privacy and measuring those to determine their importance and priority The methodology is based on building a multi-criteria model that represents a theoretical framework for the dimensions of the research problem and includes criteria for achieving privacy at the level of plans and layout at the level of facades and at the level of urban The research was adopted from a field study that included questionnaires that were designed and distributed to the participating architects who live in the study region The results showed that the use of elements and methods of traditional architecture in contemporary architecture achieved great success at the level of privac
Law Beyond Doctrine: Socioemotional Learning as a Pedagogical Imperative
No full textThis article analyzes the imperative of integrating socioemotional competencies into legal education in response to a global demand aligned with benchmarks such as UNESCO s 21st-century competencies and Sustainable Development Goal 4 SDG 4 It critiques the limitations of traditional technically focused legal pedagogy and advocates for transformative approaches that combine active methodologies with interdisciplinary rigor to better teach socioemotional competencies to law students Through case studies from U S law schools the study demonstrates how curricula emphasizing self-awareness empathy and strategic communication produces jurists capable of addressing contemporary legal challenges while upholding ethical and humanistic values The analysis underscores the need for pedagogical reforms that align legal training with the socioemotional demands of modern practice fostering professionals equipped to navigate complexity with both technical mastery and emotional intelligenc
The Vygotskian Drama of School Writing in the Child with Autism
No full textThis article investigates the developmental process of a child with autism during a writing task A fragment of pedagogical practice is presented from a historical-cultural perspective which emphasizes the centrality of language and the role of the other s word as a mediator of development Within this dialogical framework language functions as a space for recognition and participation moving the child from a state of isolation as suggested by autism s diagnostic criteria to one of social interaction The study discusses work with an eight-year-old boy named Miguel during the early years of elementary school His task of retelling a fable provided a concrete context for analyzing literacy as a form of immersion into the cultural world Such retelling tasks common in pedagogical practice aim to develop skills in text rewriting and written organization Miguel s engagement illustrates the developmental process of language-based social interaction Final considerations guided by Vygotskian theory and concept of singularity suggest that studying the constitutive singularities of an autistic child through writing activity reveals how multiple determinations shape the human experience Thus to dialogue with an autistic child is above all to dialogue with a human being and the unique singularities that constitute every perso
Disrupting Perception, Shaping Conflict: Epistemic Power and Social Media Manipulation in Hybrid Digital Struggles
No full textThe evolution of modern conflict has increasingly shifted toward the digital domain where perception rather than territory has become the central battlefield This article conceptualizes cyber-based information warfare as an asymmetric and multidimensional form of conflict wherein state and non-state actors use social media algorithmic amplification and narrative engineering to influence public opinion and destabilize rival regimes Drawing upon the epistemic power framework Foucault Castells Zuboff and the symbolic violence theory of Bourdieu this paper develops a theoretical model that explains how platform dynamics reshape public perception and conflict behavior The study adopts a qualitative comparative approach focusing on two major case studies Russia s interference in the 2016 U S presidential elections and the Armenia Azerbaijan digital conflict surrounding the 2020 war and its aftermath It examines how social media manipulation through disinformation campaigns troll factories and algorithmic distortions transformed both public discourse and geopolitical narratives Empirically grounded and theoretically informed the article addresses a key gap in political science literature by linking epistemic control to conflict escalation in hybrid digital struggles It also evaluates the normative and legal implications of such practices highlighting the urgent need for algorithmic transparency media literacy and updated regulatory frameworks The findings suggest that contemporary information warfare is not merely a technical or operational threat but a strategic mode of exercising ideological power in the digital age By situating information warfare at the intersection of technology discourse and geopolitics this article contributes to an emerging research agenda on epistemic contestation and hybrid warfare in international relation
Productivity of the Unproductive School An education policy designed not to work
No full textThe article examines the thesis of the productivity of the unproductive school in the Brazilian context drawing on IDEB Adequate Learning in Portuguese Language and Mathematics across the three stages of basic education early and final years of elementary education and upper secondary education Methodologically it is a documentary-analytical study with a quantitative and critical approach based on secondary analysis of public indicators The empirical strategy combines descriptive statistics trend analysis and relative differences between stages and school networks with a methodological choice to track Adequate Learning rather than aggregate indices and to disaggregate by subject area and stage in order to mitigate interpretive distortions The results indicate insufficient national levels and a sharp decline from elementary to upper secondary more intense in Mathematics e g 2023 44 16 5 and also present in Portuguese Language 55 36 32 a pattern observed in the private school network and attenuated though not overcome in the federal network The article argues that instructionism lesson test transmission sustains a system that fails to ensure learning producing what we term an unlearning effect a cumulative phenomenon it also discusses the limitations of IDEB-Proficiency justifying the focus on Adequate Learning by subject and stage On the prescriptive side it advocates shifting policies and practices toward public research cycles with student authorship iterative versions and explicit rubrics under the principle of the same yardstick multiple pathways procedural equity It concludes that the diagnosis is not intended to blame teachers but to inform decisions that reconfigure the school as a learning architecture grounded in evidence and the public dissemination of result
Digital Scrapbooking as a Pedagogical tool: Possibilities for English Language Classes
No full textemerg ncia da digitalidade favorece constantes mudan as nas formas de organiza o e dissemina o do conhecimento Nesse contexto a linguagem escrita passa a coexistir com as outras formas de representa o e ocorre o rompimento com est ticas tradicionais formais e lineares Neste sentido o objetivo deste trabalho foi explorar as caracter sticas do scrapbook digital e analisar a possibilidade de seu uso como ferramenta pedag gica para constru o de conhecimentos significativos em l ngua inglesa Para tanto foram analisadas quatro produ es de estudantes do ensino m dio luz dos estudos de multiletramentos e multimodalidade e de banco de dados como forma simb lica A partir das an lises verificou-se que o scrapbook pode favorecer a organiza o dados e a constru o de conhecimentos em aulas de l ngua inglesa Em conclus o aponta-se aqui a possibilidade de uso do scrapbook digital com fins pedag gicos em aulas de l ngua ingles
The Swahili Language in the Context of the Geopolitics of Languages on the African Continent
No full textOne of the most outstanding characteristics of the African continent is its multilingual nature. It is estimated that around 2,000 languages are spoken across the African continent, many of which are highly dissimilar from one another. This vast linguistic diversity gives rise to a wide range of cultural identities among the social groups who speak them, while also contributing to numerous power rivalries across different territories. In Africa, both colonial and indigenous languages can be identified, creating a geopolitical dynamic in which colonial languages often prevail, despite efforts to reaffirm native ones. When discussing the geopolitics of language, it is essential to consider both the human groups that speak specific languages and the territories they inhabit. Among the indigenous languages showing significant signs of reaffirmation, Swahili stands out. It has undergone a steady process of diffusion, not only throughout the African continent, but also into countries on other continents
Algorithmic Bias and Place of Residence: Feedback Loops in Financial and Risk Assessment Tools
No full textThis article explores how criminal risk-need assessment algorithms e g COMPAS and financial scoring systems e g FICO create feedback loops that perpetuate systemic biases disproportionately affecting already financially marginalized groups It examines the intersection of these tools particularly how factors like place of residence financial instability and access to resources influence both systems Using a theoretical critique this study indirectly analyzes 1 criminological theories 2 algorithmic design principles and 3 evidentiary standards The criminological theories considered including Social Class and Crime Strain Theory Subcultural Perspectives Labeling and Marxist Conflict Theories Control Theories and Differential Association Theory share a consensus that environmental factors contribute to crime While this research does not aim to verify their conclusions it investigates how algorithmic models incorporate personal financial data and place of residence It also examines the relevance of these to observing nonvirtuous behaviors as supported by the previously mentioned criminological theories although the findings of these theories may differ regarding the levels of relevance of the environment to criminal occurrences Additionally evidentiary standards and numerical reasoning help assess how these inputs shape potentially biased and unfair scores Findings suggest that low scores in one system exacerbate low scores in the other creating a cyclical disadvantage This reinforces economic and social inequities calling for greater scrutiny transparency and fairness in algorithmic design and application Ignoring these issues risks deepening poverty restricting credit access and increasing incarceration rates among financially marginalized communities By highlighting these feedback loops this study aims to inform academic research and policy reforms to mit