The key role of intercultural competencies for effective integration: from theory to practice by Stella Pinna Pintor, Viviana Premazzi

“…It examines their multidimensional nature, encompassing knowledge, skills, attitudes and awareness necessary for individuals to effectively navigate and engage with diverse cultural contexts. The paper then presents several good and promising practices realized by the University of Turin and the training and consultancy company Global Mindset Development. …”
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Coping Strategies in Analyzing the Stress Impact of Online Gambling Addiction for Children and Adults by Akbar Rizki, Meilia Ishar, Khairani Khairani

“… Increased internet accessibility has opened up opportunities for people to engage in various types of gaming,  such as poker,  online casinos,  sports betting,  and slot machines. …”
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Praise as Classroom Communicative Reinforcing Device: Perceptions of Vietnamese University Students by L. T.T. Do, A. T.L. Vu

“…One of the biggest challenges for teachers is to foster a positive learning environment in which students become motivated and engaged in classroom activities. Growing concerns have been shown about how evaluative praise functioned as a good reinforcer for students' achievement and desirable behaviour affects students' motivation to learn, depending on teachers' messages communicated with students. …”
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Uncertainty in action: observing information seeking within the creative processes of scholarly research by T.D. Anderson

“…Positive forms of uncertainty were often, but not exclusively, associated with the informants' explorations within the wider research tasks in which they were engaged. <br><b>Conclusion.</b> The intricacy of the relationship between what we might consider desirable as opposed to undesirable uncertainty is not easily unravelled. …”
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Attention and syntax in sentence production: A critical review by Andriy Myachykov, Simon Garrod, Christoph Scheepers

“…Finally, we discuss how attentional priming engages in complex interactions with other priming effects: it interacts with lexical priming but not with syntactic priming, supporting an encapsulated view of sentence formulation.…”
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Editorial by Anna Oksiutycz

“…The editors now want to actively engage in debates as they might affect new knowledge, state policy and developmental planning. …”
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Institutional responsibility and third space professionals: a call for structural change to embrace ambiguity by Evonne Irwin

“…Based on the findings from a PhD project on the identities and experiences of third space professionals in Australian higher education, I argue that resisting dominant discourses from the margins is a difficult endeavour requiring both the centre and margin to find a common language to engage in critical dialogue. With ambiguous and limited pathways for progression and recognition, third space professionals risk being unheard. …”
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The Ecstasy of Communication. Critical remarks on Jean Baudrillard by Pieter Duvenage

“…The point is that with the “… greater mediatization of society … we are witnessing the virtualization of our world.”2 This contribution briefly reconstructs, firstly, two phases in Baudrillard’s intellectual career – phases that shifted from an early neo-Marxist critique of the modern consumer society to a post-Marxist or postmodern view of society (which include engagements with socio-anthropology; psychoanalysis, sociology, semiology and media theory), and eventually ends in a kind of anti-theory with an extreme fatal vision of the world.3 In section 2 the implications of these two shifts in Baudrillard’s intellectual career are contextualized in the field of media and communication studies – and specifically his concept of the “ecstasy of communication”. …”
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THE FLIPPED CLASSROOM: THE PRACTICE OF LEARNING ENGLISH FROM NURSING STUDENTS by Chairuddin Chairuddin, Arbaiyah Arbaiyah, Evi Zulida

“…Observations indicated that students became more active and engaged during the learning process, reflecting the effective implementation of the flipped classroom model. …”
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TO THE ISSUE ABOUT SOCIAL FACTORS OF FORMATION OF MODERN UNIVERSITY’S SCIENTIFIC POTENTIAL by D. Yu. Znamenskiy

“…Within the framework of the first component, it is necessary to emphasize such a little-studied aspect as the social foundations of scientific potential, including the system of values of employees and students of the university, their motivation to engage in scientific activity and the level of prestige of scientific activity at the university. …”
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Evidence-Based Pedagogy for Values Outcomes in Capstone Experiences by Julie Vale, Russell Kirkscey, James Weiss, Jenny Hill

“…One way to address this challenge is to include values-based learning and assessment strategies that empower students to better understand and engage with their complex and changing worlds.  General Education (GenEd) Capstone Experiences (CE) often seek to instill such values, but scholarly analysis of the pedagogies and their effectiveness is limited, as is discussion on the inclusion of similar pedagogies in discipline-focused courses. …”
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Cosmetic Surgery and the Christian Body: Comparative Ethical Reflections from Orthodox and Catholic Traditions by Angelos Mavropoulos

“…This interdenominational study aims to contribute to ecumenical and intercultural dialogue, fostering greater understanding and respect between the two original Christian traditions. By engaging with the ethical considerations surrounding cosmetic surgery, this article provides a platform for deeper reflection on the role of the body in Christian spirituality and the ongoing relevance of these issues in a diverse and interconnected world.…”
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‘The South! something exclaims within me’: Real and Imagined Spaces in Italy and the South in Vernon Lee’s Travel Writing by Leonie Wanitzek

“…Literary criticism on Vernon Lee has so far focused little on either her seven published collections of travel essays or on her intense engaging with space and place in her writing. This paper considers Lee’s essays on Italy, her adopted country of residence, as a nuanced and complex contribution to late Victorian and Edwardian visions of the South. …”
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Humdrum Tasks of the Salaried Men: Edwin Williams, a London County Council Architect at War by Nick Beech

“…By concentrating on the ‘organisation’ and ‘progress’ of production that architects engaged with during the Second World War and after, new configurations of continuity and change emerge in which the ‘humdrum tasks’ of ‘salaried men’ appear crucial.…”
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L’Espagne et la bataille de l’opinion internationale. Agences de presse, tourisme et réseaux de propagande sous la dictature du général Primo de Rivera : le cas de l’Agence Plus Ul... by David Marcilhacy

“…During the 1920s, Spain engaged in an authentic battle of international opinion aimed at serving its national interests, increasing its prestige and combating opposing propaganda propagated from abroad. …”
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Ons sal antwoord op jou roepstem by Chris Broodryk

“…The exceptionalism and self-imposed victimhood are engaged in an across-media dialogue, as Steve Hofmeyr’s social media and political activist persona speak to his participation in three Afrikaans language films: Pretville (Korsten, 2012), Platteland (Else, 2011) and Treurgrond (Roodt, 2015). …”
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Évolution des registres de l’action, de la ruse à la mobilisation de la notion « droit » par les habitants des bidonvilles au Maroc by Habiba Essahel

“…In contrast with the passivity that has long been their attribute, slum dwellers have shown organizational skills and an ability to take the stage at very specific times to engage in demonstrations. Thus, the range of their actions has diversified and intensified. …”
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Street Level Burocrats, welfare locale e transizione digitale: ostacoli e spazi di innovazione sociale by Maurizio Busacca

“…The article examines the adoption of digital innovation in the context of local welfare, focusing on the practices of labour market operators and social workers engaged in active labour market policy interventions in the region of Veneto. …”
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Enhancing Teacher Beliefs through an Inquiry-Based Professional Development Program by Tammy R. McKeown, Lisa M. Abrams, Patricia W. Slattum, Suzanne V. Kirk

“… Inquiry-based instructional approaches are an effective means to actively engage students with science content and skills. This article examines the effects of an ongoing professional development program on middle and high school teachers’ efficacy beliefs, confidence to teach research concepts and skills, and science content knowledge. …”
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The limitation of the discovery rules of Court against the right of access to information in South Africa by Rashri Baboolal-Frank, Fola Adeleke

“…Consequently, the methodology employed in this paper involves a legal analysis namely: a limitations analysis utilising Section 36, the limitations clause of the Constitution. This paper further engages in case law analysis interpreting the exercise of the right of access to information before PAIA was passed and after PAIA was passed to highlight the anomaly of the application of Section 7. …”
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