bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Assessing the Conformity of Human Rights Paradigm in Indonesian Legislation and the Rulings of the Constitutional Court
Authors: Marzuki Suparman 
Published: July 2023

The dominance of cultural relativism in the regulation of human rights in Indonesia and its influence on the decisions made by the Constitutional Court is believed to be caused by suspicion towards the individualistic nature of the universal paradigm of human rights. However, this paper examines the implementation of the human rights regulatory paradigm in Indonesia and the application of both paradigms in the Court's decisions through a normative juridical approach and document analysis. It concludes that the existing regulatory paradigm, including TAP XVII/MPR/1998, the 1945 Constitution, Law Number 39 of 1999, and the Court's decisions, tend to emphasize particularistic paradigms that justify restrictions on civil liberties and rights.

Received: 10 April 2023 / Accepted: 8 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
Relationship Between Digital Competencies and Critical Thinking: A Review of the Scientific Literature from 2015 to 2022
Authors: Bolo-Romero Karla Mavel , Gutiérrez-Velasco Flavio , Córdova-Berona Helí Alejando , Alvarado-Suyo Sofía Almendra 
Published: July 2023

The objective of this research was to develop a systematic review of the scientific literature between 2015 and 2022 on the relationship between digital competencies and critical thinking. In the methodological aspect, the PRISMA methodology was taken as a starting point, having chosen the Scielo, Scopus, Ebsco, and Eric databases, in English and Spanish. Neither language nor place was considered an element of exclusion. As for the results: out of 30 sources, 13 correspond to Spain with 8 publications, the rest to different countries; 18 in Spanish and 12 in English; the greatest number of publications have been in 2021 with 11; a third part has been published in SciELO; the predominant methodological approach is quantitative; 60% have an indirect relationship between the two categories; and in terms of linkage, 56% contribute to improving learning. In the discussion and conclusions: it is in Spain that there is the greatest concern for publications of this type, so most are in Spanish; it is inferred that the highest peak is 2021 due to the pandemic; the majority quantitative approach is due to the preference for quantifiable statistical data especially for the digital competencies category; the indirect relationship between the two categories is because both have different methodologies; and finally the ability for digital competencies significantly improve learning and contribute to providing solutions to different learning situations.

Received: 20 February 2023 / Accepted: 25 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
The Efficacy of Counseling Program Based on Eysenck’s Theory in Reducing Bullying and Improving the Academic Performance
Authors: Al-Shoubaki Nayfeh Hamdan 
Published: July 2023

The study aimed to recognize the efficacy of a counseling program based on Eysenck's Theory in reducing bullying behavior and improving the academic performance of a sample of students. The study sample was chosen, and the number of students is (30) students, divided into two groups: experimental and control. Both instruments of the study, are: Scale of bullying behavior and the scale of academic performance, were applied. Results related to bullying behavior indicated statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups. Moreover, results did not show differences with statistical significance for the academic performance between both groups.

Received: 18 August 2022 / Accepted: 17 May 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
A Study of Oxymoron in English and its Values for Teaching English-Majored Students
Authors: Phuong Vo Tu 
Published: July 2023

Oxymoron in English is a linguistic phenomenon of special importance. This phenomenon appeared in the language for a long time, but it developed strongly from the end of the 15th century. This is a fairly common phenomenon and appears a lot in the language. It is very important to study oxymoron in English and its implications for teaching students majoring in English. Research results will help students better understand English sentence structure and word usage, and help develop creative thinking and flexibility in using language. The research also familiarize language majors with different rhetorical devices and expressions, strengthen their writing and speaking skills, create an interesting learning environment, raise students' curiosity and interest, and help them absorb knowledge in a positive way. In this article, the author will focus on clarifying oxymoron in English and its application in teaching. To have a solid basis, the author will conduct a survey and evaluate learners to understand its advantages and limitations.

Received: 17 April 2023 / Accepted: 20 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
The Functional Tasks of School Principals in Improving Educational Outcomes
Authors: Alhussein Eman Basheer , Alomari Jamal Fawaz , Al-Sabayleh Obaid Abdlekarim , EalSlman Eman Suleiman 
Published: July 2023

This research uses the descriptive survey method to demonstrate school principals' functional tasks' role in improving educational outcomes. A questionnaire was applied to the sample comprising (n=311) individual, who was selected using a random cluster method. The respondents reported that school administrations have a moderate role in improving educational outcomes on all axes. School administrations perform their functional role at a high level, while teachers believe school administrations perform their role at a medium level. Technical and administrative functional tasks were the most performed by the school administration and at a moderate level. The school administration's fourth axis related to parents was the least performed. The findings also showed that School principals are working to improve educational outcomes to a medium degree and that the knowledge outputs field topped the axes, followed by the skills field. The emotion field ranked last. However, the researchers hope that the results of this research will help officials in the Ministry of Education and school administrations improve public education outcomes.

Received: 12 January 2023 / Accepted: 16 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
The Role of Social Media on Self-Image and Self-Esteem: A Study on Albanian Teenagers
Authors: Hoxhaj Brunilda , Xhani Dorina , Kapo Stela , Sinaj Elsida 
Published: July 2023

With the advent of technology, virtual interaction has become a prevalent mode of socializing among teenagers, sometimes replacing traditional face-to-face interactions. This study seeks to investigate the relationship between social media use and self-image and self-esteem among adolescents. To achieve this aim, a comprehensive literature review was conducted, focusing on key concepts such as self-esteem, self-image, social networks, and adolescence, with emphasis on international studies and works. The research uses a quantitative research design, and a sample of 179 teenagers aged between 13 and 19 years old were recruited to participate. The participants completed questionnaires to measure their self-esteem, self-image, and social media use. The findings reveals a negative correlation between social media use and self-image and self-esteem among teenagers. This result highlights the potential negative impact of social media use on young people's psychological well-being. The study's implications suggest the need for parents, educators, and policymakers to monitor and regulate social media use among teenagers to promote healthy psychological development.

Received: 9 April 2023 / Accepted: 20 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
Rethinking Teachers’ Training Process: Preservice Teachers’ Experiences of Teaching in South African Rurally Located Schools
Authors: Onaolapo Akinlolu Ademola , Makhasane Sekitla Daniel , Adebola Oyinlola Omolara 
Published: July 2023

For Africa to meet its teaching demands, especially in South Africa, there is a need to improve the quality process of recruiting teachers. If this is not improved, the quality of teachers' output is questioned and affects the teaching process in the country. This poses a question about the process of training young teachers in South African schools and the hiccup that has deterred the motive of the training. The pre-service teachers’ challenges have been noted in literature and researchers’ experience with pre-service teachers in the field of evaluations. This study aims to get into pre-service teachers’ world of challenges, find a solution to the practical problems they experience in teaching practice, and improve on them to bring a seamless programme. We used the expectancy theory to theorise the study. Individual unstructured interviews were conducted to gather data. A purposeful sampling procedure was employed as the targeted audience was the student teachers on teaching practice. A case study was also used to access two schools consisting of six student teachers from locally located schools, two evaluators, and one supervisor overseeing the affairs of the teaching practice committee in a rural university in South Africa. The data were analysed using Thematic Analysis (TA). The findings revealed that pre-service teachers in the selected rural schools in South Africa faced challenges, ranging from transportation to the schools, accommodation problems for student teachers, lack of basic amenities in schools, corruption by principals to supply school needs, dealing with truant learners, lack of teachers in rurally located schools and lack of textbook for learners and teachers. Nonetheless, providing basic social amenities in schools, books for learners and student teachers, proper account checks by Department of Basic Education (DBE) officials to sanction corrupt principals, and financial aid for rurally located students for transportation and housing will make teaching practice a memorable and blissful one.

Received: 15 February 2023 / Accepted: 2 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
Understanding the Phenomenon of Webinar Fatigue as Experienced by Filipino Professional Teachers
Authors: Tanucan Jem Cloyd M. , Uytico Baby Jane , Cabarse Jiffy R. , Wider Walton 
Published: July 2023

Webinar fatigue is a unique and contemporary phenomenon that warrants further understanding. This study examined the experiences of 39 Filipino professional teachers who reportedly experienced webinar fatigue. The five lifeworld existentials of van Manen—lived body, lived time, lived space, lived materiality, and lived relation—served as the study's interpretive hermeneutic phenomenological framework for exploring the phenomenon. The study employed interpretive analysis, which revealed three critical points for understanding webinar fatigue. The first point is that webinar fatigue disrupts multiple well-being dimensions, such as the physical, emotional, mental, social, and financial, leading to adverse consequences in work, social interaction, lifestyle management, and learning retention and satisfaction. This idea suggests that despite webinars' advantages, they can be detrimental if they cause fatigue. The second point is that webinar fatigue is a multifactorial condition where different technological, personal, environmental, and process factors contribute to its development. The third point is that webinar fatigue has its subjective interpretation—personal meaning, which in this study is revealed as a form of sacrifice for survival and competitive advantage in the present educational system and beyond. Numerous recommendations can be derived from the findings. A unique assessment of webinar fatigue is necessary, as the causes and effects of webinar fatigue are multifaceted and interdependent. The webinar facilitators and organizers must carefully select, organize, and schedule content topics that suit the participants' needs, motivations, and situations. Academic leaders and practitioners must set control mechanisms to ensure systematic participation in webinars and avoid overtraining.

Received: 9 May 2023 / Accepted: 15 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
The Impact of Critical Thinking on How Learning Outcomes are Evaluated in Primary Schools
Authors: Kadrija Ruzhdi , Gashi Shatri Zamira , Haxhijaha Edita , Mulliqi Shefqet 
Published: July 2023

It is a challenging but crucial pedagogical task to assess students' progress in lessons and other educational activities they develop at school. Teachers can effectively inspire their students to actively acquire teaching knowledge by engaging in these activities. In this study, we compare the philosophical approach of Critical Thinking to current school practices to see how it affects how students' learning outcomes are evaluated. To fight our assessment hypothesis that the conclusive thinking innovative system has also additionally fostered the data assessment part, we similarly took the appraisals of teachers and students from ordinary and contemporary schools. The SPSS program was used to process the survey data, which we then presented in various tables as percentages in the paper. Execution of this preparation program in schools of the Gjakova Area emphatically affects further developing practices for surveying understudies' information and further developing their learning results. When compared to students and teachers in traditional schools, the results of our study indicate that students and teachers in critical-thinking schools have more favorable opinions regarding various methods and strategies for assessing student knowledge.

Received: 10 March 2023 / Accepted: 19 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
Reinventing School Health Service Management in Nigeria: Literature Review, Best Practices for Digital Upgrade
Authors: Ukpabio Godfrey E. , Mbon Usen F. , Ekanem Ekpenyong E. , Ukpong Nse N. , Okon Effionwan E. , Aniah Solomon A. , Omini Ettah E. , Ngaji Mary I. , Egwuonwu Clara O. K. , Egwu Sarah. O. 
Published: July 2023

The purpose of this study was to identify the problems associated with management of School Health Service (SHS) in Nigerian primary and secondary schools, and proffer solutions to them. Integrative literature review, in which texts were critiqued, analyzed and synthesized for gaps in knowledge, was used to establish the problems of SHS in Nigeria. The problems identified were: lack of awareness of SHS, lack of personnel, underfunding, poor facilities, poor inter sectoral networking, lack of critical leadership input, poor data management among others The solution proffered to the problems was digitalized management input in form of: engaging in internet based awareness campaign on SHS; utilizing social media to host School/Community collaboration on SHS; creating school health help/donation platform using digital technology; providing digital leadership in school management, creating digital data mining system and others. Based on the conclusion that a digitalized management input will solve the problems of SHS in Nigerian schools, it was suggested among other things that: the Ministry of Education should insist on digital literacy for teachers and school heads, redefine conditions for stakeholders’ participation in SHS and review its policy. The Ministries of Education and Health should set up a joint monitoring team to supervise operations of SHS in Nigerian schools.

Received: 19 April 2023 / Accepted: 19 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
The Social-Ecological Model: Faith and the Targeted Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Risk in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Authors: Obisike Ebere Ellison , Adalikwu-Obisike Justina N. 
Published: July 2023

This paper examined how the use of the social-ecological model may facilitate best practices while integrating faith in targeted prevention and management of cardiovascular risk in low- and middle-income countries as most faith-based health institutions in developing countries promote the integration of faith in their population-level disease prevention programs. Given the rigid practice of faith in low- and middle-income countries, we recommend the adoption of the social-ecological model, which emphasizes the consideration of the various levels of influence (such as intrapersonal, interpersonal, organizational, community, and public policy) and the concept that people’s social environment influences their behaviors. Our recommendation is based on studies from diverse cultures that suggest that targeted prevention and management of risk factors, such as hypertension and hypercholesterolemia, might reduce morbidities and mortalities from cardiovascular diseases. This model is sustainable in low- and middle-income countries and aligns with the patients’ relationship with their creator and their neighbors while promoting best practices.

Received: 20 April 2023 / Accepted: 23 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
School-Based Assessment Practice of Junior High School Teachers in Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region of Ghana
Authors: Akugri Fataw Sule 
Published: July 2023

The study investigated teachers’ Classroom assessment practice in the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The design the study adopted was descriptive. A Census survey was used and a total of 313 Junior High School teachers in the Bawku Municipality were involved. A questionnaire was used for the data collection. The statistical tools used for the analysis of the data were independent t-tests and ANOVA. The findings revealed no difference in the nature of SBA practices with regard to gender in the Bawku municipality. The findings also indicated that years of teaching did not influence the nature of SBA practices. The results also revealed that teachers’ academic qualification does not influence the nature of SBA practices. The study, therefore, recommended that Junior High School head teachers and supervisors of the schools in Bawku municipality should encourage teachers to continue to learn more about current development on SBA to be well informed with current guidelines regarding SBA. Finally, Bawku Municipality Education Directorate should continue to organize in-service training on SBA practices so teachers to further have more opportunities to design and explore the various component of Class Assessment Tasks (CATS).

Received: 13 March 2023 / Accepted: 27 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
Socio-Economic Determinants of Food Preferences and Dietary Diversity among People Living with HIV in Zimbabwe
Authors: Mushipe Tonderai , Musemwa Lovemore , Munyati Vincent Tinashe , Ndhleve Simbarashe , Sibanda Melusi 
Published: July 2023

Pandemics, droughts, natural disasters, global economic recession, hyperinflation and political chaos have resulted in unprecedented waves of food insecurity globally. In Zimbabwe, vulnerable populations suffer the most. Experiences of the interactions between natural disasters, HIV/AIDS and food security provide a useful framework to resolve complex challenges associated with pandemics. Pandemics’ impacts manifest in different ways in different contexts. The common factors of vulnerability are demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and these are closely associated with the degree of the impact of disasters and pandemics. Thus, a need for a thorough and deeper understanding of the nature of the vulnerable populations’ socioeconomic aspect, particularly in the relation to persistent global pandemics and disasters. HIV/AIDS have strong interactions with malnutrition and food security. Consumption of a nutritious balanced diet improves the well-being of people living with HIV. Using people living with HIV in Zimbabwe as a case, this study seeks to determine the associates of food preferences and dietary diversity that have important implications for vulnerable people living with HIV. A cross-sectional survey through randomly sampling 150 adults living with HIV from clinic ART registers from two major HIV prevalent hotspot Districts of Zimbabwe namely Makonde and Chegutu. A pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data on demographics, food consumption patterns, preferences, dietary diversity and other socio-economic issues of the interviewed households. Frequency summaries were used to explain the food preferred by the respondents. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to determine socio-economic factors that determine food preferences and dietary diversity. Sadza, a staple food prepared with ground maize meal emerged as the most preferred food item (80,40%) and is a carbohydrate and beef was the most preferred source of protein (18.20%). The respondents show a lower preference for goat and sheep meat, freshly processed milk, sour milk and wild fruits with only 0.7% of the respondents showing a high preference for these food items. Food preferences vary between rural and urban areas (p<0.05). Urban dwellers had a higher DDS of 6 and their rural counterparts had a score of 3. The most common reason for the food preferences of urban respondents was the nutrient value of food whereas, for the rural respondents, it was affordability. Household size significantly affects food preference at a 10% significant level. As household size increased, food preference increased (p=0.099). Programmes that target improving health outcomes among households with people living with HIV should put into consideration the household location and size with a bias towards larger households in rural areas.

Received: 13 March 2023 / Accepted: 25 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023
Perception of University Lecturers on the Availability and Accessibility of New Naira Notes in Nigeria
Authors: Akpo Atah Cletus , Chukwurah Margaret , Beshibeshebe Ushie Godwin , Godwin Rosemary Young , Idike I. M. , Ugbadu Ititim Donatus , Orim Ochui Moses 
Published: July 2023

The study assessed the perceptions of university lecturers on the availability and accessibility of new naira notes in Nigeria. Two research questions and two research hypotheses were developed to guide the study in order to achieve the study's objectives. For the study, a survey research design was used. The study's population consists of 280 university lecturers from the three universities across the eighteen local governments in Cross River State who responded accidentally to the instrument. An 18-item questionnaire titled "Perception of University Lecturers on the Availability and Accessibility of New Naira Notes in Nigeria" (PULAANNNIN) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by two experts, and the overall reliability index for the instrument was 0.92, which was obtained by using Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients. The collected data were analyzed using the mean, standard deviation, percentage, and independent t-test. The findings of the study show that new naira notes were not available across bank counters, bank ATMs, and POS cash points. The findings also showed that there was no accessibility of new naira notes across bank counters, bank ATMs, and POS cash points in Cross River State, Nigeria. It was concluded that CBN should make the new naira notes available in commercial banks, bank ATMs, and POS cash points for easy accessibility by bank customers. Among others, it was recommended that the Central Bank of Nigeria increase its weekly withdrawal limit to the commercial banks to ensure the availability and accessibility of new naira notes in circulation.

Received: 15 March 2023 / Accepted: 28 June 2023 / Published: 5 July 2023