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ArticleOpen AccessPublished: 15 June 2026

Benefits and Challenges of Authentic Teaching Materials: Teachers’ and Students’ Views

Nelson Eduardo Corea

Cross-Cultural Education Studies · 55–73 · 10.63385/cces.v2i1.101089

The use of authentic teaching materials in English as a Foreign Language instruction has gained increasing attention for its potential to enhance meaningful language learning. However, its implementation faces multiple challenges across educational contexts. This mixed-methods study examines the challenges, limitations, benefits

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ArticleOpen AccessPublished: 12 June 2026

Reconceptualizing Competence through Facets: ATHENA as a Strategic Framework for Adaptive Talent Management in the Age of AI

Jeremy Lamri, Karin Valentini, Todd Lubart

Human Resource Strategy and Practice · 42–59 · 10.63385/hrsp.v2i1.101054

Human resource management (HRM) remains predominantly organized around competency and occupation-based representations that implicitly presume relative stability in work content. Yet artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly changes work at the level of tasks, activity sequences, decision criteria, and human–tool interaction. Th

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ArticleOpen AccessPublished: 10 June 2026

Drama Pedagogy in Language Service Education: A Case Study of Interpreter Communication Skill Development in Distance Higher Education

Konstantinos Mastrothanasis

Journal of Language Service Studies · 22–34 · 10.63385/jlss.v2i2.101087

The development of professional competencies in language mediation is commonly associated with linguistic accuracy, memory management, and rapid bilingual processing. Yet interpreting and related language service activities also depend on broader communicative abilities, including attentive listening, vocal clarity, interaction

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ArticleOpen AccessPublished: 5 June 2026

Thinking as a Strategic HR Competence for Leadership and Workforce Development

English Vincent, Kenny Brian

Human Resource Strategy and Practice · 28–41 · 10.63385/hrsp.v2i1.101083

In an era marked by volatility, digital disruption, demographic change, and continuous organisational transformation, the ability of firms to compete increasingly depends on the quality of their human capability. While leadership scholarship has long recognised the importance of higher-order cognition, human resource management

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ReviewOpen AccessPublished: 4 June 2026

Quantifying Punctuation Patterns in Chinese Language for Language Service Applications

Tomasz Stanisz, Jin Liu, Jarosław Kwapień, Stanisław Drożdż, Michał Dolina, Jakub Dec

Journal of Language Service Studies · 1-21 · 10.63385/jlss.v2i2.100997

Punctuation is commonly treated as an auxiliary feature of writing, yet it encodes crucial information about syntactic organization, discourse rhythm, and narrative structure. In modern Chinese, punctuation forms a hybrid system shaped by traditional practices and imported Western conventions, making it especially relevant for q

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ArticleOpen AccessPublished: 26 May 2026

Impacts of Socioeconomic Characteristics and Landscape Elements on Users’ Preferences in Nigerian Tourist Centres

Olusola Makinde, Olubukunmi Makinde, Isidore Ezeme, Olabode Oludayo Akangbe

Eco-Tourism and Sustainable Development · 1–18 · 10.63385/etsd.v2i2.510

There is a notable gap in empirical research focusing on the impacts of socioeconomic characteristics and quality of landscape elements (LEs) on users' preferences and experiences, particularly in Nigerian tourist centres. Six tourist hotels were carefully chosen, one from each state in South-West Nigeria. Accidental sampling me

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ArticleOpen AccessPublished: 26 May 2026

YouTube Episteme under Algorithmic Governance: A Mixed-Methods Study of Clickbait Comedy

Fatma Fattoumi

Contemporary Visual Culture and Art · 36–54 · 10.63385/cvca.v2i1.470

Michel Foucault’s concept of power/knowledge explains how institutions historically controlled knowledge. In the digital age, new epistemic structures have emerged, where YouTubers, representing diverse voices, appear to democratize knowledge and influence public beliefs. However, this study argues that YouTube clickbait comedia

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Position PaperOpen AccessPublished: 22 May 2026

Foundations for Post-Disciplinary and Transdisciplinary Education for Next-Generation Cyber-Physical Systems

Imre Horváth

Innovations in Pedagogy and Technology · 19–41 · 10.63385/ipt.v2i3.502

Post-disciplinary and transdisciplinary knowledge synthesis facilitates extensive intellectualization, socialization, personalization, and naturalization of next-generation cyber-physical systems (NG-CPSs). However, it makes learning and teaching NG-CPSs more challenging and calls for new educational methods. These challenges ar

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ArticleOpen AccessPublished: 21 May 2026

Social-Emotional Learning in Rural Zambia: A Qualitative Study of Educator Perspectives in the Zambezi District

Catherine Zeisner

Cross-Cultural Education Studies · 34–54 · 10.63385/cces.v2i1.523

Social-emotional learning (SEL) and psychosocial support (PSS) are increasingly recognized as foundational to holistic student development, yet research from rural sub-Saharan African contexts remains critically underrepresented in the global literature. This qualitative case study investigated how PK–12 educators in Zambezi, Za

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ArticleOpen AccessPublished: 15 May 2026

Spatial Patterns and Human Settlement Environmental Impacts of Land Degradation in Khubetsoana, Maseru, Lesotho

Thabang Sekamane

Environmental Ethics & Law · 1–19 · 10.63385/eel.v2i1.101112

Land degradation is a serious environmental problem affecting both developing and developed countries, with major effects on ecosystems and human well-being. In Lesotho, the problem is increasing in urban and peri-urban areas because of rapid population growth, weak land management and unplanned settlements. This research focuse

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