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Policy Implementation Challenges of Special/Inclusive Education in Nepal 尼泊尔特殊/全纳教育的政策实施挑战

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v12i01.45924

Rabindra Shiwakoti

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Perceptions of Pre-service Teachers on Impact of Language Learning Strategies 职前教师对语言学习策略影响的认知

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v12i01.45923

Purna Bahadur Kadel

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Women's Participation in Foreign Labour Migration and Spousal Violence: A Study on Returnee Women Migrant Workers in Nepal 妇女参与外劳迁移与配偶暴力:对尼泊尔回国女工的研究

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v12i01.45891

Arjun Kharel, Amrit Gurung

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Decentralization of Corruption in the Education Sector: An Analysis of Anti- Graft Reports 教育部门腐败的权力下放：反贪污报告分析

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v12i01.45938

Shak Bahadur Budhathoki

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Participatory Research: Working with Vulnerable Groups in Research and Practice Book: A Book Review 参与式研究:弱势群体的研究与实践

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v12i01.45941

Sanjeev Dahal

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Development and Public Health in the Himalaya: Reflections on Healing in Contemporary Nepal: A Book Review 喜马拉雅地区的发展和公共卫生:对当代尼泊尔治疗的反思:书评

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2021-06-18 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v11i0.37855

K. Dahal

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Modernization in Medical Practices in Rural Nepal: An Ethnographic Study of Hyolmos 尼泊尔农村医疗实践的现代化:Hyolmos的民族志研究

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2021-06-18 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v11i0.37852

R. Dhakal

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Building Community Resilience: A Study of Gorkha Reconstruction Initiatives 建立社区复原力:廓尔喀地区重建计划研究

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2021-06-18 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v11i0.37849

Nirmal Chongbang, Devraj Bharadwaj

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Multifold Impact of COVID-19 on Vulnerable Communities in Nepal 2019冠状病毒病对尼泊尔脆弱社区的多重影响

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2021-06-18 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v11i0.37850

P. Khatiwada

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Unpacking Human Trafficking from Neoliberalism and Neoconservatism Paradigms in Nepal: A Critical Review 从尼泊尔的新自由主义和新保守主义范式解读人口贩运:批判性回顾

Molung Educational Frontier Pub Date : 2021-06-18 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v11i0.37854

Rita Dhungel

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