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Our mission is uplift: Afrofuturism and collective work for liberation in Black homeschooling organizations 我们的使命是振奋人心:黑人家庭教育组织中的非洲未来主义和集体解放工作
IF 3.2
On the Horizon Pub Date : 2024-07-19 DOI: 10.1108/oth-03-2024-0012
Thomas Noel, Joseph Gardner, Ariel Sylvester
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High school teachers’ perceptions of technology integration in instruction 高中教师对技术融入教学的看法
IF 3.2
On the Horizon Pub Date : 2024-07-16 DOI: 10.1108/oth-10-2023-0032
Abdellatif Sellami, Malavika E. Santhosh, Jolly Bhadra, Zubair Ahmad
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Developing individual capability in organizations through the promotion of heutagogy 通过推广启发式教学法培养组织中的个人能力
IF 3.2
On the Horizon Pub Date : 2024-07-16 DOI: 10.1108/oth-04-2024-0016
David William Stoten
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Psychometric properties of a scale to measure social entrepreneurship competency in Mexican university students 衡量墨西哥大学生社会创业能力的量表的心理计量特性
IF 3.2
On the Horizon Pub Date : 2024-07-12 DOI: 10.1108/oth-05-2023-0019
Carolina Alcantar-Nieblas, Leonardo David Glasserman-Morales, José Carlos Vázquez-Parra
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Student accommodation characteristics, perceived overall satisfaction and academic performance: evidence from six Scottish universities 学生住宿特点、总体满意度和学习成绩:来自苏格兰六所大学的证据
IF 3.2
On the Horizon Pub Date : 2024-07-09 DOI: 10.1108/oth-02-2024-0006
Fahim Uz Zaman, Md Sajjad Hosain
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Deschooling teachers: a pathway to self-directed education 教师去学校化:通往自主教育之路
IF 3.2
On the Horizon Pub Date : 2024-07-03 DOI: 10.1108/oth-04-2024-0020
Cammie Justus-Smith
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Resisting and disrupting neoliberal subjectivity in self-directed education: what can we learn from black homeschoolers 在自主教育中抵制和瓦解新自由主义主体性:我们能从黑人家庭教育者身上学到什么?
IF 3.2
On the Horizon Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI: 10.1108/oth-03-2024-0010
Renee Tougas
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Students’ e-learning acceptance: empirical evidence from higher learning institutions 学生对电子学习的接受程度:来自高等院校的经验证据
IF 3.2
On the Horizon Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI: 10.1108/oth-08-2022-0041
Imran Mehboob Shaikh, Geoffrey Harvey Tanakinjal, Hanudin Amin, Kamaruzaman Noordin, Junaid Shaikh
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Children’s rights and agency: promoting participative capabilities through self-directed education 儿童权利和代理权:通过自主教育提高参与能力
IF 3.2
On the Horizon Pub Date : 2024-06-28 DOI: 10.1108/oth-04-2024-0021
Tony DeCesare
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True choice and taking ownership of life: a qualitative study into self-determination in Sudbury model schools 真正的选择和自主生活:萨德伯里示范学校的自决定性研究
IF 3.2
On the Horizon Pub Date : 2024-06-26 DOI: 10.1108/oth-03-2024-0008
Christel Hartkamp-Bakker, Rob Martens
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