scholarly journals TESOL in the New Era: Introduction to the 2021 Global English Education China Assembly Special Issue

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
English Education ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Global English ◽  
New Era

scholarly journals Editorial: Education in Europe and the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-402
Author(s):  
Sotiria Grek ◽  
Paolo Landri
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Liberal Education ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
New Era ◽  
European Education ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Research And Policy

Although the global Covid-19 pandemic is still affecting our lives enormously, we know that a new era of deep reflection about ‘normality’, our planet and our existence on it has also begun. The ‘Education in Europe and the Covid-19 Pandemic’ double Special Issue intends to be part of this reflexive discussion about the post-pandemic European education policy and research space. This is a space shaped continuously by crises and opportunities, by utopias of a shared progressive and liberal education for all, but also the dystopias of nationalism, populism, climate destruction and now a global health emergency. This editorial offers an overview of the current crisis context and of the articles; further, it positions the journal within the post-pandemic research and policy debate about how to understand the impact of the pandemic on the changing forms of education and its enduring inequalities.

scholarly journals Enhancing Thai elementary students’ English and maintaining Thainess using localized materials: Two putative confronting forces

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1006-1025
Author(s):  
Budsaba Kanoksilapatham ◽  
Todsapon Suranakkharin
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Local Community ◽  
English Education ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Global English ◽  
Thai Students ◽  
Simulation Task

In Thailand, concerns over the imperative need to improve its citizens’ English proficiency and the unsatisfactory English learning outcomes have long been present. In addition, ongoing globalization has raised another concern that Thainess is being eroded due to external influences. This study attempted to compromise these two seemingly conflicting forces by enhancing Thai students’ global English and maintaining local Thainess associated with three regions of Thailand. First, a set of instructional innovations for elementary English education was constructed in each region. These were based on prominent characteristics of local Thainess elicited through a questionnaire completed by local community members and subsequently implemented in Grade 4 classes at three schools in each region of Thailand for ten weeks. Next, two separate sets of pretests-posttests corresponding to each instructional set were constructed and administered to assess their local Thainess and English knowledge. Finally, to ensure that the knowledge gained from the instruction was put into practical use, a tour guide simulation task was conducted by the students. The analysis of the test scores demonstrates that localized lessons were beneficial, enhancing their local Thainess knowledge and associated English vocabulary. The accomplishment of the task thus represented their knowledge of local Thainess and English, contributing to a sense of pride in their nation and a sense of achievement in their English proficiency and instruction.

scholarly journals Introduction to “Current Trajectories in Global Pentecostalism: Culture, Social Engagement, and Change”

Religions ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 368
Author(s):  
Roger Robins
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Change ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Cultural Expression ◽  
New Era ◽  
The Face ◽  
Society Today

This special issue of Religions assembles a talented group of international scholars from a variety of regions and disciplines to address contemporary developments within global Pentecostalism, a burgeoning movement that is changing the face—and interface—of religion and society today. A total of twelve articles (representing the work of thirteen authors) speak to issues surfacing along one of three overlapping trajectories: cultural expression, social engagement, and institutional change. The introduction briefly sets a framework for each article and calls attention to its wider connections and notable contributions. As a body of scholarship, these articles constitute a set of strategic soundings that refine our understanding of the texture and topography of global Pentecostalism. In addition to their substantive contributions, the authors, viewed collectively, also put on display the central attributes of a new era in Pentecostal studies, one distinguished by its productivity, diversity, range, and interdisciplinary ken.

Celebrating a New Division of Botany at SICB: An Introduction to the Integrative Plant Biology Symposium

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 489-492
Author(s):  
R Matthew Ogburn ◽  
Erika J Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Tree Of Life ◽  
Plant Biology ◽  
Comparative Biology ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
New Era ◽  
Biology Symposium ◽  
Special Symposium

Abstract The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) should, in theory, be a home for scientists working across the entire Tree of Life. In practice, SICB has remained principally a society that supports integrative zoological research. Here we highlight a broad collection of what we consider to the best in integrative and comparative plant biology, gathered together for a special symposium at the 2019 SICB meeting. This symposium and special issue mark the initiation of a new Division of Botany within SICB, which we hope will usher in a new era of SICB where botanists and zoologists engage, collaborate, and celebrate together in this especially creative period of integrative and comparative biology.

scholarly journals Regeneration and Repair in Endodontics—A Special Issue of the Regenerative Endodontics—A New Era in Clinical Endodontics

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarek Saoud ◽  
Domenico Ricucci ◽  
Louis Lin ◽  
Peter Gaengler
Keyword(s):  
Special Issue ◽  
New Era ◽  
Regenerative Endodontics

Introduction and overview of the special issue “Brain imaging and aging”: The new era of neuroimaging in aging research

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsutoshi Furukawa ◽  
Aiko Ishiki ◽  
Naoki Tomita ◽  
Yuta Onaka ◽  
Haruka Saito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Imaging ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Aging Research ◽  
New Era

scholarly journals Exploring the Potentials of Automation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Paving the Way for Autonomous Supply Chains

Logistics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Benjamin Nitsche
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
New Era ◽  
Logistics Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
New Business ◽  
New Business Models ◽  
Planning Approaches

The world of logistics is changing and entering a new era. The advance of digitalization and technologization enables new business models, increased process efficiencies, novel planning approaches, and much more but, on the downside, there is also the risk of being lost in the maelstrom of developments. Within these developments, the automation of logistics processes and ultimately the design of autonomous logistics systems is one of the most defining trends that has far-reaching consequences for the planning and execution of future logistics processes. This Special Issue aims to contribute to the discussion and to get to the bottom of the question of how the path towards automated and autonomous logistics systems should be designed. This editorial lays a foundation by presenting application areas of automation and discussing the theoretical path towards autonomous logistics systems. The articles that follow provide highly practical insights into current research results on the automation and autonomization of informational and physical logistics processes.

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