Entries by Admin Ijssers

When Marriage Ends and Self Begins: Women’s and Children’s Narratives of Annulment

The experience of marital annulment involves profound loss and disruption, yet it may also create opportunities for healing, growth, and renewed agency. This narrative inquiry explored how women and their children made sense of life before, during, and after annulment. Specifically, it addressed two questions: (1) How do women understand and construct meaning from their […]

Relationship of Parenting Style to Socio-emotional Learning Development of the Students in the Basic Education Center of Northeastern College

Parenting styles and socio-emotional learning (SEL) development in Santiago City, Philippines, Basic Education Center pupils are examined in this study. To better affect student development in school, the introduction emphasizes understanding this relationship. Stratified random sampling was used to choose Grade 1-6 pupils and their parents or guardians for a quantitative correlational study. The Parenting […]

Legal and Ethical Issues in Human Resources Management: Investigating the Implications in Public Sector Performance in Nigeria

The study investigates the legal and ethical issues in human resource management (HRM) and their implications for public sector performance in Nigeria. It seeks to determine how compliance with HRM legal frameworks and ethical practices influence employee motivation, job satisfaction, and overall organisational performance. Anchored on Social Exchange Theory (Blau, 1964), the study argues that […]

Emotional Intelligence as a Resource Generator: A Conservation of Resources Perspective on Academic Burnout

Anchored in Conservation of Resources theory, this study synthesizes three empirical pathways (emotion regulation, social support and self-efficacy) into a single “emotional intelligence as resource generator” tri-path model that explains both the emergence and the buffering of academic burnout. A narrative meta-integration of ten cross-stage, cross-cultural studies published 2015–2025 reveals that the salience of each […]

From Crisis to Healing and Reconnection: A Narrative Inquiry into the Intergenerational Transmission of Teenage Pregnancy in St. Maarten, Caribbean

This narrative inquiry explored and examined the lived experiences of eight paired mothers and daughters (16) who have experienced teen pregnancy on the Island of Sint Maarten, Caribbean. Through structured interviews, the study aimed to look at the various patterns that are contributors to the phenomena of Intergenerational transmission of teenage pregnancy: the family dynamics […]

Educating with Love: Compassion-Based Education as a New Path to Developing Religious Tolerance

This article discusses the practice of compassion-based education as a relatively new approach to developing religious tolerance at Peacesantren (pesantren, Islamic boarding school) Welas Asih Garut, West Java, Indonesia. Departing from criticism of tolerance education models that tend to be normative, cognitive, and based on formal doctrine, this study offers a new perspective that affection, […]

Assessing the Effectiveness of the Solid Waste Management Program on the Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors of Grade 9 Students of Cabitan National High School

This descriptive-comparative study assessed the effectiveness of the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Program at Cabitan National High School. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, data were gathered from 142 Grade 9 students via a structured survey. Results showed universal awareness (100%) of the program but a significant compliance gap, with only 57.7% (“Always/Often”) participating consistently. Students displayed […]

Investing in Sustainable Futures: Analyzing the Pre-Service Teacher Gap as a Barrier to Quality Education SDG 4.c in Masbate, Philippines

This study analyzes the pre-service teacher gap as a systemic barrier to achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, Target 4.c, in the geographically disadvantaged context of Masbate, Philippines. It investigates the disconnect between teacher preparation and the realities of Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Area (GIDA) schools. An explanatory sequential mixed-methods design was employed. A census […]

The Study on Operationalizing Child Protection in Sri Lankan Schools: Awareness and Practices

Child protection and well-being are central priorities within education systems worldwide, including Sri Lanka. Although national safeguarding policies exist, implementation remains uneven, revealing a gap between policy intent and everyday practice. This study examines how Sri Lankan schools interpret and operationalize child-protection awareness within their institutional, sociocultural, and community contexts. A stratified sample of schools […]