First-generation college learners (FGCLs) may enter higher education with limited access to family-based experience of college study. This study compared the academic preparation of FGCLs and continuing-generation college learners (CGCLs) in the Darjeeling hills. It draws on the...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51529
Background: High school teachers in national and extra-county schools face heavy workloads, administrative pressure, student discipline challenges, inadequate resources, and limited institutional support, which may contribute to occupational stress and reduced well-being. Uasin G...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51528
The quality of teacher-student relationships represents a foundational element of effective educational practice that significantly shapes student outcomes across academic, social, and emotional domains. Despite global recognition of this importance, limited empirical evidence ex...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51527
Aims: To quantify age-related differences in U.S. coffee consumption and assess how demographic ageing and cohort-compatible persistence patterns may shape adult coffee participation and espresso-based beverage (EBB) incidence through 2040. Study design: Repeated cross-sectional...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51526
Background and Aims: Digital technologies increasingly mediate service-learning, creating both opportunities for participation and risks of exclusion. This study examines how educational stakeholders perceive the opportunities, vulnerabilities, consequences, and enabling strategi...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51523
Purpose: Personalised learning has emerged as an important approach for addressing learner diversity within increasingly digital and technology-mediated educational environments. This systematic and thematic review examines how personalised learning is conceptualised, implemented...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51522
This study examined pre-service science teachers' perceptions of the effectiveness of the Interactive Multimedia Instructional Approach (IMIA) in teaching and learning selected biology concepts at Wiawso College of Education, Ghana. An action research design was used with 76 seco...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51521
Developing English-speaking skills among primary-school pupils in Tanzania is shaped by multilingual classroom practices, access to instructional resources, teacher capacity and opportunities for meaningful oral interaction. This study examined the challenges faced by primary-sch...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51520
Population ageing is changing the epidemiology, clinical presentation and service requirements of mental disorders. Later-life mental health cannot be understood solely as a set of psychiatric diagnoses because depressive and anxiety disorders, neurocognitive disorders, sleep dis...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51519
Background: Medical education is demanding and is associated with substantial psychological stress. Final-year medical students may be particularly vulnerable. Aim: This study examined the pattern of psychiatric morbidity among final-year medical students in a faith-based medical...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51518
Aim: To examine whether students’ ratings of perceived ease of establishing relationships and faculty/staff connection were associated with their ratings of feeling at home on campus after adjustment for measured demographic, enrolment, employment, organizational, and substance-u...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51517
The COVID-19 pandemic required the Bangladesh Institute of Management (BIM) to deliver training through both face-to-face and virtual modes. This study compared trainees’ satisfaction with these delivery modes and examined knowledge retention and the potential continued use of vi...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51516
Background: Lexical synonymy may contribute to vocabulary development by enabling learners to recognise semantic relationships and select contextually appropriate lexical alternatives. Aims: This study aims to investigate the role of lexical synonymy in vocabulary expansion among...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51515
Naturopathic education in Africa is situated at the intersection of professional regulation, plural health systems, uneven educational resources and persistent concern about the transition from academic knowledge to safe independent practice. Work-based learning offers a plausibl...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51514
Ghana has expanded nursing and midwifery education to increase the supply of health professionals, yet educational growth has not consistently translated into clinically prepared graduates, equitable deployment or timely employment. This critical narrative review examines how acc...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51513