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Digital Learning and the Reconfiguration of Teachers’ Professional Roles: A Critical Narrative Review of Pedagogy, Competence, Agency and Artificial Intelligence

Debasish Bora & Kate Dandesh Kumar · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

Digital learning has moved from a supplementary mode of educational delivery to a structural feature of contemporary schooling and higher education. This transition has renewed a recurrent question: whether digital technologies diminish the importance of teachers or redistribute...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93284

Enhancing Secondary School Students’ Performance in Electronics through PhET Simulation-based Instruction: Evidence from Kigoma Region, Tanzania

Jonathan Paskali · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

Background: Electronics is an important component of secondary school physics, yet many students experience difficulty understanding its abstract concepts, particularly when instruction relies mainly on lectures, static diagrams, and limited practical activities. PhET interactive...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93278

Mathematics Teaching Methodology in the Digital Age: A Critical Review and an Integrated Pedagogical Framework for Meaningful Technology Integration

Elvir Čajić, Sead Rešić, Maid Omerović & Edisa Korda · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

Digital technology is now embedded in mathematics classrooms across most school systems, yet the pedagogical question of how such technology should be used to support mathematical learning remains unsettled. Quantitative syntheses report effects ranging from negligible to substan...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i83275

Ensuring Sustainability of Donor-funded French Language Projects in Tanzania: A Critical Policy Analysis and Implementation Framework

Kizito Innocent Lawa · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

Donor-funded French language projects can expand instructional capacity, professional mobility and regional communication in Tanzania, yet their public value depends less on the duration of external finance than on whether useful functions become embedded in Tanzanian institution...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i83276

Translating Artisan Spirit on TikTok: A Cross-cultural Mixed-methods Study of Jingdezhen Ceramic Heritage

Huang Qiuyang · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

Background: TikTok has transformed the circulation of craft heritage from institutionally mediated communication to short-form, creator-driven, and algorithmically distributed cultural representation. Digital visibility is a condition of heritage circulation, but cultural meaning...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i83277

Translanguaging within the Murdoch Integrated Approach in a Third-grade Classroom: An Action Research on Improving Reading Comprehension in English Literary Texts

Cherry Mae Alvarico, Keycia Mae B. Ravelo, Kenneth D. Tarzona & Joey Carlo L. Doysabas · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

Aim: This study determined the effect of Translanguaging within the Murdoch Integrated Approach on the reading comprehension of Grade 3 learners in English literary texts. Methodology: The study employed a pre-experimental one-group pre-test–post-test research design. The partici...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i83272

Examining the Effectiveness of Inquiry-based Learning on Grade 5 Students’ Performance in Higher-order Thinking Questions in Social Studies

Tshering Zam, Pema Yangden & Chechong Lhamo · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

This classroom action research examined whether inquiry-based learning improved Grade 5A students’ performance on higher-order thinking questions in Social Studies. The participants were 34 students (16 boys and 18 girls) at Phuentsholing Primary School. Baseline evidence showed...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i83273

A Structured Prompt Framework for AI-Generated Homework in Junior High Science: A Case Study of Molecular Thermal Motion

Manyu Chen, Sisi Chen, Yongle Chen, Yuqing Lü & Yiping Zhang · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) offers potential support for designing homework on abstract scientific concepts, but the quality of generated tasks depends substantially on prompt design. This study examines a structured Role–Task–Audience–Goal prompt framework for junior...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i83274

Predictive Role of School Head Emotional Intelligence and Servant Leadership Behaviors in Fostering School, Family, and Community Partnerships

Daisy Lyn A. Buenafe · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

Poor school–family–community partnerships frequently lead to the exclusion of families from meaningful participation in the educational process, particularly within marginalised and socio-economically disadvantaged communities. Such inadequate collaboration limits effective commu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i83268

From Farmers to Stewards: A Qualitative Study of the NEDF Swath Project Experience

Marisa B. Petalla & Ma. Mercedes Joson · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

Smallholder farmers in climate-vulnerable areas face interconnected ecological, production, and livelihood pressures that require integrated responses. This qualitative study documented the lived experiences of farmer-beneficiaries participating in the Negros Economic Development...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i83269

From Blackboard-centred Instruction to Interactive Platforms: A Critical Narrative Review of Methodological Transformation in Mathematics Teaching in the Digital Age

Elvir Čajić, Sead Rešić, Maid Omerović & Edisa Korda · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

Digital technologies have altered the material conditions of mathematics teaching, but the extent to which they have transformed pedagogy is more contested than the spread of devices and platforms implies. This critical narrative review examines the methodological transition from...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i83270

Strategies for Improving the Quality of School Education under the Guidance of the "Double Reduction" Policy

Ma Zhuqing & Haiyan Zhang · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

Background: China's "Double Reduction" policy shifts compulsory education reform from controlling excessive homework and off-campus tutoring to strengthening schools. The challenge is to improve learning without transferring hidden costs to teachers or families. Aims: This study...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i83271

Factors Associated with Undergraduate Students’ Selection of a Public University in Ghana

Richard Nalarb Yakubu, Richard Oppong Adomako & Rhoda Naamwintome Ekekpi Buunaaim · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

The selection of a university by undergraduate students is complex because students’ professional paths are influenced by the university and academic programme they pursue. There are many factors people consider before deciding which tertiary education institution to enrol in. Th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i83265

Exploration of Language-service-oriented Teaching Practice in Medical Translation Workshops

Yu Liang, Xinzi Liang, Shumin Liang & Jialei Liu · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

This study examines a language-service-oriented teaching model for medical translation workshops in the context of medical English education. The teaching practice was implemented among junior-year medical English majors at Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities and was de...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i83266

Gender-related Differential Item Functioning in a Social Studies Test: A Three-parameter Logistic IRT Analysis

Ojedapo David Olugbade & Adeniji Jude Kentom · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2026

This study investigated gender-related differential item functioning (DIF) in a multiple-choice Social Studies achievement test using a three-parameter logistic (3PL) Item Response Theory framework. The instrument comprised 50 items selected from an initial pool of 120 items deve...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i83267