Full Description
This proceedings compilation celebrates the power of education, culture, and communication in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Quality Education (SDG 4). Through interdisciplinary dialogue, it explores how innovation, inclusion, and global citizenship learning shape today's educational and social landscapes, bridging boundaries between language, culture, and human well-being.
This volume is organized around three major strands - Language, Culture & Communication; Curriculum & Instruction; and Gender, Health, Wellness & Well-being in Education. The papers delve into themes of multilingual identity, cultural hybridity, digital and media literacy, and creative pedagogy. Other works investigate teacher professional development, technology-enhanced instruction, and the use of AI and machine learning for improving educational quality and self-regulated learning. In alignment with SDG 4, many contributions emphasize equitable access, lifelong learning, and the cultivation of 21stcentury skills like critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity. Collectively, these studies illuminate how education and the humanities can empower individuals and communities toward resilience, empathy, and sustainable global progress.
It is designed for educators, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in education, humanities, and social sciences. It offers evidence-based insights and practical reflections for those committed to promoting inclusive, high-quality learning, strengthening teacher capacity, and fostering cultural understanding in pursuit of sustainable and equitable futures.
Contents
Session 1 Language, culture, and communication Intergenerational language usage among Filipino-Chinese youth in Pampanga, Philippines: Pedagogical challenges in a multilingual setting; Challenging hegemony: Defying Xi Jinping's lockdown policy in Mandarin online media; Chinese diaspora's hybridities: A comparative study on novels by four Chinese-American and Chinese-Indonesian writers; Exploring the concept of language, culture, identity, and diversity: A critical reflection; Effectiveness of using a parody-integrated teaching strategy on English as a foreign language learners' writing proficiency; Pragmatic design pedagogy: A remedial strategy for addressing language deficit, negative perceptions of cultural difference, and the influence of learning space dynamics; Expressive illocutionary speech act Netizen Kick Andy Double Check in the episode "Mahfud cari panggung?"; Session 2 Curriculum and instruction Implementation of social media-based social commerce in business development efforts to support Sustainable Development Goals; Teachers' self-development in the teaching profession: A case study of a large-scale public school in Thailand; Five decades open access publication of team teaching research: A bibliometric review from 1970 to 2022; A predictive model of lecturer performance and student learning activities in an online learning environment based on machine learning techniques; Sunda manda: Traditional games that improve children's math literacy skills; Exploring preservice teacher TPACK competencies in economics education; Written feedback: Students and teachers' beliefs; Development of a model for improving self-regulated learning in junior high school students; Session 3 Gender, health, wellness, and well-being in education Gender equity and social inclusion in the independent learning curriculum of elementary school textbook; Gender understanding in early childhood: Instilling religious values in Indonesian Muslim families through cooperative play; A survey study: Children's well-being in the assessment of parents' in-home care education; Reproductive health education: Adolescents' construction of realizing a young generation resilient; The effectiveness of integrative counseling to increase optimism in COVID-19 survivors; Climageddon: Exploring how social media use influences climate anxiety among emerging adults
