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Welcome to Volume 11 – Issue 3 – IAFOR Journal of Education: Studies in Education

Dear Readers, In our rapidly evolving world, education plays a pivotal role in shaping the future. Its transformative power can either perpetuate inequalities or serve as a catalyst for social justice, equity and the celebration of diversity. The mission of this annual issue of the IAFOR Journal of Education, Studies in Education issue, is to

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Pandemic-Led Challenges for Rural Students in Bangladesh

Authors: Md Monirul Islam, International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Bangladesh Sardar Md Shaheen, SIMEC Institute of Technology, Bangladesh Ratan Kumar Roy, SIMEC Institute of Technology, Bangladesh Aminul Islam, SIMEC Institute of Technology, Bangladesh Md Daloar Hossain, SIMEC Institute of Technology, Bangladesh Email: mmislam@iubat.edu https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.11.3.06 Citation: Islam, Md M., Shaheen, S. Md, Roy, R.

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IAFOR Journal of Education: Volume 11 – Issue 3 – Studies in Education

IAFOR Journal of Education: Volume 11 – Issue 3 – Studies in Education Editor: Pearl Subban Published: December 8, 2023 ISSN: 2187-0594 https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.11.3 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to Volume 11 – Issue 3 – IAFOR Journal of Education: Studies in Education Pearl Subban, Editor, Monash University, Australia Articles Strategies to Succeed with Inclusion in a Diverse

Now Published: Volume 12 – Issue 2 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship

IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 12 – Issue 1 Editor-in-Chief: Bernard Montoneri, Taipei, Taiwan Co-Editor: Alyson Miller, Deakin University, Australia Published: November 24, 2023 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2 It is our great pleasure and my personal honour as the editor-in-chief to introduce Volume 12 Issue 2 of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship.

Welcome to Volume 12 – Issue 2 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship

It is our great pleasure and my personal honour as the editor-in-chief to introduce Volume 12 Issue 2 of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship. This issue is a selection of papers received through open submissions directly to our journal. This is the eighth issue of the journal under my editorship (the 21st for

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Coronavirus: A Literary Perspective from the Arab World

Author: Manal Almehaidly, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia Email: malmuhaidly@ut.edu.sa Published: November 24, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.03 Citation: Almehaidly, M. (2023). Coronavirus: A Literary Perspective from the Arab World. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2.03 Abstract The Coronavirus pandemic has had a profound impact on all aspects of human life, including the way we experience

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IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 12 – Issue 2

IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 12 – Issue 2 Chief Editor: Bernard Montoneri, Taipei, Taiwan Co-Editor: Alyson Miller, Deakin University, Australia Published: November 24, 2023 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.12.2 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to Volume 12 – Issue 2 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship. Dr Bernard Montoneri, Chief Editor Articles Disemboweled Tradition in

Now Published: Volume 11 – Issue 2 – IAFOR Journal of Education – Technology in Education

Welcome to the Technology Education Issue IAFOR Journal of Education: Volume 11 – Issue 2 – Technology in Education Editor: Michael P. Menchaca, University of Hawaii at Manoa Associate Editors: Daniel L. Hoffman, University of Hawaii at Manoa Devayani Tirthali, Research Associate, India Published: August 26, 2023 ISSN: 2187-0594 https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.11.2 Dear Readers, Another year, another

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Moroccan Teachers’ Perceptions and Concerns about ICT Integration

Authors: El Mustapha Baytar Multidisciplinary Laboratory in Educational Sciences and Training Engineering, Higher Normal School, Hassan II University of Casablanca,50069, Casablanca, Morocco Abdelaziz Ettourouri Multidisciplinary Laboratory in Educational Sciences and Training Engineering, Higher Normal School, Hassan II University of Casablanca,50069, Casablanca, Morocco Nadia Saqri Multidisciplinary Laboratory in Educational Sciences and Training Engineering, Higher Normal School,

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IAFOR Journal of Education: Volume 11 – Issue 2 – Technology in Education

IAFOR Journal of Education: Volume 11 – Issue 2 – Technology in Education Editor: Michael P. Menchaca Associate Editors: Daniel L. Hoffman, & Devayani Tirthali Published: August 26, 2023 ISSN: 2187-0594 https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.11.2 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to Volume 11 – Issue 2 – IAFOR Journal of Education: Technology in Education Daniel L. Hoffman, Associate Editor, Michael

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Psychological Distress, Quality of Life and Resilience among Undergraduate Students in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Authors: Nahal Salimi, Northern Illinois University, USA Bryan O. Gere, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA William Talley, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA Aisha Yarrow, Northern Illinois University, USA Andre Hampton, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA Email: nsalimi@niu.edu Published: June 30, 2023 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijpbs.9.1.01 Citation: Salimi, N., Gere, B. O., Talley, W., Yarrow, A.,

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IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences: Volume 9 – Issue 1

IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences: Volume 9 – Issue 1 Editors: Dr Sharo Shafaie & Dr Deborah G. Wooldridge Published: June 30, 2023 ISSN: 2187-0675 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijpbs.9.1 Articles Psychological Distress, Quality of Life and Resilience among Undergraduate Students in the Post-COVID-19 Era Nahal Salimi, Northern Illinois University, USA Bryan O. Gere, University of

Japan to Resume Visa-free Entry

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that Japan will resume visa-free entry for individual visitors on October 11, bringing border regulations back to pre-pandemic levels for the first time in over two years. Prior to the pandemic, 68 countries and regions, including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, and the United States, were permitted visa-free short-term travel

Editor’s Introduction

Welcome to the IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities – Volume 9 – Issue 1 Most of the authors that have contributed to this issue demonstrate a grounding on a critical model whose imprint on the major areas of humanist analysis is uncontested: feminist theory. Thus, several articles may seem to present similar types of

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Fellini in Memoriam – The Absurdist Elements of Fellini’s Cinema as a Reflection of our Disrupted COVID-19 Reality

Author: Jytte Holmqvist, HBU/UCLan School of Media, Communication & Creative Industries, UK Email: Jholmqvist@uclan.ac.uk https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.9.1.11 Citation: Holmqvist, J. (2022). Fellini in Memoriam – The Absurdist Elements of Fellini’s Cinema as a Reflection of our Disrupted COVID-19 Reality. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.9.1.11 Abstract The current COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need to

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IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 9 – Issue 1

IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 9 – Issue 1 Editor: Dr Alfonso J. García-Osuna Hofstra University and The City University of New York, United States Published: July 29, 2022 ISSN: 2187-0616 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.9.1 Introduction Welcome to this issue of the IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities Most of the authors that have contributed to

Japan Reopens Borders to Foreign Nationals

Japan Reopens Borders to Foreign Nationals

After almost two full years of closed borders, on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, the Government of Japan eased entry restrictions and is now accepting applications for foreign nationals to enter the country, including business travellers and those attending academic conferences. IAFOR will work with the Japanese health ministry to facilitate the entry of conference presenters

Public Health in Asia during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Global Health Governance, Migrant Labour, and International Health Crises

Announcing New Publication: Public Health in Asia during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The IAFOR Research Centre (IRC) at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) is pleased to announce the publication of Public Health in Asia during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Health Governance, Migrant Labour, and International Health Crisis (Amsterdam University Press, 2022), the result of a joint project with the Leiden Asia Centre and the

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Resilience in Times of Need

Author: Jytte Holmqvist, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom Email: kastanjett@gmail.com Published: February 4, 2022 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.8.2.01 Citation: Holmqvist, J. (2021). Resilience in Times of Need. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.8.2.01 Abstract In these transformative times of interrupted lives, humanity has had to take a step back and subject its frantic, rushed existence

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IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 8 – Issue 2

IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities: Volume 8 – Issue 2 Editor: Dr Alfonso J. García-Osuna Hofstra University and The City University of New York, United States Published: February 4, 2022 ISSN: 2187-0616 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.8.2 Articles Resilience in Times of Need Jytte Holmqvist, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom Hemingway and Mussolini: A Study in Contrasts

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Online Learning in the Era of COVID-19: Computer Anxiety and Mental Health Among College Students

  Authors: Nahal Salimi, Northern Illinois University, USA Bryan Gere, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA Bridget Irioogbe, Northern Illinois University, USA Email: nsalimi@niu.edu https://doi.org/10.22492/ijpbs.7.1.03 Citation: Salimi, N., Gere, B., & Irioogbe, B. (2021). Online Learning in the Era of COVID-19: Computer Anxiety and Mental Health Among College Students. IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the

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IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences: Volume 7 – Issue 1

IAFOR Journal of Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences: Volume 7 – Issue 1 Editors: Dr Sharo Shafaie & Dr Deborah G. Wooldridge Published: December 24, 2021 ISSN: 2187-0675 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijpbs.7.1 Articles Conjugal Visits in Prisons Discourse: The Prisoners’ Voice in Malawi Samson C. R. Kajawo, University of Malawi, Malawi Fiction Reading and Empathy Capacity of Selected

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No Campus Life for Us: Personal Reflections of First-Year Students at a Malaysian University

  Authors: Ireena Nasiha Ibnu, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia Wan Hartini Wan Zainodin, Universiti Teknologi MARA,Malaysia Faizah Din, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia Email: wanhartini@uitm.edu.my Published: December 18, 2021 https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.6.08 Citation: Ibnu, I. M., Zainodin, W. H. W., & Din, F. (2021). No Campus Life for Us: Personal Reflections of First-Year Students at a Malaysian University,

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IAFOR Journal of Education: Volume 9 – Issue 6 – Studies in Education

IAFOR Journal of Education: Volume 9 – Issue 6 – Studies in Education Editor: Pearl Subban Editor-in-Chief: Joseph Haldane Published: December 18, 2021 ISSN: 2187-0594 https://doi.org/10.22492/ije.9.6 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to Volume 9 – Issue 6 – IAFOR Journal of Education: Studies in Education Dr Pearl Subban, Editor Articles Online Higher Education: The Importance of Students’

Special Event: “Pandemic as Polemic”, in Collaboration with CEAT, University of Barcelona

Special Event: “Pandemic as Polemic”, in Collaboration with CEAT, University of Barcelona

IAFOR, in collaboration with Centre Estudis Australians i Transnacionales (CEAT) at the University of Barcelona, will be hosting a special seminar titled “Pandemic as Polemic” in November, 2021. The seminar is sponsored by the University of Barcelona, Freixenet and the Australia Spain Business Association (ASBA), and will feature a wide range of academics speaking on

Welcome to Volume 10 – Issue 1 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship

It is our great pleasure and my personal honour as the editor-in-chief to introduce Volume 10 Issue 1 of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship. This issue is a selection of papers received through open submissions directly to our journal. This is already the fourth issue of the journal I have edited; once more

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Mitigating the Infodemic Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic: Roles of Nigerian Librarians Copy

Authors: Afebuameh James Aiyebelehin, Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria Faith O. Mesagan, University of Nigeria, Nigeria Email: jamesaferich@gmail.com https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.1.04 Citation: Aiyebelehin, A. J., & Mesagan, F. O. (2021). Mitigating the Infodemic Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic: Roles of Nigerian Librarians. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.1.04 Abstract This study investigates how Nigerian librarians are

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Mitigating the Infodemic Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic: Roles of Nigerian Librarians

Authors: Afebuameh James Aiyebelehin, Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria Faith O. Mesagan, University of Nigeria, Nigeria Published: July 28, 2021 Email: jamesaferich@gmail.com https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.1.04 Citation: Aiyebelehin, A. J., & Mesagan, F. O. (2021). Mitigating the Infodemic Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic: Roles of Nigerian Librarians. IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.1.04 Abstract This study investigates

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IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 10 – Issue 1

IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship: Volume 10 – Issue 1 Editor-in-Chief: Bernard Montoneri, Taipei, Taiwan Co-Editor: Rachel Franks, University of Newcastle, Australia Published: July 28, 2021 ISSN: 2187-0608 https://doi.org/10.22492/ijl.10.1 Editor’s Introduction Welcome to Volume 10 – Issue 1 – IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship Dr Bernard Montoneri, Editor-in-Chief Articles Plastic (in) Paradise: Karen

Contagious Illnesses, COVID-19 on Passenger Ships International Meeting

The IAFOR Symposium on Preventing and Overcoming Infectious Disease Outbreaks on Cruise Ships: International Challenges & Responses: Report

Introduction The IAFOR Symposium on Preventing and Overcoming Infectious Disease Outbreaks on Cruise Ships: International Challenges & Responses was an event organised by The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) with the support of the Government of Japan through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on March 10-11, 2021. It was a hybrid (onsite and online) event