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Article 31 May 2025
Vassilios Makrakis, Nelly Kostoulas-Makrakis, Omar Ramzy and Mohammed Anwar
Increasing numbers of refugee children enter host countries’ public schools. Yet, most refugee children’s education is carried out through refugee community schools, mainly by unqualified teachers. This study examines critical elements impacting teacher training satisfaction, emphasizing
Increasing numbers of refugee children enter host countries’ public schools. Yet, most refugee children’s education is carried out through refugee community schools, mainly by unqualified teachers. This study examines critical elements impacting teacher training satisfaction, emphasizing instructors’ preparedness and skill, and the effectiveness of training outcomes within a post-graduate program to improve education for refugee children. It supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially SDG10, which calls for lowering inequality, and SDG4, which strongly emphasizes high-quality education. A sizable sample of 306 out of 386 individuals who had finished the RefTeCp capacity-building program participated in the study. These people worked in various educational environments, such as community schools for refugees and private establishments. The study guaranteed its legitimacy through a thorough reliability analysis and content evaluation. Multiple regression techniques were used in data analysis to identify the crucial factors influencing teacher training satisfaction. According to key findings, the efficiency of teaching materials and instructors’ abilities to manage blended learning environments substantially correlate and explain teacher training satisfaction. The study’s results highlight several essential facets of teacher professional development, such as focusing on suitable high-quality blended learning materials and resources to improve refugee students’ learning needs and experiences. Continuing teacher capacity-building interventions, and allowing refugee teachers to participate, can significantly contribute to reducing inequities and, ultimately, to a more equitable and just society.
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Article 3 April 2025
Martin Wynn and Peter Jones
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 2, pp. 95–107
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 2, pp. 95–107
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Article 22 February 2025
Assitan Diaby, Mehdi Seraj and Huseyin Ozdeser
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 1, pp. 56–68
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 1, pp. 56–68
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Article 20 February 2025
Anna C. Schomberg, Clemens Mostert and Stefan Bringezu
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 1, pp. 38–55
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 1, pp. 38–55
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Article 1 February 2025
Bogusław Ślusarczyk, Małgorzata A. Kozłowska and Zuzanna A. Kozłowska
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 1, pp. 16–37
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 1, pp. 16–37
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Article 15 January 2025
Michael Tarrant, Mikell Gleason, Steven Boyd and Tony Wellington
We adopt a normative model of crowd tolerance (expressed as a willingness to support more or fewer tourists) as a proxy for overtourism. Consistent with Social Exchange Theory, it is proposed that a person will perceive
We adopt a normative model of crowd tolerance (expressed as a willingness to support more or fewer tourists) as a proxy for overtourism. Consistent with Social Exchange Theory, it is proposed that a person will perceive the impacts of tourism at a destination as positive or negative depending on the extent to which they view visitor levels as under or over a threshold that they expect or support (i.e., their norms or tolerance level). A total of 420 residents and 1048 visitors completed a survey interview in the tourist shire of Noosa between 2022 and 2024. Results show that residents and visitors differed significantly on many of the perceived tourism impacts, with long-term residents less favorable to the positive impacts than visitors. There was broad consensus across both residents and tourists, and the highest level of agreement, with negative impacts (especially that tourism contributes to traffic and parking congestion, and higher prices). The lowest levels of agreement with positive tourism impacts were found for “over tourists” (respondents who supported a fewer number of tourists). Implications for sustainable destination management are discussed in the context of the Quadruple Bottom Line, including efforts that enable tourism communities to grow well using a guardianship ethos and collective action of Gifts and Gains.
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Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 1, pp. 1–15
Volume 4 (2025), Issue 1, pp. 1–15
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Article 8 November 2024
Chioma Ezeanaka and Trung Hieu Tran
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 3 (2024), Issue 4, pp. 374–393
Volume 3 (2024), Issue 4, pp. 374–393
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Article 1 November 2024
Francesco Scalamonti
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 3 (2024), Issue 4, pp. 354–373
Volume 3 (2024), Issue 4, pp. 354–373
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Article 12 September 2024
Denise A. Baden, Kate E. Horton and Jordan D. Peel
This study explores image discrepancies as motivators for sustainable practice adoption in the hairdressing industry. Textual responses from open-ended surveys (n = 166) and semi-structured interviews (n = 14) of UK hairdressers revealed discrepancies between their
This study explores image discrepancies as motivators for sustainable practice adoption in the hairdressing industry. Textual responses from open-ended surveys (n = 166) and semi-structured interviews (n = 14) of UK hairdressers revealed discrepancies between their perceptions of the occupation’s current image and desired image and between how they viewed their occupation and how it was seen by their clients. These arose from the perception that hairdressing was undervalued and partially stigmatized and currently failed to live up to sustainable, professional ideals. Our analysis showed that by engaging with sustainability concerns hairdressers could present themselves as experts helping to address societal issues through haircare, thus claiming a more prestigious occupational status/image. In doing so, we shed light on image discrepancies as motivating factors towards sustainable practice. This study also has practical implications for how to motivate ethical and sustainable practices in small and medium-sized enterprises, with implications for individuals, businesses, and broader society.
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Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 3 (2024), Issue 3, pp. 338–353
Volume 3 (2024), Issue 3, pp. 338–353
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Article 24 August 2024
Duanhong Ding and Yishuang Xu
Highlights of Sustainability
Volume 3 (2024), Issue 3, pp. 308–337
Volume 3 (2024), Issue 3, pp. 308–337
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Volume 4 (2025), Issue 2, pp. 146–157