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  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,177 Views
10 Pages

The older adult population is rapidly increasing in South Korea, and hospitalization at general hospitals is increasing too. Therefore, nurses working at general hospitals need the nursing competency for older adult patients. The study was conducted...

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  • Open Access
40 Citations
9,608 Views
13 Pages

Self-Perception and Training Perceptions on Teacher Digital Competence (TDC) in Spanish and French University Students

  • Delfín Ortega-Sánchez,
  • Isabel María Gómez-Trigueros,
  • Marc Trestini and
  • Carlos Pérez-González

The purpose of this research is, on the one hand, to analyze the self-perception of future teachers of childhood education and primary education, and those studying for a master’s degree in secondary education teacher training on their Teacher...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,166 Views
15 Pages

Analysis of the Visual Perception of the Competences of Project Managers

  • Rocio Poveda-Bautista,
  • Jose-Antonio Diego-Mas and
  • Jorge Alcaide-Marzal

29 April 2021

Based on the appearance of their faces, we attribute to people personality traits, moods, capacities, or competences. This unconscious process plays a central role in our everyday decisions and how we choose partners or our favorite candidate. This w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Contribution of the Project Management to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs))
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  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,923 Views
13 Pages

Perceptions of Professional Competences in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE)

  • Sonia Asún,
  • Miguel Tomás Chivite and
  • Mᵃ Rosario Romero

Students’ skills acquisition is one of the main aims of higher education institutions. On the one hand, the development of professional competences is important, but on the other hand, it is known that professionals who feel competent have a mo...

(This article belongs to the Collection Motivation and Evaluation in Education from the Sustainability Perspective)
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  • Open Access
3,700 Views
15 Pages

12 October 2023

Background: This study examined the perceptions regarding the competency of “sports for all” instructors using big data analysis. Given the increasing number of everyday participants in sports in the Republic of Korea, this study aimed to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Physical and Sports Education: Observation, Assessment, and Teaching Strategies)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,984 Views
15 Pages

16 December 2022

Background: It is thought that students’ perceptions of educational and clinical learning environments improve the effectiveness of curricula and professional standards. It is essential to examine the educational and clinical learning environme...

(This article belongs to the Topic Teaching Social Sciences and Humanities in Medicine, Allied Health and Social Care)
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  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,369 Views
13 Pages

The Pandemic and Changes in the Self-Perception of Teacher Digital Competences of Infant Grade Students: A Cross Sectional Study

  • Rosalía Romero-Tena,
  • Carmen Llorente-Cejudo,
  • María Puig-Gutiérrez and
  • Raquel Barragán-Sánchez

Without having a reaction time, the pandemic has caused an unprecedented transformation in universities around the world, leading to a revolution from structured models anchored in the conception of transmission of training towards a teaching approac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Effects of COVID-19: Issues on Health Economics and Education)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,538 Views
15 Pages

Assessment by Competences in Social Sciences: Secondary Students Perception Based on the EPECOCISO Scale

  • José-María Álvarez-Martínez-Iglesias,
  • Francisco-Javier Trigueros-Cano,
  • Pedro Miralles-Martínez and
  • Jesús Molina-Saorín

2 December 2020

The purpose of this work is to find out the students’ perception of the level of development of competences in the area of Social Sciences, Geography, and History. It has been developed taking into account what has been learned in the area, the...

(This article belongs to the Collection Education, Innovation and Training for Sustainable Development in the Context of COVID-19)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,850 Views
12 Pages

31 December 2022

During the pandemic, learning methods were changed to distance or hybrid learning to ensure both physical distancing as well as educational continuity. This study examines teacher perceptions of student reading competence prior to and during the pand...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,215 Views
24 Pages

Perceptions of the Promotion of Entrepreneurial Competence in the Education System Among Education Professionals

  • Andrea Gracia-Zomeño,
  • Eduardo García-Toledano,
  • Ramón García-Perales and
  • Ascensión Palomares-Ruiz

11 April 2025

Teacher entrepreneurship is a fundamental aspect of today’s education. Entrepreneurial Competence (EC), as established in Organic Law 3/2020, which amends Organic Law 2/2006, on Education, and reinforced by Law 14/2013, on Support for Entrepren...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Entrepreneurship Education: Moving Forward for the Next Generation of Graduate Entrepreneurs)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,430 Views
18 Pages

20 October 2025

Background/Objectives: Self-perceptions in childhood shape motivation, behavior, and well-being; however, their relationship to motor competence and physical fitness remains unclear. We tested whether physical fitness mediates the association between...

(This article belongs to the Section Global Pediatric Health)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,660 Views
12 Pages

Perceptions of Environmental Protection of University Students: A Look through Digital Competences in Mexico

  • Maria P. Amador-Alarcón,
  • Carlos A. Torres-Gastelú,
  • Agustín Lagunes-Domínguez,
  • Héctor Medina-Cruz and
  • César A. Argüello-Rosales

6 September 2022

This research reflects on the environmental problems that we are currently experiencing as a society and discusses education as an opportunity to solve them. Several frameworks of university digital competencies are identified and environmental care...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
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  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,465 Views
13 Pages

Newly Qualified Nurses’ Perception of Their Competency Achievement on Leaving University: A Qualitative Study

  • Olga María López-Entrambasaguas,
  • Rocío Martínez-Yebenes,
  • María José Calero-García,
  • José Granero-Molina and
  • José Manuel Martínez-Linares

Background: After implementing the Tuning Educational Structures in Europe Project, numerous efforts have been made to define, establish, and evaluate nursing competences. The European Federation of Nurses Association played a key role in enacting th...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,877 Views
11 Pages

23 March 2022

The role of the patient’s mother tongue in clinical communication is of vital importance and yet it is not always dealt with adequately by healthcare professionals and healthcare systems. Cultural competence should deal with and redress asymmet...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cultural Competence in Healthcare and Healthcare Education)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,840 Views
18 Pages

Analyzing Teachers’ Perception of the Development of Lifelong Learning as Personal, Social and Learning to Learn Competence in University Students

  • Eduardo García-Toledano,
  • Andrea Gracia-Zomeño,
  • Paula Farinho and
  • Luís Miguel Correia Marujo Picado

27 October 2023

In recent decades, European education systems and policies have prioritized the need for lifelong learning for all citizens, both within and outside the education system. This research is an observational study using a cross-sectional quantitative de...

(This article belongs to the Section Higher Education)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,210 Views
17 Pages

Complex thinking is a cognitive skill that focuses on the integrated analysis and synthesis of information with a systemic and critical perspective that enables creative decision-making in the face of complex realities or challenges. At the education...

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  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,258 Views
17 Pages

10 February 2023

This article aims to show the validated results of implementing a self-created methodology for developing the perceived achievement of social entrepreneurship competency and how this methodology is equally valid in developing the perceived achievemen...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
12,920 Views
10 Pages

14 October 2021

In recent times, as the healthcare system becomes more informational, the importance of patient privacy protection increases, making it necessary to identify factors that affect the perception of patient privacy protection. This study aimed to evalua...

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  • Open Access
24 Citations
2,889 Views
17 Pages

Development of a Green Competency Matrix Based on Civil Servants’ Perception of Sustainable Development Expertise

  • Adriana Grigorescu,
  • Ionela Munteanu,
  • Catalin-Daniel Dumitrica and
  • Cristina Lincaru

19 September 2023

This paper analysed the responses of 242 civil servants collected during a survey for public authorities personnel with management or executive responsibilities. The survey focused on the perception of respondents regarding the key competencies and t...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,388 Views
25 Pages

5 August 2025

Improving construction site safety remains a critical challenge in Saudi Arabia’s rapidly growing construction sector, where high accident rates and diverse labor forces demand evidence-based managerial interventions. This study investigated th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Safety Performance Assessment and Management in Construction)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,301 Views
15 Pages

Perception of Current Educational Environment, Clinical Competency, and Depression among Malaysian Medical Students in Clinical Clerkship: A Cross-Sectional Study

  • Rosnaini Sudi,
  • Wai Leng Chang,
  • Nur Hidayah Arshad,
  • Syasya Nabilah Zainal Abidin and ,
  • Ulyssies Suderman and
  • Luke Sy-Cherng Woon
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the educational environment of medical students in clinical clerkship, with potential impacts on clinical competency and reported increased prevalence of depression. This study aimed to determine the relationship bet...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Well-Being and Health in Education: Challenges, Chances, and Change)
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  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,224 Views
10 Pages

10 August 2017

As children transition from early to middle childhood, the relationship between motor skill proficiency and perceptions of physical competence should strengthen as skills improve and inflated early childhood perceptions decrease. This study examined...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Motor Competence for Health, Exercise and Sports Performance across the Lifespan)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,829 Views
14 Pages

Methodology Proposal for the Management of Nursing Competencies towards a Strategic Training. A Theoretical Analysis

  • María Begoña Sánchez-Gómez,
  • Mercedes Novo-Muñoz,
  • José Ángel Rodríguez-Gómez,
  • Macarena Romero-Martín and ,
  • Juan Gómez-Salgado and
  • Gonzalo Duarte-Clíments
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Professional and academic legislation relating to nursing skills reflects conceptual and professional developments. In this sense, conceptual and methodological analyses are required to describe the concept of nursing competencies, the individual or...

(This article belongs to the Section Nursing)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,354 Views
14 Pages

4 January 2021

The quality of teaching and teacher plays a significant role in enhancing students’ cognitive and motivational development. The purpose of this study was to identify longitudinal trajectories of student perceptions of mathematics teachers&rsquo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Teachers Matter—Improving Recruitment, Retention and Development of Teachers)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
8,032 Views
18 Pages

17 June 2019

Employability remains an important subject in the European and international context. This is the first qualitative and quantitative transnational research of the perception of the heterogeneous sample of employers regarding a sustainable and experim...

(This article belongs to the Collection Graduate Employment and Sustainability in a Global and Changing Labour Market: Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,025 Views
30 Pages

6 November 2022

For the last two years the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the main activities in higher education institutions (HEIs), including teaching activities and internationalization activities, activities that are directly involved in the development of stude...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Challenges and Opportunities of Higher Education in a Post-COVID-19 World: Headed for Sustainable Development)
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  • Open Access
401 Citations
29,672 Views
19 Pages

6 March 2015

In the context of higher education, over 100 universities have signed international declarations and have committed to embed sustainability within their operations, outreach, education and research. However, despite the declaration of good intentions...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability Approaches in Education)
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  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,021 Views
17 Pages

12 August 2020

The work is carried out in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goal 13 Climate Action with prospective primary school teachers. The study presented is part of the science education subject at the University of Seville (Spain) during the 2019&...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue What Is the University Doing to Train Future Professionals in the Sustainable Development Goals? Innovative Educational Methods, Research and Challenges.)
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  • Open Access
39 Citations
5,158 Views
24 Pages

Education for Sustainable Development in Spanish University Education Degrees

  • Fermín Sánchez-Carracedo,
  • Francisco Manuel Moreno-Pino,
  • Daniel Romero-Portillo and
  • Bárbara Sureda

31 January 2021

This work presents an analysis of student perception of Spanish university education degrees regarding their training in sustainable development. A sample of 942 students was used. The methodology consists of analyzing the results of a survey answere...

(This article belongs to the Collection Higher Education and Sustainable Development of Universities)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,916 Views
17 Pages

The increasing prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education has established the need to examine the implications of specific AI-based technologies. We analyzed students’ perceptions of Packback, an AI-driven discussion board p...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,714 Views
15 Pages

Teaching in Secondary Education Teacher Training with a Hybrid Model: Students’ Perceptions

  • José Luis Martín-Núñez,
  • Juan Luis Bravo-Ramos,
  • Susana Sastre-Merino,
  • Iciar Pablo-Lerchundi and ,
  • Arturo Caravantes Redondo and
  • Cristina Núñez-del-Río
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 March 2022

The exceptional situation experienced on the planet during the last two academic years has forced teachers to adapt their teaching. They had to pass their face-to-face teaching methodologies to online teaching. This study analyzed the perceptions of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Online and Blended Learning Open Environments, Strategies Approaches and Experiences)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,344 Views
23 Pages

Impact of Entrepreneurial Competence on Education for Sustainable Development in the 21st Century

  • Andrea Gracia-Zomeño,
  • Eduardo García-Toledano,
  • Ramón García-Perales and
  • Ascensión Palomares-Ruiz

26 March 2025

Entrepreneurial competence is a key element in education for fostering innovative and sustainable learning, enabling teachers and students to address 21st-century challenges. Through a validated questionnaire, this quantitative observational study ex...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century: Facing New Challenges)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,533 Views
18 Pages

16 December 2024

Primary school teachers play a significant role in preparing students to meet the demands of the 21st century. Balancing the integration of work-related skills into classroom learning while maintaining student motivation presents considerable challen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Improving Integration of Formal Education and Work-Based Learning)
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  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,869 Views
10 Pages

Physical Education Teachers’ Perceived Digital Competences: Are They Prepared for the Challenges of the New Digital Age?

  • Gabriel Martínez-Rico,
  • Mauro Alberola-Albors,
  • Carlos Pérez-Campos and
  • Rómulo J. González-García

29 December 2021

The development of information and communication technologies impose great changes that require teachers to be constantly updated. Therefore, it is interesting to analyze the Digital Competence perceived by teachers and their ability to use digital d...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovation in Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,792 Views
17 Pages

24 November 2019

In recent years, many advanced countries have been outsourcing their lower-skilled jobs to other countries for manufacturing. As a result, employment opportunity has been declining for younger generations in advanced countries. Moreover, the extensiv...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent System Innovation)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,344 Views
27 Pages

Multi-Level Perceptions on Higher Education Development for Sanitation and Hygiene Management in Nigeria

  • Peter Emmanuel Cookey,
  • Mayowa Abiodun Peter-Cookey,
  • Iloma Unwobuesor Richard and
  • Damir Brdanovic

23 November 2023

Providing safely managed sanitation/hygiene requires key competencies for education, training, service delivery, enterprise development and management, product and infrastructure design and development, construction and installation, governance, fina...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Health)
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  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,993 Views
11 Pages

The purpose of the paper is to assess the experience of Russian students in the online project class. The authors studied the impact of the international project “X-Culture” on the level of development of socio-cultural competencies of st...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Professional Culture in a Changing Environment——Selected Papers from Professional Culture of the Specialist of the Future))
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,410 Views
12 Pages

What Factors Help Young Children Develop Positive Perceptions of Their Motor Skills?

  • Lisa M. Barnett,
  • Jill A. Hnatiuk,
  • Ninoshka D’Souza,
  • Jo Salmon and
  • Kylie D. Hesketh

A positive perception of motor skills is important for physical activity participation. The aim was to investigate which modifiable factors predict children’s perceived motor skills. Mothers completed questionnaires when their child was 3.5 and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Environmental and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Physical Activity Behavior and Motor Competence among Children and Adolescents)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,694 Views
33 Pages

Attitudes and Perceptions of Health Leaders for the Quality Enhancement of Workforce in Saudi Arabia

  • Majid M. Hejazi,
  • Shayma S. Al-Rubaki,
  • Othman M. Bawajeeh,
  • Ziad Nakshabandi and ,
  • Basim Alsaywid,
  • Eman M. Almutairi,
  • Miltiadis D. Lytras,
  • Manal H. Almehdar,
  • Maha Abuzenada and
  • Halla Badawood
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Background and Aim: Besides the unique exposure and experience of health leaders in facing challenges and overcoming them, and the relatively fewer articles relating to the perception of health leaders in workforce quality enhancement, health leaders...

(This article belongs to the Section Health Policy)
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  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,337 Views
26 Pages

Compilation of Chemistry Experiments for an Online Laboratory Course: Student’s Perception and Learning Outcomes in the Context of COVID-19

  • Guillermo M. Chans,
  • Mireille E. Bravo-Gutiérrez,
  • Angelica Orona-Navar and
  • Elvia P. Sánchez-Rodríguez

22 February 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic forced a quick change of the teaching styles to online lessons; specifically, experimental classes had to be redesigned to achieve the best possible academic performance within the imposed limitations. This work describes three...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Rebuilding Education: STEM Education Practices and Research during the Post-COVID-19 Era)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,227 Views
20 Pages

Development of Essential Competences for the Success of Inclusive Quality Teaching–Learning Processes in Higher Education

  • Eduardo García-Toledano,
  • Andrea Gracia-Zomeño,
  • Ángel Luis González-Olivares and
  • Ascensión Palomares-Ruiz

16 December 2023

Currently, the development of key competences has become a fundamental priority to ensure the success of inclusive quality teaching–learning processes at all levels of education. This research proposes a quantitative observational study that in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Imagine the Future of Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching and Learning)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
1 Views
7 Pages

15 February 2013

Child development may be subject to forms of motor, physical, cognitive and self-representation impairments when complex congenital heart disease (CHD) occurs. In some cases, inadequacy of both self-representation as well as the family system are dis...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,389 Views
27 Pages

27 November 2023

From a sociopedagogical perspective, literacy development in preschool is conceptualized as a social phenomenon. Sociopedagogical models emphasize the connection between family and school processes to foster children’s literacy competences and...

(This article belongs to the Section Early Childhood Education)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
541 Views
22 Pages

17 July 2026

Rural tourism destinations increasingly converge on standardized facilities and packaged landscapes, eroding the place-based distinctiveness that motivates rural travel. Although previous research has distinguished affective and cognitive experientia...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Rural Tourism, Nature-Based Tourism and Sustainable Tourism Practices)
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  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,430 Views
16 Pages

Chinese Consumers’ Trust in Food Safety Surveillance Sampling of Commonly Consumed Foods

  • Xiaocheng Wang,
  • Yanbo Xu,
  • Miaomiao Liang,
  • Jian Gao and ,
  • Jing Wang,
  • Si Chen and
  • Jingmin Cheng
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

2 July 2022

In China, food has become safer over the past five years, especially commonly consumed foods. Food supervision sampling has played an important role in improving food safety. However, consumer acceptance of the results of food safety supervision have...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Food Risk Analysis: Current Status of Research and Future Perspectives)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,312 Views
18 Pages

Research on the Impact of Managers’ Safety Perception on Construction Workers’ Safety Behaviors

  • Kongling Liu,
  • Xun Luo,
  • Jing Feng,
  • Hujun Li and ,
  • Baijian Liu and
  • Yu Jian
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

30 October 2024

The construction industry is replete with significant safety risks, underscoring the necessity to comprehend the factors that shape workers’ safety behaviors for efficacious accident prevention. This study aims to investigate the impact of mana...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Statistical Approaches in Construction Management: Innovations and Applications)
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  • Open Access
131 Citations
25,675 Views
17 Pages

Digital Competence in Higher Education: Students’ Perception and Personal Factors

  • Yu Zhao,
  • María Cruz Sánchez Gómez,
  • Ana María Pinto Llorente and
  • Liping Zhao

4 November 2021

University students are expected to have the appropriate digital competence to face the demands of the changing educational model and to meet the challenges of the future work. This paper describes university students’ perceptions of digital competen...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Education and Approaches)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,410 Views
16 Pages

12 November 2024

The centrality of social competence to children’s well-being has sparked interest in documenting its correlates and precursors. Behavioral Inhibition (BI) is studied extensively as an early appearing, biologically based, temperamental dispositi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Social-Emotional Competence: Theories, Correlates, and Measures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
698 Views
22 Pages

21 August 2026

The diffusion of generative artificial intelligence has moved educational debate beyond access to new tools, placing teacher work, pedagogical mediation, assessment, and digital competence under renewed pressure. This article examines teachers’...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,725 Views
18 Pages

4 January 2023

The 2013 curriculum in Indonesia demands teacher competence. The professional development of teachers will support the achievement of the 2013 curriculum objectives. The purpose of this study is to describe and compare the competencies of primary sch...

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