This essay presents a critical philosophical examination of contemporary educational realities within the Southeast Asian context, particularly focusing on the Philippines and broader ASEAN region. Employing Presuppositional Epistemology—the principle that knowledge emerges from foundational commitments and principles—this study argues that education is never theologically or morally neutral, necessitating rigorous philosophical inquiry into educational practice. The... more

This study examines the relationship between academic self-efficacy and academic performance among university students in Xi’an, China, while also exploring disparities in self-efficacy based on gender and academic major. Grounded in Bandura’s social cognitive theory, the research employs a quantitative, cross-sectional correlational design. A total of 389 undergraduate students from 29 universities were recruited through... more

In this article, we examine the potential of Augmented Reality (AR)-enhanced immersive theatre as an approach for enactive learning and as a tool for raising awareness of environmental crises. Grounded in the theories of embodied cognition and immersion, the analysis focuses on how active participation in such environments can strengthen learners’ engagement and foster a... more

This study examines how integrated educational leadership can foster interdisciplinary collaboration and organizational agility in Omani educational institutions, in alignment with Oman Vision 2040. Using a qualitative approach based on secondary data analysis, the research synthesizes literature, policy documents, and institutional reports to propose a culturally grounded leadership framework. The model combines distributed, instructional, entrepreneurial,... more

Our current society requires individuals to be sufficiently digitally literate, and these individuals can be labelled as digital citizens—(success)fully participating in and operating on different levels of our society, such as in public, work, and/or private lives. With our increasingly digitally mediated society, identifying hindering and facilitating mechanisms and intra- and interpersonal factors provides us... more