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Attitude
In sociology, the concept of "attitude" refers to an individual's evaluative stance or orientation toward a particular object, person, group, idea, or social issue. Attitudes are subjective expressions of favorability or unfavorability, positive or negative feelings, and predispositions that shape individuals' responses and behaviors. Understanding attitudes is essential in sociology as they play a crucial role in shaping social interactions, group dynamics, and societal structures.
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Collective Behavior
Collective behavior refers to the spontaneous and unstructured actions of individuals within a group or society. Unlike more predictable forms of behavior guided by established norms and institutions, collective behavior emerges when people respond to a situation or event in ways that are often unplanned and can be unconventional.
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Civil Inattention
Civil inattention is a term in sociology coined by the sociologist Erving Goffman. It refers to the social norm of signaling awareness of others without imposing on them. In other words, when people engage in civil inattention, they acknowledge the presence of others in a public space but avoid staring or making prolonged eye contact in order to respect each other's privacy and maintain social boundaries.
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Sociological Abstraction
Sociological abstraction refers to the process of distilling and analyzing complex social phenomena by isolating and examining specific aspects or patterns. Sociologists often use abstraction as a method to simplify the study of society, allowing them to focus on key elements and relationships within social structures. By abstracting certain concepts or variables, researchers can develop theories and models that help explain and understand various social phenomena.
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Social Media and Artificial Intelligence
Prior to and during the pandemic, social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook emerged as dynamic online spaces for diverse communities facilitating engagement and learning. As with all technology, social media is also riddled with complex issues and unfortunately, is increasingly considered unsafe. The emergence and popularity of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Lensa AI, and Canva Magic Write present new challenges and opportunities and cannot be avoided by the educational communities.
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Develop Education Technology for Refugees
There are growing bodies of literature that explore strategies for decolonising education technology (EdTech) and the role of EdTech in emergencies. Yet, scholars have noted the paucity of literature that considers the use of EdTech in refugee contexts, let alone from a decolonial lens. Indeed, the varied and unstable nature of displacement scenarios may give rise to questions around whether EdTech is appropriate at all in some displacement scenarios, and if it is, whether alternative access routes to it may need to be considered to ensure equitable benefit.
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Public Policy Implementation for Rural Development
Rural development is a problem of social and economic nature, which is required to be addressed in a manner taking into account its complexity. This development is related to planning and policy actions which central problem is (Ackoff 1977) how to make the proposed planning solutions accepted and implemented effectively. In rural context, this means to deal with a set of stakeholders with different education levels, purposes and influences, and with a set of standards which is lower than that of urban or national development.
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School as a Learning Organisation and Staff Satisfaction
The transformation of educational institutions into learning organisations promotes diverse learning opportunities, improves the learning environment and diversifies teaching approaches for students and school staff, both within the educational institution and in collaboration with other organisations.
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From Work Design to Burnout/Performance via Work-family Conflict/Enrichment
The work–family (WF) interface, namely, WF conflict and WF enrichment, as mediators in the relationship between work design (WD), burnout, and work performance. 
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ECSR Impacts on Employees’ Green Innovative Work Behavior
Environmental corporate social responsibility (ECSR) is often defined as “environmentally friendly initiatives that maximize productivity while concurrently minimizing consumptive use of resources to mitigate impacts upon future generations”.
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