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Mindfulness has all but become a mainstay in modern education. Yet despite the incredible enthusiasm and increased application in schools, there remains significant divergence between advocates and critics. Advocates assert that mindfulness practice promotes individual and societal health and well‐being. Meanwhile, critics question the intention and the social and political implications of promoting these ancient practices in schools, arguing that the Buddhist ethics underlying mindfulness remain incompatible with the neoliberal ideology and instrumentalism of contemporary schooling. As mindfulness has been commodified, instrumentalised and used as a therapeutic tool for acute coping, its broader potential for human growth and development may be undermined. Furthermore, scholars caution that the fledging nature of mindfulness research leaves critical questions unanswered, especially the potential for adverse effects. The work herein examines these critiques, presenting three critical considerations for mindfulness in education, and articulates practical recommendations for educational leaders, policy makers and stakeholders. We aim to empower educators and others to make judgements about the promotion and integration of mindfulness into educational settings, considering context‐specific factors such as developmental needs and capacities, as well as recommendations to support effective and ethical practice of mindfulness in education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay engages with the mounting published criticism of neo-institutionalism, but from the point of view of the institutional logical approach, one of its descendants. By addressing each of the main critiques: (1) institutional logical theory is tautological; (2) everything is institutional; (3) the absence of politics and power, and (4) its lack of a critical theory - the essay attempts to think how to build a theoretical apparatus able to engage with the current institutional crises of the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Amitav Ghosh's The Nutmeg's Curse explores the deep connections between colonialism, capitalism, and environmental destruction, offering a critique of how these forces have shaped the modern ecological crisis. By tracing the history of the nutmeg trade in the 17th century and the violent Dutch colonization of the Banda Islands, Ghosh links the exploitation of natural resources during colonial times to contemporary ecological degradation. This paper examines how Ghosh uses storytelling as a form of resistance, blending personal, historical, and cultural narratives to highlight the interconnectedness of environmental and human violence. Ghosh critiques the Anthropocene, arguing that its roots lie in centuries of colonial exploitation and capitalist expansion, which continue to harm marginalized communities and ecosystems. Through comparisons with his other work, The Great Derangement, and postcolonial ecological literature by authors like Arundhati Roy and Vandana Shiva, Ghosh's arguments are situated within a broader literary context. Ultimately, this paper contends that The Nutmeg's Curse calls for a radical rethinking of humanity's relationship with nature and the global economy, offering important insights into contemporary environmental and geopolitical debates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several international large-scale assessments were conducted at the turn of the new century, and during the past two decades the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) completed seven cycles of assessment to facilitate practitioners' policy debates and governance. This study reviews PISA-related articles published in English and Chinese. Three literature databases were searched, with a focus on SSCI, CSSCI, and TSSCI journal publications. The frequency of publication was analyzed according to the author's country affiliation, type of journal, and research categories/themes. Findings indicate that research on student-, school- and system-level indicators with a focus on students' learning processes and outcomes as well as critiques of technical matters on PISA were frequent topics in the literature during the past two decades. Issues of equality and equity examined in the publications have implications for enhancing practitioners' capabilities in terms of policy making and governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this systematic literature review was to explore the current critiques and criticisms of positive psychology and to provide a consolidated view of the main challenges facing the third wave of research. The review identified 32 records that posed 117 unique criticisms and critiques of various areas of the discipline. These could be grouped into 21 categories through conventional content analysis, culminating in six overarching themes or 'broad criticisms/critiques'. The findings suggested that positive psychology (a) lacked proper theorizing and conceptual thinking, (b) was problematic as far as measurement and methodologies were concerned, (c) was seen as a pseudoscience that lacked evidence and had poor replication, (d) lacked novelty and self-isolated itself from mainstream psychology, (e) was a decontextualized neoliberalist ideology that caused harm, and (f) was a capitalistic venture. We briefly reflect on the findings and highlight the opportunities these criticisms and critiques present. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since Jane Knight published her first version of her definition on internationalization of higher education in 1993, the debate on what is meant by internationalization has been ongoing and continues today. This essay provides an overview of our evolving understanding of the internationalization of higher education in theory and practice, reflects on factors influencing its development, the importance of emerging views and voices, and the implications of current debates for future directions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Cette réflexion est une critique de l’œuvre de Jean-Paul Sartre portant sur l’existentialisme athée, fondé sur le syllogisme ci-après : ou bien Dieu existe. Ou bien l’homme existe. Or l’homme existe, donc Dieu n’existe pas. Selon Sartre, l’homme est libre, et cette liberté est absolue. Ce syllogisme est contredit par celui de Claude Tresmontant qui soutient que : Pour que l’athéisme fût pensable, il eût fallu que l’univers n’existât. Or, il existe. S’il n’existait pas, il n’y aurait pas d’athée pour professer l’athéisme. Nous avons aussi critiqué la philosophie de Sartre, en s’appuyant sur quelques passages bibliques. Notre liberté n’est pas la liberté de faire n’importe quoi, elle n’est pas libertinage. La Bible dit que la liberté est pour ce qui peut édifier. I Corinthiens 10, 23 le dit: « Tout est permis mais tout ne convient pas, tout est permis mais tout n’édifie pas ». Les lois naturelles peuvent aussi limiter la liberté d’une personne.

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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework provides a set of 17 goals aiming to enhance global well-being by reducing poverty, enhancing health outcomes, responding to gender equality, and mobilizing social justice and peace efforts. Tourism has been centered as playing a key role in marshaling the SDGs, mainly due to its economic impact as a leading global sector. With the onset of the pandemic, it is incumbent upon scholars to take the pulse and consider the broader backdrop inhibiting SDG progress, with the intention of considering how tourism may be a vehicle for progressing the goals. As such, our analysis may serve to be useful for national and local governments, policy advisors, tourism establishments, and enterprises, as well as visitors and host communities. Specifically, we need to attend to some of the challenges inhibiting progress, scrutinize the use of language, which may lead to misinterpretation, and attend to the lack of clarity for building policies supporting decision making. Thus, the aim of this commentary is to examine some of the critiques and challenges inhibiting the realization of the goals, including a lack of awareness, and understanding of the SDGs, including what each goal entails, the division of power, the role of governance, stakeholders, and financial support required for policy and decision making, along with addressing the misconceptions surrounding the implementation of sustainable approaches. Understanding some of the critiques and challenges of the SDGs may improve our understanding of the potential role the tourism sector may play in progressing the goals.

The processes of exclusion within the field of communication on the basis of gender, race, language and, above all, geographical contexts, has been a constant. Several empirical studies confirm the marginal contribution of 1% of Latin America to the central production of the field in the most highly indexed journals. This article presents a reflection to understand the logic of exclusion that has led to this marginal participation, despite the valuable contributions made in the continent. The article concludes with an invitation to bet on a plural, broad and inclusive research agenda. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework provides a set of 17 goals aiming to enhance global well-being by reducing poverty, enhancing health outcomes, responding to gender equality, and mobilizing social justice and peace efforts. Tourism has been centered as playing a key role in marshaling the SDGs, mainly due to its economic impact as a leading global sector. With the onset of the pandemic, it is incumbent upon scholars to take the pulse and consider the broader backdrop inhibiting SDG progress, with the intention of considering how tourism may be a vehicle for progressing the goals. As such, our analysis may serve to be useful for national and local governments, policy advisors, tourism establishments, and enterprises, as well as visitors and host communities. Specifically, we need to attend to some of the challenges inhibiting progress, scrutinize the use of language, which may lead to misinterpretation, and attend to the lack of clarity for building policies supporting decision making. Thus, the aim of this commentary is to examine some of the critiques and challenges inhibiting the realization of the goals, including a lack of awareness, and understanding of the SDGs, including what each goal entails, the division of power, the role of governance, stakeholders, and financial support required for policy and decision making, along with addressing the misconceptions surrounding the implementation of sustainable approaches. Understanding some of the critiques and challenges of the SDGs may improve our understanding of the potential role the tourism sector may play in progressing the goals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sometimes in health behavior research, purportedly novel theoretical models are offered that may help move thinking about behavior change forward, and may be well-received by clinicians, but over time end up being a subject of continual scientific disconfirmation. The transtheoretical model is one rather popular example. The five stages of change and associated 10 processes of change are well-known (e.g., DiClemente et al., 2008; DiClemente et al., 2004). Yet, the model has been discredited to a large extent by several in the health behavior research community. In the present editorial, we briefly summarize the transtheoretical model, mention its current ongoing popularity, identify the critiques of this model, and suggest how one might best consider the model in future health behavior research and practice.

Değerlendirmemize konu olan İbn-i Arabî: Kelami Tartışmalar, Sorular, Şüpheler başlıklı kitap altı bölümden oluşmaktadır: "İbn-i Arabî", “Vahdet-i Vücûd Felsefesi”, “İsâ Aleyhisselam ve Firavun’a Yaklaşım”, “Kadın, Din ve Cehenneme Yaklaşım”, “Fikir Kaynakları, Şiâ ve Felsefeyle İlişkisi”, “Tarih Seyrinde İbn-i Arabî ve Tenkidi”. Yazara göre sûfî-filozof olan İbn-i Arabî’yi anlamak için felsefî, tasavvufî ve kelamî okumalar yapmak gerekmektedir. Kendisinin de İbn-i Arabî’yi bu alanlardan okuduğunu fakat kendi çalışma alanıyla ilişkisi nedeniyle kelamî meseleler bağlamında İbn-i Arabî’yi değerlendirmeye çalıştığını belirtir.

Invasion ecology was established as a science of invasion of animals and plants in the beginning of the second half of the 20th century by English ecologist Charles Sutherland Elton (1900-1991). Rapid development of the field of ecology is evident since the end of last century and following decades of 21st century. The paper deals with current development, diversity of concepts and hypotheses, including critiques of invasion terminology, invasion species concepts, introduced species as bad species and xenophoby appeared related to aliens as invaders. Invasion biology was an attempt to integrate alien animals and plants reseach into one science. In last decade new science of invasions is developed, characterized by multi- and interdisicplinarity, supported by social and economy sciences. To facilitate generalisations, and to improve the link between science, policy, and management, numerous frameworks have been developed in an attempt to unify different concepts and definitions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) has proven to be an effective aid in recovery for many people with alcohol use disorder. While constructive criticisms of AA can be beneficial to the organization, other criticisms have merely served as rhetorical devices intent on discrediting the 12-step approach. Objectives: This paper examines six prominent critiques of AA, paying special attention to the premises, tone, and factual basis of the statements. Interpretations grounded in AA literature are offered to address claims or critiques around prominent themes, which are organized into two main classes: purported causes of alcoholism and factors maintaining alcoholism. Results: Findings reveal tenuous statements in the AA literature that appear contradictory and thereby invite a misreading. These statements, some of which misrepresent the tenets of AA and its founders, underscore certain vocal criticisms that are not entirely unfounded. While many pages of the AA literature are imbued with timeless wisdom, even the most apologetic interpretations—distilled into benefit-of-the-doubt renderings—largely falter in defending the nature of the language that originated in the early 1900s at odds with 21st century understandings of alcohol use disorder. Conclusions/Importance: The AA literature essentially presents a valid target for critics, fueling resistance to this free community-based resource that may prevent people who could benefit from AA from seeking the help of the 12-steps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Le stockage géologique de déchets radioactifs constitue un cas de politisation du sous-sol, autour d’un objet hybride alliant activités minières et nucléaires. Cet article explore les transformations du gouvernement de ce stockage, avec la mise en place de trois dispositifs pluralistes de pilotage et d’internalisation de critiques, afin de désamorcer les mouvements contestataires au moment de sa réalisation. Il étudie successivement la démarche de concertation pour la sélection de la zone d’implantation ; le groupe de pilotage du plan national pour la gestion des matières et déchets radioactifs et le débat public organisé en 2013 sur les modalités du stockage. À travers ces trois dispositifs, les promoteurs du projet tentent d’en maîtriser la politisation : ils intègrent ou écartent certaines critiques pour légitimer un projet contesté, tout en verrouillant son opportunité.

This paper entitled, "Neoliberalism and international organizations" examines Neoliberalism as the dominant political ideology shaping international relations. Neoliberalism dictates the policies of the government, and shapes the actions of key institutions such as world trade organization (WTO), World Bank and international monetary fund (IMF). This article would discuss the nature, history, strengths, weaknesses, and implications of neoliberalism in the international political system taking IMF as a case study. This paper argues that the neoliberal perspective relies on the assumption of rationality that the states calculate the cost and benefits of different courses of action and choose the course of action that gives them the highest net pay off. This paper concluded that the neoliberal theory of international relations is a powerful way to understand the dynamics of international organizations (IOs) and international conflict and cooperation more generally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reading and critiquing journal articles is a way in which instructors can promote learning and critical thought among students, particularly in the undergraduate research methods course. However, articles that have survived the peer-review process are often lengthy and have only nuanced drawbacks, rendering them less useful for such pedagogical purposes. Students read a series published articles that are brief and have fundamental methodological or other concerns that render their conclusions questionable. After students read each article, the instructor leads a discussion in which students debate the article's benefits and drawbacks. Assessment indicated that the activities increased students' understanding of the course material and that students found the activities to be educational and enjoyable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The concept of planetary rural geographies is an antithesis of planetary urbanization's erasure of the ‘rural’. Rather than push the compartmentalization of development spaces or processes, planetary rural geographies provide a framework of analyses that valorizes epistemic plurality, and which can help to better understand emerging complex problems in an ever-evolving world. The three rural space spectra of crisis, conflict, and hope, which are embedded within the geographies of rurality, serve as a new configuration and units of analyses for reestablishing the enduring nature of rurality itself. While the propositions in the thesis are plausible, some critiques are, however, offered to further shed light on the complexities and unique attributes of rural places. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Zitatdatenbanken bilden die Datengrundlagen für zahlreiche szientometrische Untersuchungen, Evaluationen wissenschaftlicher Leistungen und Uni-Rankings. In der Literatur finden sich kaum Hinweise auf endogene Fehler (Original richtig, Datenbankeintrag falsch) in den kostenpflichtigen Datenbanken. Banale Fehler (z. B. Falschschreibung der Namen von Autorinnen oder Autoren) in Datenbanken hätten nur geringe Relevanz. Die Fehlersuche zu Pierre Bourdieu als „cited author" im SSCI (Vergleich Original – SSCI-Record) ergab mehr als 85 Mutationen. Die Fallstudien zeigen eine hohe Anzahl endogener Datenbankfehler. In den Rechtswissenschaften übliche Referenzen in Fußnoten laufen große Gefahr, in Phantomreferenzen verwandelt zu werden (Fallstudie Harvard Law Review: 99 Prozent Fehler). Dem Anspruch des SSCI, die „relevanten" globalen Sozialwissenschaften abzubilden – für alle im SSCI erfassten Disziplinen –, stehen offenbar Mängel in Datenerfassung und -verarbeitung im Wege. Citation indexes provide the data for many scientometric studies', evaluations of scientific advancements and university rankings. In the literature, there are hardly any indications of endogenous errors (i.e. original references are correct, data base entry contains errors or is faulty) in the licensed databases. Trivial mistakes (e.g. misspelling of author names) in databases are counted of little relevance. Debugging Pierre Bourdieu as a cited author in the SSCI revealed more than 85 mutations. The case studies show a high number of endogenous database errors. Footnotes, common in jurisprudence, run the risk of being turned into phantom references as was the case for an article in Harvard Law Review case study: 99 % of error rate. The claim of SSCI to map the "relevant" global social sciences – for all disciplines covered in the SSCI – appears to be hampered by deficiencies in data collection and processing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

International large-scale assessments are on the rise, with the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) seen by many as having strategic prominence in education policy debates. The present article reviews PISA-related English-language peer-reviewed articles from the programme’s first cycle in 2000 to its most current in 2015. Five literature bases were searched, and results were analysed with SPSS. Results map the frequency of publications according to journal, country, and scientific discipline. They also summarise major themes within three identified categories: secondary analysis, policy impact, and critiques. Findings indicated that studies based on the PISA dataset has led to progress in educational research while simultaneously pointing to the need for caution when using this research to inform educational policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"Homo Sacer" in ancient Judaic and Roman Law refers to people who are outside the protection of the law. Today, this notion can be usefully resurrected in the context of the global refugee crisis. Investigating the plight of refugees in the light of contemporary responses highlights a range of critical practices in art and architecture. These include the aesthetics of fragility; the politics of memorialization; the questioning of the ethics of representation; the remapping of geopolitical territories; the voicing of narratives of displacement as well as emergency construction; and forensic architecture focused on zones of conflict. This paper explores such practices and offers specific examples for analysis. These examples are gestures that matter in the face of the ascendancy of the Right in our time. This ascendancy creates a responsibility to resist the normalization of border mentalities and their effects on Homo Sacer, and by implication on all minorities who are or could find themselves without the protection of the law. The art and architecture analyzed in this paper suggest entanglements rather than borders and leaps of the creative imagination in manifesting inklings of a future-however fraught and precarious-beyond the grasp of the Right and their reactionary interests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Les classements internationaux des universités suscitent un intérêt croissant parmi l'opinion public, les universités et les nations, ce qui est évident dans une économie mondiale du savoir, améliorer la compétitivité et la réputation des universités devient une fin en soi même. Leur caractêre public attire l'attention sur les préoccupations pour l'excellence dans l'enseignement supérieur et semble produire un esprit de compétitivité parmi les universités et les encourage à mieux performer. Les palmarês universitaires montrent de plus en plus la suprématie des universités d'élite qui sont toujours au top et qui maintiennent leur réputation. Le présent article met l'accent sur les caractéristiques globales prédominantes qui déterminent la qualité et la compétitivité des universités d'élite et propose quelques stratégies que les universités peuvent adopter pour améliorer leur compétitivité en s'inspirant des différents indicateurs retenus par les différents classements des universités.