The effectiveness of educational aid in Africa is a pressing issue, with little consensus on whether the management quality of aid has significant contribution toward achieving inclusive, equitable, and quality education on the continent by 2030. Despite substantial inflows of educational aid...

This study is aimed to explore the influence of predominant social factors such as family, peers and media on consumer socialization and to analyze the relationship between socialization agents and the consumer literacy knowledge (CLK) of youngsters.This is a cross-sectional study conducted on...

The development of literacy forms the basis for further learning and linguistic interaction. All teachers are teachers of reading, as better reading and writing skills lead to improvement across subjects. Depending on the context, literacy competence can be developed in the mother tongue, the...

The development of literacy forms the basis for further learning and linguistic interaction. All teachers are teachers of reading, as better reading and writing skills lead to improvement across subjects. Depending on the context, literacy competence can be developed in the mother tongue, the...

As participatory urban planning has gained traction recently, the consensus-building process among citizens has become crucial to its success. In particular, the level of understanding among citizens regarding new technologies or systems in the city, referred to as civic literacy in this study,...

Empirical evidence on the historical role of Compulsory Schooling Laws (CSL) for the spread of mass education is mixed at best. This is also due to the difficulty of identifying exogenous variation in the application of CSL. We exploit an almost unique feature of a CSL in 1877 Italy which was...

Very little has been observed regarding household decisions around margin use. Using the 2021 wave of the National Financial Capability Study (NFCS), this study investigates margin use as both a debt and an investment decision. Using probit analysis and observing correlations, relationships...

Despite the state's emphasis on formal environmental education, informal settings for fostering circular literacy cannot be understated. Whereas environmental literacy has been well researched in the literature, circular literacy, which involves teaching/learning about R-behaviours that close...

The proliferation of cryptocurrency throughout society has led to widespread usage within criminal offending. Despite this, limited research has investigated fear of cryptocurrency-based victimization, or the role that financial or cryptocurrency literacy play in influencing such fears. This...

South Africa represents a paradigmatic case in international literature on racial discrimination, illustrating a deeply institutionalised system that affected all aspects of daily life. Black, Coloured, and Asian populations were systematically relegated to a subordinate status compared to the...

The effectiveness of educational aid in Africa is a pressing issue, with little consensus on whether the management quality of aid has significant contribution toward achieving inclusive, equitable, and quality education on the continent by 2030. Despite substantial inflows of educational aid...

We study the impact of a program designed to enhance data literacy on graduate students' skills and academic outcomes in a large Italian university. The program (i.e. a minor) targets students who are expected to have weak quantitative competences and offers 120-hours training focused on...

Motivated by extremely low levels of basic reading skills in sub-Saharan Africa, we experimentally evaluate two interventions designed to enhance students' early-grade literacy performance in rural Mozambique: a relatively light-touch teacher training in early-grade literacy along with the...

This document focuses primarily on how classroom assessment activities can measure students' literacy skills as they progress along a learning trajectory towards reading fluently and with comprehension by the end of primary school grades. The document addresses considerations regarding the...

Human capital is now widely acknowledged as one of the key determinants of economic growth. Research on how human skills accumulate and evolve through time has grown rapidly in recent years. This paper surveys it with a specific focus on Europe in the period 1830s–1930s. Our contribution is...

This Eurydice report offers valuable evidence of how education systems across Europe are working to address underachievement in reading, mathematics and science at primary and lower secondary level. It presents recent policy developments in curriculum and assessment, learning support, teacher...

As digital transformation accelerates, auditors must adapt to technologically advanced environments, which challenge traditional audit practices and require new skills. This study investigates how auditor expertise and IT literacy interact to influence adaptability in a digital context. Through...

Business literacy is intellectual capital, which includes financial literacy, entrepreneurial literacy, and digital economic literacy, and its role in entrepreneurial creativity and the success of MSMEs is an important aspect to study, especially from a knowledge-based perspective. This research...

The environmental pollution and climate change caused by rapid industrialization and economic growth have become worldwide concerns. In order to alleviate environmental pressures and seek sustainable development pathways, green consumption has become a focal point of attention. However, the...

The project Youth Media Sharks empowered young people in Portugal and Ukraine through media literacy. Workshops, research, and a youth exchange with young participants from both countries took place in Madeira.

The project Youth Media Sharks empowered young people in Portugal and Ukraine through media literacy. Workshops, research, and a youth exchange with young participants from both countries took place in Madeira.