Research in Social Sciences and Technology

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Vol 7 No 3 (2022)
Published October 31, 2022
Research in Social Sciences and Technology
Research in Social Sciences and Technology (RESSAT) is a double-blind peer-reviewed scholarly online journal in the social sciences, technology, and their impact on education. 
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Benjamin Damoah, Emmanuel Olusola Adu
1-17
Environmental Education in South African Schools: The Role of Civil Society Organizations
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2022.14
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Yolanda Nondumiso Mpu, Karin Hackmack, Irene Roy
18-35
Teacher Educator Reflections on Preparing First Year Pre-Service Teachers for School-Based Work Integrated Learning in An Online Learning Environment
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2022.15
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Mqondiso Blayi, Ndlelehle Skosana, Samuel Khoza
36-48
Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Technical Schools: The Case of Domestic Installation and Wiring Teaching
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2022.17
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Kershnee Sevnarayan
49-64
A Trajectory towards a Culture of Quality: A Phenomenological Study of an Open Distance Learning University in South Africa and in China
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2022.16
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Tshireletso Philemon Kgosiemang, Samuel Dumazi Khoza
65-85
The Effects of Emotional Intelligence on Teachers’ Classroom Performance: A Case of Primary Schools in Southeast Region of Botswana
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2022.18
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Yit Sean Chong, Ai Hwa Quek
86-100
Navigating the Contemporary Rites of Passage: A Typology of STEM Professional Identity Transition
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2022.19
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JOURNAL INFORMATION

Title                            Research in Social Sciences and Technology.

General features        International, online, open access and peer-reviewed academic journal. 

E-ISSN                         2468-6891

DOI prefix                   10.46303

Frequency                   3 regular issues per year and attitional special issues (from 2020).

Publisher                    

Editor-in-chief           Bulent Tarman    Scopus ID: 36642742400     Google Scholar

 

       

 

RESSAT is indexed and/or abstracted in:

                                                                                           

 

h5-index: 19   h5-median: 26

h5-index is the h-index for articles published in the last 5 complete years. It is the largest number h such that h articles published in 2017-2022 have at least h citations each. h5-median for a publication is the median number of citations for the articles that make up its h5-index. 

RESSAT's Google Scholar Profile 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUE 

Special Issue Theme: Social Sciences and Technology in the Post-Covid-19 Era: Educational and Environmental Perspectives

Guest Editor:   

Dr. Wahid Murad

University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

Interested authors should submit abstracts of up to 500 words to Dr. Wahid Murad (wahid.murad@unisa.edu.au) by March 31, 2023, and indicate whether their future manuscript will be either an empirical research manuscript or a theoretical/practitioner manuscript. Research manuscripts should include: clearly stated research question(s), literature review, theoretical framework, methodology, findings, and discussion/conclusion. This special issue is scheduled for publication in June 30, 2023.

This special issue will be published free of charge. Contributing authors will not be asked to pay a publication fee.

For more information, please refer to: https://ressat.org/index.php/ressat/announcement/view/26

 

CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUE - SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED

Special Issue Theme: Using Social Media in Schools

Guest Editors:   
Dr. Stewart Waters
Associate Professor of Social Science Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Email: kswaters@utk.edu

Dr. Matt Hensley
Assistant Professor of Social Science Education, East Tennessee State University
Email: hensleyma4@etsu.edu

Interested authors should submit abstracts of up to 500 words to Dr. Stewart Waters (kswaters@utk.edu) and Dr. Matt Hensley (hensleyma4@etsu.edu) by January 31, 2023, and indicate whether their future manuscript will be either an empirical research manuscript or a theoretical/practitioner manuscript. Research manuscripts should include: clearly stated research question(s), literature review, theoretical framework, methodology, findings, and discussion/conclusion. This special issue is scheduled for publication in April 15, 2023.

This special issue will be published free of charge. Contributing authors will not be asked to pay a publication fee.

For more information, please refer to: https://ressat.org/index.php/ressat/announcement/view/24 

 

RESSAT is now indexed in ERIC, DOAJ, EBSCO H. W. Wilson Databases and DHET Journal List

We are pleased to announce that the Research in Social Sciences and Technology was accepted in ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center), DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), EBSCO H. W. Wilson Education Full-Text Database and DHET Journal List.

ERIC is the world's most widely used index in educational sciences, and sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC Metrics Report for Research in Social Sciences and Technology

DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. To know more about DOAJ please visit the website: https://www.doaj.org

EBSCO is one of the leading provider of research databases, e-journals, magazine subscriptions, e-books and discovery service to libraries in the world. H. W. Wilson databases cover a wide variety of subject areas including art, education, engineering, humanities, social sciences and more. H. W. Wilson Education Full-Text Database includes rigorous curation and indexing of scholarly  journals in education: https://www.ebsco.com/m/ee/Marketing/titleLists/eft-coverage.htm 

DHET Accredited Journal List covers academic journals accredited/approved by Department of Higher Education and Training of South Africa. For more information, please visit the website: DHET List

     

RESSAT AUTHOR STATISTICS

In the last six years of the journal (since 2016), 235 authors from 32 different countries have published their work on RESSAT as of February, 2022. We thank all the contributing authors and reviewers. You can see the distribution of authors by country in the image below. The countries are listed alphabetically.