Research in Social Sciences and Technology

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Vol 10 No 1 (2025)
Published January 1, 2025
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Research in Social Sciences and Technology (RESSAT) is a double-blind, peer-reviewed scholarly online journal on the social sciences, technology, and their impact on education.
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Patrick Agyare
1-27
Power, Knowledge, and Marginalization: A Foucauldian Analysis of Children from Low-Income Immigrant Households in Norway
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.1
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Vusumzi Duma, Simon Murote Kang'ethe
28-42
Eclectic Contexts of Xenophobic Workplace Discrimination in Post-apartheid South Africa
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.2
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Vimbi Petrus Mahlangu
43-58
Examining the Assistance Needed by Prison Students to Succeed in their Distance Education Studies
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.3
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Mpho Kenneth Madavha, Thuli Gladys Ntuli, Awelani Victor Mudau
59-75
Application of Physical Sciences Scientific Language Register in Tshivenḓa to Shape Meaningful Learning
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.4
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Ernest Nikisi, Mabel Wendy Mashologu, Patrick W. Bwowe, Anthony Kambi Masha
76-96
The Impact of Autonomy and Decision Making on the Morale and Motivation of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Lecturers in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.5
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Ntshimane Elphas Mohale
97-118
Podcasts or Vodcasts? Exploring First-Year Students’ Preferences for Enhancing Academic Writing Skills
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.6
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Sunday Samson Babalola, Cheryl Akinyi Genga
119-143
Wartime and Online Education: A Bibliometric Analysis
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.7
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Patricia Muhuro, Simon Kang'ethe
144-158
Prospects of Implementing the Flipped Classroom Blended Learning Model among Lecturers in African Universities
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.8
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Tolulope Ayodeji Olatoye, Raymond Fru
159-178
A Pedagogical Approach Towards Ameliorating the Global Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic Through Forest Restoration and Environmental Sustainability
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.9
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Silindile Ngcobo, Afika Fikiswa Magadla-Mateyise
179-190
Exploration of the Experiences of Lesotho Sleep in Domestic Workers in a Semi-Urban Settlement in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.10
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Wiets Botes, Anita Philip
191-208
Enhancing Pedagogical Development of Natural Science Teachers Through a Key Concepts in Science Project: A Social Constructivist Perspective
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.11
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Princess Blose
209-232
Pedagogical Approaches for Teaching Education for Sustainable Development in the Technology Education Curriculum
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.12
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Jacqueline TC Bock, Micheal M van Wyk
233-256
Exploring Lecturers’ Responsiveness to Teaching and Learning Using Moodle at a Namibian University
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.13
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Tholani Tshuma, Eunice Nyamupangedengu
257-282
The Opportunities for Professional Growth When Using Knowledge of Students’ Prior Science Ideas in the Teaching of Evolution and Genetics: A Self-Study
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.14
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Luvo Kasa
283-293
Tackling Gendered Violence: Social Workers Intervention in Violence That is Meted Against Men? A Case Study of a Rural Town in a South Africa
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.15
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Athiphila Mzenzi, Simon Murote Kang'ethe
294-309
Episodes of Student Vandalism in Higher Education Institutions in South Africa
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.16
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Medicine Magocha, Juliet Munyaradzi, Sunday Samson Babalola
310-331
The Impact of the Pandemic on Digital Literacy Skills for Online Teaching in Zimbabwean Schools: A Mixed-Methods Research Approach
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.17
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Oluwatoyin A. Ajani, Sibongamandla Dlomo
332-354
Enhancing School Administration in Rural South African Schools: Challenges and Opportunities-Using the Scooping Review Method
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.18
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Munyaradzi Saruchera, Munyaradzi Chidarikire
355-374
Educators’ Role in Mitigating Suicidal Propensities among Zimbabwe Rural Secondary Male Learners: An Exploration of Challenges and Interventions Mechanisms
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.19
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Nosihle Veronica Sithole, Bekithemba Dube
375-391
The Ambivalence of Accounting Education Among University Students: Towards a Collaborative Learning Environment
https://doi.org/10.46303/ressat.2025.20
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JOURNAL INFORMATION

Title                            Research in Social Sciences and Technology (RESSAT).

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

E-ISSN                         2468-6891

DOI prefix                  10.46303

Frequency                  We publish 3 regular issues a year (as of 2020). Special issues can be published additionally.

                                       1st issue: January to April. 
                                       2nd issue: May to August
                                       3rd issue: September to December
 

Publisher                    

Editor-in-chiefs      Anatoli Rapoport, Scopus ID: 26429934000, Purdue University, United States,  Google Scholar

                                 Bulent Tarman, Scopus ID: 36642742400, Turan University, Kazakhstan,  Google Scholar

 

       

 

RESSAT is indexed and/or abstracted in:

                                                                                           

 

h5-index: 23   h5-median: 32

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 2018-2023 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

 

RESSAT is now indexed in ERIC, 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

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 eight years of the journal (since 2016), 284 authors from 35 different countries have published their work on RESSAT as of May, 2023. 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.