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Editorial Volume 11, Issue 5
Stephan Seiler
Affiliation: IASHA / JOSHA Journal, Freiburg, Germany
Keywords: Editorial, JOSHA, 2024, Volume 11, Issue 5
Categories: News and Views
DOI: 10.17160/josha.11.5.1012
Languages: English
Dear josha-journal readers, We have once again put together a diverse selection of topics for July and August. Some contributions come from the University of Amazon in Belém, Brazil: Alaide Vitória Cardoso Garcia writes about the lack of elaboration of emotions. Person-centered therapy is an excellent tool for understanding and elaborating symptoms in the treatment of people affected by psycho-emotional disorders. In a medical study, Lenilda Souza Simas investigated the relationship between a mother's perception of pain signs in a newborn and congenital heart defects using a scale of behavioral and physiological signs - the Neonatal Infant Pain Scale. Ana Clara Solon Rufino and Rosngela Arajo Darwich work in a completely different field. They deal with socio-cultural aspects that are present in the photographic records of Nayara Jinknss. Five photographs of the Ver-o-Peso market in Belém were selected, in which visual narratives are loaded with meanings that reveal both the history and beauty of the city and the reality of many of its inhabitants, who find themselves in a situation of great social vulnerability. Usman Al-amin of the University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, is represented with two contributions, concluding his series on education policy in Nigeria. Chapters seven and eight deal with quality assurance and religious and peace education in the country. On the one hand, quality assurance suffers from inadequate funding, poor infrastructure and inadequate monitoring and evaluation. However, Al-amin offers solutions to standardize and monitor curricula. In the final part of his series, Al-amin calls for the integration of peace education into religious curricula and community programs to play a crucial role in mitigating religious conflicts in northern Nigeria. He emphasizes the importance of inclusive, non-biased education that respects plurality of beliefs and promotes peaceful co-existence. In addition to this selection, I would also like to recommend the other articles to all readers! Enjoy the read!