Information systems (IS) security breaches cause significant losses to organizations worldwide. Many approaches have been introduced in order to improve employees’ security behavior. Earlier research shows that only seven out of 59 approaches are based on sound theoretical background, and the research in the area of IS security awareness and security behavior has neglected the use of relevant t...

Constructivism has become the overarching scientific paradigm in the social study of science and technology (STS). The notion that scientific facts and technological artefacts result from processes of social construction is the major scientific innovation of the preceding decades in the sociology of science and technology. With constructivism being the established paradigm in this field of rese...

Gender has long been recognised as important within environmental issues, but there has been considerable debate over how to conceptualise the gender ^ environment nexus. As feminist theorising around women and gender has changed, so have conceptualisations about gender and environment, leading to a key debate within ecofeminism and related literatures about whether there is an essential or a c...

Educating people with special educational needs (SEN) is a hot topic these days. Many multimedia educational tools have been generated with the support of ICT to assist children receiving SEN education. Teaching supported by new technologies should guarantee contents accessibility. However, these tools are not 100% suitable because the adaptation process they implement does not take into accoun...

In this paper challenges associated with a new generation of Computer Science students are examined. The mode of education in tertiary institutes has progressed slowly while the needs of students have changed rapidly in an increasingly technological world. The major learning paradigms and learning theories within these paradigms are studied to find a suitable strategy for educating modern stude...

This article attempts to examine and critique the theoretical debates on the rise of China and its regional strategy in East Asia. Three major paradigms in international relations theories – realism, liberalism and constructivism – are focused on. This article argues that each theoretical theory alone is inadequate for a comprehensive understanding of China’s regional strategy in East Asia sinc...

constructivism, as a method of discussion in international politics and foreign policy, is considered a young method which is based on philosophical subjects in social sciences. first the article presents the philosophical approach of constructivism through a logical course and shows its difference with competitive approaches; then enters the constructivism of international relations and discus...