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EDITORIAL OFFICE AAB PPoHE Zona Industriale Prishtinë-Fushë Kosovë 10000 Prishtina, Republic of Kosova Tel.: +381(0) 38 600 005, ext. 158; 176 url. www.thesis-journal.net e-mail: [email protected] Printed by: Thesis International Research Journal Vol. 9, No. 2, 2020 Table of contents Measuring academic engagement among university students in Romania during COVID-19 pandemic Delia Tefenel, Iuliana Neagoș ....................................................... 3 The Concept of Necropolitics during the Pandemic of Covid-19 in Brazil Rodrigo Tonel .............................................................................. 31 School-family cooperation through different forms of communication in schools during the Covid-19 pandemic Violeta Buza, Mirlinda Hysa ....................................................... 55 The ‘new’ invisible Landscapes of Covid-19 Andrea Oldani ............................................................................ 81 Coronavirus–inspired Metaphors in Political Discourse Silvana Neshkovska, Zorica Trajkova .......................................... 99 (De)legitimation of power of agency. A multimodal critical analysis of social practices during COVID-19 pandemic in Romania Camelia Cmeciu ........................................................................ 133 Nurses Role in the Covid-19 Pandemic, Knowledge and Attitudes of Nursing Staff – Implications for the Future Fatjona Kamberi, Enkeleda Sinaj ............................................... 165 Thesis, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2020 1 Comparative Analysis of Contemplative Pedagogy and its Possible Applications within Current International Education Jennifer Ngan Bacquet ............................................................... 185 Museums of Scarcity and Art Deserts Luis Javier Rodriguez Lopez ..................................................... 205 Integrating culture in ELT using an indigenous folktale, Poireiton Khunthok Rosy Yumnam .......................................................................... 227 The Macedonian Language in Regard to Covid-19 Violeta Janusheva ...................................................................... 243 Analyzing business environment- Power outages as an obstacle for firms Pranvera Dalloshi, Shkumbin Misini, Arta Hoti ....................... 263 Online learning challenges and opportunities in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in developing countries William Butler, Arianit Maraj, Jusuf Qarkaxhija ...................... 281 The discourse of motherhood and mother-daughter relationships in the novel Sula by Toni Morrison Elena Kitanovska-Ristoska......................................................... 301 Alternative Opportunities for Conducting Physical, Sports and Recreational Activities in the Conditions of the Covid-19 Pandemic Fadil Rexhepi, Fatmir Pireva, Shemsedin Vehapi, Besim Gashi .............................................................................. 319 Book Review on Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Illustrated 200th Anniversary Edition........................ 337 Naruhiko Mikado ...................................................................... 337 Instruction for authors ............................................................... 341 2 Thesis, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2020 Original Article Measuring academic engagement among university students in Romania during COVID-19 pandemic Delia Tefenel “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania E-mail: [email protected], Orcid: 0000-0002-6486-4970 Iuliana Neagoș “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania, E-mail: [email protected] Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted many aspects of personal and professional development, outlining different unprecedented behavioural changes among diverse age population, worldwide. In the context of the lockdown restrictions, the aim of the present study was to explore the extent to which emergency states and higher institutions closure affected academic engagement among studying youth. In this direction, data were collected from 227 undergraduate students (N=227) enrolled in different fields of study in public universities in Romania. The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale for Students (UWES-9S) (Schaufeli et al., 2006) was used to assess Romanian students’ academic involvement in the particular context of remote learning imposed by coronavirus outbreak. An additional open question was introduced in the present study, to analyse personal experiences and activities undertaken by students during the stay-at-home period. The main findings of our research were discussed in relation with students’ average degree of academic engagement, the psychometric properties assessment, the resilience stories and its effects on students’ Thesis, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2020 3 Delia Ștefenel & Iuliana Neagoș mental health and academic involvement. Emphasis was given to a deeper understanding of students’ responsiveness and proactiveness concerning behavioural, cognitive, and emotional engagement in their remote academic learning and non- academic life. Keywords: academic engagement, UWES, students, Romania The year 2020 has witnessed huge concern in researching the impact of Covid-19 on people’s daily commitments and behaviours. Such topic has received much attention especially when it comes to rethinking the remote learning environment and the way it affects students’ well-being and their resilience building mechanisms (Kanekar,