Proceedings of the 1st World Conference on Social and Humanities Research (W-SHARE 2021)

We are so delighted to announce the 1st World Conference on Social and Humanities Research (W-SHARE) was successfully organized in December 7-8, 2021, in Makassar, Indonesia. W-SHARE, the leading forum for the presentation of proposed research and research results, is organized by Universitas Negeri Makassar (UNM). Universitas Negeri Makassar has been concerning on the pre-service teacher’s education. UNM has the capacity to promote “Building Resilience”, it is the ability to cope and prosper in the face of unfavorable events, obstacles, or adversity. Social competence, responsibility, optimism, hope for the future, attachment to family, self-efficacy, and favorable respect are all important characteristics of resilience in school-aged children and adolescents.

UNM as one of the leading educational universities in Indonesia can collaborate with schools to enhance resilience through programs which build positive social norms and generate a sense of connectedness to teachers, peers, and the academic goals of the school. The cooperation should provide a program that focuses on improving personal and social capabilities, such as self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and social management, using an evidence-based approach. 1st W-SHARE aims to bring together faculty members, scholars, researchers, non-profit organization, government, business representatives, and students to share their proposed research or research findings in the social and humanities study. Also, 1st W-SHARE aims to share and discuss theoretical and practical knowledge on social and humanities study Building Resilience.

We are glad to share with you that we received 134 submissions from the conference and we selected 67 papers as a bunch of high-quality papers and compiled them into the proceedings after rigorously reviewed them. These papers feature following topics but are not limited to Education, Vocational Technology, Architecture and Urban Design, Applied Linguistics, Arts and Design, Economics, Philosophy, Social Science and Law, Sports Science, and Entrepreneurships. All the papers have been through rigorous review and process to meet the requirements of International publication standard.

We were very honored to have a representative of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia as the first keynote speaker. The second keynote speaker, Dr.Ing. Ilham Akbar Habibie, Dipl.Ing., M.B.A as the Chairman of the National Information and Communication Technology Board, presented a global trend of Information and Communication Technology. The third keynote speaker is Dr. Harun from University of Canberra, Australia, presented current research trend on Economics. The fourth keynote speaker is Assoc. Prof. Dr. Choo Shen Li Suzanne from National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, performed innovative approach in Education. Our last keynote speaker is Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yusri Kamin, from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia presented current development on vocational technology research.

We are grateful to members of the conference committee and organizers of the conference. We thank the reviewers for their valuable time and advice which helped in improving the quality of the papers selected for presentation at the conference and for publication in the proceedings. Finally, we are obliged to the authors, sponsors, and all other conference participants for their support of 1st W-SHARE 2021.

The Committee of 1st W-SHARE 2021