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Ammons, Samantha K.; Edgell, Penny – Journal of Family Issues, 2007
Despite a large body of research on the influences of religion on family life and gender ideology, few studies examined how religion affects work-family strategies. One set of strategies involves making employment or family trade-off--strategies of devoting time or attention to either work or family in a situation in which one cannot devote the…
Descriptors: Family Life, Religion, Religious Factors, Family Work Relationship
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Netland, John – Journal of Education & Christian Belief, 2007
World literature courses reflect both the academy's and the Christian community's interest in a global education, but what theoretical assumptions inform the teaching of world literature? The oft-cited rationale for cultural diversity may prove insufficient if it leads merely to the assertion of difference as a self-justifying good. This essay…
Descriptors: World Literature, Global Education, Intimacy, Cultural Pluralism
Heintzman, Paul – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2007
Almost 20 years after Bill Mason's death, the writings and films of this legendary Canadian canoeist, filmmaker, and artist remain popular: "Few people of any nation have been so influential in creating a sense of responsibility for the environment" (Buck, 2005, p. 12). Supported by statements in Mason's writings and films, this paper…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Ethics, Films, Foreign Countries
Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2007
This article describes Mike and Debi Grillo's journey in realizing their dream, of making a lasting difference in young lives.They began a small Christian school in a mobile home park and naming it "A Child's Touch...". Their mission statement says that they seek "to provide a quality education, maximizing the development of their children…
Descriptors: Religion, Educational Quality, Position Papers, Christianity
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Evans, Christopher H. – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2007
Discussions on teaching and learning within theological seminaries often center on the question of student diversity, focused primarily upon issues of race, gender, and ethnicity. At the same time that seminaries are challenged to deal with a multitude of pedagogical suppositions emerging from increasingly diverse learning goals, seminaries must…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Theological Education, Student Diversity, Student Subcultures
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Lloyd, John B. – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2007
Myers-Briggs personality typing is widely used in the Christian church as an aid to individual self-understanding and spiritual formation. However, some Christian leaders have expressed doubt about its validity in understanding human personality and also opposition to its use in nurturing spiritual growth. The aim of the work reported was to…
Descriptors: Semantics, Personality, Content Analysis, Spiritual Development
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Esqueda, Octavio J. – Christian Higher Education, 2007
This article provides an overview of the main Protestant theological seminaries in Cuba: Western Cuba Baptist Seminary, Cedars of Lebanon Seminary, The New Pines Evangelical Seminary, Evangelical Theological Seminary, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center, Nazarene Theological Seminary and International School of Theology. The history and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Christianity, Protestants, Church Related Colleges
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Lund, Joe W. – Christian Higher Education, 2007
Mentoring continues to be seen as a vitally important process and relationship that can be used as a tool not only for guiding novice faculty into the culture of higher education but also for providing much appreciated value for the senior faculty member who provides the leadership. However, while the concept of mentoring is used frequently in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mentors, Position Papers, Liberal Arts
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Romain, Jonathan – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2007
This article argues that the creation of a range of separate religious schools can prevent integration and encourage separation. It might well be that in fifty years' time, people will look back at this moment and blame us for exacerbating the social fragmentation that characterises modern Britain.
Descriptors: Religious Education, Private Schools, Foreign Countries, Religion
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Openjuru, George Ladaah; Lyster, Elda – Journal of Research in Reading, 2007
In this article, we examine how Christianity provides the impetus for local literacy practices in a rural community in Uganda. These Christian literacy practices form a central part of the literacy activities of the community and are manifested in a variety of contexts from public to private, using a wide variety of readily available religious…
Descriptors: Christianity, Ethnography, Literacy, Rural Education
Furness, Janet Elisabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Evangelical institutions of higher education began introducing programs of social work education after 1960 during a period of academic reform and dramatic social change. Public dialogue increasingly acknowledged impoverishment as a reality in America, and the renewal of social concern among evangelicals stimulated interest in education for the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Educational Innovation, Integrity
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Doughty, Howard A. – College Quarterly, 2009
In the early 1980s, it was not sub-prime mortgages and toxic assets, bank failures and factory closures that crowded the pages of the business section of the daily newspapers. It was something called "stagflation," a noxious combination of inflationary pressures on currency and stagnating levels of production. Still, the effects were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Climate, Ethics, Economics
Kiliçkaya, Ferit, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
The 5th International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture has been hosted by Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (Burdur, Turkey), in cooperation with Çankaya University (Ankara, Turkey) and Süleyman Demirel University (Isparta, Turkey). Our main aim has been to provide a forum for discussion, to facilitate integration in these fields, and to…
Descriptors: Literature, Conferences (Gatherings), Figurative Language, Speeches
Dowson, Martin, Ed.; Devenish, Stuart, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
Religion and spirituality make critical contributions to an inclusive vision for the welfare of minorities, the marginalized and other disadvantaged groups in societies and cultures around the globe. Religious movements and spiritual traditions work to improve social outcomes for disenfranchised groups by enriching educational, political, and…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Factors, Social Justice, Education
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Shimabukuro, Gini – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2008
Church documents, theology, leadership theory, and sociology come together in this article to present a pedagogy for Catholic schools that is deeply rooted in a personal faith and a contemporary understanding of the person. In order to construct a conceptual model of a pedagogy grounded in Christian spirituality, the meaning of the term "pedagogy"…
Descriptors: Spiritual Development, Best Practices, Catholic Schools, Catholics
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