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Watson, James E. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2008
Communicating the Christian ethos of Christian institutions constitutes a significant portion of the effort and monies of these institutions. Included in the purview of ethos enablers are faculty input and advising, student services, required chapel/worship, ministry formation/field experiences, admissions procedures, and opportunities for…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Role of Education, Educational Principles, Educational Philosophy
Anderson, Angela R. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Although many private Christian liberal arts programs exist today that seek to foster servant-leader (SL) development within their students, there is a void of both literature and data that details how servant-leadership development occurs and what contexts may be appropriate or necessary for this development. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Adult Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Liberal Arts
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Graff, Dorothy L. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2007
This exploratory quantitative study employs a 4-page Religion/Spirituality and Social Work Questionnaire that focuses on the beliefs and perceptions of 324 undergraduate social work students in 7 Council on Social Work Education-accredited schools of social work in the state of Texas about the role of religion and spirituality in social work…
Descriptors: Religion, Role of Religion, Social Work, Religious Factors
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Bertram-Troost, Gerdien D.; de Roos, Simone A.; Miedema, Siebren – Religious Education, 2007
This study examines religious identity development of pupils at Dutch schools for secondary education (mean age 16.4). With the help of a theoretical conceptualization of "religious identity development" empirical research is carried out. Main question is whether differences in terms of religious commitment and exploration between pupils…
Descriptors: High School Students, Adolescents, Religious Education, Religion
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Cox, William F., Jr.; Hameloth, Nancy J.; Talbot, Daniel P. – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2007
A reasonable expectation of textbooks used in Christian schools is that they should regularly incorporate biblical content. It is also reasonable to expect the biblical content to be integrated--not segregated--to influence matters such as worldview, biblical relevance, character, and integrative skills. This expectation was tested via a…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Parochial Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Textbooks
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Pike, Mark A. – Journal of Education & Christian Belief, 2007
This article addresses how Christians can read wisely and well as citizens of both God's kingdom and an increasingly secular society. I suggest that focussing on reading as a transaction between reader and text rather than on the morality of texts or the maturity of readers can provide a biblical approach for Christian educators seeking to invest…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Spiritual Development, Christianity, Reading Materials
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Ream, Todd C., Ed.; Glanzer, Perry L., Ed. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2007
This monograph offers an overview of the various ways conversations about religion and religiously informed scholarship are increasing among scholars in secular and church-related colleges and universities. Specifically, it addresses the history of secularization in American higher education and scholarship, the general models of faith and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Freedom, Scholarship, Schools
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Varghese, Manka M.; Johnston, Bill – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2007
Evangelical Christians are an enduring and growing presence in the field of English language teaching worldwide and in the TESOL organization in particular. Yet to date, hardly any empirical research has been done on this population of teachers or on the links between English teaching, religious beliefs, and missionary work. This article reports…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Christianity
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Binkley, Susan Carpenter – Christian Higher Education, 2007
Among the biggest challenges of teaching at a Christian institution of higher education is determining how best to integrate issues of faith into our teaching. Beginning level foreign language classes pose unique challenges for this integration because the students' language skills do not allow them to engage in extended discourse. Referring to…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Second Languages, Language Skills, French
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Carter, Gene R. – Educational Leadership, 2007
The Executive Director of ASCD joins a group of U.S. educators traveling to Israel on an education mission sponsored by the America-Israel Friendship League. The educators visit the Gesher al Hawadi school, which was established by the Hand in Hand Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel. Located in an Arab town, the school has equal numbers of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Christianity, Arabs, Jews
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Weld, Chet; Eriksen, Karen – Counseling and Values, 2007
Spirituality has become increasingly important in counseling, with prayer being the spiritual intervention of choice for Christian counselors. The controversial nature of including prayer in counseling requires careful consideration of ethical issues. This article addresses the intersection of spiritual interventions, particularly prayer, with…
Descriptors: Ethics, Religious Factors, Spiritual Development, Counseling Techniques
McGinnis, Deirdre – Online Submission, 2006
This paper will look at the "accumulated wisdom, insight, and experience of those who lived before us" (Kopff, 1999, p.1) and discuss historical, philosophical, and social theories to support the statement that we, as a nation need to "get back to the basics of life" (Carmen, 2005, p.1). The following eras will be discussed: Pre-Classical Era,…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Educational Philosophy, Educational History, Christianity
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Shulman, Lee S. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2006
This article discusses the Carnegie Foundation's newly released report, "Educating Clergy: Teaching Practices and Pastoral Imagination," and offers recommendations on how to develop specific skills needed to perform the functions that pastors must enact, while also giving them the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to become the kinds…
Descriptors: Clergy, Theological Education, Hermeneutics, Skill Development
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Nelson, Joshua B. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2006
This article talks about a Cherokee woman named Catharine Brown who was converted to Christianity by missionaries, as well as historical and theoretical contexts regarding the Cherokee. The author presents views from critics, such as Theda Perdue, Carolyn Ross Johnston, and Arnold Krupat, on Catharine Brown's experiences across spheres such as…
Descriptors: Christianity, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Females
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Smith, Thomas M.; VanderVeen, Steve – Christian Higher Education, 2008
We motivate and develop a theoretical framework for creating a distinctive Christian undergraduate management program that is directed toward providing (a) the necessary intellectual characteristics to do "well" and (b) the necessary emotional characteristics to do "good." This framework consists of seven propositions that connect the learning…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Business Administration Education, Christianity, Beliefs
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