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Marin, Pinja; Lindeman, Marjaana – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2021
Although the relationship between religion and science has long been the subject of discussion, investigations into the how and why of people's science-religion perspectives are rare. This study examined how epistemic and ontological cognition predict agreement with four science-religion perspectives: conflict, independence, dialogue, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Attitudes, Public Opinion, Sciences
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Gregersen, Andrea Fransiska Møller; Nielsen, Katia Bill – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2023
Although more students have formally gained access to higher education, universities continue to present students with norms and ideals that can function as invisible barriers to them. This paper investigates how norms and expectations in Danish higher education pose certain challenges to mature students, who, due to their age and often different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Students, Maturity (Individuals), College Students
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Wojciechowska, Maja – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2023
Academic libraries, apart from their main function, which is to provide information services to academic communities, may also perform a number of social roles in the broad meaning of the term. Accordingly, they now tend to serve as the third place offering inclusion and animation activities to academic as well as local communities (including…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Librarian Attitudes
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Christensen, Gerd – Power and Education, 2022
The aim of this article is to discuss how to research into phenomena that no one wants to talk about: silenced and tabooed phenomena. With the outset in data culled in two research projects concerning student's conceptualization of small group learning, the article discusses methodology, theory, and ethics in researching into silenced and tabooed…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Research Methodology, Ethics, Foreign Countries