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Waterkamp, Dietmar – International Dialogues on Education: Past and Present, 2020
Three fundamental scientific works on the pedagogy of Comenius will be considered from new perspectives. These are the works of the East German comeniologist Franz Hofmann and the two West German comeniologists, Klaus Schaller and Andreas Lischewski. Germany has produced numerous scientific analyses of Comenius since 1945, but these three…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Protestants, Catholics, Teaching Methods
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Nie, Fanhao; Price, Anne – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2021
Prior research on the effect of religion on prejudicial attitudes against sexual minorities has looked into how religion may influence public attitudes towards homosexual behaviours, gay marriage, and same-sex adoption. However, less is known about how religion may influence employment discrimination against gays in the education industry where…
Descriptors: College Faculty, LGBTQ People, Homosexuality, Social Bias
Miller, Kristen S. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
College-aged individuals have a significant impact on national health. People in this age group have the highest rates of engagement in many risky health behaviors, such as binge drinking, substance use, and engaging in unprotected sexual activity. The American College Health Association (ACHA) has been actively involved in the study of college…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Health Behavior, At Risk Persons
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Craft, Christy Moran; Rockenbach, Alyssa Bryant – Christian Higher Education, 2011
As part of a larger investigation into the spiritual climate at one Lutheran college, we interviewed Protestant Christian students in order to compare their conceptualizations of spirituality, religion, and faith with biblical notions of those concepts. We found that the students' understandings of those concepts only loosely reflected general…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Protestants, Religion, Religious Factors
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Modica, Marianne – Multicultural Perspectives, 2012
The "Whites as victims" motif in conversations about race has been well documented in recent decades. When discussing affirmative action hiring policies, a common belief expressed by Whites is that people of color have been permitted to progress unfairly at the expense of harder working Whites. Whites using this discourse see themselves…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Race, Church Related Colleges, Affirmative Action