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Unlock(e)ing T. H. Gallaudet's Philosophy of Language
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Sayers, Edna Edith – Sign Language Studies, 2021
In the early decades of the nineteenth century, when Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was famously advocating for sign language to be the language of instruction for deaf children in the United States, European philosophers were founding modern linguistics. Gallaudet was not able to benefit from their breakthroughs, however, because his upbringing,…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deafness, Advocacy, Teaching Methods
Developing a Conceptual Model of Cultural Policy-Making in District 8 Payame Noor Universities Based on Piety
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Shahabi Nejad, Fatemeh; Manzari Tavakoli, Hamdollah; Kamali, Mohammad Jalal; Salajegheh, Sanjar; Molaei, Hamid Reza – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2020
The present study aimed to provide a conceptual model of cultural policy-making in Payame Noor universities in District 8 based on piety and virtue. In this study, the components of cultural policy based on piety were first identified through exploratory studies and surveys of knowledge-aware experts using the Delphi technique, and then these…
Descriptors: Policy Formation, Universities, Ethics, Moral Values
Pedagogy of Hizmet in Germany -- Non-Formal Educational Practices and Biographical Views of Its Participants
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Geier, Thomas; Frank, Magnus; Bittner, Josepha; Keskinkiliç, Saadet – Ethnography and Education, 2019
The "Gülen Movement," a global network and religious community revolving the Turkish Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, has become a topic of political discourses in worldwide media since the coup attempt in Turkey in 2016. Earlier, it was particularly known for its worldwide education activities. The article discusses first results of a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Informal Education, Religious Cultural Groups, Networks
The Effectiveness of the Curriculum Biography of the Prophet in the Development of Social Intelligence Skills of Al-Hussein Bin Talal University Students
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Al-Khateeb, Omar; Alrub, Mohammad Abo – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study aimed to find out how the effectiveness of the curriculum biography of the Prophet in the development of social intelligence skills of Al-Hussein Bin Talal University students and the study sample consisted of 365 students from Al-Hussein Bin Talal University for the first semester 2014-2015 students were selected in accessible manner.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Islam, Religious Factors
Teaching Theology as a Christian Spiritual Practice: The Example of Stanley J. Grenz
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Mellinger, Laurie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation explores the recent work on spiritual practices in the academic discipline of Christian spirituality, gathering together the strengths of various conceptions of practice from the literature and developing a rigorous definition of a Christian spiritual practice: Christian spiritual practices are things God enables Christian people…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Religious Factors, Theological Education, Christianity
Harry Judge and Oxford: College and University
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Halsey, A. H. – Oxford Review of Education, 2008
Has Harry Judge's career reproduced in a lifetime the centuries-old history of Brasenose College and the University of Oxford? His biography and the history of his college in relation to Christian belief and modern university reform are briefly recapitulated. All tell a story of adaptation and modernisation, the man short, the college long, the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, College Environment, Educational History, Foreign Countries