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Yoder, Paul J.; Wiens, Peter D.; Chou, Annie – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2021
Christian educators must regularly articulate the ways in which they add value to the learning experiences of students, recognizing that pedagogy and purpose are inextricably linked. This study investigates the relationship between constructivist teaching practices and the religious beliefs of Christian educators. Drawing on mixed-methods analysis…
Descriptors: Christianity, Constructivism (Learning), Religious Cultural Groups, Teaching Methods
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Bechtold, John I. – Christian Higher Education, 2017
This article describes a course taught at a U.S. Christian college located in Pennsylvania that uses "high impact practices," as described by Kuh and O'Donnell (2013), to educate students about calling. The course, titled "Created and Called for Community," is required for all incoming first-year students in their second…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Church Related Colleges, Religious Factors, General Education
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Stoppa, Tara M. – Christian Higher Education, 2015
This article explores civic development and its roles in the lives of emerging adults, and the ways in which college contexts--particularly Christian colleges and universities--may foster adaptive civic development. First, the article presents an argument for the importance of fostering civic development as rooted in historic truths of the…
Descriptors: Christianity, Young Adults, Higher Education, Citizen Participation
Van Galen, Jane A. – 1986
This paper describes an ethnographic study of how fundamentalist Christian parents new to home schooling are socialized to norms, beliefs, and values of the Christian home schooling organizations with which they are affiliated. Research involved participant observation and interviews with "home schoolers" and educators over an 18-month…
Descriptors: Christianity, Decision Making, Educational Environment, Ethnography