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Robinson, David W. – Christian Higher Education, 2012
The movement of the Germanic peoples from the barbaric state that the Romans found them in during the days of Julius Caesar to the highly civilized and educated condition of today is a long and complex history. At the heart of that development over the centuries was first the shift to Roman culture; then the slow adoption of Roman Catholicism and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, World History, Protestants, Role
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Hayes, Bernadette C.; McAllister, Ian – Journal of Youth Studies, 2009
While much has been written on national identity in Northern Ireland, the identity preferences of adults and the young have rarely been compared directly. This paper addresses this omission by examining the relationship between national identity and community relations within both the adult (aged 18 years and above) and the young adult (aged 16…
Descriptors: Protestants, Nationalism, Young Adults, Community Relations
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Stringer, Maurice; Irwing, P.; Giles, M.; McClenahan, C.; Wilson, R.; Hunter, J. A. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
Background: This study examines the effects of integrated and segregated schooling on Northern Irish children's self-reported contact and friendship with members of the other denominational group in school and community settings. Aim: To assess the effects of cross group friendships and cross group contacts in school and outside school on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intergroup Relations, Protestants, Catholics
Shafer, Peter W. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
"Emerging: Negotiating Identity in a 21st Century American Seminary" is an ethnographic investigation involving a diverse group of students as they experience their first year of graduate-level theological education at a Protestant seminary in the United States. The study analyzes the observations and student interviews that form the core of the…
Descriptors: Educational Sociology, Christianity, Theological Education, Self Concept
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Leonard, Madeleine – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2010
This article explores the ways in which teenagers occupy and manage space in one divided community in Northern Ireland. Drawing on stories, maps and focus group discussions with 80 teenagers, from an interface area in Belfast, the article reveals their perceptions and experiences of divided cities, as risky landscapes. Teenagers respond to these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mobility, Personal Autonomy, Barriers
Poggendorf, Brenda Porter – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Retention of students is a critical area of much needed attention on nearly every college campus. It is important to students who want to succeed in college and beyond, to institutions that desire high efficiency and prestige, and increasingly to state and federal leaders. Retention of students in college affects a broad range of stakeholders,…
Descriptors: Religious Cultural Groups, Self Esteem, School Holding Power, College Freshmen
Kim, Brian Byung Joo – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this research was to explore the nature, process, and facilitating factors of transformative learning experiences of Korean-American adults in a Korean American immigrant congregation (KAIC). The focus was on discovering how and to what extent, if any, the congregational culture of the KAIC as the learning situation played a role in…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Transformative Learning, Interviews, Educational Environment
Aslan, Ednan, Ed.; Windisch, Zsofia, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2012
Following 9/11 and the growth of religiously legitimated violence in Islamic countries, the focus of public discussion moved to imams and teachers of religion as actors supporting Muslim isolation and the lack of willingness to integrate--imams became central figures in the debate on Islam. With great enthusiasm, politicians discovered them to be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Muslims, Islam, Communication Skills
Wyche, Susan Porter – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This research focuses on the development and study of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) that support religious practices and the use of standpoint theory in ICT evaluation studies. Three phases makeup this work: formative studies to understand how megachurches, their members and leaders use ICT in ways tied to their Protestant…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Communications, Computer Mediated Communication, Religion
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Abbott, Lesley – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2010
Following a long history of religiously segregated schooling in Northern Ireland, a contested society characterised by division and conflict, pioneering parents set up the first integrated school 28 years ago to educate "together" pupils from the two main cultural traditions. Integrated schools generate an ethos whereby opportunities are…
Descriptors: School Desegregation, School Segregation, Foreign Countries, Educational History
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Duesing, Jason G. – Christian Higher Education, 2010
This paper seeks to argue that the life and work of L. Russ Bush III (1944-2008) made a significant contribution in the return of the Southern Baptist Convention to its theologically conservative heritage specifically in the early reformation of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary from theological liberalism. That is, through Bush's…
Descriptors: Integrity, Change Agents, Educational Change, Educational Development
Gilbert, Ronald – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A steady transition has been taking place in church services with the employment of visual electronic media intended to enhance the worship experience for congregants. Electronically assisted worship utilizes presentational software and hardware to incorporate video, film clips, texts, graphics, lyrics, TV broadcasts, Internet, Twitter, and even…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Participant Satisfaction, Protestants, Church Programs
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Mitchell, Philip – Journal of Education & Christian Belief, 2010
Thomas Hebert and Matthew T. McBee's (2007) recent study of gifted university students examines how an honors program can function as a community for social, intellectual, and psychological growth. In particular, they find that honors programs offer advantageous support for gifted students in navigating social isolation, in questioning traditional…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Freedom, Academically Gifted, Social Isolation
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Trohler, Daniel – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2009
In this paper, the author focuses on how globalization and education are addressed in research. More precisely, he concentrates on only one dominant approach to analyzing globalization and its effects on education and also the educational role within globalization. His thesis is that, with the background of Max Weber's Protestant ethic thesis,…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Work Ethic, Protestants, History
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McGlynn, Claire; Lamarre, Patricia; Laperriere, Anne; Montgomery, Alison – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2009
This article compares experiences of shared schooling in societies with 2 distinctive traits: first, a history of intercommunity conflict and isolation; and second, a segregated school system. Drawing on Parekh's (2006) reconceptualisation of multiculturalism, this article analyses issues arising from experiences of intercommunity contact in…
Descriptors: Protestants, Conflict, Figurative Language, Cultural Pluralism
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