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Religion as an External Determinant of the Education Systems of the BRICS Member Countries: A Comparative Study
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de Kock, Fleetwood Jerry; de Beer, Zacharias Louw; Wolhuter, Charl C.; Potgieter, Ferdinand Jacobus – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2022
Various internal and external determinants influence an education system. External determinants include language, demographics, geography, technology, politics, and financial and economic trends. Religion is also one of these external determinants that can influence an education system, as well as the education systems of the. The BRICS member…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Factors, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries
Teaching about Faith-Based Organizations in the Social Work Curriculum: Perspectives of Social Work Educators
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Pandya, Samta P. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2016
Faith-based organizations (FBOs) have an important presence in contemporary civil society and have gained further prominence through their repertoire of social welfare and services. This study engaged social work educators (n = 316) across nine countries to examine their perceptions of including discourses on faith and FBOs in the social work…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Factors, Religious Cultural Groups, Churches
Working through the Problems of Study Abroad Using the Methodologies of Religious Studies
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Siegler, Elijah – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2015
After illustrating the joys of teaching religious studies abroad with an anecdote from my trip to China, I warn of some of its inherent pedagogical and ethical challenges. I argue that teaching some of the "new directions" in religious studies scholarship might address these challenges. These include a turning away from the abstract…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Study Abroad, Teaching Methods, Religion
Religion and Education: Comparative and International Perspectives. Oxford Studies in Comparative Education
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Sivasubramaniam, Malini, Ed.; Hayhoe, Ruth, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2018
Despite the increased trend towards secularisation in state schooling, issues of religion and spirituality have remained important. Increased pluralism within societies through expanding migration patterns is changing the religious and cultural contours of many countries in Europe and North America, and is creating a need for a deeper…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Factors, Spiritual Development, Religious Cultural Groups
Spirituality, Religion, and Peace Education
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Brantmeier, Edward J., Ed.; Lin, Jing, Ed.; Miller, John P., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
"Spirituality, Religion, and Peace Education" attempts to deeply explore the universal and particular dimensions of education for inner and communal peace. This co-edited book contains fifteen chapters on world spiritual traditions, religions, and their connections and relevance to peacebuilding and peacemaking. This book examines the…
Descriptors: Jews, Conflict, Cultural Awareness, Christianity
History and Art: The Heart of Art.
Seiferth, Berniece B; And Others – 1984
Learning to appreciate religious art and to understand the interdependence of history and art are basic to the foundations of culture. Students need to be exposed to the art of the diverse adherents of all major religions in order to understand the beliefs and practices of others. Students can examine religious art from ancient times, including…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art History, Cultural Awareness, Higher Education