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Smith, Michael Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the relationship between an institution's evangelical or Protestant religious affiliation and Black graduation rates. The over 100 members of the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) are Protestant institutions with strong evangelical cultures. Much of the research regarding race and religion in America has…
Descriptors: Race, Protestants, Private Colleges, Graduation Rate
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Tomovska, Ana – Journal of Peace Education, 2010
The contact hypothesis has arguably been the leading theoretical paradigm for educational interventions in divided societies. However most of the studies with children have been quantitative, focusing on contact outcomes and failing to take account of children's views. Therefore this paper presents the findings of a qualitative study of…
Descriptors: Peace, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Qualitative Research
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Andrews, Rhys – Rural Sociology, 2011
Religious communities are important sources of bridging and bonding social capital that have varying implications for perceptions of social cohesion in rural areas. In particular, as well as cultivating cohesiveness more broadly, the bridging social capital associated within mainline religious communities may represent an especially important…
Descriptors: Protestants, Social Integration, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Powers, Jillian R. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this mixed methods study was twofold. First, the study assessed whether Davis' (1989) Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was useful in predicting instructional usage of the interactive whiteboard (IWB), as reported by K-8 teachers. Second, the study set out to understand what motivated those teachers to use the IWB for classroom…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Interactive Video, Bulletin Boards, Mixed Methods Research
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McGlynn, Claire – Intercultural Education, 2009
This paper explores the concept of good practice in integrating education in divided societies. Using Northern Ireland as a case study, the paper draws on data from eight schools (both integrated Catholic and Protestant, and separate) that are identified as exemplifying good practice in response to cultural diversity. Analysis is provided through…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Minority Groups
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Morris, Richard J. – History Teacher, 2009
Since approximately 1970, many historians have been seeking a unifying theme for the American History Survey. Early in the twentieth century, Progressive historians identified class conflict as the main theme in American History, but during the 1950s and 1960s, this view was challenged by the Consensus Schools' assertion that Americans have always…
Descriptors: United States History, Social History, Multicultural Education, Political Attitudes
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Donlevy, J. Kent; Crimmon, A. Mac – Religious Education, 2009
The Canadian province of Alberta is a jurisdiction where religious pluralism is fostered within the public school system. This article is a case study of that phenomenon that briefly reviews the genesis, denouement, and resurrection of Protestant education in Alberta's public schools. Warranted by Alberta's 1988 "alternative school"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Education, Public Schools, Cultural Pluralism
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Montgomery, Alison; McGlynn, Claire – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2009
This paper reflects upon student teachers' conceptions of inter-community relations and the preparation they receive to address issues of diversity and mutual understanding. The study in Northern Ireland is set against a backdrop of political, social and educational change, where a shared, peaceful future appears possible. Student teachers at a…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teacher Education, Community Relations
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West, Martin R.; Woessmann, Ludger – Education Next, 2009
Scholars have attempted to discern the effects of competition between the public and private education sectors within the United States and in other countries, but no study has attempted to measure systematically the causal impact of competition by looking at variation across countries. Countries where more people choose to invest in private…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Choice, Competition, Correlation
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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
Elacqua, Gregory; Contreras, Dante; Salazar, Felipe; Santos, Humberto – Cato Institute, 2011
There is a persistent debate over the role of scale of operations in education. Some argue that school franchises offer educational services more effectively than do small independent schools. Skeptics counter that large, centralized operations create hard-to-manage bureaucracies and foster diseconomies of scale and that small schools are more…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
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Bennison, Sarah Machiels – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background: This paper challenges the dominant story of Protestant and Catholic conflict by illustrating the critical role that mission schools played in creating denominational consensus in the West. Focus: Protestant and Catholic missionaries cast aside their differences as they worked toward common goals to "civilize," Christianize,…
Descriptors: Historiography, Catholic Schools, Protestants, Catholics
Childers, Eric Sean – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In an increasingly homogeneous higher education landscape where colleges and universities appear more similar than distinctive, does organizational identity still matter? In particular, church-related higher education has experienced seismic shifts since the mid-1960s. The purpose of this study was to investigate three colleges and universities of…
Descriptors: College Administration, Church Related Colleges, Protestants, Interviews
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Williams, J. Kelton – American Educational History Journal, 2010
During the period 1962-1994, the United States Supreme Court handed down several decisions that increasingly limited the influence of religion in schools ("Engel v Vitale" 1962; "Abington v. Schempp" 1963; "Lemon v. Kurtzman," "Early v. DiCenso," and "Robinson v. DiCenso" 1971; "Wallace v.…
Descriptors: Christianity, Protestants, Court Litigation, Federal Government
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Bower, Lorraine – Christian Higher Education, 2010
Integration or connectedness between faith and learning is a core aim of Protestant evangelical colleges and universities. It is pursued in a number of different ways in the academic programs of these institutions, even in commercially oriented courses that they offer, such as graphic design. However, the different ways that practical and…
Descriptors: Graphic Arts, Protestants, Design Crafts, Church Related Colleges
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