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Popkewitz, Thomas S. – History of Education, 2011
The essay focuses on curriculum history as the study of systems of reason. The first section considers curriculum as "converting ordinances", inscribing Puritan notions of education as evangelizing and calculating designs in American Progressive education. The second section examines the Social Question, a cross-Atlantic Protestant reformist…
Descriptors: Intellectual History, Music Education, Progressive Education, Educational History
Skinkle, John Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Problem: The problem of this study was to determine the difference in leadership attitude toward change scores across two independent variables in selected Southern Baptist Churches. The two independent variables are church size (small 0-49, medium 50-149, large 150-349, and very large 350+) and church age (well established, intermediate, and new)…
Descriptors: Protestants, Leadership, Attitudes, Change
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Lin, Yu-Fen; Li, Chi-Sing; Irby, Beverly J.; Brown, Genevieve – Qualitative Report, 2010
Women in many Christian cultures are told that men are strong and should lead the church. Consequently, some women rationalize that they should not assume top leadership roles in the church. When they do assume such roles, many female pastors experience challenges. The purpose of our qualitative case study was to give voice to Asian female…
Descriptors: Females, Focus Groups, Leadership, Asians
Enser, Tracey L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The problem identified in this quantitative descriptive study is that many Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Lutheran Elementary Schools (WELS LES) are not adequately prepared to teach all students with special needs. The purpose of the study was to identify principals' perceptions of, and potential barriers to, the successful implementation of…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Elementary Schools, Religious Education, Protestants
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Candal, Cara Stillings; Glenn, Charles L. – Journal of School Choice, 2012
Researchers assessed through quantitative and qualitative methods the relationships among high school students of different racial/ethnic groups in two high-performing urban high schools, one Evangelical and the other Catholic, and explored with students and staff the effect of the distinctive mission and religious worldview of each school on…
Descriptors: Race, Catholic Schools, Catholics, Racial Relations
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Ellison, Christopher G.; Bradshaw, Matt – Journal of Family Issues, 2009
The use of corporal punishment to discipline children remains a perennial focus of controversy. Several studies published in the 1990s linked support for, and use of, corporal punishment with religious factors, particularly core doctrines of conservative (i.e., evangelical and fundamentalist) Protestantism. This study reexamines the relationships…
Descriptors: Discipline, Ideology, Punishment, Religious Factors
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Bopp, Melissa; Fallon, Elizabeth A. – Health Education Research, 2011
The majority of the US population is affiliated with faith-based organizations (FBO). Health and wellness activities (HWAs) within FBOs have great potential for reach, though the factors influencing faith-based HWA are not well understood. The purpose of this study was to examine individual faith leader and institutional influences on HWAs offered…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Physical Activities, Health Promotion, Wellness
Morton, Claudette, Ed. – Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2010
In Montana there are many misconceptions and some prejudice with regard to the Hutterites who live here. This document was written following the structure of the state's Essential Understandings of Montana American Indians. It is intended as an introductory resource guide for Montana educators and students. The Five Essential Understandings of…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Misconceptions, Resource Materials, Rural Areas
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El-Hani, Charbel N.; Sepulveda, Claudia – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2010
In this paper we discuss the results of an investigation aiming at mapping the conceptions of nature of protestant biology preservice teachers in a Brazilian university, State University of Feira de Santana, and elucidating their strategies to manage the coexistence of scientific and religious knowledge. We employ naturalistic semi-structured…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries, Protestants, Scientific Principles
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Odena, Oscar – British Educational Research Journal, 2010
This article reports a qualitative investigation of the perceptions on cross-community music education activities of 14 key practitioners with experience with the two main communities in Northern Ireland (NI), Protestant and Catholic. The segregation of the NI education system is outlined in the first section, which is followed by a review of…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Status
Christine, David Wayne – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Through a qualitative study utilizing in-depth interviews, practitioner opinion was gathered regarding how Christian institutions of higher education, primarily Baptist seminaries, may better utilize formal and continuing education to prepare clergy for pastoral leadership. The sample of ten subjects for this study, drawn from the 550 active…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Clergy, Continuing Education, Leadership
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Raftery, Deirdre; Harford, Judith; Parkes, Susan M. – Gender and Education, 2010
Education for Irish women and girls developed significantly in the period 1830-1910. During this time, formal state-funded education systems were established in Ireland by the British government. Some of these systems included females from their inception and some attempted to exclude girls and women. This article charts the opening up of formal…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Womens Education, Educational History
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Christopher, Andrew N.; Furnham, Adrian; Batey, Mark; Martin, G. Neil; Koenig, Cynthia S.; Doty, Kristin – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
To learn if Protestant ethic endorsement predicted intelligence controlling for the big five personality factors, 364 college students from England and the United States completed a 65-item multifaceted work ethic endorsement measure, the 50-item Wonderlic Personnel Test, and a 60-item measure of the big five personality factors. A hierarchical…
Descriptors: Protestants, Occupational Tests, Personality, Foreign Countries
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Sanchez, Zila M.; Opaleye, Emerita Satiro; Chaves, Tharcila V.; Noto, Ana R.; Nappo, Solange A. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2011
Researches have emphasized religiosity as a protective factor against drug use although the mechanism through which it occurs is still unknown. This article aims to explore religious beliefs that could prevent drug use among youth. Three sources of qualitative data were used: participant observation in 21 religious institutions, semistructured…
Descriptors: Protestants, Participant Observation, Narcotics, Focus Groups
Muth, Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Technology rich learning environments provide the potential for engaging, relevant, and personalized curricula that prepare students for 21st century careers. However, a lack of strategic planning by educators results in available technology not being used to its fullest potential. Several educational organizations have published guidelines for…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Protestants, Private Schools, Technology Planning
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