The epistemology of spirit beliefs
International Journal of Philosophy and Theology, 2023 This book assesses whether belief in spirits is epistemically justified. It presents two arguments in support of the existence of spirits and arguments that experiences of various sorts (perceptions, mediumship, possession and animistic experiences) can lend justification to spirit-beliefs. Most work in philosophy of religion exclusively deals with the
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Personal Epistemological Beliefs and Their Relationship to Learning
Journal for Advancement of Marketing Education, 2005 This paper investigates students' beliefs about the nature of knowledge and learning, or epistemological beliefs, and how these beliefs affect motivation to learn, choice of study strategies, and perceived academic performance.
Mark R. Young
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The dimensionality of personal beliefs; the investigation of beliefs based on the field study
RED. Revista de Educación a Distancia, 2023 The purpose of this study is to examine the dimensionality of personal epistemological beliefs in the mathematics education field (MED) and the primary teacher education field (PME) in the Indonesian context. We also examine the relation of this belief
Achmad Hidayatullah +2 more
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Measuring and manipulating epistemological beliefs in early childhood education students [PDF]
, 2005 Engendering sophisticated epistemological beliefs (beliefs about knowing and learning) in student teachers is a critical function of higher education. We report the preliminary results of a collaborative teaching unit and study examining the development
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Epistemological beliefs in pre-service teacher education students [PDF]
, 2001 This study investigated the nature of pre-service teacher education students’ epistemological beliefs or beliefs about knowing. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty-nine students at QUT using an interview schedule similar to that used by
Brownlee, Joanne M.
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Investigating the Relationship between Religious Beliefs, Epistemological Beliefs and Moral Justice with Academic Performance the Mediating Role of Students' Social Adaptation [PDF]
مطالعات روانشناسی تربیتی, 2021 The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between religious beliefs, epistemological beliefs and moral justice with academic performance as a mediator of social adaptation in Payame Noor University students.
Mandana Goodarzi, Mahboobeh Moosivand
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Epistemic norms, closure, and No-Belief hinge epistemology [PDF]
Synthese, 2019 AbstractRecent views in hinge epistemology rely on doxastic normativism to argue that our attitudes towards hinge propositions are not beliefs. This paper has two aims; the first is positive: it discusses the general normative credentials of this move.
Simion, M, Schnurr, J, Gordon, E
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Epistemological beliefs and classroom practices of experienced physics teachers: are they related?
Frontiers in EducationThere is a need in teacher education to explore experienced physics teachers' domain-general epistemological beliefs and classroom practices. The study reports 30 experienced physics teachers' epistemological beliefs and classroom practices in Turkish ...
Ozden Sengul
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Greek-Cypriot elementary teachers' epistemological beliefs about mathematics
, 2018 Drawing on data from the Republic of Cyprus, this paper uncovers elementary teachers' epistemological beliefs about mathematics. Twenty-two experienced teachers were invited to individual semi-structured interviews.
Constantinos Xenofontos +1 more
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Epistemological beliefs in child care: Implications\ud for vocational education
, 2008 Background. The quality of child care is of social and economic significance\ud worldwide. The beliefs that child care workers hold about knowing and knowledge\ud (epistemological beliefs) influence the quality of their professional work.
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