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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
wiley   +1 more source

The perceiving process and mystical orientation : an empirical study in psychological type theory among participants at the parliament of the world's religions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A sample of 580 participants attending the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Barcelona 2004 completed the Francis-Louden Mystical Orientation Scale together with a measure of psychological type (the Francis Psychological Type Scales) in order to ...
Cargas, Sarita   +2 more
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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

HEBREW WISDOM AND PSYCHOTHEOLOGICAL DIALOGUE

open access: yesZygon, 1989
. When understood as a potential resolution for the epistemological impasse between psychology and religion, Hebrew wisdom presents a model for dialogue.
doaj   +2 more sources

‘It's all very well having a diverse curriculum, but if there is no curriculum, it can be as diverse as you like’: Precarity and decolonising in the neoliberal UK higher education system

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Master Wittgensteinian Surveys Human Nature -A Review of Human Nature-the Categorial Framework by PMS Hacker (2010) (review revised 2019) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Materialism, reductionism, behaviorism, functionalism, dynamic systems theory and computationalism are popular views, but they were shown by Wittgenstein and more recently by Searle to be incoherent.
Starks, Michael
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Hong Kong's non‐local undergraduate recruitment: Policies, institutional practices and student perspectives

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Beneath the Hong Kong government's enthusiasm for recruiting non‐local undergraduates—including students from the Chinese Mainland and other international regions—lies a longstanding gap in understanding the core meanings and drivers shaping the territory's expanding focus on inward international student mobility (ISM).
Fang Gao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychology of Religion: Conditions and Causes

open access: yesJournal für Psychologie, 2008
The article deals with three questions: 1. what is psychology of religion, 2. why did it no longer exist (at least no longer in Germany), 3. why should it, at least at some places, exist?
Jacob A. v. Belzen
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The Nature Of Happiness Reflected In The Shack Novel By William P. Young (2007): A Psychology Of Religion Approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The main problem of this research is to reveal how the major character solves the problems based on the structural elements and analyze the novel using psychology of religion theory.
, Dr. M. Thoyibi,M.S.   +2 more
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The impact of the current student loans regime on Muslim student engagement and retention in English higher education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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