, 2015 The term Enlightenment is used to refer to intellectual and social developments in the 18th century. The underlying force was an increasing belief in the scientific approach to attaining knowledge, as opposed to the medieval reliance on religion and ...
Brysbaert, Marc
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Over the years, surveys and data on learning outcomes have consistently shown inadequate levels of learning in schools in India, witnessing a further decline in recent years. Studies within the sociology of education have consistently highlighted the overarching role of class and caste on learning outcomes in schools. Neoliberal policy reforms
Akshita Rawat
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The psychological perspective on religious experience [PDF]
, 1997 It might be expected that those concerned with psychology and religion would have a lot in common: both are concerned with understanding human life and finding how to live it better.
Argyle, Michael
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What works in internal alternative provision? A salutogenic analysis
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Schools across England are setting up ‘internal alternative provision’ to meet the social, emotional and mental health needs of increasing numbers of pupils at risk of suspension, exclusion and absence. However, there is little guidance about what good practice looks like.
Emma Simpson
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, 2009 What do American Psychological Association (APA) leaders have to say about the new journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality? A survey was sent to 204 current APA council representatives and divisional residents, yielding 63 completed ...
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Altruism, Jesus and the End of the World—How the Templeton Foundation bought a Harvard Professorship and attacked Evolution, Rationality and Civilization. A review of E.O. Wilson 'The Social Conquest of Earth' (2012) and Nowak and Highfield ‘SuperCooperators’ (2012) [PDF]
, 2016 Famous ant-man E.O. Wilson has always been one of my heroes --not only an outstanding biologist, but one of the tiny and vanishing minority of intellectuals who at least dares to hint at the truth about our nature that others fail to grasp, or insofar as
Michael, Starks
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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective
British 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
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Sakarya Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2005 The article aims to introduce Turkish scientific studies on the adolescence period. After giving a brief history of psychology of religion in the West, the studies in Turkey upon discipline in question were generally evaluated.
Mustafa KOÇ
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Pastoral Psychology and Psychology of Religion in Dialogue. Edited by IsabelleNoth, ChristophMorgenthaler, and KathleenGreider. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2011. Pp. 240. €29.90. [PDF]
, 2014 Nathan Carlin
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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?
British 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
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