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Analysing Effects of Birth Order on Intelligence, Educational Attainment, Big Five, and Risk Aversion in an Indonesian Sample

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract Few studies have examined birth order effects on personality in countries that are not Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD). However, theories have generally suggested that interculturally universal family dynamics are the mechanism behind birth order effects, and prominent theories such as resource dilution would ...
Laura J. Botzet   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rationalization of the Sacred: The Experiences of Alevi Dedes in Transmitting Their Beliefs and Values to Young People

open access: yesReligions
The main purpose of the current study is to investigate how the beliefs and values of Alevism are transmitted to young people in the city and to examine the problems that arise in the process, drawing on the daily life experiences and perspectives of ...
Ahmet Özalp, Emre Şimşir
doaj   +1 more source

‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
wiley   +1 more source

MICHAEL POLANYI ON ART AND RELIGION: SOME CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON MEANING

open access: yesZygon, 1982
This paper is a critique of the theory of meaning in art and religion that Michael Polanyi developed in his last work entitled Meaning. After giving a brief summary of Polanyi's theory of art, I raise two serious difficulties, not with the theory itself,
doaj   +2 more sources

The Malawi Religion Project: [PDF]

open access: yes
Scholars have recently become increasingly interested in the role religion plays in the responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we present the Malawi Religion Project (MRP), which provides data to examine the relationship between ...
Jenny Trinitapoli, Jimi Adams
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Educational philosophising in the Everyday: UK immigrant mothers navigating identity and praxis during COVID‐19

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Debates surrounding motherhood have long centred on women's roles as carers. Although motherhood is now more widely recognised within feminist scholarship, it often remains conceptually separate from identities associated with formal educational discourse.
Lavinia Kamphausen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is Religion an Evolutionary Adaptation? [PDF]

open access: yes
Religious people talk about things that cannot be seen, stories that cannot be verified, and beings and forces beyond the ordinary. Perhaps their gods are truly at work, or perhaps in human nature there is an impulse to proclaim religious knowledge.
James Dow
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing Transformative Learning in Sustainability Management Education: A Systematic Review and Integrative Model

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reversing dominant unsustainable business practices requires a fundamental shift in how business practitioners perceive and enact sustainability. Management education is crucial for preparing prospective business professionals to lead this change, yet traditional curricula often perpetuate unsustainable paradigms.
Justo Alberto Ramírez‐Franco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

RESPONSE: SCIENCE AND RELIGION—THE STATE OF THE ART

open access: yesZygon, 2022
Alister McGrath here responds to eight articles engaging aspects of his writing and intellectual interests, especially in the field of science and religion.
doaj   +2 more sources

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