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Educating teachers toward immigrant empowerment and liberation in the United States and Chile: A funds of knowledge perspective

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how university‐based teacher education programs in diverse historical, sociocultural, and political settings in the U.S. and in Chile, served to foster immigrant empowerment and liberation. Using a Funds of Knowledge approach, the study analyzed the educational practices of migrant families and their integration into ...
Ana Christina da Silva Iddings, Macarena Lamas, Carola Lourdes Aravena Rojas, Katherine Malhue Vasquez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Someday, I'll be an ancestor:” Understanding indigenous intergenerational connectedness through qualitative research to inform measure development

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Intergenerational connectedness broadly encompasses relations among humans, lands, and all living and spiritual beings, and functions as an important part of Indigenous well‐being. Many public health campaigns and interventions aim to promote connectedness to support holistic wellness and reduce health inequities. Currently, however, there are
Victoria M. O'Keefe, Tara L. Maudrie, Fiona Grubin, Miigis B. Gonzalez, Jessica Saniguq Ullrich, Maria Crouch, Evan White, Monica M. Desjardins, Lisa Martin, Melissa Lewis, Mary HorseChief, Angela Fernandez, Angelina Phoebe Keryte, Melissa L. Walls   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religion and Terrorism: Evidence from Ramadan Fasting [PDF]

arXiv, 2018
We study the effect of religion and intense religious experiences on terrorism by focusing on one of the five pillars of Islam: Ramadan fasting. For identification, we exploit two facts: First, daily fasting from dawn to sunset during Ramadan is considered mandatory for most Muslims. Second, the Islamic calendar is not synchronized with the solar cycle.
arxiv  

SOCIAL APPROACHES TO RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITY [PDF]

Hum, 2012
Archeological remains and written documents say that familiar human societies have had religion, of course that is not one religion; it appears in different forms.
Irena Musa
doaj  

Black and minority ethnic student teachers' stories as empirical documents of hidden oppressions: Using the personal to turn towards the structural

British Educational Research Journal, Volume 48, Issue 6, Page 1145-1160, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Racism, as a covert but pervasive presence in teacher education in England, remains a major structural issue and its effects on student teachers who are Black and Asian are real and troubling. Their personal stories reveal multiple challenges and present empirical evidence that can usefully be analysed to examine their experience of daily ...
Diane Warner
wiley   +1 more source

Study the role of the religious beliefs on general health status of the members of pensioners association of Guilan University of Medical Sciences – Rasht

Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery, 2010
Introduction: World population is getting old. Regarding the increasing number of elderly individuals and prevalent mental disorders, seeking other sources in order to prevent the difficulties of geriatric conditions is necessary.
Shadman Reza Masouleh, Farzaneh Sheikhol Eslami, Naema Khodadadi, Mohammad Ali Yazdani   +3 more
doaj  

Politics of evidence: Think tanks and the Academies Act

British Educational Research Journal, Volume 48, Issue 6, Page 1232-1253, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Previous research has identified political ideology as central in the landmark Academies Act (2010). This article further analyses how politics of evidence played its part in the policy process by focusing on long‐term structural changes and preferences among policymakers. The article draws on policymaker interviews after the reform, a mapping
Jaakko Kauko
wiley   +1 more source

Soteriology on the interface of traditional African religion and Christianity: Engaging Bediako’s soteriology and a soteriological alternative

In die Skriflig, 2016
Many African scholars such as Bolaji Idowu, Mbiti, Bediako and others have posed a question about the interrelationship between traditional African religion and Christianity.
Vhumani Magezi, Christopher Magezi
doaj   +1 more source

World Religions and Ecology Series, Cassell in association with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF UK): Hinduism and Ecology: Seeds of Truth; Buddhism and Ecology; Judaism and Ecology; Islam and Ecology ; and Christianity and Ecology (Book Review) [PDF]

, 1993
These are very welcome titles from WWF UK's expanding range of environmental materials with a focus on religious education. In general the books highlight both doctrine and action, providing a future agenda for further development.
Bigger, Stephen
core   +2 more sources

Varieties of digitalisation? A comparison of employment services digitalisation in the UK and Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the digitalisation of employment services in the UK and Australia, countries that have been on similar policy trajectories with respect to the development of quasi‐markets and increased digitalisation. The article deploys comparative mixed methods comprising surveys of employment service providers and interviews with ...
Jo Ingold, Chris Forde, David Robertshaw
wiley   +1 more source