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Powerful transformations: The experiences of higher education teaching staff who were first‐generation university students

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Historically, a university education has been seen primarily as a route for the middle classes to achieve professional qualifications while structural barriers have served to restrict entry to individuals from particular demographics. First‐generation students (FGS), often with low socio‐economic backgrounds, face multiple barriers to Higher ...
Helen Williams, Ellen‐Alyssa Gambles
wiley   +1 more source

Prison Chaplaincy: Restorative Personality Therapy

Journal of Ethics in Higher Education
Pastoral care is an integrative discipline that requires applying multiple perspectives and frameworks to real situations. In the prison context, complex circumstances demand complex responses, combining theology and the human sciences to address both ...
Lajos Békefy
doaj   +1 more source

Flourishing through adventure learning: A (semi)cautionary tale

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Studies suggest that adventure learning can develop children's cognitive skills and promote social and emotional learning. However, evidence is needed as to whether the design of adventure learning—school‐based or external/residential—plays a role in that development/promotion, and whether learning gains are maintained.
Ben Willis, Sarah Reaney‐Wood
wiley   +1 more source

Youth Ministry Renewal Guidelines in the Context of the Process of Secularization in Europe

Bogoslovni Vestnik
Secularisation, coupled with the forces of globalisation, cultural revolution, individualism, subjectivism, moral relativism, and the pervasive impact of modern information and communication technologies, continues to exert significant influence on the ...
Wiesław Przygoda
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Breaking point: Identifying the factors that predict suspension from school

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract School suspensions are associated with adverse educational and psychosocial outcomes, yet little is known about how structural disadvantage, relational factors, health behaviours, well‐being indicators and school‐level factors jointly predict suspension risk in England.
Stephanie Cahill, Roberto Vagnetti, Christopher Knowles, Emma Thornton, Qiqi Cheng, Neil Humphrey   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wounded healing and rape survivors in South Africa: Converting social pain to healing

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
Gender-based violence (GBV), particularly rape, continues to be a deeply entrenched crisis in South Africa, with one in three women experiencing sexual or physical abuse in their lifetime.
Boitshepo A. Maine, Vhumani Magezi, Patrick Nanthambwe   +2 more
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Chaplaincy Transitioning Covid-19 in the South African Mining Sector [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology
Chaplaincy or pastoral care as a model of emotional, social, and spiritual support continues to be offered to both religious and non-religious communities.
Dr Mmamajoro Phalatsi-Shilubana
doaj   +1 more source

‘In a small school, it's just capacity all of the time’: Delivery and experiences of a national early career teacher development initiative across diverse school settings in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Effective early career support is associated with a variety of professional and personal benefits for teachers and their schools. However, research indicates that the contextual features of schools, such as their size and geographic location, influence the support that new teachers receive.
Ellen Turner, Alexandra Bates, David Aldridge, Roisin Ellison, Grace Healy, Jen Knowles, Katy Micklewright, Grace Stevens, Calum Davey   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing pastoral therapy as a professional qualification in South Africa: Rationale and motivation

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020
The professional training of pastoral therapists has been a topic of controversy for many years in South Africa. Up to date, the training of pastoral workers has been limited to the study of ministry and as such is limited by the primary aims and ...
Juanita Meyer
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The epistemic ceiling: Veteran practitioners' perspectives on primary qualification entry standards for teaching secondary mathematics in Scotland

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents an exploratory analysis of contemporary curricular and professional qualification policies in the Scottish education system, focusing on minimum qualification thresholds for mathematics teaching. The study examines how veteran secondary mathematics practitioners perceive the structural and pedagogical implications of using ...
Paul Argyle McDonald
wiley   +1 more source