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‘…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

British 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

Bricks, knots, and bodies: Material encounters and the affective making of masculinity

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines how creative research methods do not just capture boys' experiences of masculinity, but actively materialise them. Drawing on two arts‐based activities used in school‐based fieldwork (a mannequin‐based exercise with one participant and a Lego‐building workshop with a small peer group), the paper analyses how materials ...
Huw Berry‐Downs
wiley   +1 more source

‘It Never Ends’: Disability Advocacy and the Practice of Resilient Hope

Religions
Political advocacy is an important religious practice. But social activism can be discouraging. This paper integrates moral theology, virtue ethics, positive psychology and spiritual formation to highlight the importance of resilient hope for social ...
James B. Gould
doaj   +1 more source

The ministry of hope at grassroots level in a post-apartheid South Africa

In die Skriflig, 2013
In this article the the ministry of hope to women without hope are investigated in the South African context of hope and reconciliation. Since apartheid ended 19 years ago, a democratic policy has been followed.
Amanda L. du Plessis
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Educational philosophising in the Everyday: UK immigrant mothers navigating identity and praxis during COVID‐19

British 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, Aliya Khalid, Nadia Uddin‐Talukder, Uzma Dayan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Educating agents of change: Investigating curricula to foster sustainability competencies in university

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study critically evaluates the implementation of sustainability competencies in the university‐wide curriculum reform at a Nordic research‐intensive multidisciplinary university. The focus is on assessing how sustainability competencies—especially the newly introduced systems thinking, strategic thinking and futures thinking—are ...
I. Södervik, T. Tuononen, R. Ratvio, T. Laisi, J. Pietikäinen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liberation Through Narration: A Novel Humanistic Framework to Address Body Dissatisfaction

The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Though body dissatisfaction is nuanced and pervasive, the magnitude of body dissatisfaction is undercut by essentialist conceptualizations of the body and medicalized metrics of wellness tied to disordered eating. Hence, there is a need for a contextualized and sustaining framework to address and promote healing from body dissatisfaction ...
Kim Hughes, Amber L. Pope
wiley   +1 more source

Why Muslims should Maintain their Dignity in Worldly Life: A Critical Consideration on Said Nursi’s Insight on the Meaning of “Theology of Hope” as Reflected in His Damascus Sermon

Sunan Kalijaga: International Journal of Islamic Civilization, 2018
“At one time Muslim culture led the world in knowledge and prosperity. Now, in most respect, it lags far behind. What are the factors that led to its rise and subsequent fall?” (Perkins, 2003). Muslims fell under the Western domination for many centuries.
Fauzan Saleh
doaj   +1 more source

Shaping Manager Well‐Being and Functioning in Declining Nonprofit Organizations: The Critical Role of Strategy Implementation

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Under the roof of Christian churches in Central Europe, some nonprofit organizations (NPOs) grow, while others are in marked decline. Our study in this context extends a previous focus on financial indicators to NPO managers' experiences, their role clarity and job satisfaction, during phases of organizational growth and decline. Specifically,
Max Niehoff, Johannes Stark
wiley   +1 more source

Theology, imagination and Scottish literature [PDF]

, 2015
Alison Jack uses works of Scottish literature, both classic and contemporary, as a way into McIntyre's exposition of faith, theology and imagination in a distinctly Scottish context.Publisher ...
Jack, Alison
core   +2 more sources