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Lee, Ya-Hui – Educational Gerontology, 2016
In Taiwan, older adults over the age of 65 made up 12.51% of the population in 2015, causing the government to promote older adult education to help achieve active aging. As a result, more elderly people have attended learning activities and applied new skills to volunteering. The researcher conducted focus group interviews with 93 older adults…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Foreign Countries, Spiritual Development, Older Adults
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Feenstra, Jennifer S. – Journal of Education & Christian Belief, 2011
College is a time of exploration for students. College students who are Christian may also engage in exploration of God's call on their lives, a discernment of their vocation. One pedagogical technique that can help us help students explore vocation is service-learning. To better understand their vocation, students need to understand themselves…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Service Learning, Religion, College Students
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Maruggi, Matthew – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2012
This paper examines the development of the concept of solidarity as expressing a sense of shared humanity, while detailing critiques of its current use, especially when it implies a privileged center setting the agenda for the sake of marginalized others. My research demonstrates how solidarity can be modified when encountering difference, and how…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Church Related Colleges, Catholic Schools, Agenda Setting
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Louie-Badua, Liane J.; Wolf, Maura – New Directions for Youth Development, 2008
Service-learning, by its very nature, fosters young people's spiritual development, especially in experiencing a sense of interconnectedness with others and the rest of the world; opening one's heart; and expanding self-inquiry and self-knowledge. (Contains 7 notes.)
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Spiritual Development, Service Learning, Consciousness Raising