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McLure, Felicity; Aldridge, Jill – International Journal of Christianity & Education, 2023
Understanding students' perceptions of Christian education is essential for schools seeking to make changes that enhance opportunities for students to understand and engage with Christian faith. This study introduces and describes the validation of an accessible survey that probes students' perceptions of the Christian culture of their school and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Christianity, Religious Education, School Culture
Foote, Laura S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
What happens when students go to college? An important outcome of college attendance is student cognitive development. Part of that developmental process is learning how to address contrasting values, beliefs, knowledge structures, and worldviews critically. This study addressed the relationship between cognitive and Christian-faith development in…
Descriptors: Christianity, World Views, Cognitive Development, College Students
Winderowd, Carrie; Montgomery, Diane; Stumblingbear, Glenna; Harless, Desi; Hicks, Kaycie – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2008
Understanding the extent of commitment to and identification with traditional cultural experiences is essential for working with American Indian people (Whitbeck, 2006). The purpose of this study was to determine the usefulness of a practical measure of enculturation for AI people by examining its reliability and validity within the context of…
Descriptors: American Indians, Counseling Techniques, American Indian Culture, Cultural Relevance
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Shapiro, Stewart B.; Fitzgerald, Louise F. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1989
A 40-item Likert scale, Transpersonal Orientation to Learning, was developed to investigate transpersonal (spiritual or mystical) orientation. The scale was validated via administration to 166 graduate students in education to determine their beliefs about the development of spiritual potential in learning environments. Satisfactory reliability…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Humanistic Education