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Leong, Frederick; Leach, Mark; Yeh, Christine; Chou, Elayne – Death Studies, 2007
The current review begins with an acknowledgment of the diversity within the Asian American population as well as the scarcity of information on suicide among this particular racial/ethnic minority group. In analyzing what is known and what still needs to be learned about suicide among Asian Americans, the current article provides a critical…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Suicide, Social Integration, Asian Americans
Yu, Connie Chuen Ying – New Horizons in Education, 2007
Background: Christian leadership is distinctively different from other major leadership conceptions such as instructional, transactional, and transformational leadership conceptions. With few studies found, the author had to consult the Bible and also non-school Christian literature instead, focusing on Hong Kong principal leadership in Protestant…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Well Being, Transformational Leadership, Spiritual Development
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de Souza, Marian; Rymarz, Richard – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2007
This article sets out to discuss the impact that urban living has had on the lives of young Indigenous people. It will seek to discover some of the problems that occur when there is a meeting of two cultures, in this case the Indigenous culture of Australian Aboriginal people and the mainstream culture that has been derived largely from west…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Social Environment
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Lane, Jodi; Lanza-Kaduce, Lonn – Evaluation Review, 2007
In 2003, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provided Florida's Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) with a $3.5 million grant to design and implement a faith- and community-based program for incarcerated juveniles. Florida's experience developing a completely new program has provided valuable lessons regarding…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Delinquency Prevention, Pilot Projects, Background
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Hodge, David R.; McGrew, Charlene C. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2006
How do people define spirituality and religion and what, if any, relationship do they see between the 2 constructs? In this study, we answer these questions using a qualitative methodology with a nationally representative sample of graduate-level social work students affiliated with the National Association of Social Workers (N=303). A relatively…
Descriptors: Religion, Social Work, Legislators, Religious Factors
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Henry, Annette – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2006
The author examines the discourses and practices of two Black women educators regarding the spiritual education of their daughters. Their daughters attended an independent African-centered community school in a large Midwestern city. Semi-structured interviews were conducted as part of a larger ethnographic study exploring the education of Black…
Descriptors: African American Education, Educational Practices, Epistemology, Daughters
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Chater, Mark – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2006
This article is concerned with the violence done in and to education. It does not address physical violence in schools, but is interested in cultural, emotional and psychological violence in schools and education systems. It asks three questions: is education inherently violent? If so, how serious a problem is this? How should spiritual education…
Descriptors: Violence, Discourse Analysis, Cultural Influences, Emotional Response
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Bellous, Joyce – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2006
This article outlines five activities that provide an environment conducive to the wholeness of each child and the health of a group: including, attending, embracing, releasing and remaining. Including is hospitality offered to difference, so that each child shows up; attending is a just distribution of attention, so children learn meaningfully;…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Integrity, Cultural Pluralism
Rhodes, Keith – 1994
It is difficult for an instructor to designate his philosophy in teaching composition when it is derived from a background in cultural studies at one school and from an "expressivist" program at another school. Furthermore, in naming his approach, he must take into account the influence of his feminist instructors as well as his own…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Educational Objectives, Epistemology, Expressive Language
Collins, James R.; And Others – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1987
Advocates students being afforded the same privilege and extended the same opportunity to attain spiritual development as they are given in other areas related to student development in college. Suggests offering prayers by persons in their own traditions at major college events. Claims risk of offending worth benefit of celebrating a spiritual…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Religion, Religious Conflict
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Leean, Constance – Religious Education, 1988
Proposes three understandings of spirituality and examines how they challenge religious educators. Stating that spirituality can be understood as a common human yearning and experience, as a developmental reality, and as a discipline involving the whole person, the author concludes that people cannot ignore their relationship to nature and to the…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Religion, Religious Education
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Moore, Joseph – Religious Education, 1988
Discusses adolescent spiritual development using the three traditional stages in Catholic spiritual heritage (the purgative, illuminative, and unitive). Suggests specific strategies for helping young people "progress" or move to higher levels in their spirituality. (GEA)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Developmental Stages
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Gross, Francis L., Jr. – Journal of General Education, 1981
Discusses faith in the context of Catholic education as a way of knowing. Describes James Fowler's developmental theories showing the presence of a sequence in the way individuals experience intellectual growth. Presents six short theoretical characterizations showing a family in six stages of faith development. (DMM)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Catholics, Developmental Stages, Family Influence
Rea, Tony – Horizons, 2003
Outdoor educators clearly feel that the outdoors is a powerful tool for spiritual development. Although outdoor educators are not homogeneous in their understanding of spirituality, there does seem to be a significant amount of common ground, dubbed the "neighborhood of outdoor-spiritual proximity." Views of this neighborhood and aspects…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Individual Development, Outdoor Education, Research Needs
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West, Alan N. – Computers and the Humanities, 1991
Discusses the "Regressive Imagery Dictionary," a computerized content analysis technique for evaluating primary process thought in natural language texts. Describes its use in evaluating the King James Bible. Reports that findings are consistent with a fifth degree polynomial function, as suggested by one model of spiritual development…
Descriptors: Christianity, Cognitive Processes, Computer Software, Content Analysis
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