religious education from kant's standpoint

Nursing education as adult education: a philosophical standpoint.

Die outeur neem die standpunt in dat indien verpleegkundiges in Suid-Afrika die uitdagings van die toekoms te bowe wil kom verandering in fundamentele beskouings oor verpleegonderwys noodsaaklik is. Een van die beskouings wat moet verander is die siening dat basiese verpleegonderwys pedagogie eerder as andragogie is — die studentverpleegkundige moet beskou word as ’n volwasse leerder wat betrok...

Designing and Validating the Service-Oriented University Model from the Standpoint of Higher Education Experts

Service orientation is a pivotal factor and a strategic direction for the university to keep with changes and perceptions of social needs. Accordingly, the main purpose of this study is to develop a model for the service-oriented university within the framework of service provision to the community. This research was conducted using a qualitative approach based on the grounded theory method. Th...

From the Standpoint of Dermatology

Because skin color directly reflects every pathological change of skin that causes modification of its optical characteristics, it is vital information in dermatological diagnosis. Photographs have played a substantial role for a long time in recording skin lesions, and recently digital imaging has been introduced for this purpose. But the quality of skin color images reproduced by any currentl...

Fundamentalism as a Challenge for Religious Education

Empirical research on fundamentalist biographies—presented are three case studies and a summary of research results—demonstrate the complex biographical-motivational factors for fundamentalist turns, but also a transformational potential. Explaining fundamentalist conversion and deconversion within a theoretical framework of fundamentalism as “modern anti-modernism” and as “dislocation of relig...

The Secular Benefits of Comparative Religious Education

Affective Touch from a Philosophical Standpoint

This chapter offers a critical philosophical examination of recent work on pleasant (or affective) touch. After developing a distinction between two notions of perceptual affect, I argue that “emotional” and “affi liative” touch are best understood as causing affective reactions, and that affective touch is best understood as perceptually presenting us with affective qualities. In other words, ...