This paper introduces a novel approach to data analysis in social sciences designed for the needs of specialists in the psychology of religion. We detect developmental and cross-cultural patterns in children’s drawings of God(s) and other supernatural agents. The popular methods in social sciences lack objectivity and are heavily influenced by the researchers’ cultural environments. Additionall...

Flexible delivery of educational resources must take account of cultural variables and recognise the specific learning needs, preferences and styles of learners. In designing instruction, there may be a tension between the need to ensure access for a multicultural student population, while at the same time taking into account the need for localisation to accommodate learners’ cognitive styles a...

My paper addresses how the past can be understood as experiential by exploring the interaction between the mobile body and the structures of the built environment. My central argument is that in order for digital cultural heritage to include the social context it needs to consider bodies and patterns of movement in relation to physical architecture. In this paper a model is proposed for articul...

Abstract Compensatory control theory (CCT) provides a framework for understanding the mechanisms at play when one's personal is challenged. The model suggests that believing world structured and predictable place fundamental, insofar as it foundation upon which people can believe they are able to exert over their environment act agentically towards goals. Because of this, CCT suggests, threaten...

The ultimate cause of much historical, social and cultural change is the gradual accumulation of human knowledge of the environment. Human beings use the materials in their environment to meet their needs and increased human knowledge of the environment enables human needs to be met in a more efficient manner. The human environment includes the human being itself and the human ability to commun...

BACKGROUND Sexual health is increasingly understood as an integral part of health. In Canada, education for sexual health is delivered predominantly in middle and secondary school. What of adults who immigrate to Canada from countries where sex education is not delivered to youth? This paper explores the needs and experiences of one such group of Canadian immigrants: those from Iran. METHOD T...