This article seeks to demonstrate the existence of a relationship between instrumental values and religious experience—in this instance, the experiences of God’s presence and of God’s absence in the lives of Polish students of pedagogy and of philosophy. The methods applied involved making use of the Scale of Religious Experience (SRE) of Głaz and the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS). The study was c...

y and perhaps reconsider previously held This paper examines one such approach in online learning, where an alternative pedagogy was utilized to offer opportunities for rich and sustained dialogue amongst the teachers (participants in the study) involved in a course, Reflective Practice for Teachers. The pedagogy referred to in this study is predicated on Fenwick’s (2005) notion that pedagogy i...

In an attempt to liberate teachers from deficiencies of the conventional methods, Kumaravadivelu (1994) proposed the concept of “post method condition” to overcome the challenges caused by the very nature of methods. The literature regarding post-method pedagogy has indicated that most of the studies focus on its theoretical aspect, while the practical realization has been largely untouched. To...

Peterson, M. 2003. Transformative Decision Rules: Foundations and Applications. Theses in Philosophy from the Royal Institute of Technology 3. 72 + x pp. Stockholm. ISBN 91-7283-460-9. A transformative decision rule alters the representation of a decision problem, either by changing the sets of acts and states taken into consideration, or by modifying the probability or value assignments. Examp...

L atin America has been the cutting edge of struggles worldwide against neoliberalism. Several alternatives to the dominant model of global capitalism appear to be emerging in the region. A new model of revolutionary struggle and popular transformation from below for the 21 st century may be emerging, based on the Venezuelan experience, but more broadly, on mass popular struggles in Ecuador, Bo...

abstract literature review indicates that an effective and good teacher has an important role in students' performances and their success. pivotal roles of teachers may affect students’ attitudes and motivations to language learning. improving the field of foreign language teaching and learning without improving the qualities of efl teachers seems impossible. this attempt, at first hand, r...

Reflection is fundamental in experiential pedagogies, and many studies have been carried out to investigate its impact benefits on student learning outcomes. However, the concept of reflection not well understood. In this study, we focus ensuing approaches it service-learning, an pedagogy that has hailed as a high-impact practice higher education. We first survey semantic background usage servi...

Abstract An Ethnomathematics-based curriculum helps students demonstrate consistent mathematical processes as they reason, solve problems, communicate ideas, and choose appropriate representations through the development of daily practices. As well, it recognizes connections with Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Our pedagogical work, in relation to STEM Educatio...

Public policy and technology are having and will continue to have an extraordinary impact on virtually every aspect of academic medicine. The effects of this combination of policy and technology transformations can hardly be overstated. It is critical to recognize these transformative forces and work to accept and even embrace them enthusiastically. The author examines five major transformative...

Numerous research studies support the claim that affect plays a critical role in decision-making and performance as it influences cognitive processes [1] [2] [3]. Despite this body of research there is insufficient theory within educational pedagogy to recognize and address the role and function of affect. The innovative models and theories that have been proposed to facilitate advancement in t...