Embodiment: Reflections on Religious Learning in Youth Ministry

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 7-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jos de Kock ◽  
Ronelle Sonnenberg
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Youth Ministry ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
Socialization Theory ◽  
Religious Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Theory

The concept of embodiment has increasingly been in the foreground of recent debates within youth ministry and religious learning. Human experience and learning are rooted in flesh-and-blood bodies, which means that the focus of youth ministry should not only be on cognitive processes but also on concrete experiences, acts and rituals. This article aims to clarify the meaning and relevance of embodiment for religious learning in youth ministry. For this purpose, the paper reviews two lines of reflection: first, reflections based on educational learning theory and religious pedagogical theory; second, reflections based on socialization theory. Finally, the article concludes with a discussion on the consequences these two lines of reflections have for current empirical research regarding the religious learning of young people.

INTERNET NEWS MEMES WITH POLITICAL OVERTONES IN THE PERCEPTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-107
Author(s):  
D. S. Gorbatov ◽  
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P. Yu. Gurushkin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Social Perception ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Internet News ◽  
The Social

The purpose of the empirical research described in the article was to study the range of judgments that characterize the social perception of the student youth of Internet news memes with political overtones. The research method was a focus group interview using the Microsoft Teams platform. The four groups included 28 undergraduate students of higher educational institutions of St. Petersburg. The results of the study characterize the attitude of students to attempts to impose political overtones on Internet news memes, reflect their opinions about the mistakes made by the authors, contain arguments about the reasons for the anonymity of the authors of memes, describe the range of views on the problem of the responsibility of the authors of memes for violations of laws. In addition, students ' perceptions about changes in Internet memes, in particular, news memes, in the future were revealed.

scholarly journals Effective Youth Ministry: Theology-driven in a Cultural Context

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippa Strong
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Youth Ministry ◽  
Cultural Relevance ◽  
Contributing Factors

Recently Youth Ministry finds itself mostly in a crisis as it is wrongly presented. In a nutshell the crisis can be described as falling short of leading young people to become mature Christian adults. Research shows that there are a variety of contributing factors to this crisis. This article focuses on two of these contributing factors. Firstly, Youth Ministry today is skill and socially driven, rather than theology or spiritually driven. The discussion commences by indicating the importance of establishing theology as the foundation of Youth Ministry. A Christ-centric theological framework as foundation for effective Youth Ministry is proposed. The article emphasises the meaning and essence of theology, with the Sola Scriptura approach being followed throughout. The second contributing factor discussed is the issue that cultural relevance is wrongly being made the heartbeat and foundation of Youth Ministry instead of theology. The article gives culture its rightful and relevant place in Youth Ministry, without it overshadowing the foundation of effective Youth Ministry, namely theology. Postmodernism and subculture also receive attention and in the conclusion the emphasis falls on a call to return to a Youth Ministry that is theology driven in a cultural context.Effektiewe Jeugbediening: Teologies-gedrewe in ’n Kulturele Konteks. Tans verkeer Jeugbediening grootliks in ’n krisis, aangesien dit verkeerd aangebied word. Kortliks behels hierdie krisis dat Jeugbediening daarin te kort skiet om jongmense tot volwasse Christenskap te lei. Navorsing toon verskeie faktore wat tot hierdie krisis bydra. Die artikel fokus op twee van hierdie bydraende faktore. Eerstens val die soeklig op die feit dat Jeugbediening tans metode- en sosiaal-gedrewe eerder as teologies- of spiritueel-gedrewe is. Die bespreking toon die belangrikheid daarvan om teologie en die behoefte daaraan as fondament in Jeugbediening te vestig. Die aanbeveling is dat daar ’n Christelik-teologiese raamwerk as fondament vir effektiewe Jeugbediening moet wees. Die fokus is op die betekenis en essensie van teologie met die Sola Scriptura benadering as deurgaans sentraal. Die tweede bydraende faktor tot die krisis is die feit dat kulturele relevansie in plaas van teologie verkeerdelik die hartklop en fondament van Jeugbediening gemaak word. Die artikel bied aan kultuur sy regverdige en relevante plek in Jeugbediening gebied sonder dat dit die fondament van Jeugbediening, naamlik teologie oorskadu. Postmodernisme en subkultuur geniet ook aandag. Ten slotte word die waarde van die artikel uitgelig deur die oproep tot die terugkeer na Jeugbediening wat teologies vanuit ’n kulturele konteks gedryf word.

scholarly journals Using Brunerian Learning Theory with Educational Simulations to Teach Concepts

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura R. Winer ◽  
Richard F. Schmid
Keyword(s):  
Learning Theory ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Spatial Visualization ◽  
Task Demands ◽  
Individualized Treatment ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
Educational Simulations ◽  
Single Process ◽  
Process Oriented

The present study maintains that consistently effective leaming materials can best be generated if the prescriptions instructional designers use are founded on learning theory. It is also considered critical that cognitive processes central to the task demands and strategies employed to address them be established. To be practical, we further recommend that only a single, process-oriented lesson, rather than individualized treatment, be implemented. Instructional simulations met these criteria, being tightly bound to Bruner's theoretical approach, and inherently capable of addressing aptitude deficiencies. Subjects were assessed for spatial visualization ability, grouped, randomly assigned to simulation or non-simulation treatments, and tested immediately, one week, and five weeks after instruction. The simulation significantly increased the high-aptitude learners' efficiency (and initially effectiveness), and low-aptitude learners' effectiveness. The validity of a theory-based, aptitude-enhancing, standardized approach was supported, and is discussed.

scholarly journals ‘Remembrance isn’t working’: First World War battlefield tours and the militarisation of British youth during the centenary

Childhood ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-398
Author(s):  
Catriona Pennell
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
First World War ◽  
State School ◽  
World War ◽  
Educational Initiative ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The Uk ◽  
First World

Between 2014 and 2019, secondary school pupils from every state school in England were given the opportunity to visit the battlefields of the Western Front as part of the UK government’s flagship educational initiative to mark the centenary of the First World War. Based on empirical research conducted with pupil participants on the First World War Centenary Battlefield Tours Programme, this article explores the processes of militarisation present within these tours as well as the way young people participated in and made sense of these practices.

scholarly journals A Socio Behavioural Perspective for Understanding and Managing Behaviour Problems in Children with Epilepsy

1992 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-51
Author(s):  
C. A. Cull ◽  
S. W. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Young People ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Behavioural Problems ◽  
Behaviour Problems ◽  
Management Implications ◽  
Psychosocial Sequelae

In this paper, reasons for the occurrence of interictal behaviour disturbance in children with epilepsy, and the management of such problems, are considered. The search for a direct relationship between epilepsy related variables and behaviour disorders is far from conclusive. While such a relationship may exist with respect to ictal behaviour problems, this line of investigation is of limited value in respect of its implications for the management of interictal problems. In the latter case it is proposed that organic factors may be considered to be a risk factor. In addition, the negative psychosocial sequelae of a diagnosis of epilepsy can result in conditions which are likely to foster the development of inappropriate behaviours. Learning theory would further suggest that environmental contingencies have a role to play in the shaping and maintenance of such behaviours. This broader framework for conceptualising the development and maintenance of interictal behaviour disorders has clear management implications. Clinical examples of the successful application of this approach to the management of persistent behavioural problems in two young people with epilepsy are presented.

Connectors, Horizon Stretchers, Outsiders: Youth Justice Practitioners in Rural England

Youth Justice ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-308
Author(s):  
Hannah Marshall ◽  
Joel Harvey ◽  
Caroline Lanskey
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Young People ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Working Environments ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Rural England

This article advances research on the practice of youth justice in rural contexts. Drawing on Ingold’s dwelling perspective, and empirical research with youth justice practitioners in rural England, we explore how practitioners develop their practice through their relationships to their rural working environments. We find that through these relationships, practitioners develop themselves as ‘connectors’, aiming to reduce the impact of Fordshire’s remoteness and isolation on young people; as ‘horizon stretchers’, seeking to raise aspirations and broaden imaginations; but often find themselves to be ‘outsiders’ in relation to rural communities. Accordingly, we argue that youth justice work is infused with the lived realities of the contexts in which it is practised and that ongoing debates over the localization of youth justice must take this into account.

Youth Ministry: About Youth?

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monique C.H. van Dijk-Groeneboer
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Youth Ministry ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Institutional Commitment ◽  
Religious Institute ◽  
Different Types

Values, religion and institutional commitment of young people are changing in a secularised country such as the Netherlands. Different types of young people can be defined, based on their ways of belonging and on their measure of belief, i.e.: to what extent are they connected to a religious institute and to what extent are they actively involved with religion in forming their identity? Youth ministry can be geared towards different types of youth, when realising that not only the ‘Fortissimos’ are to be inspired. This article presents conducted research on the values and religion of young people, as well as an example of youth ministry in the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands.

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