scholarly journals Teach Them to Observe all that I Have Commanded You: Great Commission or Omission?

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Francisca Wavinya Ngala ◽  
Rosemary Wahu Mbogo
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Christian Education ◽  
Spiritual Formation ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Great Commission ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Systematic Random Sampling ◽  
The Social ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Descriptive Survey

<p>Members of any congregation professing Christianity are a flock that needs to be looked after as commissioned by God. Faith in Christ often brings them together to strengthen one another by listening to the word of God and receiving God’s blessings through the minister/pastor/priest among others. These servants, therefore, have the obligation to mould and form a spirituality of their congregations as they patiently wait for the second coming of Jesus Christ by teaching them. Therefore, this paper endeavoured to interrogate the Christian curriculum of selected churches with respect to spiritual formation among the faithful. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. Systematic random sampling was used to select 945 participants. Questionnaires were consequently distributed to the 945 members. Overall, 538 questionnaires were returned and analyzed to provide useful information. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the data and t-tests performed. The study findings revealed that the servants of God use Christian education as an approach towards the great commission of God in enhancing spiritual formation on the faithful. The findings suggest that the servants are working towards strengthening spirituality and hence Christianity of the faithful in their churches. Despite the omission of the great commission over a long time, churches are now embracing curriculum tailored to addressing specific objectives geared to enhancing Christianity and strengthening faith among the faithful.</p>

scholarly journals Representação e ciências sociais

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-126
Author(s):  
Drance Elias da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Knowledge Representation ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
General View ◽  
Dominant Culture ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Social ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Expression Form

This Article may be situated within the rapport field between Philosophy and Social Sciences, at the search regarding to the concept concerning the Representation. Regarding to Philosophy, under a general view, the concept, concerning Representation, has been, since a long time, understood as a trail which one would get througl reaching to the real and true ones. Representation, as the thought contents expression form had not been known departing from Philosophy as a barrier against the objectivity concerning the knowledge. Representation, in its source, has been constituting itself a cognictive, inmanent reflection, related to the conscience inner subjectivity. But departing from the episthemological point of view, it has been not so easy for the campus concerning the Culture Sciences as a totality. In the theory regarding to knowledge, the Social Sciences campus and, more specifically, in the human life Symbolic dimension constitutive aspects, it has been, often, accepted negatively as an entry door for the histotical social reality. Nowadays, one may conclude that the contents concerning the Culture are deeply rooted within the histotical reality, which may present new dimension the reading regarding to the Symbolical side concerning the human life, under the view regarding to the unseen aspect, such as the intellectualistic Western dominant Culture allows understanding the way which could be in.

Planning for Knowledge Management Implementation in Academic Libraries: Empirical Evidence From Federal University Libraries in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cyprian. I. Ugwu ◽  
I. J. Ezema
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey

The main reason for the failure of many knowledge management (KM) projects is the absence of a well-defined framework or strategy to guide KM implementation. This paper is an attempt to determine the planning needs of the KM deployment process and propose a framework that could be used specifically by the federal university libraries in Nigeria to guide the KM implementation process. Quantitative research approach was adopted in this study and the design was a descriptive survey. A total of 300 librarians responded to the survey that sought their opinions on the planning needs for KM implementation process. The survey instrument was a questionnaire, and it was used to collect data from the respondents. Data collected were analysed using mean, standard deviation, ranks and percentages obtained with the aid of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The results of the study revealed the planning needs for KM implementation as consisting of the goals which the university library intends to achieve through KM, the KM process, skills and tools required as well as the type of partnerships needed. Based on these needs, this study proposes a KM framework made up of strategies and tactical moves to guide the KM implementation process.

W sprawie uniwersalnego charakteru moralności

Etyka ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 133-140
Author(s):  
Janina Tobera
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Moral Aspect ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Different Cultures

For a long time the representatives of the social sciences had been passionately interested in whether certain identities in the moral aspect of different cultures, which are so numerous and different, can be found.

Globalizations

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Osterhammel
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
World History ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Social ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Characteristic Features

The revival of world history towards the end of the twentieth century was intimately connected with the rise of a new master concept in the social sciences: globalization. Historians and social scientists responded to the same generational experience that the interconnectedness of social life on the planet had arrived at a new level of intensity. The conclusions drawn from this insight in the various academic disciplines diverged considerably. The early theorists of globalization in sociology, political science, and economics disdained a historical perspective. The new concept seemed ideally suited to grasp the characteristic features of contemporary society. It helped to pinpoint the very essence of present-day modernity. Globalization opened up a way towards the social science mainstream, provided elements of a fresh terminology to a field that had suffered for a long time from an excess of descriptive simplicity.

scholarly journals The existential imperative in narrating experience

COMPASS ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-55
Author(s):  
Thea Luig
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sense Of Agency ◽  
Therapeutic Practice ◽  
Narrative Approaches ◽  
The Social ◽  
Long Time

The idea that the act of narrating one’s experience, in particular reorganizing disruptive experiences into a coherent story, is conducive to well-being has become popular in the social sciences and in therapeutic practice. Ways of remembering and narrating draw on templates of the larger societal, historical, and cultural context and thus situate the memory of one’s particular experience within a collectively shared world. However, other voices argue that the driving force of storytelling is less the need for coherence or continuity, but rather the reconstruction of a sense of agency in intersubjective relationships. This paper will explore the question of what is at stake, what is existentially imperative, in the human practice of narrating experience. Using a phenomenological framework that pays attention to the intersubjective space of perception and experience, I will apply narrative approaches drawing on medical anthropolog y, linguistics, and psychology to my conversations with Mary, a long-time caregiver for chronically ill family members.

scholarly journals Gender and Socio-economic Differences in Substance Use Among Academics in Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State of Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Dimkpa Daisy Inyingi ◽  
Lydia Amonia Wilcox
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
T Test ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey

The use of substance by university academics in recent times is a cause for concern especially due to the negative implications of its misuse. The social climate in the university is gradually changing in spite of its setting which is meant for educating and reforming individuals, as new forms of social organizations have evolved wherein academics get involved in indiscriminate substance use as a result. This research was undertaken to investigate the reasons why academics engaged in substance use and to find out the difference in its use, based on gender and socio-economic status of the respondents. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised 833 academic staff. A total of 113 academics who were randomly selected from six out of twelve faculties in the university participated in the study. Three Research questions and two research hypotheses were generated to guide the study. A researcher designed instrument named ‘University Academics’ Substance Use Questionnaire’ was used to generate data, and analyzed using mean scores, standard deviations and the t-test. Results indicated that a higher number of male than female academics engaged in substance use due to emotional and psychological reasons; and that alcohol, tobacco and caffeine were the most frequently used substances. The predisposing factors to substance use were amongst others, early parental and cultural initiation. The t-test also showed statistically significant differences in substance use based on gender and socio-economic status of the respondents. Based on the findings, recommendations were made.

scholarly journals Law and social theory: problem of dialectical connection in the works of philosophers of the XIX – XX centuries

2020 ◽  
pp. 57-75
Author(s):  
Andrei Andreevich Kovalev
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
Max Weber ◽  
Niklas Luhmann ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Theories ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Legal Understanding

This article examines the problem of correlation and dialectical connection between the theories of social being and law in the works of the prominent philosophers of the XIX &ndash; XX centuries (&Eacute;mile Durkheim, Max Weber, Karl Marx, Georges Gurvitch, Jean Baudrillard, Michel Foucault, Niklas Luhmann, J&uuml;rgen Habermas, and others) who worked at the intersection of several fields of social sciences and made significant contribution to the theory of state and law. These scholars predicted multiple problems of modernity; therefore, reference to their theoretical heritage is valuable in the search of new legal understanding, the need for which has existed for a long time. The scientific novelty consists in the analysis of views of the leading theoreticians who dealt with the correlation between law and social sciences. Social in the social sciences was often considered from the perspective of evolution of human relations. The essence of the social was revealed in various types of cohesion of population or connectedness between the members of social groups. In such relations, an important element was morality, which emerged much earlier than law. Morality emerged with the conception of the social, while law &ndash; only with the advent of the state. The classical social theories of the late XIX &ndash; early XX centuries, identified the concept of &ldquo;society&rdquo; mostly with the politically organized and territorially restricted society of the modern Western national state.

scholarly journals THE LEVEL OF AWARENESS OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING AT KOMENDA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-67
Author(s):  
Paul Arkorful ◽  
Nana Adam-Yawson ◽  
Sylvester Insaidoo
Keyword(s):  
Survey Design ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Counselling Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
Educational Programmes ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Purpose: This study explored the nature of guidance and counselling services available for the students in Komenda College of Education. Methodology: The descriptive survey design was used for the study. A sample of 185 students consisting of 95 level 200 students and 90 level 300 students were sampled from the population. The major instrument used for data collection was questionnaire. Questionnaire was used because it is the most appropriate instrument that could be used to collect data on the variables for the study. Content-related evidence of validity was established for the instrument. The researchers personally administered the questionnaire.  The entry of quantitative data and analysis was done using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Findings: The results from the study showed that guidance and counselling services were vibrant and visible in Komenda College of Education. The study revealed that Seventy-five per cent (75%) of the respondents claimed that attitudes of Guidance and Counselling Coordinators and Tutors were very appropriate for counselling services. All types of guidance and counselling services were rendered in the college. The study further revealed that some students had negative attitudes towards accessing guidance and counselling services. Unique Contribution to Practice and Policy: The researchers therefore recommend that, school authorities should be provided with needed logistics for effective guidance and counselling services in schools and colleges. Also, there should be in-service trainings and refresher courses and seminars for guidance and counselling coordinators to up-date their skills in guidance and counselling. Finally, the Ghana Education Service should organise periodic educational programmes for both teachers and students on the role of guidance and counselling in schools and colleges.

The Container Model of Society as a Research Paradigm

2021 ◽  
pp. 15-24
Author(s):  
Liubov V. Klepikova ◽  
◽  
Sergej N. Klimov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Migrant Studies ◽  
Long Time ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common ◽  
Container Model

The article deals with the container model of society (CMS) which has been used for a long time in disciplines dealing with the study of society, the processes of its development and change. The term CMS was introduced into the scientific circulation of foreign social sciences and humanities about twenty years ago, but it is not yet widely known in the Russian social studies. The article traces the history of the formation of the KMO and its introduction into the research apparatus of foreign social and humanitarian works, provides an overview of the monograph by U. Beck, as well as the article by N. Glik Schiller and A. Wimmer. The CMS is based on the view of society as a set of closed social groups that are “containers”. Hitherto CMS has been used as the methodological tool, which allowed reconsidering the old approaches and the concepts formed in the social and migrant studies. However, the fact that not only scientists, but also ordinary members of the community, were inclined to systematize social reality like the puzzle of the homogeneous “containers”, was out of the re­searchers’ attention. The main peculiarity of the modern situation around CMS consists in the circumstance that CMS is reproducing itself permanently in the common discourses, in the various confrontations and conflicts. The arti­cle’s authors try to show not just the methodological, but also the theoretical pos­sibilities of CMS for the social studies in Russia. In view of the principles, which the individuals use to identify themselves and others, the socio-humanitarian studies are capable to get a fundamentally new approach toward the analysis of the social field of the human existence as well as to diverge from the method­ological dogmatism in the field of the social sciences.

Facilities and Materials for Teaching Sewing in Junior High Schools in Selected Schools in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 180-188
Author(s):  
Esther Laurinda Akomaning
Keyword(s):  
High School Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Systematic Random Sampling ◽  
Junior High School Teachers ◽  
Sampling Procedures ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Effective Teaching And Learning

The study explored the views of Junior High School teachers in an urban area in Ghana on instructional facilities and materials for teaching Sewing. Descriptive survey design was used to conduct the study and the objectives were to find out the instructional facilities and materials available and not available for teaching Sewing. Through purposive, cluster and systematic random sampling procedures, 78 teachers were sampled to participate in the study. Questionnaire and observation checklist were used to collect data. The data were analysed with SPSS to generate frequencies and percentage table. The results show that classrooms, basic tools such as needles, dress maker’s pins, pin cushion, scissors, tape measure, brown paper and BDT textbook were available. However, sewing machines, thimbles, seam rippers, fabrics, threads and cupboards/chest of drawers were not available in the schools to facilitate effective teaching and learning. For improvement, all stakeholders in education should help with the provision of teaching and learning resources for Sewing.

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