scholarly journals Walk the Talk

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julius Gathogo
Keyword(s):  
Theological Education ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Human Sciences ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
College Teacher ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Teacher Trainer

John Mararo Gachoki’s book, Walk the Talk: Critical Themes in our Ethics of Survival, published in 2018, is an authoritative piece of literature that defines itself clearly from its title. It provides fresh insights on the ethics of our contemporary society. Its authoritative nature is seen in its honesty on critical themes that underlines the way people of faith live. Further, the authors’ experiences as a visiting University lecturer in various institutions of Kenya, his leadership role as a church administrator, his headship as a teacher, as a college tutor, and his rich exposure makes him a guru in whatever he says. He says in his cover page: I am a teacher by profession, as my first training was in Education. I have taught at different schools, colleges, and now as a visiting lecturer in Kenyan schools, colleges, and now as a visiting lecturer in a number of [University] Campuses. My first appointment as a teacher was in North Eastern Kenya, specifically Garissa and Wajir. After pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Education (B. Ed) in Kenyatta University, I became a teacher trainer for a number of years. It was during my stint as a College Teacher-Trainer that the call to become a theologian and hence a trained preacher troubled me. After agonizing over the idea of studying theological education for some time, I resigned and eventually went on to undertake theological training whereupon; I graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity degree (BD) from St. Paul’s University, Limuru. … Thank God Almighty, I crowned my life in pursuit of further education and eventually earned a PhD in Human Sciences and Religious Studies … I now present this book to you all, Walk the Talk, so that we can explore our common challenges together, and indeed learn together.

scholarly journals Academic and Career Aspiration and Destinations: A Hong Kong Perspective on Adolescent Transition

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwok-Tung Tsui ◽  
Chi-Kin John Lee ◽  
King-Fai Sammy Hui ◽  
Wai-Sun Derek Chun ◽  
Nim-Chi Kim Chan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Career Aspirations ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Public Examination ◽  
Life Planning ◽  
Adolescent Transition ◽  
Senior Secondary

Understanding the academic and career aspirations of adolescents and their destinations could inform policy makers and educators about how best to provide support at society and school levels to facilitate adolescents transitioning from school to further education and work. The current qualitative study investigates seven senior secondary students from three schools with varying intakes of student ability under the “Secondary School Places Allocation System” in Hong Kong. By employing a Systems Theory Framework, the study looked into the academic and career aspirations of these students and tracked their destinations immediately after secondary school graduation. Findings show that the academic and career aspirations of adolescents and their destinations are shaped by prevailing preferences for attaining higher qualifications, preferably a bachelor’s degree, parental and others’ influences, and outcomes of public examination results. The implications of enhancing support for the societal, school, and career- and life-planning education of individuals are discussed.

Roman Catholics at Non-Catholic, University-Related Divinity Schools and Theologates

Horizons ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-323
Author(s):  
Henry J. Charles
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Theological Education ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Catholic University ◽  
Lay Women ◽  
Roman Catholics ◽  
Catholic Theological

AbstractAn important dimension of the changing character of Roman Catholic theological education is the growing numbers of Catholic lay women and men in all degree programs at non-Catholic, university related divinity schools, theologates, and departments of religious studies. This year-long study focused on Roman Catholic students and graduates of five schools across the country, in a first attempt to analyze the phenomenon and to suggest implications of the trend both for “ecumenical” theological education and for ministry in the Roman Catholic Church.

scholarly journals Placing Business Ethics in Contextual Theological Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-125
Author(s):  
Yahya Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Theological Education ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Systematic Theology ◽  
Contextual Theology ◽  
Business Studies ◽  
Key Topics ◽  
Theological Study

This study focuses on the relevance of business ethics for contextual theological education in Asia particularly with the background of Protestant traditions. There are professional reasons why business ethics could be worth offering to students who are in preparation to become pastors and prospective church leaders as well as those who are already in those positions. With an area of theological study, such as biblical studies, systematic theology, practical theology, or contextual theology and religious studies, selected as entry point, business ethics learning could be fittingly placed in theological education. Ethical issues which have been widely discussed both in the theological forum and that of business studies are worth developing as key topics of theological business ethics.

scholarly journals Awareness and Readiness of Public Procurement officers on Sustainability in North Eastern Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5C) ◽  
pp. 824-830
Keyword(s):  
Due Process ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Process Unit ◽  
Religious Discrimination ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Procurement System

There is a growing trend worldwide, primarily developed and some developing countries, of the public sector moving from conventional procurement system towards the more sustainable and environmental-friendly approach. The need to consider economic, environmental as well as social aspects of projects before embarking on it yield enormous benefits to the present and future generations. This study seeks to assess the level of awareness and readiness of public procurement experts on Sustainability in north-eastern Nigeria. The study targeted procurements experts in Bauchi and Gombe state working at Due-process unit, a focal point that ensures efficiency, transparency and effectiveness in all procurements (goods and services), and issue certificate of compliance to across the state. A total of seventy-three (73) questionnaire forms were administered to the respondents to rank, based on their experience, social, economic and environmental factors in a Linkert-like scale of five-point. Fifty-three (53) questionnaires were returned, and Cross-tabulation was used to compare the respondents' background information, which shows that most of those with training on Sustainability are engineers with a bachelor's degree. Descriptive statistics and Friedman's ANOVA were used to, which ranked gender, race, religious discrimination, the factor with highest mean score thus ranked first, while Similar working experience, lowest responsive tender and excellent workmanship were ranked second, third and fourth respectively. Friedman's ANOVA with the stepwise step-down comparison, with a significant factor of 0.05, ranked using energy saver appliance and fair working condition as the most significant factors. The study recommends that other geopolitical zones of the country should also embark on the same study.

scholarly journals Genealogi Liberalisasi Pemikiran Islam

ULUMUNA ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-140
Author(s):  
Hamid Fahmy
Keyword(s):  
Religious Studies ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Human Sciences ◽  
Religious Thought ◽  
The West ◽  
Intellectual Tradition ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
The Mind

Liberalization of islamic thought is often related to or claimed as renewal of islamic thought (tajdid), yet the term ‘liberal’ itself has no root in islamic intellectual tradition, let alone the concepts offered by this movement. The genealogy of thought that underlines this movement is traceable from the trend of postmodernism and the remnant of modernism in the West. In fact, the shift from modernism to postmodernism in the West brought about the approaches of social and human sciences studies, including religious studies. Such doctrines that came along with the trend of thought in Western postmodernism as relativism, nihilism, pluralism, equality, feminism, democratization in all respect are doctrines that played pivotal role in liberalization of religious thought in the West. Now, those doctrines are playing in the mind of the exponent of liberalization of Islamic thought with almost the same rationale with the program of secularization.

Modern ethics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Kanke
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Educational Standards ◽  
Philosophical Foundations ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Status ◽  
State Educational

The textbook analyzes the status of modern ethics, its liberation from metaphysical layers. From these positions, the place of ethics in the system of modern scientific knowledge is consistently considered. It is interpreted as a result of the development of axiological sciences. Great importance is attached to the latest ethical concepts and their philosophical foundations. Meets the requirements of the federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation. It is intended for students studying within the group of bachelor's degree courses 47.03.00 "Philosophy, Ethics and Religious studies". It is also of interest to everyone, including students, postgraduates, philosophers, scientists, and a wide range of readers who are interested in the latest achievements of modern science, including philosophy.

scholarly journals Trauma-Informed Pedagogy for the Religious and Theological Higher Education Classroom

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 449
Author(s):  
Darryl W. Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Theological Education ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Secondary Effects ◽  
Community Approach ◽  
Health Studies ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
Religious Aspects ◽  
Further Development

This article promotes a wider understanding of trauma-informed pedagogy for the higher education classroom, whether in-person or virtual, focusing on undergraduate and graduate teaching in religious studies and theological education. Trauma is not confined to individual experiences of single horrifying events—trauma can be collective (community-wide, e.g., COVID-19), epigenetic (inherited or intergenerational), social-cultural (e.g., racism), or vicarious. Drawing on religious education literature and recent insights from psychology, neuroscience, and public health studies, this article provides a shared basis for further development of trauma-informed pedagogy by religious and theological educators. A principle feature of this article is bibliographic, portraying the state of scholarship at the intersection of religious education and trauma and pointing to resources necessary for further development. It offers a brief survey of extant literature, presents a basic definition and description of trauma, introduces the features of a trauma-informed community approach, and discusses the core values guiding trauma-informed pedagogy. The article also explores religious aspects of trauma and discusses care for instructors, who deal with their own traumatic pasts as well as the secondary effects of encountering, teaching, and supporting traumatized individuals in the religious education classroom. This article concludes with a call for further research.

scholarly journals The Use of Electronic Educational Resources and Innovative Educational Technologies in University Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (16) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Inga Maslova ◽  
Gulnara Burdina ◽  
Irina Krapotkina
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
University Education ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Human Sciences ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Study Results ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Impact

The penetration of digital technologies in the field of human sciences requires the use of more diverse teaching methods and techniques. Electronic educational resources (EER), which include a whole range of educational materials, allow varying the forms of teaching and contribute to improving the quality of education. This study analyses international experience in the development and implementation of EER and offers a practical description for organizing electronic teacher education with the bachelor's degree programmes. We tried to consider the specificity of using e-learning in the field of human sciences, specifically history. The study describes original development of electronic educational resources that have effectively proven themselves when working with students: the Eureka forum, creating a database project, text analysis of academic articles and creating a digest of scientific research on the problem. The study offers e-learning techniques that allow in a digital environment to preserve the traditional learning model – lecture-and-book model. To determine the impact of the e-learning, we conducted a survey among 98 students to evaluate the degree of involvement in the e-learning process and to obtain an assessment of its use in teaching practice. The study results can be practically used for creating new electronic educational resources focusing on distance education.

Theology’s part-time future: A fresh initiative in theological education and religious literacy?

Theology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Marsh
Keyword(s):  
Personal Growth ◽  
Theological Education ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Older Learners ◽  
Religious Literacy ◽  
Part Time ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Time Future

Recent drops in the number of full-time theology and religious studies students in the UK raise concerns for all universities with departments of theology and religion. Without denying the importance of efforts to increase those full-time numbers, this article argues that greater attention be paid to possibilities of expanding part-time theological education, and not only in the context of formal ministerial training. At a time when greater religious literacy is needed, and buoyed by evidence of what older learners want from their studies – personal growth rather than just better employment prospects – expansion of part-time study opportunities may prove an additional, and important, initiative required by theology and religion departments. In this way, they would not only improve their own financial positions but they would also make an even greater contribution to their local communities and to individual and social well-being. A commitment would be needed, however, from universities themselves to recognize this important ‘public good’.

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