scholarly journals Jesuit Upbringing as Prevention Against Fundamentalism, Bigotry and Pharisaism

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (56) ◽  
pp. 57-67
Author(s):  
Lukáš Jeník
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Preventive Strategy ◽  
Jesuit Education ◽  
Critical Education ◽  
Social Culture ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Humanist Education ◽  
Philosophical Criticism

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The objective of the work is presenting the pseudoreligion F hypothesis created by a Czech theologian, sociologist and philosopher Tomáš Halík. The second part of the text presents the challenges of Jesuit upbringing which can be understood as a possible strategy and prevention against the pseudoreligion F. RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS:Pseudoreligion F is a hypothesis through which Tomáš Halík interprets similarities among several pathological phenomena of the contemporary social culture as well as Christian religiosity. The key solution is the critical education and dialogue. It is the system of Jesuit education that can be understood as a tested preventive strategy. Critical analysis of the beginnings of Jesuit education shows that this is still a valid method of teaching and upbringing. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION:In the first part of the work, the pseudoreligion F hypothesis was presented, as well as some related theses. The objective of the first part is describing the sociological and philosophical criticism of contemporary religious pathologies. In the second part of the text, we will focus on the key tasks and challenges of Jesuit pedagogy. RESEARCH RESULTS:Contemporary religious pathologies threaten Christianity as they distort the ideals of the Gospel to achieve short-term goals. In the context of Christianity, such pathologies also include clericalism and, more broadly, pharisaism. Critical thinking about these issues encourages us to search for strategies that can help “extinguish the fire.” One of such strategies is integral humanist education which is also represented by Jesuit education. CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS: Despite the ambiguity of this term, critical thinking is considered to be the key tool for preventing fanaticism, fundamentalism, extremism, etc. The research is to show that critical education mainly refers to the complexity and integral anthropological line. Education and Jesuit education has a rich tradition based on the Ignatian and Jesuit spirituality. 

scholarly journals What Did Angola Learn from the World and What Did the World Learn from COVID-19? Reflection on Epidemiological Surveillance in Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 528-540
Author(s):  
Euclides Nenga Manuel Sacomboio
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Professional Experience ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
Scientific Reflection ◽  
Epidemiological Situation

The global community is racing to slow down and eventually stop the spread of COVID-19, which is a pandemic that has killed thousands of lives and made tens of thousands sick. The new coronavirus has already reached Angola, with 25 confirmed cases, among them 2 died and 6 were cured. The government has decreed a state of emergency on 24 March 2020 for 15 days, which was extended twice for the same number of days that will make it possible to reduce clusters of people and keep them at home. This study reflected on the diverse ways of leadership. It is an article of theoretical, technical and scientific reflection, based on the experience of a new epidemiological situation, with a critical analysis based on technical, scientific and professional experience, with bibliographic input of data obtained from information published in scientific articles, newspapers, magazines and other official documents published in Angola and worldwide related to COVID-19. This article emerged from critical thinking based on the current situation of COVID-19 in Angola in the world and is reflected in this article, what Angola should learn and learned from the experience of other countries that also imported the disease, their history of investment in health, characteristics of their populations, their economies and other aspects.

scholarly journals Situational map: A strategy to develop critical thinking in the teaching of scientific research

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Alejandra Marambio Carrasco ◽  
Carla Lobos Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Scientific Problem ◽  
Support Students ◽  
Thesis Work

The objective of the study is to support students in the rational, logical, and analytical process that they perform when faced with a scientific problem. This study uses qualitative methodology as its purpose is to present the strategy as learning stemming from the process of analysis, which is rooted on how to detect scientifically the research problem in the field of social sciences. A statistical analysis is made on the use and application of the diagram in a sample of 27 undergraduate students who have used the situational map in the elaboration of their theses. The trend shows that 92.6% of respondents achieved concluding their research processes of thesis work, at the planned time, and their results were consistent with their hypothesis and/or purposes. The creation of this strategy is a support for students, who have not developed their ability to think critically and establish relationships between concepts and theories in the execution of scientific research.

scholarly journals Volatility drivers on the metal market and exposure of producing countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sven Renner ◽  
Friedrich W. Wellmer
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Dynamic Reaction ◽  
Security Of Supply ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Mineral Production ◽  
Metal Market ◽  
Demand Patterns ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract The paper focuses on minor metals and coupled elements and aspires to understand individual incidents of imbalance on the mineral markets during the last 100 years and gain insight into the acting dynamics—those dynamics are commodity-specific but remain largely unchanged in their nature to date—and to identify the factors in play. The conclusions allow for a critical analysis of the widespread security-of-supply narrative of industrialized countries. They point at a market that is mostly a buyers’ market, in which prices and their volatility are largely dictated by shifting demand patterns and much less by supply constraints. Neither high country concentration nor poor governance seem to have a substantial or lasting impact on market balance. Short-term market imbalances are generally neutralized by a dynamic reaction on the demand side via substitution, efficiency gains or technological change. The paper also assesses the impact of those quickly shifting demand patterns and the related price volatilities on producing countries. It shows how mineral price volatilities can expose developing countries’ economies to significant economic risk, if their economy is heavily dependent on mineral production. Two cases that illustrate country exposure are explored in detail—the saltpeter crisis in Chile and the tin crisis in Bolivia. Both led to state bankruptcy. The paper concludes with an attempt to quantify economic exposure of producing countries to price volatilities of specific metals and suggests policies that adapt to the characteristic challenges of highly volatile demand.

scholarly journals Critical analysis of the concept of adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (9) ◽  
pp. 334-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Moncrieff ◽  
Sami Timimi
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Drug Therapy ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Adult Adhd ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Stimulant Drugs ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Reinforcing Effects

SummaryWe question whether adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) represents a discrete condition that is distinguishable from ordinary behaviour and other psychiatric disorders, and whether it is related to the childhood disorder, since adult and childhood ADHD are said to be characterised by a different range of symptoms. Although studies of stimulant drugs find marginal short-term effects, which can be explained by their known psychoactive properties, there is little evidence that there are any sustained long-term benefits of drug therapy. We suggest that adult ADHD represents one of the latest attempts to medicalise ordinary human difficulties, and that its popularity is partly dependent on marketing and the reinforcing effects of stimulants.

scholarly journals TINJAUAN YURIDIS TENTANG PARALEGAL DALAM PEMBERIAN BANTUAN HUKUM

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Afif Khalid ◽  
Dadin Eka Saputra
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Legal Assistance ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

AbstractThis research will discuss a juridical review of paralegals in the provision of legal assistance where there is an overlap of authority between Advocates and paralegals who through Regulation of the Minister of Law and Human Rights Permenkumham Number 01 Year 2018 are authorized to obtain proceedings both in non-litigation and litigation. The short-term goal expected from this research is to provide a critical analysis of paralegals in the provision of legal assistance in a justice system in Indonesia. The long-term goal of this research can be an appropriate and effective framework in solving problems regarding the provision of legal assistance as efforts to provide legal protection for justice seekers. This research uses a normative juridical research method. This normative legal research was conducted in a qualitative descriptive, normative descriptive means that the material or legal materials are collected, sorted and subsequently studied and analyzed for content, so that it can know the level of synchronization, the feasibility of norms, and the submission of new normative ideas. Keynote: Paralegals, Advocate, Legal Aid, Justice. AbstrakPenelitian ini akan membahas tentang tinjauan yuridis tentang paralegal dalam pemberian bantuan hukum dimana terdapat tumpang tindih kewenangan antara Advokat dengan paralegal yang melalui Permenkumham Nomor 01 Tahun 2018 diberikan wewenang untuk dapat beracara baik secara non litigasi maupun litigasi. Tujuan jangka pendek yang diharapkan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk memberikan analisa kritis terhadap paralegal dalam pemberian bantuan hukum dalam sebuah sistem peradilan di Indonesia. Tujuan jangka panjang dari penelitian ini dapat menjadi kerangka kerja yang tepat dan efektif dalam menyelesaikan permasalahan tentang pemberian bantuan hukum sebagai upaya-upaya pemberian perlindungan hukum para pencari keadilan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian yuridis normatif. Penelitian hukum normatif ini dilakukan secara deskriptif kualitatif, yaitu materi atau bahan-bahan hukum tersebut dikumpulkan, dipilah-pilah untuk selanjutnya dipelajari dan dianalisis muatannya, sehingga dapat diketahui taraf sinkronisasinya, kelayakan norma, dan pengajuan gagasan-gagasan normatif baru. Kata Kunci: Paralegal, Advokat, Pemberian Bantuan Hukum, Peradilan

scholarly journals The Complementary Currency Zielony in Poland and Its Importance for the Development of Local Economy Entities during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9184
Author(s):  
Nina Stępnicka ◽  
Grzegorz Zimon ◽  
Dariusz Brzozowiec
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Expert Interview ◽  
Complementary Currencies ◽  
Complementary Currency ◽  
The Impact

The article aims to present how the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown affects the functioning and circulation of complementary currencies in entities that have joined the complementary currency system with a special focus on the complementary currency Zielony (PLZ) in Poland. The main research problem of the paper is formulated in the form of a question concerning the impact of the lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic on the use of the Zielony in Poland in commercial transactions by entities belonging to the local currency system. In order to achieve the objective and solve the main problem, the article uses such research methods as: the method of critical analysis of literature, historical method, statistical method, comparative method, observational method, free expert interview, as well as analysis and synthesis, deduction and induction and abstraction. We conducted a critical analysis of the literature and analysis of statistical data of the complementary currency Zielony in Poland in the period from March 2015 to June 2021, and the results of the expert interview showed that this currency is not a tool to support the functioning of local economy entities during non-financial crises, such as COVID-19 pandemic. This is influenced by, among other things, full or partial lockdown and other restrictions on the functioning of commercial entities during a pandemic. The consequences of such solutions include the weakening of economic activity and a decrease in the value of turnover of entities operating in various sectors of the local economy, especially entities of a service nature, which constitute about 80% of the structure of the Zielony complementary currency system in Poland. The main conclusion resulting from the conducted research is as follows: the complementary currency Zielony in Poland can influence the creation of local entrepreneurship and sustainable development and support the activities of the sector of small- and medium-sized enterprises, but these benefits are possible to achieve primarily in conditions of stable and undisturbed functioning of the economy. The realization of the payment function of the complementary currency, the Zielony, and its use in payments of entities belonging to those industries covered by lockdown and other administrative restrictions is impossible (or insignificant) at this time due to the absence (or hindered) of its circulation in the economy. The research results and conclusions presented in the article meet the assumptions of the application objective and can provide the entities of the micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprise sector with knowledge about the dependencies resulting from the use of the complementary currency in the lockdown period by the entities that implement the assumptions of the system of complementary currencies.

scholarly journals Creative writing and Critical Thinking Enhancement at Higher Education

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonella Poce ◽  
Francesca Amenduni
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Peer Interactions ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Knowledge Growth ◽  
University Course

Currently, educational policymakers identify Critical Thinking (CT) as an essential aspect of progress and knowledge growth in any field and in the broad society. Peer interactions and individual writing are helpful pedagogical strategies for CT development that could be enhanced by the use of technologies (Guiller, Durndell, & Ross, 2008). Starting from the above-mentioned evidence, a university module was designed by combining collaborative and creative writing with the critical analysis of literary texts and the fruition of figurative arts. 123 students worked in groups and their CT level was assessed at different times of the course. Most of the students’ groups showed an increase in their CT level whilst a few did not. The difficulties in the management of group dynamics corresponded to the decreasing CT level. On the contrary, groups able to organize their work improved their CT throughout the course. Additionally, students’ work modes had an impact on their performance at different CT tasks. The research results could be used to improve university course design for CT education.

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