scholarly journals The influence of dwelling in the Word within the Southern African Partnership of Missional Churches

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marius J. Nel
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Spiritual Practice ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Formed Part ◽  
Missional Churches

�All of creation dwells within the Word of God, the Word who created us, the Word who redeems us� (Ellison 2009:91). The article evaluated the influence that the communal spiritual practice of dwelling in the Word had in the missional transformation of congregations that formed part of the Southern African Partnership of Missional Churches. It investigated the background, hermeneutic and methodology of dwelling in the Word on the participating congregations. The article concluded that the practice had a profound effect on the theology and missional practice of most of the participating congregations as it had a positive influence on the attitudes and beliefs, minimum knowledge base, and skills of a number of churches leading to spontaneous missional activity, the discernment of a specific missionary calling, and the integration of theory and practice. However, it had not always led to the formation of new faith communities.

Aquatic Stewardship Education in Theory and Practice

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
North America ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Specific Expression ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Resource Managers ◽  
Natural Resource Managers ◽  
Stewardship Behavior

<i>Abstract</i>.—Contemporary definitions of aquatic resource stewardship are a specific expression of ethical themes that humankind has wrestled with for millennia. The foundations for a stewardship ethic can be secular or spiritual. Other chapter contributors discuss a range of the secular foundations (e.g., fishing, boating); we discuss the implications of stewardship ethics rooted in religious traditions. Some fisheries professionals recognize religious–cultural influences on aquatic stewardship, such as those seen in Native American or Asian immigrant communities. But fisheries professionals have commonly ignored mainline Judeo-Christian faith traditions as an ethical basis for aquatic stewardship behavior, despite the fact that those traditions inform ethical development for large numbers of people in North America and that denominations within those traditions have increasingly engaged in stewardship-based environmental education and advocacy. The proposition that religious values often form the basis for a stewardship ethic presents several challenges for fisheries professionals striving to foster stewardship behavior. However, a basic understanding of these religious foundations could contribute to an improved practice of stewardship education, through outreach to a new constituency—faith communities. To illustrate this point, we briefly summarize some of the sources for stewardship found in the biblical corpus. We offer three examples of how Christian stewardship principles are manifest in aquatic stewardship programs delivered by faith communities. Models of partnership between natural resource managers and local faith communities are emerging across North America. In revisiting the ethical bases of stewardship and identifying new opportunities for stewardship education partnerships, we hope to demonstrate one more means by which fisheries professionals can bridge from stewardship education in principle to an effective practice of stewardship education.

Explaining Fertility in Urban-Dwelling Brazilian Women: Importance of Traditional Sex-Role Attitudes and Religious Orthodoxy

1992 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 559-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Paine ◽  
Luiz Pasquali ◽  
Maria da Gloria M. Wright ◽  
Simone Corrêa Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Path Analysis ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Socioeconomic Group ◽  
Sex Role Attitudes ◽  
Socioeconomic Groups ◽  
Number Of Children

Path analysis was used to study the determinants of fertility in 221 urban-dwelling Brazilian women. Traditional sex-role attitudes and religious orthodoxy directly and positively affected family size. Religious orthodoxy also indirectly influenced fertility via its positive influence on traditional sex-role attitudes. Socioeconomic group affected fertility only by way of association with attitudes and beliefs. Contrary to expectation, participation in the labor force had no effect on the number of children women bore. Analysis within socioeconomic groups showed that determinants of fertility vary for women in different stages of cultural development.

scholarly journals The application of psychological theory to nutrition behaviour change

2009 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Barker ◽  
J. A. Swift
Keyword(s):  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Behaviour Change Techniques ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Psychological Determinants ◽  
Integrated Research

Changing individuals' health behaviour seems to be the key to solving many of the world's health problems. Although there is a multitude of potential influences, many interventions to improve health seek to change intrinsic psychological determinants of health behaviour. To date, most attention has been paid to cognitions, such as attitudes and beliefs, and a number of social cognition models (SCM) are in current use. SCM all describe cognitions as determinants of behaviour, thereby implying that changes in cognitions will lead to changes in behaviour. Although SCM are widely used to predict a range of health behaviours, they are associated with a number of important limitations, including poor levels of predictive power, particularly in relation to eating behaviour, and limited guidance about the operationalisation of theoretical constructs. These limitations may explain why very few interventions to change behaviour are explicitly theory-based, despite the widely-held view that having a clear theoretical underpinning will improve effectiveness. Ultimately, advances in understanding and changing health behaviour will come about only if psychological theory and practice are integrated. The recently-published taxonomy of behaviour-change techniques used in interventions is a good example of integrated research, but more work of this type is essential and will require respectful collaboration between researchers and practitioners working from a range of different disciplines such as health psychology, public health nutrition and health promotion.

Integrated Market-related Internal Communication: Development of the Construct

2013 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Jimenez Castillo ◽  
Manuel Sanchez Perez
Keyword(s):  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Internal Communication ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Market Information ◽  
Communication Development ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
Order Construct ◽  
Nomological Validity

Although companies are increasingly using integrative communication processes to develop and improve market information dissemination, research in marketing has typically conceptualised and measured dissemination in terms of the use and frequency of information-sharing activities. In view of this asynchrony between theory and practice, this research explores the above neglected domain of market information dissemination, proposing a new construct that we call ‘integrated market-related internal communication’ (IMIC), which encompasses the integrative communication processes implemented by firms aimed at enhancing employees' market information processing. After conceptualising IMIC as a fourdimensional construct, we developed and validated a measurement instrument for assessing this emergent concept. In particular, the proposed dimensions were confirmed as reflective factors of the higher order-construct IMIC, and nomological validity was assessed by demonstrating the positive influence of IMIC on both employees' capacity to assimilate market information and shared interpretation of this information.

scholarly journals Transforming Congregational Conflict:  An Integrated Framework for Understanding and Addressing conflict in Christian Faith Communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Karen Margaret Kemp
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Conflict Transformation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Transformation Theory ◽  
Congregational Conflict ◽  
The Many ◽  
The One

<p>Churches have traditionally turned to conflict resolution measures, such as mediation, arbitration, and litigation, rather than conflict transformation approaches, when addressing congregational discord. In so doing, they miss the opportunity for constructive change that conflict presents and set themselves up for cycles of conflict to recur in the future. At the same time they diminish their self-claimed identity as followers of Jesus Christ, whose recorded teaching gives striking priority to peacemaking and reconciliation. Chapter one introduces the context for this thesis. Much work has already been done to explore biblical understandings of conflict, forgiveness and reconciliation, on the one hand, and to apply current conflict resolution practices to congregational settings on the other. However, little has been done to develop a conceptual framework that seeks to integrate biblical understandings with the insights of modern conflict analysis in a practically useful way. Chapter two of this thesis focuses on Jesus' teaching in Matthew 18 and shows why this passage is a key biblical resource for understanding and addressing congregational conflict. Chapter three examines conflict resolution theory and practice and shows why a transformational approach is the most appropriate one for addressing congregational conflict. The fourth chapter brings Jesus' teaching in Matthew 18 into a dialogue with current conflict transformation theory and practice. This conversation integrates theology and practice and clarifies the ways in which Jesus' teaching and transformative approaches to conflict both complement and enrich each other in the quest for lasting answers to the problem of congregational conflict. This thesis concludes by proposing a framework in which the many resources available might be understood and utilised in an integrated way by congregations that seek not only to enhance their capacity to respond to conflict in healthier ways, but also to embody the teachings of Christ in their midst.</p>

scholarly journals Transforming Congregational Conflict:  An Integrated Framework for Understanding and Addressing conflict in Christian Faith Communities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Karen Margaret Kemp
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Conflict Transformation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Transformation Theory ◽  
Congregational Conflict ◽  
The Many ◽  
The One

<p>Churches have traditionally turned to conflict resolution measures, such as mediation, arbitration, and litigation, rather than conflict transformation approaches, when addressing congregational discord. In so doing, they miss the opportunity for constructive change that conflict presents and set themselves up for cycles of conflict to recur in the future. At the same time they diminish their self-claimed identity as followers of Jesus Christ, whose recorded teaching gives striking priority to peacemaking and reconciliation. Chapter one introduces the context for this thesis. Much work has already been done to explore biblical understandings of conflict, forgiveness and reconciliation, on the one hand, and to apply current conflict resolution practices to congregational settings on the other. However, little has been done to develop a conceptual framework that seeks to integrate biblical understandings with the insights of modern conflict analysis in a practically useful way. Chapter two of this thesis focuses on Jesus' teaching in Matthew 18 and shows why this passage is a key biblical resource for understanding and addressing congregational conflict. Chapter three examines conflict resolution theory and practice and shows why a transformational approach is the most appropriate one for addressing congregational conflict. The fourth chapter brings Jesus' teaching in Matthew 18 into a dialogue with current conflict transformation theory and practice. This conversation integrates theology and practice and clarifies the ways in which Jesus' teaching and transformative approaches to conflict both complement and enrich each other in the quest for lasting answers to the problem of congregational conflict. This thesis concludes by proposing a framework in which the many resources available might be understood and utilised in an integrated way by congregations that seek not only to enhance their capacity to respond to conflict in healthier ways, but also to embody the teachings of Christ in their midst.</p>

scholarly journals Activation of Cognitive Activity in Primary school students through Art

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-240
Author(s):  
Luybov Gorina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
General Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students

In the theory and practice of teaching primary school students great deal of attention is paid to the issue of training effectiveness and, in particular, to the issue of cognitive activity’s activation in students. The relevance of this topic can be explained by the fact that introduction of the Federal State Educational Standards of primary general education requires the teacher to know the new forms and methods of educational process organization, which could be feasible and effective in the modern conditions and interesting for children. In this article the author offers an efficient way of application of art-figurative means during the lessons in primary school. Art is the incentive of cognitive activity activation in children. Emotions give personal sense to received knowledge. The author considers the following forms of work with students: modeling of lessons, development of the technological card of a lesson, business game, and master classes. Students master methodical receptions: “transformation” into natural object, ordering of artistic images, and transformation of one art sample into another. The lessons developed by students were approved in practice at elementary school. Teachers noted positive influence of art means on activation of cognitive activity of elementary school pupils.

scholarly journals Fostering Teacher–Parent Communication: Line Plays a Significant Role in Taiwan

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824401986266
Author(s):  
Luc Chia-Shin Lin
Keyword(s):  
Communication Theory ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Communication Line ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Parent Communication ◽  
Bridging Capital ◽  
Willingness To Use

The convenience and pervasiveness of smartphones have created an environment where teacher–parent communication can be easily fostered through mobile apps. The current study aims to explore the role of instant messaging apps in teacher–parent communication. Social capital and the uses and gratifications theory were used to develop a theoretical model. The survey collected 429 valid questionnaires. The findings show that both bonding and bridging capital have a positive influence on constructs including sociability, entertainment, communicatory utility, and emotion. Entertainment, communicatory utility, and emotion have a positive influence on the willingness to use Line as a teacher–parent communication tool. The implications for the extension of communication theory and practice are discussed in the current study.

scholarly journals Implementation of Total Communication in Islamic Religion Learning in Deaf Children in Spirit Dakwah Indonesia Foundation

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-65
Author(s):  
Ferra Puspito Sari ◽  
Mochammad Sinung Restendy
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Communication System ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Deaf Child ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Deaf Children ◽  
Total Communication ◽  
Religious Learning ◽  
Islamic Religion

Disability is a separate difficulty in the learning process, especially in religious learning. Being very complete when a deaf child accepts religious learning both theory and practice, so that the right way of communicating is needed by the teacher in dealing with deaf children. Not only that, there are still many regions that lack awareness of religious education for children with disabilities especially those who are deaf. Deaf children are actually still capable and deserving of religious learning, because they can still use the rest of the hearing (aural), use gestures and finger spelling (manual) that are visualized, and read utterances and speech (oral) that sound even though sometimes unclear, where these three things are communication media. This is where deaf children can learn by using a total communication system which involves receptive components (reading writing, utterances, gestures, finger and gesture / mimic spelling) and expressive components (speaking, gesturing, finger spelling, writing and gesture / expression) both are interactive. Observations were carried out at the Indonesian Spirit Da'wah Foundation by applying total communication to its students in Qurani Informal Education (TPQLB) Indonesian Spirit Dakwah Foundation as a communication system in religious learning both theory and practice. From the evaluation results, it was concluded that the application of total communication had a positive influence on learning Islamic religion in deaf children at the Spirit Dakwah Indonesia Foundation, children who were deaf in focus and interested in learning, they could re-explain the material taught simply either orally and sign language.

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