scholarly journals The Construction Process of a School: The Antalya Kaleiçi Orthodox Christian Girls’ School (Dumlupınar Secondary School) in Ottoman Archival Documents

2021 ◽  
pp. 395-415
Author(s):  
Şamil YİRŞEN
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Orthodox Christian ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Girls School

Naḫıls and Candy Gardens in the 1720 Ottoman Imperial Festival

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-207
Author(s):  
Sinem Erdoğan İşkorkutan
Keyword(s):  
Material Objects ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Date Palms ◽  
High Ranking ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
Design And Construction

Abstract In late July 1720 Sultan Ahmed III (r. 1703–30) and his high-ranking officials decided to host a circumcision festival in Istanbul that would start in mid-September and continue for three weeks. As noted in the narrative sources, among various other preparations that the officials had to take care of, the most urgent task was to construct large and small naḫıls (lit. “date palms”), consisting of wooden poles decorated with wax, fruit, flowers; and giant model candy gardens (sing. bāġçe-i şeker). Despite this concern, the sources do not provide substantial information regarding the construction of these objects. Interestingly, this lack of information is also evident in narrative sources related to previous imperial celebrations. By analyzing unknown archival documents and considering the textual and pictorial sources for the 1720 festival, this essay intends to elucidate the design and construction process of the splendid naḫıls and candy gardens, which were indispensable material objects in Ottoman imperial festivals.

Disciplinary literacy instructions on writing scientific explanations: a case study from a chemistry classroom in an all-girls school

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 569-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gde Buana Sandila Putra ◽  
Kok-Sing Tang
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Chemical Bonding ◽  
Disciplinary Literacy ◽  
Literacy Skill ◽  
Design Based Research ◽  
Chemistry Students ◽  
Scientific Explanations ◽  
Part Structure ◽  
Girls School

This paper is a case study that reports on findings from a design-based research with the purpose of helping secondary school chemistry students in an all-girls school develop the ability to construct scientific explanations – an important literacy skill in learning science. A series of lessons on the topic of chemical bonding was designed to explicitly teach the three-part structure often found in the genre of scientific explanations and provide opportunities for students to apply the structure. The lesson series was observed and the students' worksheets and test papers were collected and analysed. The analysis of the structure of the students' written scientific explanations was done through genre analysis. Most of the students were found to be able to write well-structured scientific explanations addressing the topic of chemical bonding but only a fraction of them could re-contextualise the explanation structure.

scholarly journals The Phenomenon of Conversion from Orthodoxy to the Armenian Faith in the Russian Empire in the 19th - early 20th Century

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 766-780
Author(s):  
Vladimir S. Blokhin
Keyword(s):  
National Archive ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Russian Orthodox Church ◽  
Orthodox Christian ◽  
Mixed Marriages ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Russian Empire

The article analyzes why and how persons of the Orthodox confession converted to the Armenian faith in the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Russian Empire. This phenomenon is linked to the practice of mixed marriages between persons belonging to the Orthodox and Armenian confessions. While the status of non-Orthodox Christian confessions in Russia during the synodal period has received a good amount of scholarly attention, not much research has been devoted to the conversion from Orthodoxy to the Armenian faith, and to the issue of marriages between persons belonging to these faiths. The present paper identifies the motives and circumstances of religious conversions and the peculiarities of mixed marriages. It does so on the basis of unpublished documents from the funds of the National Archive of the Republic of Armenia. Equally new is the authors suggestion to consider these phenomena as an integral component in the history of Russian-Armenian church relations in the period 1828-1917. Until 1905, the regulations of the Orthodox Church demanded that after the conduction of an interreligious marriage, both spouses continued to practice their respective faiths, and their children were baptized in Orthodoxy. This is reflected in the metric books of the Erivan Pokrovsky Orthodox Cathedral (1880-1885). The analysis of archival documents allows us to conclude that after 1905, most of the conversions from Orthodoxy to the Armenian faith were performed by women who intended to marry men of the Armenian confession. The reason for this phenomenon is that interreligious marriages and the baptism of children born from mixed couples was still in the competence of the Russian Orthodox Church. Only if both partners belonged to the Armenian faith, the wedding could take place in the Armenian Church, and their children were brought up in the Armenian faith. In addition to matrimonial reasons, the article underlines some other important motives behind conversions from Orthodoxy to the Armenian confession.

Seeking the voices of Catholic Teaching Sisters: challenges in the research process

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice Garaty ◽  
Lesley Hughes ◽  
Megan Brock
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Narrative History ◽  
Catholic Sisters ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
Girls School

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to encourage historical research on the educational work of Catholic Sisters in Australia which includes the Sisters’ perspectives. Design/methodology/approach – Reflecting on the experiences of research projects which sought Sisters’ perspectives on their lives and work – from archival, oral and narrative sources – the authors discuss challenges, limitations and ethical considerations. The projects on which the paper is based include: a contextual history of a girls’ school; a narrative history of Sisters in remote areas; an exploration of Sisters’ social welfare work in the nineteenth century, and a history of one section of a teaching order from Ireland. Findings – After discussing difficulties and constraints in accessing convent archives, issues in working with archival documents and undertaking a narrative history through interviews the authors suggest strategies for research which includes the Sisters’ voices. Originality/value – No one has written about the processes of researching the role of Catholic Sisters in Australian education. Whilst Sisters have been significant providers of schooling since the late nineteenth century there is a paucity of research on the topic. Even rarer is research which seeks the Sisters’ voices on their work. As membership of Catholic women’s religious orders is diminishing in Australia there is an urgent need to explore and analyse their endeavours. The paper will assist researchers to do so.

scholarly journals SUBSIDIZED FREE DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAM AND ITS INFLUENCE ON GIRLS’ SCHOOL PARTICIPATION IN NANDI NORTH SUB-COUNTY, KENYA

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Jepnyango ◽  
Stephen Tomno Cheboi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
School Education ◽  
Head Teachers ◽  
Secondary School Education ◽  
School Participation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Girls School

<p>Despite the introduction of free primary education by the Government of Kenya in 2003 and subsequent subsidized secondary education in 2008, there are still challenges in access, retention and completion of girls in Nandi County. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of subsidized day secondary education program on girls’ school participation in Nandi North Sub-County, Kenya. The study adopted mixed method approach and descriptive survey research design. This study was guided by Education Production Function theory. The data were collected using questionnaires and interview schedules to obtain both quantitative and qualitative data from respective respondents. The target population comprised 20 head teachers, 60 class teachers and 1320 girls drawn from 20 public day secondary schools in the Nandi North Sub-County. From these populations, a sample of 20 head teachers, 60 class teachers and 396 girls were drawn using census method on head teachers and class teachers, and random sampling technique was used to select 30 percent of girls from one to form three. The study used questionnaires to collect data from the girls and class teachers and interviewed head teachers. The instruments were validated and a piloted questionnaire that obtained a reliable 0.78 Cronbach alpha test score used. Quantitative data obtained from the questionnaires have been analyzed to obtain frequencies and percentages. Qualitative data obtained from the interviewees have been analyzed thematically in accordance to the research questions. The study found out that inadequate funds allocated to girls and school infrastructural facilities affected girls’ participation in secondary school education to a great extent. However, in general, teaching and learning materials were adequate and enhanced instruction and students’ performance. The study therefore recommends that parents should complement government effort and that government should increase allocation of subsidy funds to students especially girls and disburse the funds in time to schools.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0809/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

scholarly journals The Culture House of Rezekne City National Societies – a Sample of Stalin's Architecture in Latvia

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 351
Author(s):  
Diāna Apele ◽  
Andra Irbīte
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Expert Interviews ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
Internet Resources ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Archival Documents

<p><em>The article analyzes the architecture of the Stalin’s era in the Soviet Union, as well as it identifies and analyzes building processes in Rezekne in the fifties, providing a historical evaluation of the credibility of the research. In the</em><em> </em><em>research there have been used theoretical research methods: the research of sector-related literature, internet resources and archival documents and qualitative research methods: expert interviews and witness accounts. Triangulation of methods ensures credibility of the research.</em><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><em>The goal of the study:</em></strong><em> to describe the architecture of the Stalin’s era in the Soviet Union, to explore and analyze the construction process in Rezekne in the fifties of the 20th century and to provide a historical evaluation of the Culture House of Rezekne National Societies (former cinema "Zvaigzne").</em></p><p> </p>

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