Religiositas, olahraga dan etika belaskasih (hesed)

In this reflective article, the writers study Religiosity, sports and the ethics of mercy (hesed). This study departs from the author's observation of one of John Ortberg’s books. Ortberg explained in his work, among others that in the area of spirituality we often play like we want to score in basketball or baseball, with the hope of scoring as much as possible, whether quantitatively or qualitatively. Based on this thought, the writers observe the text of Philippians 2: 6-8, that Jesus is the only servant who can be emulated in all things by giving up the totality of His life for the sake of humanity. The uniqueness of Jesus as a servant of God has been reflected in the story of His life, namely He was born in a cage of animals and served indefinitely. And at the end of His life, He was willing to die in the most despicable state of being crucified. The story of Jesus is the story of God descending to earth who took on human appearance. The method used is a qualitative research method, and the authors examine the Philippian text to analyze the Bible's view of Religiosity, sport and the ethics of mercy (hesed). The reflective study process carried out by these authors is to use a variety of reliable library and electronic sources to support the authors's analysis. The results of this study, which were intended from the beginning as reflective narratives rather than theoretical analysis, are to believe that Jesus came down to earth as a manifestation of God's love from Heaven, and that should be an example for us all as His disciples. ====== Dalam tulisan berciri reflektif ini, penulis melakukan kajian terhadap Religiositas, olahraga dan etika belaskasih (hesed). Kajian ini berangkat dari pengamatan penulis terhadap sebuah buku John Ortberg. Ortberg menjelaskan dalam karyanya tersebut antara lain bahwa dalam area spiritualitas seringkali kita bermain seperti ingin mencetak skor dalam basket atau baseball, dengan harapan mencetak skor sebanyak-banyaknya, apakah secara kuantitatif atau secara kualitatif. Berdasarkan pemikiran tersebut, maka penulis mengamati teks Filipi 2:6-8, bahwa Yesus adalah satu-satunya hamba yang dapat diteladani dalam segala hal dengan menyerahkan totalitas hidup-Nya demi umat manusia. Keunikan Yesus sebagai hamba Tuhan telah tercermin dalam kisah hidup-Nya, yakni Dia lahir di kandang hewan dan melayani tanpa batas waktu. Dan pada akhir hidupNya, Dia rela mati dalam keadaan yang paling hina yakni disalibkan. Kisah Yesus adalah kisah Allah yang turun ke bumi yang mengambil rupa manusia. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode penelitian kualitatif, penulis mengkaji teks Filipi untuk menganalisis pandangan Alkitab mengenai Religiositas, olahraga dan etika belaskasih (hesed). Proses kajian reflektif yang dilakukan oleh penulis adalah menggunakan berbagai sumber pustaka maupun elektronik yang terpercaya untuk mendukung analisis penulis. Hasil penelitian ini, yang memang dari awal diniatkan sebagai narasi reflektif bukan teoritis analisis, hendak mengimani bahwa Yesus turun ke bumi sebagai perwujudan dari kasih Allah dari sorga, dan hal tersebut semestinya menjadi teladan bagi kita semua sebagai murid-murid-Nya.

Challenges and Resilience-Building: A Narrative Inquiry Study on a Mid-Career Chinese EFL Teacher

With a high rate of attrition and burnout of teachers as a global concern, teacher resilience has become a trendy topic in the research of their professional development as one of the pillars of positive psychology (positive character traits). However, the literature reveals that little research has been done on the mid-career teachers in the Chinese context, especially on how resilience may be nurtured, sustained, or eroded over time. Focusing on a mid-career EFL female teacher (the author) in China as a case study, this longitudinal self-reflective study employs a narrative inquiry to investigate the challenges that the experienced teacher was encountered with and to depict her trajectories of resilience-building by fleshing out the interaction between challenges, resources, and coping strategies in her three different scenarios. “Hard data,” such as teaching journals, reflective field notes, and messages with students were collected and analyzed inductively by using thematic analysis, and “soft data,” like memory was also referred to. The findings unfolded challenges confronting the experienced teacher peculiar to the Chinese context and charted a detailed bumpy journey of resilience building in three phases, accompanied by her growing emotional, intellectual, and psychological capacities. Implications are drawn out for teacher resilience building, school leaders, and policymakers.

Theoretical fundamentals of studying a foreign language in the formation of an individual trajectory of higher education

The aim this paper is to determine the individual trajectory of the organization of teaching English, considering the individual differences of students and the level of development of their ability to learn. This bibliographical and reflective study used the specialized literature as support and reinforced arguments to prove its hypothesis as the final result: “to teach a foreign language will be effective if the system of didactic and educational means used in the lesson corresponds to the aims of the activity, the real cognitive capabilities of the group, individual students, groups of students”.

Training of teachers of higher education institutions for the use of distance learning technologies in the context of digitalization

This reflective study using exploratory research is based on a hypothesis because that the training of university teachers in the use of distance learning technologies will be effective if: the potential of distance learning technologies at the university has been determined; the essence and content of the notion "readiness of a university teacher to use distance learning technologies" are disclosed, indicators and levels of formation of the components of teacher readiness are determined university to this type of activity; the previous pedagogical conditions have been theoretically identified and experimentally substantiate. The study showed that, when conditions, means and efforts are well oriented, there are consistently satisfactory results in the use of distance learning technologies in the context of digitalization.