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Sierra, Lauren K. – Religious Education, 2021
A phenomenological study was conducted to understand how secular, Generation Z, college students have experienced Christian rhetoric. The study's findings revealed Christian rhetorical praxis lacked intellectual vulnerability, empathetic imagination and a willingness to engage in steeped embodied discourse. This article contends these elements are…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Age Groups, College Students, Christianity
Dubin, Jennifer – American Educator, 2014
This article describes the Sue Rose Summer Institute for Teachers at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, which, for 30 years, has treated teachers as intellectuals. To that end, the nonprofit educational organization offers teachers from all grade levels and all disciplines an experience that either reacquaints them with or introduces…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Classics (Literature), Western Civilization, Inservice Teacher Education
Corbin, Jill K. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The focus of the study was the University of Dallas' Rome Program, a mid-length study abroad program on the university's campus in Rome, Italy. The program is designed to provide participants with the opportunity to encounter firsthand Western tradition by integrating the core curriculum through classroom teachings and class excursions, thus…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Core Curriculum, Undergraduate Study, Educational Experience
GUSZAK, FRANK J. – 1966
THE PROBLEM OF THIS RESEARCH WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONS THAT MIGHT EXIST BETWEEN TEACHER KNOWLEDGE OF AND PRACTICES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF READING COMPREHENSION. PRELIMINARY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC RESEARCH QUESTIONS WERE A SERIES OF GENERAL QUESTIONS GROUPED UNDER THESE MAIN CATEGORIES--(1) TEACHER KNOWLEDGE OF COMPREHENSION THEORY,…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Schools, Inservice Teacher Education
Cooksey, Bennett; Moses, Morgan – 1970
This study attempted to determine ways in which cooperative action among local school districts, the Education Service Center, and the University could make a greater impact on the educational program of the East Texas schools. Specific objectives included determining the primary concerns of public school personnel for professional growth and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Data Analysis, Educational Needs, Educational Problems
SIZEMORE, MAMIE; AND OTHERS – 1964
THIS DOCUMENT IS A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES WRITTEN BY MEMBERS OF THE COLORADO INDIAN EDUCATION WORKSHOP. THE ARTICLES ARE CONCERNED WITH THE PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL, CULTURAL, MORAL, EMOTIONAL, AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF BILINGUAL-BICULTURAL CHILDREN, AS A MEANINGFUL CURRICULUM IS DEVELOPED TO CORRELATE WITH THEIR SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Students, Comprehension, Cultural Pluralism
Woodby, Lauren G. – OE Bulletin, 1965
Reported is a 1964 conference devoted to the problem of the low achiever in mathematics. Part I of the document presents five position papers concerned with motivation, Piaget's views on children's intellectual development, inplications of psychological research, the responsibility of school administrators, and business and industry cooperation…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Concept Formation, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 7