<p> Over the last decade, many Christian high schools in the United States have been adapting to an exponential increase of Chinese international students. Chinese families have shown increased interest and ability to send their teenage students to American high schools. Public high schools can only host an international student for a year, but private high schools can enroll the students multiple years. There have been few educational research studies for private high schools to refer to if they wanted to read research that would directly aid them in creating supports for their increasing amount of Chinese international students. This study&rsquo;s purpose was to explore what school supports Chinese international secondary students attending Christian high schools in the United States perceived to be effective. Three Christian high schools in California participated, with a total of 23 Chinese international students completing a questionnaire in which they rated existing schools supports and answered open-ended questions. The students showed overall satisfaction with existing schools supports, while also having many ideas for improvement. The students rated the following supports most highly: opportunities to be in service projects, the performing arts, the opportunity to learn about the Bible in club meetings and camps, teachers providing help for international students, and connection with international student alumni. Students voiced that they strongly desired help building stronger connections with local students, more academic support, and more culturally appropriate food.</p><p>

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:44:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RAIMUNDO MARCIO MOTA DE CASTRO.pdf: 2701615 bytes, checksum: 83d3fb0769c3d3d1fe1d30d7e9c443cb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-09-27 / Research History and Memories of Religious Education in Public Schools: memories of times students and teachers, integrating the research line Education, Society and Culture, Graduate Program in Education - Masters and Doctorate in Education from the Catholic University of Goiás. This study aims to discuss the possibilities for realization of religious education in the mandatory parameters/facultabilidade from the breakup of catechetical/dogmatic heritage starting his new meanings and knowledge and their relationship as a social/cultural phenomenon reflected by the Humanities and social, breaking thus the denominational character of this discipline and integrating it to scientific reflection, based on the unveiling of the meaning inferred from the stories told by Teachers of Religious Education of Goiás public schools. This is a theoretical and empirical, qualitative, narrative (auto)biographical research approach with the phenomenological approach. Thus was established as the route reading and literature, the empirical part, narratives (auto)biographies of eleven Teachers who work in religious education in state and municipal schools , nominated in seven municipalities of the northwestern state of Goiás. The theoretical framework relies on Saviani (2008); Derisso (2007, 2012); Oliveira et al. (2007); Benjamin (1987a, 1987b); Halbwachs (1990) among others. The methodological approach was built from Souza (2004, 2006, 2012); Merleau-Ponty (2011); Passegui; Abraham; Delory-Momberger (2012); Connelly; Clandinin (1990), Clandinin; Connelly (2000). An understanding of the experiences of the narrator approached the phenomenology through which it seeks to describe and interpret the non- apparent and reveal the lived sense (as student) and practiced (as a teacher) in this discipline. The historical trajectory and the memories of the narrators you realize that Religious Education, present in almost every school in the republican period, failed to materialize as Religious Education, but as religious education forwarding service proselytizer of belief and doctrine. It was observed that: i) the trajectory of Religious Education is demarcated by the dispute of religious and educational field, ii) in Brazil never was religious education , since what is meant by this knowledge of the phenomenon of religious pluralism and, iii) the current legislation even try to understand it as a field of knowledge, is pervaded by the conception of theological and interfaith education, iv) the possibility of its realization lies in the understanding of a pluralistic phenomenological model to understand the school curriculum (the socialization of knowledge socially constructed), and finally, v) and there was no by the Brazilian state a position that leads to disruption between state and religion (mainly Christian) to make the secular republic in fact. / A pesquisa História e Memórias do Ensino Religioso na Escola Pública: lembranças de tempos discentes e docentes, integra a linha de pesquisa Educação, Sociedade e Cultura, do Programa Pós-Graduação em Educação Mestrado e Doutorado em Educação, da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás. Este estudo tem como objetivo problematizar as possibilidades de efetivação do Ensino Religioso nos parâmetros da obrigatoriedade/facultabilidade a partir do rompimento da herança catequética/dogmática partindo de seu ressignificado como área do conhecimento e suas relações como fenômeno social/cultural refletido pelas Ciências Humanas e Sociais, rompendo deste modo, o caráter de confessionalidade dessa disciplina e integrando-a à reflexão científica, tendo por base o desvelar do sentido depreendidos na histórias narradas por Professoras/es de Ensino Religioso de escolas públicas goianas. Trata-se de uma pesquisa teórico-empírica, qualitativa, narrativa (auto) biográfica com aproximação da abordagem fenomenológica. Assim, constitui-se como percurso a leitura bibliográfica e, na parte empírica, narrativas (auto)biográficas de 11 (onze) Professores/as que atuam no Ensino Religioso na rede estadual e municipal de ensino, em sete municípios da nominada região noroeste do Estado de Goiás. O referencial teórico apoia-se em Saviani (2008), Derisso (2007; 2012); Oliveira et al. (2007); Benjamim (1987a; 1987b); Halbwachs (1990) entre outros. O percurso metodológico foi construído a partir de Souza (2004; 2006, 2012), Merleau-Ponty (2011); Passegui; Abrahão; Delory-Momberger (2012); Connelly; Clandinin (1990); Clandinin;Connelly (2000). A apreensão das experiências vividas pelos/as narradores/as aproximou-se da fenomenologia por meio da qual se procura descrever e interpretar o nãoaparente e desvelar o sentido vivido (como discente) e praticado (como docente) nessa disciplina. Pela trajetória histórica e pelas memórias dos/as narradores/as percebe-se que o Ensino Religioso, presente na escola em quase todo o período republicano, não se efetivou como Ensino Religioso, mas como educação religiosa a serviço da transmissão de crença proselitista e doutrinária. Observou-se que: i) a trajetória do Ensino Religioso é demarcada pela disputa do campo religioso e educacional; ii) no Brasil nunca houve Ensino Religioso, posto que se entenda por este o conhecimento do fenômeno e do pluralismo religioso; iii) que a legislação atual ainda que tente entendê-lo como área do conhecimento, é perpassada pela concepção de ensino teológico-interconfessional; iv) a possibilidade de sua efetivação reside no entendimento de um modelo fenomenológico-pluralista que o entenda com conteúdo escolar (da socialização do conhecimento socialmente construído); e por fim, v) não houve e não há por parte do estado brasileiro uma postura que o conduza ao rompimento entre estado e religião (principalmente cristã) a tornar a república laica de fato.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:46:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ROSANGELA SIQUEIRA DA SILVA.pdf: 2099211 bytes, checksum: cd4c20161f0d4503fd23c1421e50bd26 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-03 / This thesis aims to analyze the secular nature of the Brazilian state, focusing on the provision of Religious Education in the public school system. Presents the successive changes that accompany this curriculum component. For this, there was a literature documentary and bibliographical research from contemporary documents: laws and normative opinions of Education. On bibliographical research were consulted scientific publications concerning the subject, drawn up between 1970 and 2013.The result of the document analysis on the relationship between secular state and the religious education in recent years indicate that the regional spheres public education systems seek to do away all forms of sectarianism and religious proselytism that prioritizes either religious matrix. With this, there is the introduction of a model of religious education with anthropological approach, which involves the different religious arrays of Brazilian culture. The document analysis of scientific publications support the need of religious education in the basic training of the students, since this presents the religious diversity of the socio-cultural-historical Brazilian context. In this educational approach has focused on the religious phenomenon not only a religious matrix of Brazilian culture. This research indicates changes as to the neutrality and religious impartiality in public spaces and the commitment to secularism in education. / A presente tese tem por objetivo analisar o papel da laicidade do Estado brasileiro, enfocando a oferta do Ensino Religioso nos sistemas públicos educacionais. Apresenta as sucessivas mudanças que acompanham esse componente curricular. Realizou-se uma pesquisa documental e bibliográfica a partir de documentos contemporâneos: leis e pareceres normativos da Educação Nacional. Na pesquisa bibliográfica foram consultadas publicações científicas relativas ao assunto, elaboradas entre 1996 e 2013. O resultado da análise documental sobre a relação entre Estado laico e o Ensino Religioso nos últimos anos indica que nas esferas regionais os sistemas públicos de ensino buscam afastar toda forma de confessionalismo e proselitismo religioso que prioriza uma ou outra matriz religiosa. Com isso, ocorre a introdução de um modelo de Ensino Religioso com enfoque antropológico, que envolve as diferentes matrizes religiosas da cultura brasileira. As análises documentais das publicações científicas permitiram confirmar a necessidade do Ensino Religioso na formação básica dos educandos, visto que esse componente tem como eixo norteador a diversidade cultural religiosa presente no contexto sócio-histórico-brasileiro. Nessa abordagem de ensino tem-se como foco o fenômeno religioso como tal, não apenas uma matriz religiosa da cultura brasileira. Essa pesquisa sinaliza mudanças quanto à imparcialidade religiosa nos espaços públicos e o compromisso com a laicidade na educação.

The Church of the Nazarene has an identity problem. Increasingly, Nazarenes are unfamiliar with their denomination’s holiness theology, and a gap exists between what people say they believe—espoused theology—and what they practice—operant theology. I argue that aesthetic Christian education can play a significant role in decreasing the discrepancies between a person’s beliefs and practices. This kind of teaching and learning incorporates holistic aesthetic elements, which I call engaged aesthetics. Research in the neuroscience of visual perception seems to point to the possibilities that art can offer for transformative reflection. Christian education that features the viewing of art can explore these opportunities to reflect on faith-as-beliefs and faith-actions and to amend discrepancies at a personal and/or communal level. Since the Church of the Nazarene is grounded in John Wesley’s theology, I make the case for an aesthetic educational bridge between espoused and operant theology rooted in the engaged aesthetic of Wesley’s practical theology, and in affinity with Wesley’s experiential and affective epistemology.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T19:20:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Celia Maria Ribeiro.pdf: 3209250 bytes, checksum: 8fb461b2643a44dcec0120baafe1a19e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-11-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The Bill on Religious Education (nº 9475/1997) has changed the reality of religious education found on the current National Law on Education (Lei de Diretrizes e Base da Educação Nacional LDBEN, nº 9394/1996). The aforementioned Bill enacts new rules in which religious education becomes an integral part of elementary school education. The impact of this on the Brazilian educational system cannot be overlooked. Religious Education as a school discipline brings expressive contributions to the education of children and their notions of citizenship, especially in a religiously and culturally multifaceted society. Although legally instituted as part of the national educational system, there are some agencies struggling to ban this discipline from the schools. This is a relevant issue, since the school context should be the ideal place where religious education meets (in a pedagogically suitable environment) its main public for an open-minded discussion of religious contents and religious diversity. Having the support of the National Law on Education (Lei de Diretrizes e Base da Educação Nacional) as its mainstay, this work aims at investigating the current situation of this discipline in the city and district of Mogi Guaçu/SP, in order to make an inquire of its real promotion or inhibition in the specific educational context of Mogi Guaçu district / A Lei nº 9475/1997 dá nova redação ao artigo 33, da Lei de Diretrizes e Base da Educação Nacional LDBEN, Lei nº 9394/1996, na qual o Ensino Religioso passa a ser parte integrante da formação básica do cidadão, o que demonstra a sua relevância no contexto educacional brasileiro. O Ensino Religioso como área de conhecimento traz importantes contribuições à educação e à construção da cidadania, sobretudo na sociedade caracterizada pela diversidade religiosa. De outra parte, observa-se que mesmo diante de sua instituição legal, há alguns setores da sociedade voltados para a exclusão da disciplina de sua condição normal na realidade do ensino e em grande parte das instituições escolares. Um dado preocupante, pois a escola deveria ser o lugar onde o público alvo encontra o Ensino Religioso a partir das condições pedagógicas adequadas ao conhecimento dos conteúdos relacionados à disciplina, estabelecidos sob o respeito às diferentes culturas e aos grupos constitutivos na sociedade plural. O desafio que se pretende discutir neste trabalho é a verificação da condição situacional do Ensino Religioso na rede pública municipal, no tocante à educação básica, ensino fundamental, na cidade de Mogi Guaçu/SP, sob a Lei de Diretrizes e Base da Educação Nacional, a fim de construir conhecimento sobre a respectiva realidade e as dimensões facilitadoras ou inibidoras do desenvolvimento desse componente educacional, dada a inobservância da disciplina na prática escolar, porém inserida na matriz curricular

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar o discurso da mídia sobre a implantação do ensino religioso nas escolas públicas do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. O corpus compreende quatro editoriais, sendo dois do jornal O Globo e dois do jornal Folha de S. Paulo, todos veiculados no período de 2003 a 2004. O foco da pesquisa se concentra na observação de como são utilizadas as estratégias discursivas no desenvolvimento desse discurso que pode ser analisado como polêmico e como se dá o processo argumentativo, visando a destacar marcas ideológicas das relações que estão implícitas na produção desse discurso. Alicerçamos nossos estudos na Teoria da Argumentação, a partir do que indicam Chaim Perelman e Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca (2000), e na Análise Critica do Discurso (ACD), segundo as pesquisas de Teun A. van Dijk (1983; 2000; 2004 e 2005), entre outros. Como todo fato divulgado pela imprensa não pode ser apartado de seu contexto específico de produção, este trabalho também observa como os decretos indicaram a implantação do ensino religioso nas escolas públicas do Estado do Rio de Janeiro dentro dos parâmetros político-educacionais, buscando destacar, por meio da análise do Corpus, o papel desempenhado pela mídia (a imprensa) como construtora de imagens e sentidos. / The objective of this survey is to analyze the statements of the media on the implementation of religious education at public schools in the State of Rio de Janeiro. The corpus consists of four editorials, including two from O Globo and two from Folha de São Paulo, all of them published in the period 2004/2004. The survey is focused on the observation of how the discursive strategies are analyzed in the development of this statement, which can be considered polemic, and how the argumentative process is developed, with the aim of highlighting ideological aspects of the relationships that are implicit in the production of such statements. We based our studies on the Argumentation Theory, on the indications of Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts- Tyteca (2000), and on the Critical Analysis of the Speech (ACD), according to researches of Teun A. van Dijk (1983: 2000: 2004 e 2005), among others. As every fact that is released by the press can not be separated from its specific production context, this work also considers how the decrees indicated the implementation of religious education at public schools in Rio de Janeiro within the political-educational parameters, to stress, by means of the analysis of the Corpus, the role the media (the press) plays as a builder of images and senses.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:48:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Michelle Razuck Arci.pdf: 941033 bytes, checksum: 2a0e99247d27113ab540cb6fbd838fec (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-12-13 / Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie / In 1988 Constitution and in the enactment of law 9,475 of July 22 1997, which altered LDB/1996 section 33, Religious Education is to be part of the grounds of citizenship education, integrating the curriculum of Elementary Public Schools. We intend, through the present work, to meet the constitutional grounds of the confessional school and confessional education, concluding that the Constitution and the rights protected in it, guarantee the existence, the functionality and viability of confessional educational in Brazil today. Religious Education classes, in the confessional approach, should not be limited to liturgical practice alone, once the school is not a church extension. However, the main concept of protestant confessional education, is centered on the student's formation as a whole and the method is the indissociable from teaching, from moral and mercy; having an integrated and integrating vision. The present work aims to identify the indissociable factor from teaching, moral, and mercy as fundamental grounds to Protestants Religious Education classes and to personality formation, through faith teaching. It was necessary to examine the historical and legislative evolution of Religious Education in the Brazilian Constitution and in Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Nacional, as well as identify the main ideas and practices concerning the subject. Furthermore, we seek the constitutional base to its existence and viability of confessional education. Thereafter, it also describes Comenius educational proposal to the full formation of the student, on the educational, social, moral, ethical and religious sphere, in order to, subsequently, identify the indissociable factor from teaching, moral and mercy as fundamental principle of confessional protestant teaching. / Na Constituição de 1988 e a partir da promulgação da Lei nº. 9.475 de 22 de julho de 1997, que alterou o artigo 33 da LDB/1996, o Ensino Religioso passa a fazer parte da formação básica do cidadão, constituindo-se componente curricular das escolas públicas de Ensino Fundamental. Procurou-se, no presente estudo, encontrar a base constitucional da escola confessional e da educação confessional, concluindo-se que a Constituição Federal e os direitos nela reconhecidos, garantem a existência, a funcionalidade e exiquibilidade da educação confessional no Brasil contemporâneo. As aulas de Ensino Religioso na modalidade confessional, não pode ser limitada a apenas práticas litúrgicas, uma vez que a escola não é uma extensão da igreja. Todavia, o postulado central da educação confessional protestante e, logo, do ensino religioso confessional protestante, jaz na formação integral do aluno e o método é a indissociabilidade do ensino, da moral e da piedade, tratando-se de uma visão integrada e integradora. O presente estudo teve como objetivo identificar a indissociabilidade do ensino, da moral, e da piedade como princípio fundamental para as aulas de Ensino Religioso Protestante e para a formação da personalidade, por meio do ensino da fé. No caminho para atingir tal objetivo, foi necessário discorrer acerca da evolução histórica e legislativa do Ensino Religioso nas Constituições Brasileiras e nas Leis de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação Nacional, bem como identificar as principais ideias e práticas em torno desta disciplina, além de buscar a base constitucional para a existência e exequibilidade da educação confessional. Em seguida, procurou-se também descrever a proposta educacional de Comenius para a formação plena do aluno, no âmbito educacional, social, moral, ético e religioso, para num terceiro momento identificar a indissociabilidade do ensino, da moral e da piedade como princípio fundamental do ensino confessional protestante.

This Grounded Theory study explores how the use of social media influenced the dynamics of interaction in a free-choice religious education experience between a world religious leader and young adult learners. Results indicate that social media (a) enhanced proxy group interaction due to the increased visibility of leader-learner interactions to the entire group and the ability of learners to comment on, like, mention other learners, and share leader-learner interactions; (b) enabled active non-verbal interaction which allowed for social curation, peer validation, community reaction, and the non-verbal pushing of posts into the social media streams of those not participating in the event; (c) greatly enhanced dialogic interaction between learners and allowed for a safe hashtag-bound space for religious expression to occur online; and (d) enabled a theoretically infinite amount of learner-learner interactions on single comment nodes, referred to as multilogic interactions. Grounded Theory was also used to derive patterns from the data generated in this experience which were then abstracted and reconstituted into an explanatory and predictive theoretical framework referred to as Orbital Interaction Theory (OIT). OIT, as a design theory, predicts that three types or tiers of interaction will occur when three essential pedagogical design elements are used together—namely, a question and answer session with a highly respected and sought-after leader within a social media-bound context. Furthermore, I posit that three essential learner conditions are required for the success of OIT—namely, learner trust in the leader, a high degree of learner homogeneity, and high levels of civility. The preexistent nature of these learner conditions in religious education experiences makes them the most natural contexts for an OIT approach to be successful. It is precisely because of the challenge of achieving these three factors at comparable levels in non-religious free-choice learning contexts that makes the transferability of OIT into these contexts difficult. Finally, I posit that when the essential pedagogical design elements of OIT are combined with the essential learner conditions of OIT, the Optimum Conditions for Interaction (OCI) in OIT will be achieved with highly predictable results.

Over the last several decades, school choice – in the context of educational systems that are available to choose from as well as the reasons why parents choose what they do for their child – has become a topic of interest to both educational researchers and the public at large. The Seventh-day Adventist school system, like other faith-based institutions, is uniquely positioned in this subject, as it is an educational organization framed by a religious denomination. In addition to the typical factors such as academic standards, curricular offerings and peer influence, the issue of school choice within this context also involves complex layers of culture and religiosity and spirituality. Are parents able to disengage themselves from the trappings of those expectations and beliefs and objectively choose a school system for their child? Or are religious background and experience simply too embedded into one’s psyche – and, as an extension – one’s choices to ever fully disentangle that subtext from the decision-making process? This mixed-methods study sought to better understand the relationship between parental religiosity and school choice, specifically within the Seventh-day Adventist denomination. In order to assess the influence of Adventist culture, doctrinal commitment and general religiosity, a cultural domain had to first be established. Following the methodology as laid out in cultural consensus theory, free-listing and rank-ordering tasks were given to two separate, geographically representative samples from across the continental United States. Derived from those conversations, statements were then developed that captured characteristics and behavior of a member who adhered to traditional Seventh-day Adventist culture. Those statements were written into the survey instrument, alongside validated scales for general religiosity and Adventist doctrinal commitment. The population for this study targeted any Seventh-day Adventist member in America who had K-12 school-aged children. The survey was developed in SurveyMonkey and distributed through church communiqué (websites, bulletins, announcements, etc.), official administrative channels such as ministerial department newsletters and video announcements, and social media. Over 1,000 responses came in and the data was analyzed through SPSS, specifically examining patterns of school choice among those with high or low general religiosity, doctrinal commitment and Adventist culture. The results of the data analysis demonstrated clear and significant associations between several key variables and the dependent variable of school choice. Several variables, such as Adventist culture, doctrinal commitment and a parent’s own educational background, emerged as predictors for school choice when binary logistic regressions were conducted. Adventist culture proved to be a multi-factorial construct, interacting with other variables in different ways. The conclusions from this study point to several implications for K-12 Adventist education, particularly in the area of marketing to Adventist families and further research could certainly explore that more fully.

The purpose of this thesis is to explore conditions under which the human spirit flowers in modern organisations. The topic of the thesis was sparked by prolonged study at the Master’s level of the writings of Robert K. Greenleaf, modern servant leadership theorist. Greenleaf was concerned with the ways and the conditions in which the human spirit flowers. He wrote a number of essays on the topic (Greenleaf, 1996b). He often questioned what organisations as they currently stood were doing to help people grow as whole people. As workers spend increasing amounts of time in the workplace, organisations continue to seek ways in which to increase employee satisfaction and decrease the compartmentalising of human experience. The geographical context of study is that of Aotearoa/New Zealand with participants selected from the Church Educational System of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Tāmaki-makau-rau/Auckland region. The Church Educational System, or CES, is a worldwide religious education provider headquartered in the Western United States. The context for study was chosen based on my perceived personal growth as a student for nine years in the CES programmes and my desire to understand how the programme was administered in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The project employs a qualitative methodology using as primary data gathering methods in-depth interviews with three CES directors, three focus groups made up of sixteen volunteer teachers, classroom observations, and document analysis. Using Greenleaf’s descriptions of the servant leader as a central focus, I attempt through this qualitative study to address the central research question: How does the Church Educational System (CES) nurture servant leaders? The central metaphor of the garden was used in processing and analysing data. The garden metaphor was intended to assist in the conceptualisation of relationships of service as they are at work in the lives of participants. Identified relationships of service from the findings were between participants co-workers (plants), love (life-force), Jesus Christ (sun), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (plot), purpose (strength), Aotearoa/New Zealand (soil), exemplars (canopy), experience (seasons), Church Educational System (gardener), positions, training, programmes (gardener tools), growth (colour/aroma/fruit), knowledge (water), and organisational care (pruning/transplanting). Findings indicated that nurturing in the Church Educational System is influenced by the ability of the organisation to bring people together in meaningful ways. Findings also show that understanding relationships of service that make up whole people may be an important step for organisations in the nurturing of servant leaders. Nurturing in the CES appears to be taking place in three primary areas: balancing, renewal, and regeneration. The findings of this study have significance for those inside and outside of the CES. A chapter is dedicated to exploring possible application of findings in variant organisational contexts. Providing consistent formal and informal opportunities for sharing in spirit and intellect at the organisational level appears to be a key in the nurturing of servant leaders in organisations.