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50 Years of ERIC
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Firmin, Michael W.; Tse, Luke M.; Johnson, Courtney; Vorobyov, Yelena; McKeon, Jacklyn – Christian Higher Education, 2014
An increasing number of universities have initiated activities and assignments to foster empathic and altruistic behavior in students. This study is a report of an outcomes assessment of a poverty immersion experience in a Christian urban ministries course. Following Firmin's (2006) protocol, we used a qualitative methodology that included…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Immersion Programs, Christianity, Qualitative Research
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Firmin, Michael W.; Gilson, Krista Merrick – Christian Higher Education, 2010
Assessed were the mission statements of 107 member institutions of the Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). The analysis was conducted on a microlevel via appraising the frequency of words used in the statements as well as the general constructs expressed. The respective mission statements were coded for content and common…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Position Papers, Consortia, Church Related Colleges
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Firmin, Michael W.; Firmin, Ruth L.; MacKay, Brenda B. – Christian Higher Education, 2009
We present the results of a qualitative, phenomenological research study that explored the spiritual dynamics of 13 overseas student teachers. Overall, participants in our sample described spiritual growth on two levels. First, they related that spiritual development often followed an inside-out pattern. In explaining this phenomenon, students…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Student Teachers, Phenomenology, Spiritual Development