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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Cognitive Educational Approaches as Means of Envisioning and Effecting Worldview Transformation via Theological Education
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Mittwede, Steven K. – Journal of Education & Christian Belief, 2013
Although much done in the name of discipleship and theological education pronounces lofty goals, such as movement from orthodoxy to orthopraxy, in many cases mere doctrinal assent is assumed to reflect deep change. An analysis of discipleship, worldview theory, and certain cognitive approaches to education suggests that worldview-level…
Descriptors: Theological Education, World Views, Attitude Change, Teaching Methods
Research Paradigms and Their Use and Importance in Theological Inquiry and Education
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Mittwede, Steven K. – Journal of Education & Christian Belief, 2012
A survey and analysis of four major research paradigms--positivism, postpositivism, critical theory and constructivism--reveal that all have been applied effectively in recent theological inquiry. Although these paradigms might resemble worldviews to some extent, they are not so all-encompassing. Rather, they are essentially matrices of deeply…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Models, Role, Constructivism (Learning)