The process of global modernization has reached a new phase. In many parts of the world, societies have become so complex that the logic that characterized first modernity no longer works. Simultaneously, societies are confronted by huge and complex side effects of modern rationality, such as climate change, migration influx, global inequality,…

The role of faith-based nursing education is contested in today's Northern European societies, which are often described as postmodern, pluralist, or secular. Although faith-based institutions played pioneering roles in the early development of nursing education, many today downplay their religious roots and have transformed themselves into modern…

This study aimed to gain more insight into the way in which teachers' ideological identity and their perceptions of educational innovations come together and result in choices with regard to the arrangement of learning environments. Interviews held with six Dutch upper secondary school teachers from reformational schools illustrate that teachers…