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Model Evaluasi Pembelajaran Akidah Dan Akhlak Di Madrasah Tsanawiyah (Mts), Darodjat Darodjat, Darmiyati Zuchdi Dec 2016

Model Evaluasi Pembelajaran Akidah Dan Akhlak Di Madrasah Tsanawiyah (Mts), Darodjat Darodjat, Darmiyati Zuchdi

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan: (1) menghasilkan model evaluasi pembelajaran Akidah dan Akhlak di MTs, (2) menghasilkan instrumen evaluasi yang memiliki reliabilitas dan validitas, (3) mengetahui kelayakan Model Logik Evaluasi Pembelajaran Akidah dan Akhlak (MLEPAA). Penelitian ini menggunakan model Borg dan Gall. Teknik penentuan subjek penelitian untuk unit analisis siswa dengan simple random sampling sejumlah 330 siswa dari tiga MTsN di Kabupaten Banyumas, 3 orang Guru Akidah dan Akhlak, dan 3 orang Kepala MTsN. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan adalah: kuesioner, tes, dan penilaian antarteman. Validitas instrumen meliputi face validity dan content validity, dianalisis dengan expert judgment, validasi konstruk dianalisis dengan konfirmatori …


Paradigma Pendidikan Agama Dalam Masyarakat Plural, Ju'subaidi Ju'subaidi, Noeng Muhadjir, Sumarno Sumarno Dec 2016

Paradigma Pendidikan Agama Dalam Masyarakat Plural, Ju'subaidi Ju'subaidi, Noeng Muhadjir, Sumarno Sumarno

Jurnal Penelitian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan

Penelitian ini bertujuan mengungkap paradigma yang mendasari pelaksanaan pendidikan agama di sekolah pluralistik, dan menghasilkan paradigma pendididikan agama yang lebih relevan dengan masyarakat Indonesia yang pluralistik. Desain penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif eksploratif dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif intepretif fenomenologi. Pengumpulan data dengan wawancara mendalam didukung dengan observasi dan dokumentasi. Analisis data menggunakan analisis interaktif yang meliputi reduksi data, display data dan kesimpulan. Di samping itu, juga menggunakan Interpretive Phenomenolgy Analysis. Hasil penelitian adalah Pelaksanaan pendidikan agama konvensional di sekolah yang pluralistik belum mengikuti Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 55 Tahun 2007 dan PERMENAG Nomor 16 Tahun 2010 tentang Pengelolaan Pendidikan Agama …


A Bounded Affinity Theory Of Religion And The Paranormal, Joseph O. Baker, Christoper Bader, F. Carson Mencken Dec 2016

A Bounded Affinity Theory Of Religion And The Paranormal, Joseph O. Baker, Christoper Bader, F. Carson Mencken

Sociology Faculty Articles and Research

We outline a theory of bounded affinity between religious experiences and beliefs and paranormalism, which emphasizes that religious and paranormal experiences and beliefs share inherent physiological, psychological, and ontological similarities. Despite these parallels, organized religious groups typically delineate a narrow subset of experiences and explanatory frames as acceptable and True, banishing others as either false or demonic. Accordingly, the theory provides a revised definition of the “paranormal” as beliefs and experiences explicitly rejected by science and organized religions. To demonstrate the utility of the theory, we show that, after controlling for levels of conventional religious practice, there is a strong, …


Collections Management Systems At Natural History Museums: A Centralized Approach, Allison M. Pohl Dec 2016

Collections Management Systems At Natural History Museums: A Centralized Approach, Allison M. Pohl

Master's Projects and Capstones

Natural history museum collections are an invaluable learning tool for audiences of many ages. However, learning experiences can be hampered if collections are poorly managed. Inconsistent object numbering systems, scant information associated with a specimen, and differences in records management styles of individuals in the same organization all stem from the lack of collections management standards set forth by some institutions. Natural history museums historically manage their collections in a decentralized manner, with each collections department responsible for its own objects, managing records as the staff sees fit. This report advocates for the unification of collections in natural history museums …


Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 51, No. 1, Winter 2017, College Of The Holy Cross Dec 2016

Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 51, No. 1, Winter 2017, College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Magazine

Syllabus: Presidential Selection
with Donald Brand, professor of political science
By Meredith Fidrocki

The 2016 Sanctae Crucis Awards
Thomas H. Carey ’66, AnnMaura Connolly ’86, Cheryl A. Martin, Ph. D., ’84, Rev. James D. Mathews ’58 and Jonathan E. Racek ’95

The Path Forward
The Alumni Job Shadowing Program gives current Holy Cross students a chance to explore potential career paths before graduation, and allows alumni to give back to the next generation.

Child’s Play
Research shows that play benefits the social, emotional, cognitive and physical development of children. As the executive director of the Toy Industry Foundation, Jean Butler …


“Comrades For A Common Cause”: Jewish Women, Social Clubs, And Public Health Reform In The Progressive Era, Jessica Talavera-Rauh Dec 2016

“Comrades For A Common Cause”: Jewish Women, Social Clubs, And Public Health Reform In The Progressive Era, Jessica Talavera-Rauh

Historical Perspectives: Santa Clara University Undergraduate Journal of History, Series II

No abstract provided.


Understanding The Integration Of Foreign-Educated Cuban Physicians Into The U.S. Medical Field, Wendy Jordana Moore Dec 2016

Understanding The Integration Of Foreign-Educated Cuban Physicians Into The U.S. Medical Field, Wendy Jordana Moore

Open Access Theses

In the U.S., immigrants and refugees are often unable to continue their profession after arrival. This paper describes a qualitative study of Cuban foreign-educated physicians (FEPs) who have attempted to integrate into the U.S. medical field. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Cuban FEPs who varied in age, gender, job, marital status, and amount of time in U.S. Participants were recruited via snowball sampling and thematic analysis was utilized to identify various pathways. Findings describe the importance of professional identity and how it influences participants’ transcultural process as well as their journey to find a “match” within the U.S. medical field. …


University Professor Of Faith And Culture, Dave Larsen Dec 2016

University Professor Of Faith And Culture, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The University of Dayton appointed Sandra Yocum the University Professor of Faith and Culture. Yocum is an associate professor in the department of religious studies who joined the faculty in 1992. She begins her new role in January.


Juan Rodríguez Del Padrón, Triunfo De Las Donas / The Triumph Of Ladies, Emily C. Francomano Dec 2016

Juan Rodríguez Del Padrón, Triunfo De Las Donas / The Triumph Of Ladies, Emily C. Francomano

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

The Triunfo de las donas (The Triumph of Ladies) (1438-1441) by Juan Rodríguez del Padrón (fl. 1440s), is among the very first contributions in Hispanic literature to the pro-feminine modality of the querelle des femmes, or querella de las mujeres. Composed as the preface and dedication to María of Aragón (1396-1445), queen consort of Juan II of Castile (1405-1454), for Rodríguez del Padrón's Cadira de honor (The Seat of Honor), a treatise in defense of noble lineages, the Triunfo de las donas asserts the superiority of women over men, and in so doing, the supremacy of Queen María …


Commencement Convocation Program, Sarasota - Manatee Campus, December 11, 2016, University Of South Florida Dec 2016

Commencement Convocation Program, Sarasota - Manatee Campus, December 11, 2016, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Outstanding Graduate Award and Golden Bull Service and Leadership Award - Jennifer Caba; Outstanding Professor - Jean Kabongo


Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Graduate, December 10, 2016, University Of South Florida Dec 2016

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Graduate, December 10, 2016, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Honorary Doctor of Business - Retired Vice Admiral Mike McConnell


Review Of "Demoting Vishnu: Ritual, Politics, And The Unraveling Of Nepal’S Hindu Monarchy" By Anne T. Mocko, Michael Baltutis Dec 2016

Review Of "Demoting Vishnu: Ritual, Politics, And The Unraveling Of Nepal’S Hindu Monarchy" By Anne T. Mocko, Michael Baltutis

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

No abstract provided.


Beyond Contradiction: Sacred-Profane Waters And The Dialectics Of Everyday Religion, Georgina Drew Dec 2016

Beyond Contradiction: Sacred-Profane Waters And The Dialectics Of Everyday Religion, Georgina Drew

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

Studies of the relationship between religion and ecology are either highly enthusiastic about the ways that religious belief can motivate sound resource management or skeptical of the connection. Using an everyday religion approach, this text takes a middle ground to show that resources are variously interpreted in daily life and that religious orientations, while potentially supportive of environmentally sound action, are but one source of influence. Drawing from fieldwork, the discussion employs practice theory to look at how water resources in a Himalayan township are understood and the ways that notions of responsibility for sacred and profane waters are changing. …


Resource Use Decisions: A Framework For Studying Religion And Sustainable Environments, Mark Larrimore Dec 2016

Resource Use Decisions: A Framework For Studying Religion And Sustainable Environments, Mark Larrimore

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

Analyses of everyday religion and sustainable environments in the Himalaya are not helped much by the blunt instruments of “world religions” approaches to religion and ecology. This article suggests that a better grounded understanding, especially helpful for policy-makers integrating case studies from widely varying regions, might be gained by bypassing debates about the nature of “religion” entirely. Inspired by discussions in the Everyday Religion and Sustainable Environments project, this article proposes a research framework with the deliberately mundane name resource use decisions. Attending to the reasons given, in various settings and to various stakeholders, for decisions regarding the cultivation and …


Explorations Of A Transforming Himalaya: Everyday Religion, Sustainable Environments, And Urban Himalayan Studies, Georgina Drew, Ashok Gurung Dec 2016

Explorations Of A Transforming Himalaya: Everyday Religion, Sustainable Environments, And Urban Himalayan Studies, Georgina Drew, Ashok Gurung

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

This text serves as an introduction to a special issue introducing the work of scholars associated with the Everyday Religion and Sustainable Environments in the Himalaya project. Included in the discussion is a set of observations on the key themes that brought the research project together, and which orient the submissions in this issue.


Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Baccalaureates, December 9, 2016, University Of South Florida Dec 2016

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Baccalaureates, December 9, 2016, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Honorary Doctor of Science - Melanie Cooper; Outstanding Graduate - Stephanie Radu; President's Global Leadership Award - Peter McPherson; King O'Neal Scholars - Lauren Alford,Khadija Bouarfa, Aaron Braley, Shane Cataract, Payton Cook, Alyssa Cooper, Eesha Hasan, Elly Kretchman, Brooks Lackmann, Corazon Marmanillo Romero, Angelina Parrino, Amanda Pitre, and Katelin Russ


Spectrum, Volume 37, Issue 11, Sacred Heart University Dec 2016

Spectrum, Volume 37, Issue 11, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: The holiday spirit fills SHU -- Student awarded scholarship for journalism -- Fidel Castro passes away at 90 -- Which dorm is the best -- Mental health channel event -- Cheerleading team with high expectations for season -- Woman's volleyball caps season with NEC tournament appearance


Our Own Devices, Joseph Clair Dec 2016

Our Own Devices, Joseph Clair

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

A flickering glow welcomed me to my university’s chapel service. Votive candles? If only. No, these were glowing smartphones, as thick as fireflies on a summer’s evening. It was a scene of tremendous absurdity, like a man watching TV while making love to his wife: distracted people distracting themselves during a sacred act. It struck me as oddly understandable (I even joined them to check my email during the sermon), yet also as the foretaste of some looming spiritual crisis. So much has been written lately about the perils of smartphone use that I’m reluctant to join the chorus. Yet …


What Use Is Instrumentalism? Conservative Pragmatism In Liberal Learning, Seth C. Vannatta Dec 2016

What Use Is Instrumentalism? Conservative Pragmatism In Liberal Learning, Seth C. Vannatta

Education and Culture

This article summarizes four archetypal responses—the reactionary, conservative, pragmatist, and presentist—to the real or perceived threat to liberal learning in higher education. I advocate a balance between the conservative and the pragmatist responses. A conservative pragmatist response resists the canonical rigidity of the reactionary; responds to the ever-evolving social demands and practices that help frame the perennial questions of liberal learning, but values the poetry of conversation and the disengagement demanded by such a conversation, even if social problems initiate the reflective inquiry. The conservative pragmatist response highlights the perennial and the evolutionary, the universal and the particular, and the …


Um Students Share Hospital Shadowing Experiences, Edwin Smith Dec 2016

Um Students Share Hospital Shadowing Experiences, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

Students followed health care professionals at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi


Values Education In Bangladesh: Understanding High School Graduates' Perspectives, Leo J. Pereira Dec 2016

Values Education In Bangladesh: Understanding High School Graduates' Perspectives, Leo J. Pereira

Theses & Dissertations

Values education is a subject that may be neglected in some educational settings. An absence of values education may lead to dysfunction in society. Scholars have only recently become interested in the importance of values education (Koh, 2012). Although the National Education Policy in Bangladesh has long emphasized the inculcation of values in educational institutions (Ministry of Education, 1974, 2010), recent research has revealed the inadequate implementation and practice of values education (UNICEF Bangladesh, 2009). The purpose of this basic interpretive qualitative study was to understand the high school graduates' perspectives regarding values education and the values they learned while …


Full Issue, No Author Dec 2016

Full Issue, No Author

Verbum

No abstract provided.


Bearing The Double Burden: Combat Chaplains And The Vietnam War, John Donellan Fitzmorris Iii Dec 2016

Bearing The Double Burden: Combat Chaplains And The Vietnam War, John Donellan Fitzmorris Iii

Dissertations

Throughout the period of the Vietnam War, soldiers and Marines of the United States Military were accompanied into the combat zones by members of the clergy who were also part of the military. These chaplains attempted to bring God to the men in the field by providing spiritual and moral support through worship services and certain counseling duties. A number of chaplains, however, believed so strongly in their ministry that they refused to simply stay “on base” and instead shouldered their packs and journeyed with their troops into the most perilous combat zones. In so doing , these combat chaplains …


The Utah Statesman, December 1, 2016, Utah State University Dec 2016

The Utah Statesman, December 1, 2016, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.


Clemson Commencement Program, December 2016, Clemson University Dec 2016

Clemson Commencement Program, December 2016, Clemson University

Clemson Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.


167th Commencement, Fall Dec 2016

167th Commencement, Fall

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.


Religion-Related Research In The Journal Of Macromarketing, 1981-2014, Jenna M. Drenten, Kristy Mcmanus Dec 2016

Religion-Related Research In The Journal Of Macromarketing, 1981-2014, Jenna M. Drenten, Kristy Mcmanus

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

This study provides a review of religion-related research published in the Journal of Macromarketing (JMK) from 1981 to 2014. A systematic review of the journal identifies 19 key articles at the intersection of religion and macromarketing. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches are utilized to review this body of work in terms of frequency, content, methodology, and authorship. Results reveal four categories of religion-related research in JMK: 1) the impact of religion on macromarketing issues, 2) the impact of macromarketing issues on religion, 3) religion as a theoretical perspective, and 4) religious groups/individuals as a research context. Opportunities for future research …


The Art Of Democracy, George Seurat As A Mirror Of His Age, Lai Wei Dec 2016

The Art Of Democracy, George Seurat As A Mirror Of His Age, Lai Wei

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

The thesis discuss about the ideal of democracy in the art of George Seurat, a French Post- Impressionist artist in late 19th Century. Seurat has been commonly read as an artist of “scientific†method. This paper explores the definition and perception of “science†in Seurat’s lived social historical environment. It also evaluates whether his methods are authentically scientific by examining his sources of his methods. My argument is instead of defining Seurat as scientific, “democratic†would be a more accurate description. Seurat’s democratic attitudes are demonstrated by his selection of subject matter, his methods of production, and the influence of …


A Phenomenological Inquiry Into Sacred Time In Hinduism, Netty Provost Dec 2016

A Phenomenological Inquiry Into Sacred Time In Hinduism, Netty Provost

Open Access Dissertations

In this work, I examine the nature of sacred time in religious experience. Applying the methodology of phenomenology of religion, I inspect the ways in which human beings experience sacred time in Hinduism and present an argument against Mircea Eliade’s understanding of the nature of sacred time in Hinduism. Eliade asserted that all sacred time in Hinduism is fundamentally circular in nature and that the experience of sacred time is an experience of the original act of creation being made consciously present to the individual.

I will scrutinize Eliade’s arguments on two fronts. Firstly, I argue against Eliade’s claim that …


Rediscovering The Bible For Involvement And Insights For Spiritual Growth For The Restoration Church Member, John F. Woodward Dec 2016

Rediscovering The Bible For Involvement And Insights For Spiritual Growth For The Restoration Church Member, John F. Woodward

Doctor of Ministry

This dissertation proposes that many individuals in the Restoration Church, an early nineteenth-century American church movement founded by Barton Stone and Alexander Campbell that today includes hundreds of Churches of Christ/Christian Churches, are experiencing spiritual malnourishment, while finding in the tradition a lack of resources, rhetoric, or guidance to stem the hunger. Section 1 describes the influence of contextualization, tracing the history of the Restoration Movement back to its early philosophical and social influences that resulted in a rationalist and Biblicist interpretation of the Bible that focused primarily on conversion and church organization, while distracting attention from spirituality and divine …