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Ultra-Orthodox Women Pursuing Higher Education: Motivations and Challenges.

Nurit Novis Deutsch, +1 more
- 02 Sep 2019 - 
- Vol. 44, Iss: 9, pp 1519-1538
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Highly religious students from fundamentalist or sectarian religious communities face unique challenges in pursuing higher education, directly bearing on their educational opportunities as mentioned in this paper, which can be traced to their religious beliefs.
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Highly religious students from fundamentalist or sectarian religious communities face unique challenges in pursuing higher education, directly bearing on their educational opportunities. Th...

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Re)conceptualising student engagement as doing education ... not doing time

David Zyngier
TL;DR: In this article, three contesting epistemological constructions of student engagement are identified, seeking to answer three linked questions: whose conception of engagement is most worthwhile, what actually are the purposes of engagement and who benefits (and gets excluded) from these purposes, and finally how might we conceive of engagement in order to achieve the twin goals of social justice and academic achievement.
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The intersection of gender and culture in argumentative writing

TL;DR: The authors explored the intersection of gender, sociocultural background, and argumentative socioscientific writing in ultra-Orthodox men and women who were educated in the United States.
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Discourse, legitimacy, and bottom-to-bottom change: haredi activism to promote secular education in New-York Hasidic Schools

TL;DR: This paper explored Haredi education and found that controversy surrounding the teaching of secular education has fomented recurrent conflicts between liberal states and religious enclave communities (ECs) in the US.
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Legitimizing academic knowledge in religious bounded communities: Jewish ultra-orthodox students in Israeli higher education

TL;DR: This paper examined the conflictual interaction in the context of the recent rise of Haredi (Jewish ultra-Orthodox) participation in Israeli higher education, and found that the growth within academia of educational enclaves with firm boundaries actually fosters greater affinity toward scientific knowledge among learners.
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Civic Engagement of Students from Minority Groups: The Case of Ultra-Orthodox Students and Communities in Jerusalem

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss minority students' civic engagement in communities in conflict through the case of Jewish ultra-orthodox students who promote the human rights of ultraorthodox people with disabilities in Jerusalem.
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Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches

TL;DR: The eagerly anticipated fourth edition of the title that pioneered the comparison of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research design, John W, Creswell as discussed by the authors, includes a preliminary consideration of philosophical assumptions, a review of the literature, an assessment of the use of theory in research approaches, and reflections about the importance writing and ethics in scholarly inquiry.
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces

TL;DR: The Power of Myth as discussed by the authors is a seminal work that combines the spiritual and psychological insights of modern psychoanalysis with the archetypes of world mythology and creates a roadmap for navigating the frustrating path of contemporary life.
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Narrative Research: Reading, Analysis, and Interpretation

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A typology of mixed methods research designs

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