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Showing 1 to 20 of 124 for “"Christian Denominations and Sects"”.
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Resource Allocation in Seventh-day Adventist Elementary Schools: an Educational Production Function Study
<p>Problem. Scarce resources and declining student achievement, heighten the need for schools to examine the resource allocation function more closely than ever to ensure that resources are being used most effectively. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of selected school …
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A Study of Parental Attitudes Regarding Secondary Boarding Schools of the Mid-America Union of Seventh-day Adventists
… existed between the declining enrollment and parental attitudes concerning the boarding academies.</p> <p>Method. A five-page Likert-type scale survey was used to gather information from randomly selected parents of high-school-age students in the Mid-America Union. Seven sub-hypotheses …
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A Study of Selected Variables Dealing with Continuing Education Interests of Seventh-day Adventist Pastors and Judicatory in the North American Division
<p>Background and Purpose of the Study. The study grew out of an increased Seventh-day Adventist interest in continuing education for ministry in the church's North American Division. This interest had generally been accompanied by a lack of current data for careful planning and development of …
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A Study of Teacher Motivation in Five Selected Seventh-day Adventist Colleges in the United States
… of this study was to determine what positive and negative motivating factors affect teachers at Seventh-day Adventist colleges, to determine if these factors are different for public university teachers as identified in a similar study by Morgan, and to determine what factors influenced …
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Frederick Griggs, Seventh-day Adventist Educator and Administrator
… defining the scope of the educational program, and building the structure and organization necessary to achieve and maintain an educational system. Despite his considerable contribution to Adventist education, there has been no comprehensive investigation of his life.</p> <p>Method. This study …
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The Effects of Regional Accreditation on the Achievement of Aims, Goals, and Mission of Seventh-day Adventist Academies in the United States as Perceived by Principals and Teachers
… No studies were found on principals' and teachers' perceptions of the effects of regional accreditation on the aims, goals, and mission of Seventh-day Adventist academies in the United States. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the principals' and teachers' …
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The Empirical Development of an Instructional Product for the Training of Seventh-day Adventist Literature Evangelists
… product development method of Baker and Schutz (1971) served as the basis for this research. After the need for the product was established, a series of behavioral objectives was written. The criteria for evaluation of the behavioral objectives were obtained from current sales …
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Job Satisfaction Among Teachers in Seventh-day Adventist Schools and its Relationship to Commitment and Selected Work Conditions
… their commitment to the church, to SDA schools, and even to Christianity. Given the important role teachers play in the formation of young people, the purpose of this study was to determine the degree of teachers' job satisfaction and its relationship to commitment and selected work …
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Characteristics of Hispanic Seventh-day Adventist Adolescents Who Attempted Suicide
… present study sought to contribute to the understanding of Hispanic youth suicide and its association with acculturation, family, religion, and gender in a sample of Hispanic Seventh-day Adventist adolescents.</p> <p><em>Method</em>. The data used for this study came from the <em>Avance</em> …
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Aims of Education in the Writings of Ellen White
<p>Problem. Ellen White’s educational philosophy and its application to the aims of education have not been systematically or thoroughly addressed within the parameters and demands of a graduate thesis. The present dissertation explores the aims of education, especially the ultimate aims of …
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Factors Influencing Enrollment Trends in Seventh-day Adventist Boarding Schools on North America
… the more important factors related to increasing and declining enrollment trends.</p> <p><em>Method. </em> A basic causal-comparative study was conducted involving two groups of Seventh-day Adventist boarding academies, one with an increasing and one with a declining enrollment trend. A survey …
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Reasons Seventh-day Adventist Parents Gave for Not Sending Their Children to Seventh-day Adventist Elementary and Secondary Schools
<p>Problem. The Seventh-day Adventist elementary and secondary schools in the USA show a continuous enrollment decline. This study’s goal is to explore the reasons SDA parents give for why they do not send their children to SDA schools.</p> <p>Method.</p> <p>The participants were limited to the …
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Staying in Ministry: a Qualitative Study of Seventh-day Adventist Women Pastors
… women clergy serving in the United States and what contributed to their longevity in ministry.</p> <p><em>Method</em>. This qualitative study followed a narrative design. Data from the purposive sample were obtained through face-to-face, semi-structured interviews. The constant comparative …
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Acknowledged and Perceived Reasons for Non-Attendance at Christian Churches in the Pacifica Community, a Suburb of San Francisco, California
… research on the reasons for non-attendance at Christian churches in America has been conducted, it is not known how these reasons apply to the Pacifica community of California, a suburb of San Francisco. Furthermore, little, if any, research has been conducted to compare the reasons for …
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Goodloe Harper Bell, Pioneer Seventh-day Adventist Christian Educator
… Adventist church operates a worldwide system of Christian education. The pioneer educator who played a most significant part in laying its foundations was Goodloe Harper Bell (1832-1899).</p> <p>Bell was a public school teacher in central Michigan from 1851 through 1866. He became a Seventh-day …
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A Comparative Study Between the Black and White Seventh-day Adventist Seminarians Concerning their Attitudes and Perceptions of their Ministry Relative to Selected Social and Theological Issues
… which answer questions related to how the Black and White SDA seminarians approach their ministry in areas of selected social and theological issues. Empirical data were not found to assess the relationship between one's race, age, community, church location, religion and one's response or …
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William Warren Prescott, Seventh-day Adventist Educator
… served the church as preacher, writer, editor, and administrator. His influence on the church was extensive but until now there has been no comprehensive investigation of his life or evaluation of his contribution to the church.</p> <p><em> Method.</em> This study investigated Prescott's life …
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Edward Alexander Sutherland and the Seventh-day Adventist Educational Reform: the Denominational Years
<p>Problem. Edward Alexander Sutherland, 1865-1955, was one of the most notable and successful educational reformers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He served the church for sixty years, fifty-three of them as president of four Adventist colleges. This study has been delimited to his years of …
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Indonesia Union College : a Historical Study of a Seventh-day Adventist Institution
… school established in Indonesia was the Netherlands East Indies Training School (Indonesia Union College after 1962) founded in 1929. The school has since grown considerably and achieved university status, but no comprehensive history of it has been written. This lack points to a need for a …
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