Compassion Development in Higher Education
Many schools of psychology and religious studies intend to promote the cultivation of compassion. Compassion is currently an integral area of study in psychology, religious studies, and higher education, specifically in faith-based higher education. While secular universities in the United States st...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
[2015]
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| In: |
Journal of psychology and theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 131-139 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ University education
/ Church college
/ Compassion
/ Service learning
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| RelBib Classification: | CF Christianity and Science KBQ North America NCC Social ethics |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (doi) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Many schools of psychology and religious studies intend to promote the cultivation of compassion. Compassion is currently an integral area of study in psychology, religious studies, and higher education, specifically in faith-based higher education. While secular universities in the United States strive to generate disciplinary-based knowledge through scholarship, their ability to promote students' use of the information they are learning to create positive social change has typically lagged. Conscious of the magnitude of today's global issues and dissatisfied with the current disparity between the world's reality and university curricula, scholars have begun to re-imagine the role of higher education in forming the leaders who will face our most exigent problems. The present article reviews how compassion can be integrated into university curriculum, specifically in faith-based institutions. The article also discusses how compassion can be measured throughout the course of undergraduates' careers. |
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| ISSN: | 0091-6471 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009164711504300205 |