Multiculturalism In Hindu Religious Education Perspective

Education for a Sustainable Future: Strategies of the New Hindu Religious Movements

Increasingly, sustainability is conceived as a crisis of the human mind and the key challenge for pro-sustainability education is developing sufficient motivation in learners. The spiritual aspirations of religious communities contain sufficient motivational force, which may be deployed for effective sustainability education. This paper explores the approaches to sustainability and sustainabili...

Multiple Meanings and Multiculturalism. Women in It Education

Information technology (IT) education and the industry continue to be male dominated and less women are entering computing courses at the university level. Research into gender and IT suggests that this is partly due to the masculine meanings generally ascribed to computing. Earlier research by authors of this paper (Greenhill, v. Hellens, Nielsen and Pringle, 1996a, 1996b) indicates that despi...

A discussion of multiculturalism in Australia from educators’ perspective

This study is an exploration of the views of non-indigenous Australian tertiary educators (N = 22) on multiculturalism and its effects on Australian society. Thematic analysis was used to identify four dominant themes in interviews conducted with the participants. The results are discussed within the themes of Australian identity, attitudes toward multiculturalism, the role of education/educato...

An Economic Perspective on Religious Education: Complements and Substitutes in a Human Capital Portfolio

An Economic Perspective on Religious Education: Complements and Substitutes in a Human Capital Portfolio This paper models the tradeoffs between education in secular subjects, formal and informal, and the formation of religion-specific human capital. It explores some implications of negative externalities between religious and secular education. Applications include the tension between science ...

Human Responsibility and the Environment: A Hindu Perspective