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Title: The hexis of interpretation : Islam and the body in the Egyptian popular school
Author: Starrett, Gregory, 1961-
Subjects--Topical: Islam, Ritual, Education
Description: This article examines how travelers, colonial officials, and educators have treated prayer and other body rituals in Egyptian popular schools. Once the object of colonial critiques of indigenous pedagogy, body ritual has now become the focus of a ...

Title: The impact of educational reforms on Russian women from 1850-1900 : obtaining a higher education with the help of socialism
Author: Litchfield, Amber
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Education, Nihilism, Women's rights, Women in education, Russia
Description: Restrictive governments breed revolutionaries, history has shown this much. Nineteenth-century Imperial Russia is marked by a time of reforms and liberations. The tsars' Alexander I, Nicholas I, and Alexander II mismanaged the reforms during this ...

Title: Evaluating the impact of working in an online environment
Author: Richardson, Kara, Ambroise, Sharmily
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education, Communication
Description: Research has found that peer mentorship can play a valuable role in a student’s personal growth and development. At UNC Charlotte, the Communication Across the Curriculum program trains communication consultants to serve as peer mentors and provid...

Title: Islam and the politics of enchantment
Author: Starrett, Gregory, 1961-
Subjects--Topical: Islam, Secularism, Education
Description: The North American public sphere is suffused with claims and counterclaims about the relationship between Islam and violence. Schools and publishers have responded with training programs for teachers and curriculum units for students introducing t...

Title: The American interest in Islamic schooling : a misplaced emphasis?
Author: Starrett, Gregory, 1961-
Subjects--Topical: Education, Terrorism
Description: Since 2001, many American intellectuals and policymakers have blamed terrorism and conflict on Middle Eastern educational systems, which they claim do little but indoctrinate students with anti-American sentiment. Pressure has been put on many cou...

Title: Practices in elementary schools to reduce racial stereotypes that impact students’ academic performance
Author: Park, Goeun Grace
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Education, Stereotypes (Social psychology), Racism in education, Racism
Description: Racial stereotypes in schools negatively influence students’ academic success. There are a variety of methods that can reduce racial stereotypes that influence students’ academic performance and help students who are in groups that face racial ste...