Defining the Integration of Faith and Learning
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This article addresses the issue of defining the phrase “integration of faith and learning” (IFL). An examination of the phrase and the various perspectives of IFL has revealed that IFL can be defined as a process that a person undergoes personally before serving as a catalyst to cause this to happen in others. An understanding of seeing IFL from this viewpoint can help Christian educators who are attempting to grasp the concept of IFL.
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Badley, K. 2009 Clarifying “faith-learning integration”: Essentially contested concepts and the concept-conception distinction. Journal of Education & Christian Belief , 13 (1), 7-17.
1996 Two ‘cop-outs’ in faith-learning integration: Incarnational integration and Worldviewish integration. Spectrum , 28 (2), 105-118.
1994 The Faith/learning integration movement in Christian higher education: Slogan or substance. Journal of Research on Christian Educatio , 3 (1), 13-34.
Badley, K. Burton, L., & Nwosu, C. 2003 Student perceptions of the integration of faith, learning, and practice in an educational methods course. Journal of Research on Christian Education , 12 (2), 101-135.
Cooper, M. 1999 Faculty perspectives on the integration of faith and academic discipline in southern Baptist higher education. Religious Education , 94 (4), 380-394.
Ehrig, M. 2007 Ontology Alignment: Bridging the Semantic Gap. New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media LLC.
Glanzer, P. 2008 Why we should discard “the integration of faith and learning”: Rearticulating the mission of the Christian scholar. Journal of Education and Christian Belief , 12 (1), 41-51.
Hall, M., Gorsuch, R., Malony Jr., H., Narramore, S., & Leeuwen, M. 2006 Dialogue, embodiment, and the unity of faith and learning: A conversation on integration i in a postmodern age. Journal of Psychology and Christianity , 25 (4), 331-337.
Hall, M., Ripley, J., Garzon, F., & Mangis, M. 2009 The other side of the podium: Student perspectives on learning integration. Journal of Psychology and Theology , 37 (1), 15-26.
Hasel, F. 2006 Passing on what really counts: Transmitting Adventist values, beliefs and a spirit of service and mission. Journal of Adventist Education , 63 (3), 16-21.
Holcomb, J. 2006 Financing faith and learning: Assessing the constitutional implications of integrating faith and learning at the church-related college. Journal of Church and State , 48 (4), 831-850.
Holmes, A. 1987 The Idea of a Christian College. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Lawrence, T., Burton, L., & Nwosu, C. 2005 Refocusing on the learning in “integration of faith and learning”. Journal of Research on Christian Education , 14 (1), 17-50.
Lyon, L., Beaty, M., Parker, J., & Mencken, C. 2005 Faculty attitudes on integrating faith and learning at religious colleges and universities: A research note. Sociology of Religion , 6 (1), 61-69.
Parker, S. 2009 Measuring faith development. Journal of Psychology and Theology , 34 (4), 337-348.
Polestra, P. 2009 Faith-praxis integration in research design and statistics. Journal of Psychology and Theology , 37 (1), 62-69.
Rasi, H. 2006 Integration of Faith and Learning. Retrieved August 4, 2011, from The Institute of Christian Teaching: http://www.aiias.edu/ict/ifl_definition.html
Ream, T., Beaty, M., & Lion, L. 2004 Faith and learning: Toward a typology of faculty views at religious research universities. Christian Higher Education , 3, 349-372.
Ripley, J., Garzon, F., Hall, M., Mangis, M., & Murphy, C. 2009 Pilgrims’ progress: Faculty and University factors in graduate student integration of faith and learning. Journal of Psychology and Theology , 37 (1), 5-14.
Schroeder, B. 2008 Science instruction in the context of Christian faith. Theology and Science , 6 (3), 319-330.
Sherr, M., Huff, G., & Curran, M. 2007 Student perceptions of salient indicators of integration of faith and learning (ifl): The Christian vocation model. Journal of Research on Christian Education , 16, 15-33.
Sites, E., Garzon, F., Milacci, F., & Boothe, B. 2009 A phenomenology of the integration of faith and learning. Journal of Psychology and Theology , 37 (1), 28-38.
Smith, M., & Pourchot, T. 1998 Adult Learning and Development: Perspectives from Educational Psychology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Sorenson, R., Derflinger, K., Bufford, R., & McMinn, M. 2004 National collaborative research on how students learn integration: Final report. Journal of Psychology and Christianity , 23 (4), 355-365.
Thomas, D. 2011 A history of the Integration of Faith and Learning. Catalyst , 6 (1), 18-22.
White, E. 1952 Education. Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald. 1945 Testimonies to the Church (Vol. 5). Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald.
Zimmerman, B., & Schunk, D. 2003 Educational Psychology: A Century of Contributions. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.