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Mark Jantzen and John D. Thiesen, Eds. European Mennonites and the Holocaust
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Alan M. Shore's "Uncommon Allies" and Carolyn Sanzenbacher's "Tracking the Jews"
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Teaching and Learning in Human Movement Science in South Africa: Scoping Review and Community of Practice Insights
Full text linkMany Human Movement Science (HMS) lecturers in South Africa seek to implement evidence-based teaching practices to improve student success, yet little research explores whether SoTL literature meets their needs. This study examines how Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) literature in Biokinetics, Sport Science, Coaching Science, Recreation Sciences, and Kinderkinetics aligns with the needs of a Community of Practice (CoP) at a South African university. A scoping review of SoTL publications (2013–2024) identified 35 articles categorised into seven themes. Findings were compared with qualitative insights from three Action Learning Set (ALS) meetings conducted using a Participatory Action Learning and Action Research study design. The analysis revealed gaps in understanding HMS students and the mental well-being of both lecturers and students, along with challenges in blended learning. Potential solutions include re-evaluating entry requirements, integrating reflective exercises, fostering professional identity through authentic learning, incorporating psychometric assessments, and deploying early diagnostic tools to identify at-risk students. Blended learning strategies like team-based learning may enhance student engagement. Furthermore, collaborative efforts by students, lecturers, and experts may support teaching practices. These findings extend beyond South Africa, offering practical steps for addressing a CoP’s needs through literature and ALS meetings. Future research should involve a broader range of higher education settings and integrate diverse perspectives within Communities of Practice to further refine evidence-based teaching strategies
A Legal Controversy Surrounding the Clean Power Plant: A History, Overview, and Analysis
No full textIn 2014, the Obama Administration unveiled the Clean Power Plan (CPP), an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set of regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by targeting power plants. Since its introduction, the plan has faced backlash from Republicans, members of Congress, states, and industry. Multiple parties have challenged the plan’s legal basis on the grounds that it is unconstitutional and beyond the scope of the EPA. This paper aims to explore the legal debate surrounding the CPP, which is currently being fought in the U.S. Supreme Court and likely to be scrapped by the incoming Trump administration. The paper starts with a brief legislative and regulatory primer and then explores the verdicts of two related Supreme Court cases. Since the CPP is a directive aimed at reining in greenhouse gas emissions, the paper gives constitutional, political, and legal consideration to the issue of climate change
Perfect Society or Voluntary Association?: Locke, Maritain, and the Autonomy of Church and State
Full text linkThis paper explores two different theories of Church-State relations proposed by John Locke and Jacques Maritain, focusing specifically on their account of religious autonomy within secular, pluralistic societies. Locke, writing shortly after Europe's great religious conflicts, envisions a society in which the state is charged solely with guarding "civil," or temporal, interests, with churches treated as mere voluntary associations devoid of coercive power. In this framework, one of the state's principal goals would be to secure each citizen's right to pursue their own conception of the good life, which would, in turn, grant the state authority to suppress religious viewpoints that might subvert this end. Maritain's theory, on the contrary, seeks to reconcile pluralistic democracy with the traditional teachings of the Catholic Church. He argues that the state, while retaining its secularity, should acknowledge the Church's sovereignty over spiritual and moral matters, pursuing cooperation with the Church to achieve the religious good of their citizens. As this paper argues, however, Maritain's position is untenable. His vision depends upon an impossible separation between the "temporal" and "spiritual" and overlooks their inevitable overlap. Locke, on the other hand, more accurately predicts the actual dynamics of Church-State relations in the Modern West. In examining this debate, we make progress toward answering two questions of fundamental importance to the issues of Church-State relations: what kind of status should spiritual entities enjoy in a democracy with no established religion? How should members of religious congregations, bound by specific moral dictates, participate in a political body composed of individuals of all faiths
