Part 1 of this series looked at a range of general ideas about the structure and organisation of education in our society, through a broadly
Theoretical research considerations – from methodological perspective to questions of reliability and validity – form the third part of the P.E.T. (Practical, Ethical, Theoretical) triumvirate
A methodology is a framework for research that focuses on how it is possible to collect reliable and valid data about, in this instance, the
A methodology is a framework for research that focuses on how it is possible to collect reliable and valid data about, in this instance, the
A methodology is a framework for research that focuses on how it is possible to collect reliable and valid data about, in this instance, the
A methodology is a framework for research that focuses on how it is possible to collect reliable and valid data about, in this instance, the
A previous post looked at New Age Religious Movements (NAMs) in terms of the idea of different “streams” – a way of broadly classifying NAMs
A short – but critical – piece on New Age Religious Movements and some possible reasons for their emergence and popularity in postmodernity… Melton (2001)
Classical functionalist theories of religion, associated with the work of writers like Durkheim (1912), Malinowski (1926), Alpert (1937), Parsons (1937) and more-latterly Luhmann (1977), generally
In a previous Presentation we identified a range of defining characteristics of New Religious Movements and this Presentation compliments this work by identifying and outlining the