Spiritual Competence Research Articles

Social Work with Environmental Migrants: Exploring the Scope for Spiritually Sensitive Practice.

This article reports a survey of social workers' (N = 1,204) views on the scope for spiritually sensitive practice with environmental migrants. Results indicated some variations in models, assessment methods, techniques, and intervention goals. Social workers from North America and South America, females, Christians, and Hindus working with environmentally forced migrants, and with higher scores on personal spirituality measures, favored the strengths perspective and model of salutogenesis, spiritual life maps, and spiritual competencies open dialogue as assessment methods; meditation and mindfulness as congruous techniques; and intervention goals as comprehensibility-manageability-meaningfulness and positive coping. Social workers from the Asia-Pacific and African regions, males, Muslims, and Buddhists working with environmental emergency and environmentally induced economic migrants, and with lower personal spirituality scores, preferred the biopsychosocial model and transpersonal spectrum models, spiritual genograms and spiritual history assessment; techniques such as guided visualization, journal keeping, physical disciplines, and active imagination; and goals of interventions such as happiness and forgiveness.

Kompetensi Guru Pendidikan Agama Katolik (Pak) Di Era Milenial Dan Pengaruhnya Terhadap Peningkatan Motivasi Belajar Siswa

Being a teacher in the millenial era is not an easy profession to run. He/ She has to fulfil many demands. He/ She is challenged to have various competencies. Among those that must be fulfilled are competence in technology part. A teacher in the millenial era must be master in using technology tools,such as computer and internet. At least, a teacher must know to operate basic computer programs. By this way, a learning will take place interesting and effectively. For example, a teacher must be able to present His/ Her subject with power point. Besides, a teacher must be able to use e-mail and several other internet programs which are important to support the learning process. By mastering technology, a teacher is expected to explore many sources of knowledge. Therefore, He/ She hasmore knowledge better than students. In addition, a teacher must also prove his professionalism as a teacher by perform all four competencies namely pedagogical, personal, social and professional competencies.
 A Catholic Religious Education Teacher must also have such competencies. Apart from those mentioned, one of the typical competencies possessed by Catholic Religious Education Teachers is spiritual competence. By having the competencies as mentioned above, a teacher (including Catholic Religious Education Teachers) is able to increase students’ learning motivation in the entire of learning process in a school.
 In this article, the writer presents several studies that prove the influence of the competencies of a teacher (including Catholic Religious Education Teacher) on student learning motivation, especially in this millennial era. These studies concluded that the higher competency of a teacher, cause the students have a good motivation in learning. In contrary, the lower competence of a teacher cause the lower motivation of students to learn.For this reason, the Catholic Religious Education Teacher is expected to be able to apply these competencies in the daily learning process so that students’ learning motivation increases and in the end, the students’ learning achievements also increase.

CERTAIN ASPECTS OFTHE FORMULATION OF THE MODERN WORLD OF DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL THINKINGIN GOVERNANCE

The modern mechanisms of public administration in the society of Uzbekistan, the socio-political aspects of the selection and placement of senior personnel, the liberalization and democratization of the spherehave been researched in the article. In particular, in the speeches of scientists of the East and the head of state, the analysis of aspects related to this problem is presented. The question of the role of democratic thinking in modern governance and itsimpact on sustainable development is studied in detail.The responsibility of the head for improving public administration, his spiritual, professional and social competence, as well as the implementation of political thinking there have been also discussed topical issues

Professional Training Is An Incentive For Moral And Aesthetic Education

Each profession has its own characteristics, and the profession of a music teacher has its own secrets and requirements. The uniqueness of the professional competencies of the future teacher is reflected in the fact that they are aimed at enriching the inner world of students in the music sphere with spiritual values and content that are reflected in the works of musical art. Professional spiritual competences reflect the specificity and spiritual nature of the practice of musical pedagogy. Their formation is one of the most pressing problems inherent in the modern system of music education, and is a prerequisite for determining the effectiveness of the professional activity of a music teacher and his educational work with children.

Non-Denominational Spiritual Care Givers and the Development of their Spirituality

In the Netherlands, a growing number of spiritual care givers are working without being endorsed by any church or worldview organization. Since 2015, these non-denominational spiritual care givers can undergo an assessment of their “spiritual competence” on top of their Master’s degree in Spiritual Care, which leads to a mandate in this area. This enables them to obtain full membership of the professional Association of Spiritual Caregivers in the Netherlands (Vereniging van Geestelijk VerZorgers, VGVZ), from which they previously were excluded. The VGVZ seeks to secure the quality and professionalism of spiritual care, and full membership is a condition typically required by clients or employers. The VGVZ’s Professional Standard outlines the membership criteria and states that a spiritual care giver needs to have both a certain expertise, derived from a Master’s degree, and authorization, derived from an endorsement or mandate that ought to safeguard their spiritual competence and authentic, lived spirituality. However, as this study illustrates, the terminology used in the Professional Standard is rather unclear. Reference is made to “spiritual”, “worldview” and “hermeneutic” competencies, which are all situated in the domain of substantive, process-orientated and personal capabilities. This article critically examines the notion of spiritual competence as a leading concept in the acceptance and assessment of non-denominational spiritual care givers. By doing so, it offers a novel systematic analysis of the field and sets the agenda for future research.

Methods of formation of spiritual and moral competencies in the education of future teachers

Measures aimed at forming a harmonious generation, educating young people spiritually and morally, turning them into an active participant in the ongoing reforms are being consistently implemented. Increasing the professionalism and competence was recognized as the main driving force of progress and activities leading to the goals of sustainable development. The modern education system involves the further improvement of the mechanisms for raising the competence offuture specialists on the basis of a creative approach and an innovative system for putting them into practice. From this point of view, the research competence of future specialists on the basis of a creative approach is of particular importance for creating innovation, creating intellectual resources for socio-economic development through the development of cognitive and divergent thinking based on modern pedagogical processes that create new knowledge, and expanding the training opportunities for competitive personnel. The article looks into the requirements and policies for the competent teaching staff.

Integrating spirituality in decision making processes: The "Kairos Experiences" in the "Faith-Based Facilitation" process of The Salvation Army

The resource of spirituality is often neglected in decision-making processes in Christian churches. This problem has also been recognised in the Salvation Army. In response, the so-called “Faith-Based Facilitation” (FBF) process was developed and introduced in 2010. A characteristic of the FBF process is the concept of the “Kairos experiences” as a key spiritual aspect. In the literature on the FBF process, there is a paucity of works on the nature of the “Kairos experiences”, although a great emphasis is placed thereon. Thus, the problem arises as to how to deal with this phenomenon in practice. This article examines the concept “Kairos”, by drawing on the philosophical and theological literature, with the aim of formulating a theological rationale for the FBF process and providing methodological aids in dealing with the “Kairos experiences”. I argue that the disposition and spiritual competence of those involved are key to the integration of spirituality in decision-making processes.

The Impact of Self-improvement (Etqan) on Employees Effectiveness Case of Jordan

This paper presents analysis of the impact of the Arab Islamic culture self-improvement (Etqan) on employees’ effectiveness in one of the important private sectors which is Jordanian commercial banks, with depth, from the perspective of the employees. To achieving an integration as the key to building noble beliefs and morals based on religious values spiritual competencies can plays major role in that (Nasution, 2019). According to Ababneh and Avramenko (2016) in work organization it has been largely ignored the influence of religion on administration practices and its role in human behaviour. This paper tries to shed light by considering its impact on institutional performance and employee’s effectiveness. In a reign as Jordan, religion is a core element in people daily base, as its supported from government. A benefit is the prevalent behaviour inside and outside work environment (Buthina, Hefin, Brychan, & Caryn, 2020). The question is ‘what’ is the degree of influence of practicing religion practices? This study examines the impact of the self-improvement (Etqan) on Arab Islamic culture and employees’ effectiveness. This is one of more critical area to explore, as it plays a key role communities and is arguably the most important private sector impacting the economy there. Data was analysed from employees from five commercial banks in Jordan with a sample size of 174. Therefore, statistical tests were utilised to test the hypotheses of this study. The empirical results of the research show there is a statistically significant effect to Self-Improvement (Etqan) on HR performance in the commercial banks in Jordan.

A constructivist approach to promoting spiritual competence in counselor trainees: a pilot study

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of a two-and-half hour constructivist-oriented training session upon the spirituality and religious competency of 15 master’s level counseling students. The results revealed that the master’s-lever counselors in training demonstrated a significant overall increase in spiritual and religious competency. Although the intervention resulted in a significant increase in the spiritual and religious competency scores, the participants’ scores at posttest remained below the minimum cutoff score, echoing a consistent finding in the literature that counselor preparation programs are not adequately training students to incorporate spirituality and religion in their work. Students who scored higher on a Personal Spiritual and Religious Practices scale demonstrated greater increases in their spiritual competency.

A commentary on spiritual leadership and workplace spirituality in nursing management.

Bring to discussion spiritual leadership and workplace spirituality on a health care system that faces constant challenges and seeks constant adaptations, as a way to guarantee nurses' well-being and quality of care. The work environment has shown to have impact on staff well-being. Workplace spirituality relates to sense of belonging, motivation and commitment. A spiritual leadership is fundamental to develop workplace spirituality. Starting from literature, a reflection on the theme was carried out based on the results of the development of spiritual leadership and workplace spirituality in health care institutions, in professionals and in patients. Nurses have spiritual needs which need to be also addressed in order to promote the sense of identification with the institutions' vision and goals. A relation between spiritual leadership, workplace spirituality and subjective well-being is often found in literature, and this is critical evidence towards new management and leadership dynamics and models in health care institutions that should integrate workplace spirituality. Nursing leaders are responsible for workplace spirituality facilitation. Nursing leadership and workplace spirituality seem both an answer and way to the change of health institutions management paradigm, but more studies are needed to inform this change in practice. Workplace spirituality must be promoted in all health care institutions, aiming the humanization of care and teams. Nursing leaders must have spiritual competences and must include the promotion of workplace spirituality in daily agenda as a foundational area in management. The health care institutions' managers should consider the best leaders who should facilitate workplace spirituality.

The development of a consensus-based spiritual care education standard for undergraduate nursing and midwifery students: An educational mixed methods study.

The aim of this study was to develop a consensus-based Spiritual Care Education Standard for undergraduate N/M students to use in undergraduate programmes. Mixed methods were used consisting of qualitative and quantitative methods based on the principles of Delphi research. The sample consisted of a total of 58 (N=58) participants from 21 European countries. Data collection was conducted from June 2017 - February 2019 and took place in facilitated iterative action learning cycles and online surveys. Data were analysed by descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis. Consensus was stated by>90% agreement. The process resulted in an EPICC Spiritual Care Education Standard consisting of the following four spiritual care competences: Intrapersonal spirituality, Interpersonal spirituality, Spiritual care: assessment and planning, Spiritual care: intervention and evaluation. For every competence, learning outcomes were described in knowledge, skills and attitudes. This Standard guides N/M spiritual care education, student assessment and research. It can be the starting point for discussing spiritual care competences in other healthcare professions. Follow-up research should focus on implementation of the standard and on assessment of students' spiritual competence. The Standard guides curriculum and programme development. The Standard guides students in performing their learning process. The Standard provides a frame of reference for policy making and follow-up research.

A spiritual education course to enhance nursing students’ spiritual competencies

The study aimed to determine the impact of an elective spiritual education course for nursing students on spiritual competencies. A convenience sample of nursing students (N = 92) was recruited from a baccalaureate school of nursing between February and July 2016. The intervention group (n = 45) was comprised of students enrolled in the elective spiritual education course which integrated non-Christian Eastern cultural beliefs; the control group was comprised of students not enrolled in the elective (n = 47). A quasi-experimental design examined pretest, posttest, and follow-up data from students' self-administered questionnaires. The intervention effect of the course was analyzed using generalized estimation equation. The results indicated posttest scores among nursing students in the intervention group were significantly better than the comparison group for spiritual health. Practicum stress and professional commitment were significantly better at follow-up. Spiritual care attitudes, caring behavior, and religious belief were significantly improved from pretest to posttest, and at follow-up for the intervention group compared with the control group. In conclusion, a spiritual education course should be considered as a regular course in the nursing curriculum, which could improve students’ spiritual competencies, individual spiritual growth, and the ability to care for patients.

Pengaruh Kompetensi Spiritual Guru Pendidikan Agama Kristen Terhadap Pertumbuhan Iman Siswa

This research aims to find out the influence of Christian Religion Education teacher’s spiritual competence on the students’ faith growth of grade V SD Negeri No. 175758 Hutagurgur, with the hypothesis there is a positive and significant effect of Christian Religion Education teacher’s spiritual competence on the students’ faith growth of grade V SD Negeri No. 175758 Hutagurgur, Sipahutar Subdistrict, Academic Year 2019/2020. The research population is 30 students, and all of those are the research sample as well. Data were collected with a closed questionnaire of 30 items compiled by the author based on variable indicators by the experts’ theories. The instrument had been previously tested to 30 students who were not the research respondents, hence the instruments’ validity and reliability had been tested. The results of data analysis shows that there is a positive and significant effect of Christian Religion Education teacher’s spiritual competence on the students’ faith growth of grade V SD Negeri No. 175758 Hutagurgur, Sipahutar Subdistrict, Academic Year 2019/2020, with the determination coefficient (r2) = 35,57%, and the significance test obtains Fcount Ftable = 16,55 4,20 . Thus, it can be concluded that H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted.

Spiritual competence, contemplative education and mindfulness in schools (Competencia espiritual, educación contemplativa y atención plena en la escuela)

ABSTRACT Identification of the basic competencies needed to address the challenges that today’s society presents has always been central to educational research. Contemplative education is a recent field of research that is based on the development of spiritual competence in educational contexts. Its purpose is to promote useful social and personal skills to foster a more aware, harmonious and sustainable future society. This article outlines a conceptual approach to spirituality and spiritual competence based on the field of educational psychology, and describes their main components and their definition. Contemplative education is associated with a particular way of understanding the relationship between subject and object of knowledge. The scientific evidence available on the effectiveness of training programmes based on one of its most widespread secular manifestations (mindfulness) is critically reviewed, and the relationship between contemplative education and spiritual tradition is briefly addressed. Finally, the authors comment on some interesting aspects to consider for the design of future research.

Novel online training program improves spiritual competencies in mental health care.

Novel online training program improves spiritual competencies in mental health care.

Belarusian-Russian bilingualism is the historically spiritual and cultural value of the people

During rapid economic development and emergence of new technologies, as well as the expansion of intercultural communications, improving the knowledge of foreign languages is one of the conditions for a successful adaptation of new generations in the social space and for the mastery of global scientific, technical, spiritual and cultural competencies. According to the latest data, about 70% of the world population speaks more than one language, while the bilingual people communicate to the best of their education. Nevertheless, the bilingualism problem is not removed from the agenda and is quite relevant for Belarus, which requires further scientific study.

The Multiple Intelligences Dimension In Indonesia`s Religious Education

The implementation of the 2013 curriculum as a reference in the education process in Indonesia also impacts on the learning model of religious education. The current education curriculum accommodates students' multiple intelligences. This paper aims to uncover the dimensions and implementation of Islamic Religious Education (PAI) curriculum based on multiple intelligences at the Elementary School level. This study uses a qualitative approach to the type of library research. The results showed that the dimensions of multiple intelligences in the 2013 PAI curriculum at Elementary School level can be seen through the classification of nine intelligences (according to Howard Gadner) in each section of core competence. Spiritual competence contains existential intelligence. Social competence is related to interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence. In the aspect of knowledge includes logical-mathematical intelligence, linguistic intelligence, musical intelligence. On the other hand, competency skills contain visual-spatial intelligence, kinesthetic intelligence, and naturalist intelligence. Implementation of the concept of multiple intelligences in PAI 2013 curriculum learning can be done by recognizing students' multiple intelligences; preparing a draft of learning; develop learning models, and determine the multiple intelligence-based assessment models in the 2013 PAI curriculum at Elementary School level.

Spiritual competence in psychiatry and psychotherapy-Barriers and success factors

HintergrundEbenso wie die World Psychiatric Association (WPA) und andere nationale psychiatrische Fachgesellschaften hat auch die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik und Nervenheilkunde (DGPPN) ein Positionspapier zu Religiosität und Spiritualität (R/Sp) in Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie veröffentlicht, in dem sie Patientenzentrierung und spirituelle Kompetenz (SpK) der psychiatrischen Berufe fordert. Es ist bekannt, dass Kompetenzmangel das wichtigste Hindernis für die Implementierung von Spiritual Care (SpC) in die klinische Praxis darstellt.FragestellungZiel der vorliegenden Studie ist die praxisnahe Untersuchung der SpK in Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie. Wie schätzen psychiatrisch Tätige die SpK ihrer eigenen Berufsgruppe ein und welche Variablen beeinflussen dieses Urteil?Material und MethodenInsgesamt 391 psychiatrische Pflegekräfte, 75 Psychiater, 119 Therapeuten verschiedener Professionen und 62 andere (n = 647) aus Krankenhäusern in Deutschland und Österreich füllten den SpC Competency Questionnaire (SCCQ) aus.ErgebnissePflegekräfte, ältere und spirituell erfahrenere Personen schätzen die SpK der eigenen Berufsgruppe vergleichsweise höher ein und meinen seltener, diesbezüglich nicht zuständig zu sein. Pflegende nennen häufiger als andere Berufsgruppen das Fehlen geeigneter Räumlichkeiten als Hindernis für die Implementierung von SpC. Höhere Einschätzung der SpK der eigenen Berufsgruppe geht mit höheren Werten in den SCCQ-Faktoren „Selbsterfahrung und proaktive Öffnung“, „Team-Spirit“, „Wahrnehmungs‑/Dokumentationskompetenz“ einher.DiskussionDie Zuständigkeit der Gesundheitsberufe für SpC in Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie wird unter den deutschsprachigen psychiatrischen Berufsgruppen noch kontrovers diskutiert. Dies hängt mit mangelnder Kompetenz in diesem Feld zusammen.

The Needs for Psycho Spiritual Competencies for Disaster Workers in Malaysia

Natural Disaster such as big flood, earthquake, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, fire raze, landslide, and other kinds of disaster always occurred everywhere in the world. The role of disaster workers is crucial in saving the victims in a critical situation where the inner strength to confront the dangerous situation and comfort the victims is needed. This study examines whether the training content to disaster workers possess sufficient knowledge and skills to cater the physical needs, as well as the emotional turmoil and instability situation, occurred to the victims. The secondary data sought from library and website research, scholars’ opinion from journals published and past research conducted. The psycho-spiritual competencies from the conventional and Islamic perspectives are highlighted. Differences in the two approaches were compared and evaluated. The finding shows that the disaster workers require both conventional and Islamic approaches of psycho-spiritual competencies to cater to the needs of disaster victims during the rescue process take place. Hence, Islamic psycho spiritual competencies contribute to the inner strength of the Muslim disaster workers as its emblem the soul and the spiritual heart qalb which correlated as the determinant factor of the well-being of the physical body of the human being.

Designing and Compiling a Competency Model for Managerial Skills of Cultural Women in Education

PurposeThe aim of this study was to identify the dimensions and components of competency of managerial skills of cultural women in education in Mazandaran province.MethodologyThis research was applied and in terms of method, it was mixed (qualitative and quantitative). In the qualitative part, the statistical population consisted of experts, professors and senior managers of education and in a small stage, it consisted of all school principals, principals and experts of education departments of Mazandaran province with a number of 1800 people who 317 people were selected by cluster sampling method. The measurement tool was a researcher-made questionnaire whose construct validity was calculated using factor analysis method and the reliability value through Cronbachchr('39')s alpha coefficient was 0.94.Findingsat 95% confidence level (= 0.05); Findings showed that the four components of spiritual competence, communication competence, competence to work in a masculine environment and personality competence constitute the indigenous model of managerial competencies of cultural women in Mazandaran province. The dimension of spiritual competence is one of the components of spiritual attitude and spirituality in the work process; The dimension of communication competence of the components of interpersonal communication at the sub-level levels and interpersonal communication at the upper levels; The dimension of work competencies in the male environment consists of components of professional and interpersonal solidarity and showing the scope of communication, and the dimension of personality competencies consists of the components of extraversion and self-construction and coaching (<0.05).ConclusionPaying attention to the competencies of women cultural management skills in education is one of the most important and necessary issues in the development of advanced and growing societies that if we pay attention to spiritual competencies, communication, working in a masculine environment and personality, can be improved and upgraded.