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Morton, Claudette, Ed. – Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2010
In Montana there are many misconceptions and some prejudice with regard to the Hutterites who live here. This document was written following the structure of the state's Essential Understandings of Montana American Indians. It is intended as an introductory resource guide for Montana educators and students. The Five Essential Understandings of…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Misconceptions, Resource Materials, Rural Areas
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Enger, Trond – Religious Education, 1992
Discusses the importance of teaching about and laying the groundwork for religious experience in religious education. Suggests that renewed interest in religious experience is legitimate because experience is the basic dimension in religion and is lacking in many people's lives today. Describes various approaches from the past. (DK)
Descriptors: Christianity, Experience, Protestants, Religious Education
McClellan, B. Edward – 1992
Debates about how moral education ought to be provided have engaged many of the best minds in education and stirred public controversies throughout U.S. history. The vast array of European peoples who settled the American colonies brought a commitment to moral education and a variety of approaches to the task. While French and Spanish settlers…
Descriptors: Catholics, Christianity, Cultural Influences, Educational History
Potvin, Bernie; Parsons, Jim – 1986
An attempt was made to describe the experience of Christian religious education for its participants. This research is both ethnographic and hermeneutic. Thick descriptions gathered from ethnographic methods like participant observation, in-depth interviews, and journal keeping served as text for analysis. Weekly visits of one to four hours were…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Catholics, Christianity, Developmental Stages
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Berryman, Jerome W. – Religious Education, 1990
Argues that religious education should be sensitive to the existential limits that are commonly shared. States the religious life of children must be respected. Maintains that the religious curriculum topics are death, freedom, aloneness, and meaninglessness. Asserts religious education teachers must be comfortable with the presence of God, and…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Childhood Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Death
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Francis, Leslie J.; Greer, John E. – Journal of Moral Education, 1992
Presents survey findings concerning the moral and religious attitudes of Northern Ireland's adolescents. Seeks to develop reliability and validity criteria for a scale of traditional Christian values. Concludes that Catholic school students are more likely to hold traditional values than are Protestant school students. (DK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Beliefs, Catholics
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Fagan, Ronald W.; DeVries, Raymond G. – American Sociologist, 1994
Contends that religion has played a significant role in the founding and development of higher education. Reports on a study of the sociodemographic and educational background characteristics of sociologists teaching in 31 colleges belonging to the Christian College Coalition. (CFR)
Descriptors: Christianity, Church Related Colleges, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
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Boys, Mary C.; And Others – Religious Education, 1995
Proposes a mode of religious education that accentuates the self-actualizing, humanistic aspects of religious thought while downplaying the exclusionary and confrontational pathologies. Maintains that the power of spiritual commitment, devoid of rancorous judgments, can be a force for positive global transformation. (MJP)
Descriptors: Christianity, Consciousness Raising, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Enrichment