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Puskás, Tünde; Andersson, Anita – British Journal of Religious Education, 2023
Swedish preschool education is, by law, non-confessional. Yet, it is also an educational context within which most children aged 1-5 encounter traditions that carry Christian connotations. This paper explores how two Swedish preschools maintain a balance between keeping education non-confessional and paying attention to the traditions that are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschools, Holidays, Religion
Robyn G. Pryor – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this dissertation was to understand the decision-making process of school choice for Christian parents with preschool through elementary aged children. Hall's et al. (2002) values-based decision-making theory (VBDM) guided this qualitative descriptive study that incorporated two research questions. The two sources of data included…
Descriptors: Christianity, Parents, Decision Making, Religious Factors
Karen Mirro-Drew – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The study of school climate has yielded the ability to identify and address tangible methods for building positive relationships between faculty and administration (Hoy et al., 1991). It is necessary to enable educational institutions to understand values and norms, engage in shared perceptions, determine causal relationships, and appreciate…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Preschools, Catholic Schools, Catholic Educators
Lee, June Joo Eun – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation examines the Community of Faith-Enculturation Paradigm of John Westerhoff through an early childhood weekday's educational pedagogy that occurs in a conservative evangelical church setting. Chapter 1 introduces the research problem, question, thesis statement, and the purpose of the study including the definition of the terms.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschools, Religious Schools, Religious Factors
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Yoder, Paul J.; Wiens, Peter D.; Chou, Annie – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2021
Christian educators must regularly articulate the ways in which they add value to the learning experiences of students, recognizing that pedagogy and purpose are inextricably linked. This study investigates the relationship between constructivist teaching practices and the religious beliefs of Christian educators. Drawing on mixed-methods analysis…
Descriptors: Christianity, Constructivism (Learning), Religious Cultural Groups, Teaching Methods
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McDonough, Graham P. – Religious Education, 2020
This paper examines Catholic RE curriculum documents from 2 jurisdictions to assess how well they present Jews and Judaism. It finds that their representations of Jews and Judaism rely on structures of thought, reinforced by normative Catholicism, that enable the conditions to reproduce supersessionist thinking and attitudes. Its conclusion argues…
Descriptors: Jews, Judaism, Religious Education, Catholics