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McDonald, Jennifer L. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
For nearly three centuries, a vast majority of Catholic schools in the United States were founded and operated by religious orders, each with their own unique charism but with the singular goal of teaching in the Catholic faith. Since 1965, however, a vast majority of religious orders have seen a continual decline in their membership. There are…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Catholic Schools, Catholic Educators, Faculty
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Cholil, Suhadi; Parker, Lyn – Environmental Education Research, 2021
This paper examines how the eco-theology of St Francis of Assisi is translated into practice in Franciscan schools in Jakarta, Indonesia. We also investigate if the environmental conclusions of the Pope's Encyclical, "Laudato Si'," are understood by students. An ethnographic approach, using participant observation, interviews and focus…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainability, Religious Schools, Ethnography
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Madero, Cristóbal – British Journal of Religious Education, 2021
This study uncovers the meanings that secondary teachers working under the religious structure of Jesuit institutions attach to their work. I draw on theoretical insights coming from organisational behaviour. I use cases of teachers who worked or work in Catholic high schools run by the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuit order. I…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Spiritual Development, Catholic Educators, Secondary School Teachers
NWEA, 2017
This article describes a case study in which Our Lady of Hungary Catholic School (OLH) principal Kevin Goralczyk and the parish's pastor, Reverend Kevin Bauman, faced educators' universal challenge: Knowing what students need to learn but wondering how to evaluate if they were really successfully taking in the information rather than simply…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Catholic Schools, Clergy, Principals
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van der Nest, Theo; Buchanan, Michael T. – Religious Education, 2014
Since the enactment of the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act in New Zealand in 1975, leadership in Catholic schools has become increasingly complex. Under the legislation Catholic schools are required to develop and maintain their "Special Character." The Director of Religious Studies (DRS) has become the position with a key…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Foreign Countries, Private Schools, Educational Legislation
Bronsard, Patricia – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Researchers explored the problem of teacher retention, especially among beginning teachers, and noted a lack of consensus on why teachers leave teaching and how to retain the teachers. Private school studies include Catholic school data, but few researchers isolated the data or used data-gathering instruments to examine Catholic school issues,…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Teacher Persistence, Qualitative Research, Delphi Technique