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United States Catholic Conference, Washington, DC. – 1996
This educational guide, designed for use in Catholic elementary and secondary schools, religious education programs at all grades, youth retreats, teacher training, or parent and adult sessions, places issues related to immigrants and refugees in a Catholic perspective. It offers some basic materials to use and adapt for children and adults to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Catholics
Sherwin, Byron L. – 1987
A vision for Jewish studies in America, and particularly for Spertus College of Judaica, is presented. The book is intended to be a roadmap by which Spertus will go into the next century with a clear, coherent plan, but also one for others who are pessimistic about the future of Jewish education. Chapters include: (1) American Education: A…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Church Related Colleges, College Libraries, Continuing Education
Hesburgh, Theodore M. – 1979
In this book the president of Notre Dame University responds to the critics who see the teaching of religion and values as a hindrance to institutions of higher learning, suggesting that no university is truly a university unless it is universal and moves every scholar to look to the total universe. The significance of values in education is…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, College Role, Educational Objectives
Phillips, David, Ed. – 2000
This collection of papers discusses issues related to education in Germany since its unification. The papers include: "The Legacy of Unification" (David Phillips); "Change and Continuity in Education After the 'Wende'" (E. J. Neather); "A Study of Teachers' Perceptions in Brandenburg 'Gesamtschulen'" (Stephanie…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Elias, John L. – 1993
This book is intended to present an interdisciplinary approach to the field of adult religious education. It is divided into two parts. Part 1 includes chapters devoted to the following aspects of adult religious education: adulthood and its many aspects, social contexts of adulthood, psychological and religious development in adulthood, adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Educational Change
Barnard, Henry, Ed. – American Journal of Education, 1861
This is the tenth volume of the bound periodical, "American Journal of Education," which was established to enter into a range of education-related discussion and investigation. This issue contains articles on: Theodore Lyman; State Normal School of Connecticut; drawing in all elementary schools; Pestalozzi, Fellenberg, and Vehrli, and…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Elementary Schools, Poverty, Industrial Education
Heft, James; Groome, Thomas; Taymans, Mary Frances, Ed.; Lund, Lars – 1997
Drawing on presentations and informal discussions from a gathering at the University of Dayton (Ohio) in 1995, this book examines Catholic secondary education and campus ministry. Following a foreword by Mary Frances Taymans, the booklet includes three essays: "Patterns and Possibilities" (James Heft); "Conversation as a Mode of…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Catholics, Christianity, Church Related Colleges
1987
This guide profiles 703 programs and institutions granting degrees in theology, divinity, and other fields in the study of religion and religions. Profiles, arranged by geographic location, are included from 46 states (Delaware, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming not represented), District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 7 Canadian provinces (Alberta,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Church Related Colleges, College Libraries, College Programs
Rankin, Robert, Ed.; And Others – 1980
Three areas relative to the campus ministry are assessed: the discovery and nurture of the spirit, contemplation and action in higher education, and the ministries of faith communities. The collection of essays addresses the religious events happening within colleges and universities and the religious communities which have been formed within…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Catholics, Christianity, Churches
Jacobs, Richard M., Ed. – 2002
This guide provides philosophical and theological underpinning for authority and its exercise inside of Catholic schools. It examines authority from a cultural perspective and accords primary consideration to the principles of democracy, Scripture, and church teaching while reflecting upon what these imply for Catholic educational leaders. Chapter…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrators
Chism, Keith A. – 1995
The church school teacher has the ability to strengthen or weaken the overall effectiveness of the church school program. In many cases, loss of interest, church school dropout, and the decline of the church school result from poor teaching. A model is proposed that can address the problem of the declining church school through a teaching and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Christianity, Church Programs, Church Workers
Gill, David W., Ed. – 1997
Essays on the role of religion in higher education include: "Should God Get Tenure?" (David W. Gill); "On Being a Professor: The Case of Socrates" (Bruce R. Reichenbach); "Academic Excellence: Cliche or Humanizing Vision?" (Merold Westphal); "Religion, Science, and the Humanities in the Liberal Arts Curriculum" (H. Newton Maloney); "Tolstoy and…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Christianity, College Curriculum, College Faculty
United States Catholic Conference, Washington, DC. – 1996
The essays in this collection are presented as reflections to accompany an educational guide on the response of the Catholic Christian to immigrants and refugees. The following essays are included: (1) "Refugees Today: Rescue or Containment?" (Richard Ryscavage); (2) "Catholic Church Teachings and Documents Regarding Immigration: Theological…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Catholics
Elias, John L. – 1995
Philosophy of education has had difficulty finding its proper role in recent years. It has been seen as too removed from educational matters, irrelevant to teacher and administrator training, and fostering skepticism and radical ideas. However, philosophy is a way to make educational leaders and teachers more rational and critical in their…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Aesthetic Education, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
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Convey, John J. – 1992
This overview examines the major research studies on Catholic schools published between 1965 and 1991 along with a synthesis of the research regarding the demography, outcomes, and environment of Catholic schools, and of the teachers, parents, and students associated with Catholic schools. The research showed that student from Catholic schools…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Demography
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