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Fischer, Luise; Withers, Charles W. J. – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2023
This paper examines debates over the nature, purpose, and reform of geographical education in schools in the eighteenth-century German-speaking territories. Attention is paid to contemporaries' concerns over the cognitive content of geography -- what geography was -- and, in greater detail, to their views concerning how the subject might be…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Educational History, Course Content, Teaching Methods
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Cosgrove, Preston B. – Christian Higher Education, 2015
Given the volatile nature of American higher education, the need for institutions to promote a distinct purpose has become critical. For Protestant colleges and universities, the historical answer to questions of identity has traditionally been the "integration of faith and learning." Scholars have focused on this concept since its…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Religious Education, Taxonomy, Educational Theories
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Parlevliet, Sanne – History of Education, 2014
Historical fiction is a powerful way of transmitting national history to later generations. It emerged in the nineteenth century as a means of building identity and fostering solidarity. This article investigates Dutch historical novels for children. First, it explores the relation between educational ideas and historical novels for children,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Novels, History, History Instruction
Öztürk, Ayhan; Kamer, S. Tunay – Online Submission, 2013
This study focuses on the activities of American missionaries in Kayseri, who found a large area of activity during the regression period of the Ottoman Empire. They mostly carried out educational and health activities in Kayseri Station, founded in 1854 as a part of the Western Anatolia Mission. In this study, the schools opened in Kayseri are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Information Dissemination, Global Approach
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Hastie, David – English in Australia, 2014
Exploring Australian school text censorship has a long pedigree in "English in Australia." This article aims to contribute by observing attempts by parents to censor English texts in religious schools. A brief summary of "EIA"'s previous approaches is followed by an explanation of the method of my research with NSW Protestant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Censorship, Textbooks
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Goodall, Janet – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2013
Previous literature has shown the importance of parental engagement for children's outcomes; a largely separate body of literature has shown that there are clear effects on children's outcomes related to parental religion. This article is a literature review of these two fields, with the aim of relating them to each other. The article suggests two…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Religion, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship
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Welch, Michael R.; Sikkink, David; Loveland, Matthew T. – Social Forces, 2007
Data from the 2002 Religion and Public Activism Survey were used to examine relationships among measures of religious orientation, embeddedness in social networks and the level of trust individuals direct toward others. Results from ordered logistic regression analysis demonstrate that Catholics and members of other denominations show…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Protestants, Religion, Social Networks
Becker, Sascha O.; Wohmann, Ludger – Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University, 2007
Max Weber attributed the higher economic prosperity of Protestant regions to a Protestant work ethic. We provide an alternative theory, where Protestant economies prospered because instruction in reading the Bible generated the human capital crucial to economic prosperity. County-level data from late 19th-century Prussia reveal that Protestantism…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Protestants, Correlation
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Rangvid, Beatrice Schindler – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2008
The voucher system in Denmark combines unrestricted generous subsidies with substantial autonomy of private schools as to schedule and teaching methods. This has produced a private school sector with a wide variety of school types. This paper uses data on eight cohorts of students (over 510,000 individuals) to compare educational attainment in…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Catholic Schools, Private Schools, Protestants
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Lantz, Cary E. – International Journal of Family Therapy, 1979
Presents a preliminary study of psychotherapy and treatment of evangelical Christians. Therapeutic strategies taking into account the unique characteristics of this population are discussed in light of four stages in the development of the helping relationship. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Family (Sociological Unit), Helping Relationship, Protestants
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Lee, Cameron; Iverson-Gilbert, Judith – Family Relations, 2003
Studies of clergy have emphasized the effects of stressors inherent to the profession and the impact of these on the minister's personal and family life. A model of family stress was employed to extend the focus to include three classes of variables: demands, social support, and perception. Results indicated that perception variables are more…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Clergy, Family Work Relationship, Protestants
Wilson, Fred R. – Lifelong Learning, 1985
This article surveys some of the major developments in continuing education among Protestant clergy since 1960. Examines a definition of continuing education, types of programs offered, program attendance data, reasons for attending, attitudes of clergy, and the Doctor of Ministry program. (CT)
Descriptors: Attendance, Clergy, Continuing Education, Program Content
Perko, F. Michael – 1983
Protestant and Catholic missionary organizations contributed to the development of American schooling. On the Protestant side, the American Home Missionary Society and the American Sunday School Union provided missionaries who frequently became active in school activities. More importantly, these agencies, typical of the evangelical alliance of…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Catholics, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
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Bass, Dorothy C. – Religious Education, 1990
Discusses the issue of the cultural authority of mainstream Protestantism in twentieth century in the United States. Posits the author's understanding of the historical issues involved in studying mainstream protestantism. (DB)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, North American Culture, Protestants, Religious Cultural Groups
Butler, Jerry P. – 1981
In 1965, transcripts were collected of 72 sermons on the issue of racial integration preached between 1955 and 1965. The sermons, all given by Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, or Episcopal ministers in the southern United States, were examined to determine the position advocated by the minister. The sermons deemed segregationist were then…
Descriptors: Clergy, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Persuasive Discourse
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