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Franchi, Leonardo; Rymarz, Richard – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2017
The much documented sociological and cultural developments which offered significant challenges to Catholic education in recent decades have played no small part in changing the composition of the Catholic teaching force. A weakening of religious practices and an increase in more personalised understandings of spirituality are now especially…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Catholic Educators, Teacher Education, Religious Education
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Rymarz, Richard – Religious Education, 2012
In 2008 Quebec introduced a new ethics and religious culture course. This marks a significant development in Canadian education as the mandated curriculum is intended for use in publically funded secular schools. In the past such courses have been in the domain of denominational schools. This new approach is examined in the context of the profound…
Descriptors: Catholics, Foreign Countries, Phenomenology, Ethics
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Rymarz, Richard – British Journal of Religious Education, 2013
Religious education (RE) in Catholic high schools in Australia and Canada is compared by examining some of the underlying structural factors that shape the delivery of RE. It is argued that in Canadian Catholic schools RE is diminished by three factors that distinguish it from the Australian experience. These are: the level and history of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Catholic Schools, High Schools