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Beyond the Assumptions: Religious Schools and Their Influence on Students' Social and Civic Development
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Cross, Graeme; Campbell-Evans, Glenda; Gray, Jan – International Journal of Christianity & Education, 2018
Are religious schools fit to prepare students with the social competencies required for life in a pluralistic society, or do they offer a sheltered school experience, which deprives them of adequate socialization opportunities? This question has emerged in public discourse in response to the growing presence of religious schools in many western…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Christianity, Social Capital, Qualitative Research
A Cognitive Window into Year 3 Students' Social Thinking Processes
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Knowles, Anne L.; Smith, Thomas R. – International Journal of Christianity & Education, 2021
This work focused on increasing Year 3 students' use of critical thinking and taking the "second-person perspective" (2ndPP) when interpreting and resolving life issues. Previous research indicated the Personal Viewpoints Pedagogy (PVP) elicited social thinking that exhibited strong perspective-taking and precursors to critical thinking…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Self-Efficacy in Preservice Teachers Preparing to Teach Religious Education
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Noseda, Mary – Journal of Religious Education, 2020
Teacher self-efficacy is understood as a teacher's belief in his or her ability to successfully accomplish a specific teaching task in a particular context. Studies have been undertaken to determine preservice teachers' self-efficacy in particular curriculum areas, but none have been completed that relate to the teaching of Religious Education…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Preservice Teachers, Religious Education, Catholics
School's Place in Nurturing Students' Jewish Identity within a Broader Social and Cultural World: Stakeholders' Experience
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Gilead, Yona – Journal of Jewish Education, 2020
This article reports on students' and faculty members' experience of their pluralistic Jewish day school's educational mission to nurture students' Jewish identity exploration within a broader social and cultural world. It articulates these stakeholders' perceptions of the ways teaching and learning of Jewish values, customs, and knowledge are…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Judaism, Religious Education, Day Schools
Post-Traumatic Stress and Depression (PTSD) and General Anxiety among Iraqi Refugee Children: A Case Study from Jordan
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Jabbar, Sinaria Abdel; Zaza, Haidar Ibrahim – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
This study aimed to assess the prevalence of depression and anxiety among (12) Iraqi refugee children, 6 males and 6 females (aged 7-14) who had fled ISIS and are residing in Jordan awaiting resettlement. The authors used four scales to measure depression, field observation, and structured interviews with the mothers to examine exile-related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Refugees
Associations between School Environment and Environment in Religion Classes in Australian Catholic High Schools.
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Dorman, Jeffrey P. – 1997
This paper describes a study of links between school environment and classroom environment in Catholic high schools in Australia. A sample of 893 students in 40 grade-9 and grade-12 religious education classes and 80 teachers of religious education in Catholic high schools was used to assess 4 dimensions of school environment (Empowerment, Student…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Data Collection, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries