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Terhune, Kenneth W. – 1973
This methodological study investigated which fertility values are correlated with the variable of desired family size. Data was gathered from 310 Caucasian Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish women from the Buffalo metropolitan area. The subjects were between the ages of 15 and 44, lived with their husbands, and had either none, one, two, or four…
Descriptors: Catholics, Childhood Needs, Economic Factors, Factor Analysis
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Sharpe, Keith – Comparative Education, 1997
Draws on Weber to argue that clear and persistent differences between French and English primary education arise from deeply embedded cultural traditions through which fundamental value orientations are mediated and that these contrasting value orientations represent secularized educational versions of French Catholicism and English Protestantism.…
Descriptors: Catholics, Comparative Education, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences
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Dunn, Seamus; Morgan, Valerie – Oxford Review of Education, 1999
States that the outbreak of violence in Northern Ireland in 1969 led to the examination of the role of segregated education in perpetuating divisions between Catholics and Protestants. Focuses on two approaches to bring children from Catholic and Protestant backgrounds together: (1) establishing programs within the denominationally segregated…
Descriptors: Catholics, Community Relations, Educational Change, Educational History
Duffy, Terence – 1992
This paper explores the issue of peace education in Northern Ireland in its broadest sense. It looks not merely at peace education per se but also at the sectarian context of schooling and at a variety of anti-sectarian initiatives. In recent years there have been several peace education ventures in Northern Ireland reflecting the statutory…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Catholics, Educational History, Educational Policy
Messersmith, James C. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964
Current information on the subject of board structure and function is being increasingly sought by many persons and agencies involved in public and nonpublic higher education, including boards and administrations of colleges and universities; educational agencies of religious bodies; legislative commissions; and governors and their executive…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Church Related Colleges, Boards of Education, Private Colleges
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
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Alwin, Duane F. – American Journal of Sociology, 1986
Using survey data spanning four decades, this study investigates the relationship between religion and family life, giving particular attention to parental values for children and approaches to child-rearing. Results show that religious involvement is more strongly related to child-rearing orientations than traditional denominational differences.…
Descriptors: Catholics, Child Rearing, Cultural Influences, Ethnicity
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Darby, John – Integrated Education, 1980
Describes the school desegregation process in Cambridge, Massachussetts, in 1979-80 in terms of sociopolitical context, public attitudes, and strategy adopted. Compares desegregation conditions in Boston and Cambridge. Contrasts racial desegregation of schools in the United States with religious desegregation of Protestant and Catholic schools in…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Catholics, Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis
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Karsten, Sjoerd – History of Education, 2003
Asserts the Dutch educational systems' key feature is the principle that parents should be given the opportunity to organize and choose the kind of education they desire. Focuses on the role of the Dutch Social Democrats, the Groningen motion, and the outcome and intellectual foundation of publicly run Dutch schools. (KDR)
Descriptors: Catholics, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Research
Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC. – 1998
This resource guide was developed to promote the National Observance of Children's Sabbaths, a program of prayer, education, community service, and advocacy with and on behalf of children. The guide provides materials for planning, promoting, and implementing a Children's Sabbath specific to particular faith traditions and recounts the experiences…
Descriptors: Catholic Educators, Catholics, Child Advocacy, Child Rearing
Peters, Frank – Education Canada, 1986
Changes to legislation dealing with elections for school boards in Alberta have created a situation where it is conceivable that the membership on separate school boards that were established by Catholic or Protestant minorities could be made up partly or totally of electors who are neither Catholic nor Protestant. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Catholics, Educational Legislation
McGlynn, Claire – 2000
Since the early 1980s, efforts have increased to educate Catholic and Protestant students together in Northern Ireland. This case study examined the impact of mixed Protestant and Catholic education on former students' respect for diversity, friendship patterns, and their own religious, political, and cultural identity. A case study approach was…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Catholics, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity (Student)
Stacy, W. H.; Tait, John L. – 1968
This document is a historical resume of adult education programs with church leaders sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service of Iowa State University since the early 20th century. Supported by research, resident teaching and administrative leaders in the institution, the Extension Division has cooperated educationally with church leaders,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults, Catholics
Widder, Keith R. – 1999
In 1823, evangelical missionaries William and Amanda Ferry opened a boarding school for Metis children on Mackinac Island, Michigan Territory, hoping to convert and transform the Metis people through their children. Instead, they helped bring about a revival of Catholicism, and their students refused to abandon the fur trading lifestyle. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, Boarding Schools, Catholics
Lines, Patricia M. – 1984
This paper explores major historical changes in public school values from colonial times to the present and describes the ways such changes have affected private education. Emphasized are values based on religious premises, values that affect the religious beliefs of others, and the impact of both types of values on decisions to leave public…
Descriptors: Catholics, Conflict, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
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