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Salmenkivi, Eero; Kasa, Tuija; Putkonen, Niina; Kallioniemi, Arto – Human Rights Education Review, 2022
In this article we examine the profiling of human rights and children's rights in religious education (RE) and its secular alternative in Finland. We use the term 'worldview education' to describe the combination of these subjects. We analyse what kinds of human rights and ethical issues are raised in Finnish worldview education. One specific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civil Rights, Childrens Rights, Religious Education
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Al-Jazi, Abdullah Ali – World Journal of Education, 2018
The study aimed to compare the book of Islamic Education sixth grade basic in both Jordan and the UAE in the light of the ethical concepts that should be included in the book. To achieve this goal, a list of these ethical concepts was prepared, and according to it, the content of both books has been analyzed. The results showed differences in the…
Descriptors: Islam, Religious Education, Grade 6, Ethical Instruction
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Iluz, Shira; Katz, Yaacov J.; Stern, Hindy – Journal of Religious Education, 2018
The Jewish ultra-orthodox (Haredi) Talmud Torah schools have been consistently resistant to the process of standardization in content, measurement, and evaluation, in contrast to the Israeli state education system which has progressed steadily in these areas. Talmud Torah schools are private elementary schools for ultra-orthodox boys. Studies are…
Descriptors: Judaism, Academic Standards, Elementary Schools, Private Schools
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Aperman-Itzhak, Tal; Yom-Tov, Anat; Vered, Zvi; Waysberg, Ronit; Livne, Irit; Eilat-Adar, Sigal – American Journal of Health Education, 2018
Background: Children's overweight and obesity have increased in Western societies, including Israel. Childhood is an important time for shaping healthy habits. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a healthy lifestyle intervention on health knowledge, behavior, and anthropometric measurements. Methods: A total of…
Descriptors: Prevention, Obesity, Intervention, Health Behavior
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Flensner, K. Kittelmann; Larsson, G. – British Journal of Religious Education, 2014
The aim of this article is to present a unique corpus of film-recorded classroom observations of sixth-grade classes (age 12-13) in the Swedish cities of Gothenburg, Partille and Trollhättan in the late 1960s. The material documents how RE could be taught in Swedish schools in line with the curriculum of Lgr 62 which internationally was an early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Religious Education, Class Activities
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Addi-Raccah, Audrey; Dana, Oshra – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2015
Private tutoring (PT) is becoming a worldwide phenomenon. In Israel too, about a third of elementary school students participate in PT. Based on sociological and school quality considerations, we examined school characteristics that are associated with PT intensity at school. The data encompassed a random state wide sample of 389 Israeli…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Elementary School Students, Socioeconomic Influences, Socioeconomic Status
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Potgieter, Ferdinand J.; van der Walt, Johannes L.; Wolhuter, Charl C. – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2009
As part of a research project on religion, spirituality and education, the authors attended to the role that children's divine dreams could play in religious education (RE). They contend that such dreams can indeed be used by RE teachers as the gateway to understanding the spirituality of their learners. They defend their claim by firstly…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Religion, Religious Factors, Religious Education
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Aylward, Karen; Freathy, Rob – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2008
This paper presents findings from a recent study investigating young children's (aged 10-11) conceptions of Jesus in England. The overall picture revealed by the study is that whilst there was a general assent amongst pupils in our sample towards an ethical and humanistic conception of the historical Jesus, there was less of a consensus about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Spiritual Development, Religion
Baron, Lois; And Others – 1986
A study was made of the effects of group size and time-on-task on the ability of 259 fifth- and sixth-grade students to learn in the context of computer assisted instruction. Predominantly Jewish, subjects attended one of three schools in an upper-middle-class area of Montreal. After the Basic Word Vocabulary Test and a background/demographic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1997
Parental involvement is critical to a child's success in school. This handbook provides parents with information about the Grade 6 curriculum in Catholic schools in Alberta, Canada. Based on the Alberta Education "Program of Studies: Elementary Schools," the handbook describes the knowledge, skills, and attitudes Catholic school students…
Descriptors: Art Education, Catholic Schools, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Curriculum
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. – 2003
Noting that parents are vital partners in the educational system, this handbook provides parents with information about the Grade 6 curriculum in Catholic schools in Alberta, Canada. Based on the Alberta Learning "Programs of Study: Elementary Schools," the handbook describes the knowledge, skills, and attitudes Catholic school students…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary School Students
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1998
Parental involvement is critical to a child's success in school. This handbook provides parents with information about the Grade 6 curriculum in Catholic schools in Alberta, Canada. Based on the Alberta Education "Program of Studies: Elementary Schools," the handbook describes the knowledge, skills, and attitudes Catholic school students…
Descriptors: Art Education, Catholic Schools, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. – 2001
Parents are vital partners in the educational system. This handbook provides parents with information about the Grade 6 curriculum in Catholic schools in Alberta, Canada. Based on the Alberta Learning "Program of Studies: Elementary Schools," the handbook describes the knowledge, skills, and attitudes Catholic school students in Alberta…
Descriptors: Art Education, Catholic Schools, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Curriculum
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 2000
This handbook provides parents with information about the Grade 6 curriculum in Catholic schools in Alberta, Canada. Based on the Alberta Learning "Program of Studies: Elementary Schools," the handbook describes the knowledge, skills, and attitudes Catholic school students in Alberta are expected to demonstrate upon completion of the…
Descriptors: Art Education, Catholic Schools, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Curriculum
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. – 2002
Noting that parents are vital partners in the educational system, this handbook provides parents with information about the Grade 6 curriculum in Catholic schools in Alberta, Canada. Based on the Alberta Learning "Programs of Study: Elementary Schools," the handbook describes the knowledge, skills, and attitudes Catholic school students…
Descriptors: Art Education, Catholic Schools, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Curriculum