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O'Neill, Joseph P.; Grandy, Jerilee – 1994
The attitudes of entering seminarians and high school and college students toward organized religion and religious professions were examined to determine why people enter the ministry. Various published sources, including a survey of 4,968 beginning seminarians that was conducted by the Educational Testing Service in fall 1992 and 1993 and a fact…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Choice, Catholics, Church Related Colleges
Rutkowski, Edward, Ed. – Journal of the Midwest History of Educational Society, 1978
The papers in this document feature four themes: religion and education, the nature of childhood and its relationship to education, urban educational problems, and the character of educational journalism. Part 1 begins with "A Common Faith for the Common School? Religion and Education in Kansas, 1861-1900" (J. C. Carper) which compares…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Educational Change, Educational History, Government School Relationship
DERSHOWITZ, ZACHARY – 1966
THIS PAPER IS CONCERNED WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ETHNIC OR OTHER SUBGROUP MEMBERSHIP AND THE INDIVIDUAL'S COGNITIVE STYLE. THE COGNITIVE STYLE CHOSEN FOR INVESTIGATION HERE IS THAT OF FIELD-DEPENDENCE OR INDEPENDENCE. THE TWO ETHNIC-RELIGIOUS SUBCULTURES INVESTIGATED WERE JEWISH AND WHITE ANGLO-SAXON PROTESTANT. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Linn, Margaret W.; And Others – 1974
The relationship between certain attitudes and the levels of fertility in five cultural groups was explored in this study. The group studied were blacks, Cubans, American Indians, migrant Chicanos, and white Protestants. Mothers, aged 35-45, with one or two children (small family) or five children (large family) were compared. Attitudes measured…
Descriptors: Abortions, American Indians, Birth Rate, Blacks

Farren, Sean – History of Education, 1994
Examines tensions and divisions that formed the educational legacy of the two states in Ireland that emerged from the political settlements of 1920-21. Concludes that, on the eve of partition in 1921, deep divisions in education were reminders that education would continue to expose ideological differences between Ireland and Britain. (CFR)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Catholic Schools, Catholics, Educational History

Boys, Mary C.; And Others – Religious Education, 1995
Proposes a mode of religious education that accentuates the self-actualizing, humanistic aspects of religious thought while downplaying the exclusionary and confrontational pathologies. Maintains that the power of spiritual commitment, devoid of rancorous judgments, can be a force for positive global transformation. (MJP)
Descriptors: Christianity, Consciousness Raising, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Enrichment
Marsden, George M. – 1994
This book examines the role of Protestantism in America's colleges and universities, tracing the history of the influence of religion on these institutions from preeminence to obscurity, from the founding of Harvard in the 1630s through the collapse of the traditional establishment in the 1960s. Ranging from stories of many of our pace-setting…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Catholics, Church Related Colleges, Colleges
Sikkink, David; Hernandez, Edwin I. – 2003
This paper examines how religious practice and religious faith can protect Latino youth from problems in school and contribute to their academic success. Data were drawn from research on social capital and from three major national surveys with large samples of Latinos. Findings indicate that Latino students who actively attended church or who saw…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Catholics

McClenahan, Carol; And Others – Journal of Social Psychology, 1996
Examines the friendship choices of Northern Ireland adolescents within a planned integrated school, a Protestant desegregated school, and a Catholic desegregated school. Reporting on over 300 middle- and high-school students revealed that in-group bias was the exception rather than the rule. All three schools exhibited similar characteristics.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavioral Science Research, Catholics, Cultural Interrelationships
Trohler, Daniel – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2004
History of education emerges during the course of the nineteenth century in Germany and is marked by four features. It is educational, and not scientific in nature, because it was written primarily for teacher education and training; it is national, or even nationalistic; it is oriented almost exclusively towards German philosophy; and it is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Historiography, Educational History, Teacher Education
Renner, Richard R. – 1968
This extensive report describes Colombian education under 86 primary subheadings in 14 chapters, as follows: 1) The national setting, 2) cultural and social influences on education, 3) educational landmarks and traditions, 4) school organization and administration, 5) planning and development, 6) preschool and elementary education, 7) public…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Cultural Influences, Curriculum, Educational Finance
1965
AMONG THE POINTS OF CONSENSUS EMERGING FROM THE SECOND CONSULTATION ON CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR MINISTERS WAS THE DECISION THAT FINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMING RESTS WITHIN DENOMINATIONS, ALTHOUGH ECUMENICAL AID MAY STIMULATE IT. CENTRAL COORDINATION OF EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS BY COOPERATING DENOMINATIONS IS DESIRABLE, BUT CENTRAL…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Agency Cooperation, Church Responsibility, Clergy

Raftery, Judith – History of Education Quarterly, 1998
Examines intense and bitter conflict over public education in the Philippines occurring immediately after the Spanish-American War and the U.S. annexation of the islands. The U.S. replacement of the popular Catholic school system with a secular system resulted in opposition that eventually focused on textbook selection. (MJP)
Descriptors: Catholics, Church Role, Educational History, Filipino Americans
Schweber, Simone – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2006
This essay compares two curricular treatments of the Holocaust, one that resulted from a full-semester, 10th grade elective course taught at a public high school, the second constructed through a quarter-long, 8th grade unit taught at a charismatic, evangelical, fundamentalist Christian private school. In brief, the study examines the Holocaust's…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Elective Courses, Public Schools, Grade 8
JOSEPHSON, CLIFFORD RUSSELL – 1963
IN A STUDY ON THE COMPOSITION AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF VOLUNTARY SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM 783 BOARD MEMBERS OF 121 COMMUNITY CHEST AFFILIATED AGENCIES IN 51 UPPER NEW YORK STATE COMMUNITIES. RESPONDENTS WERE 65 PERCENT MALE AND 35 PERCENT FEMALE. ABOUT ONE PERCENT WERE NEGRO. SIXTY-THREE PERCENT…
Descriptors: Activities, Age Groups, Blacks, Doctoral Dissertations