Recently added articles from Catholic Education:

Editors' farewell.(Editorial)

Jun 01, 2008; Nuzzi, Ronald J. ... Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice (hereafter Journal) was introduced into the educational world by co-editors William F. Losito and Joseph F. Rogus in September 1997. Much has happened involving it since that time and much transpired before its arrival on the Catholic ...

Editors' comments.

Jun 01, 2008; Hunt, Thomas C. ... The focus section of Volume 11, Number 4, was put together by Brother Raymond J. Vercruysse, C.F.C., the Director of the Institute for Catholic Educational Leadership (ICEL) at The University of San Francisco, and a member of this journal's governing board. We are indebted to Brother Ray ...

Catholic Education: a Journal of Inquiry and Practice: a ten-year retrospective review of catholic educational research.

Jun 01, 2008; Frabutt, James M. ... This journal has a brief but important history, encompassing the support of major Catholic colleges and universities across the United States. In particular, the University of Dayton and the University of Notre Dame have provided a home for the editorial offices and the contributed ...

Motivating content: how interest and self-efficacy respond to subject matter taught in an alternative teacher education program.

Jun 01, 2008; Long, Joyce F. ... Understanding how teachers' motivational levels respond to the course content is particularly relevant in Catholic schools, where instructors are routinely required to teach courses both within and beyond their certification area because of budgetary constraints. Students in the ACE ...

Developing a predictive metric to assess school viability.(Report)

Jun 01, 2008; James, John T. ... This article examines a wide range of parish school indicators that can be used to predict long-term viability. ********** Catholic elementary school enrollment peaked in 1965, when 4.491 million students were educated in over 10,000 Catholic schools across the ...

Conflict in independent Catholic schools.(Essay)

Jun 01, 2008; Guernsey, Dan ... Independent Catholic schools are a growing phenomenon in the Catholic Church in America. This article provides a contextualized account of the phenomenon by examining via a field observation the experience of two independent Catholic schools in two different dioceses. These schools were ...

Introduction.(FOCUS SECTION)

Jun 01, 2008; Vercruysse, Raymond J. ... Today, leaders in our Catholic schools face tremendous pulls in several different directions. Their responsibilities have escalated over time, and their emotional and spiritual health is often challenged by daily struggles. Some will argue that spiritual well-being was implied when a vowed ...

Toward a pedagogy grounded in Christian spirituality.(Focus Section)(Report)

Jun 01, 2008; Shimabukuro, Gini ... Church documents, theology, leadership theory, and sociology come together in this article to present a pedagogy for Catholic schools that is deeply rooted in a personal faith and a contemporary understanding of the person. Practical insights into developing a spirituality for teaching are ...

Through the glass darkly: new paradigms for counselors, courage, and spirituality in contemporary education.(Focus Section)(Report)

Jun 01, 2008; Goodell, Judy ... This article proposes a paradigm shift in the view of the school counselor role. Evolving from the dualistic mind/body split of traditional physics, counseling has largely focused on problem identification and attempting to fix what is wrong. The new sciences of chaos and complexity invite ...

Complexity, connections, and soul-work.(Focus Section)(Essay)

Jun 01, 2008; Bloch, Deborah P. ... Organizational theory and personal behaviors are both shaped by contemporary thinking and theories regarding spirituality, history, and the order, shape, and direction of modern culture. Complexity theory, discussed in this article, offers some helpful insights into appreciating the ...

The Dissenting Tradition in American Education.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Joseph, Ellis A. ... THE DISSENTING TRADITION IN AMERICAN EDUCATION JAMES C. CARPER & THOMAS C. HUNT PETER LANG, 2007 $32.95, 286 PAGES Carper and Hunt have consistently produced scholarship treating religious traditions in American education. Their scholarship is ...

Literacy in the Digital Age: Reading, Writing, Viewing, and Computing.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Crosske, Sarah E. ... LITERACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE: READING, WRITING, VIEWING, AND COMPUTING FRANK B. WITHROW SCARECROW EDUCATION, 2004 $23.95, 107 PAGES Media has become a staple in contemporary life. The Internet, video games, and television are all common ...

Imagination and Literacy: A Teacher's Search for the Heart of Learning.(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Ryan, Kelly ... IMAGINATION AND LITERACY: A TEACHER'S SEARCH FOR THE HEART OF LEARNING KAREN GALLAS TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS, 2003 $22.95, 181 PAGES The author of Imagination and Literacy: A Teacher's Search for the Heart of Learning has been in elementary ...