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Download full textMcDonough, Graham P. – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2010
This paper observes that an ironic tension occurs in the discussion of controversial issues in some Catholic schools. One technique that teachers use in response to student disagreement with the official Church view on a controversial issue like contraception, homosexuality, or female ordination is to present Church teaching but then suggest that…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Catholics, Catholic Educators
