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Ursula Eisl; Mary Woolley; Sabina Hulbert; Ann Casson; Robert A. Bowie – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2025
The place of Church school headteachers as spiritual leaders of the school community is rarely highlighted. This article investigates how 13 Church primary school headteachers (Catholic Church of England, and Methodist) interpret this role. It draws on the Faith in the Nexus research which investigated how church primary schools nurtured pupils'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Elementary Schools, Catholic Schools
The Contours of Religion through the Narrated Photographs of Philippine Catholic University Students
Jeane C. Peracullo – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2025
The study claims that religion is tangibly present at a Catholic university in the Philippines. Examining the participants' views of religion yielded the following contours: a. Well-being; b. Connections; c. Service-Oriented; d. Dispositions; e. Higher Value; f. Metaphysical; and g. Encompassing. These contours are consistent with contemporary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Colleges, Catholics, Religious Factors
Herminilito S. Luna; Antonio Levy S. Ingles Jr. – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2025
Questions about what walking a synodal path means for the Church in different local contexts undoubtedly occupy a central place in academic and pastoral discussions regarding the currently convoked synod on synodality. A particular concern is how the youth can be actively involved in this process. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role…
Descriptors: Catholics, Churches, Campuses, Religious Education
Chris Hackett; Shane Lavery; Margaret Scharf – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2025
This study explored the perceptions of ongoing participants in the Galilee Spiritual and Faith Formation programme on the development of their personal and faith formation. The study used a constructivist paradigm, specifically that of interpretivism and employed a symbolic interactionist perspective to explore participant perceptions. The…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Spiritual Development, Self Efficacy, Self Esteem
Josekutty Thomas; Kunja Kusum Kakati – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2025
St John Bosco, popularly known as Don Bosco, was an educator of the nineteenth century. His educational system, the "Preventive method," is his best-known endeavour among the numerous ground-breaking efforts at forming the youth of his time. This method of educating young people was radical considering the time and his contemporary…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries
Amalee Meehan – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2025
With the reform of the Irish Junior Cycle since 2015, the discourse around school ethos in Ireland is gaining momentum. This paper explores one particular quality of Catholic ethos highlighted by Pope Francis since the beginning of his papacy -- the quality of mercy. His articulation of mercy as core to all Catholic ministry reminds Catholic…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Institutional Characteristics, Educational Change, Religious Factors
Janet Goodall – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2025
This article examines the concept of parental engagement in young people's learning, as it relates to practice within Catholic schools. This examination will utilise the lens of Catholic Social Teaching, and church teaching more widely, to amplify the importance of supporting parents to engage with their children's learning in Catholic schools.…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Catholic Schools, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role
Aubrey Scheopner Torres; R. Ward Holder; Cynthia Holder Rich – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2025
This qualitative research study explores the impact of in-depth exploration of race in theology on student learning in a voluntary reading group at a Protestant university in Tanzania and students enrolled in a theology course at a Catholic college in the United States. The unique course featured students gathering at their own institutions and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Race, Philosophy, Religious Colleges
Theo van der Zee – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2025
Societal developments and phenomena such as diversity, secularisation, individualisation and the marketisation of education challenge Catholic schools in their striving for good education. Issues related to these developments and phenomena put their distinctive articulation and interpretation of values and ethical commitments to the test. It is by…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Educational Quality, Social Change, Intervention
Md. Shaikh Farid – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2025
The Congregation of Holy Cross has been working on evangelisation and education in Bangladesh for more than 170 years. This paper examines and discusses the educational aims of highly reputed institution of Holy Cross Congregation, Notre Dame College (NDC). It also examines how NDC negotiated historical changes -- internal and external -- and how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Catholics, Church Role, Educational History
Matt Hoven – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2024
For centuries, Catholic schools have promoted extra-curricular activity as a means to develop well-rounded students. Sports programming has been a vital aspect of this work, but there is little research into how these programmes can support the combined educational-religious missions of the schools. In response, this paper relies on archival and…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Team Sports, Violence, High School Students
Jim Gleeson – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2024
The planned integration of Catholic social teaching (CST) across the curriculum was the primary focus of the 'Identity and Curriculum in Catholic Education' (2013-2018) initiative in Catholic schools in the state of Queensland. Initial reconnaissance involved a survey of teachers' views regarding the identity, purposes and characteristics of…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Self Concept
Jason Jabbari; Garrett Duncan – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2024
This article uses a phenomenological case study to explore how at-risk male adolescents interact with a school culture that attempts to focus on 'serving others'. Qualitative methodologies are used to understand the impact of this school culture on participants' academic, social, and emotional lives. Findings reveal that beneath the 'Men for…
Descriptors: Males, School Culture, At Risk Students, Citizenship Education
Adrián Sabalete Suárez; Manuel Roblizo Colmenero – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2024
Skills enabling the integration of information and communications technology (ICT) in classrooms have become necessary for teachers' professional practice. Using an applied approach, this study conducts an analysis of the use of and attitudes and perceptions towards digital skills among Spanish teachers in Salesian schools. Given the relevance of…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teacher Attitudes, Digital Literacy
Matthew Dell; Aidan Cottrell-Boyce – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2024
In England and Wales, diocesan inspectors are charged with assessing the overall quality of Catholic education provided by Catholic schools. As part of this assessment, inspectors are required to give an account of the liturgical life of the school. Often the reports which result from these inspections refer to the degree of students' "active…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Catholic Schools, Educational Quality, Inspection