Philippine Jesuit schools of education are important training sanctuaries for future teachers. These schools help build a nation by nurturing educators in their student years so that these said teacher-students may be equipped as they pursue their vocation of journeying with the…
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Since the 1960s, there has been a significant decrease in the number of priests and consecrated religious staffing Catholic schools. Since the leadership of Catholic school principals is integral to the promotion of Catholic identity, and being that principals are the foremost a…
Christ's call to evangelization is a mission the Catholic Church has perpetuated throughout history with its reliance upon its schools. In the 19th century, Catholic missionaries evangelized and catechized the Nigerian Igbo people through the schools they built. In 1970, the Nig…
Over the years, students of Catholic High/Senior secondary schools in Edo state, Nigeria have maintained a significantly higher level of academic achievement than their counterparts in public schools in the state. This development has not only been a cause of serious concern for…
This ethnographic study explores the ways in which religion impacts the lives of those who live and visit the Isle of Lewis, an island off the northwest coast of Scotland. The churches on the island are, predominantly, of conservative Presbyterian denominations; the island has o…
This qualitative case study investigated the leadership perspectives of 13 Lebanese Catholic school principals and 4 educational leaders in the Governorate of Mount Lebanon via personal interviews, observations, and documents. It focused on whether Catholic school principals are…
Teacher effectiveness has been on the decline in Catholic schools in Lebanon due to many factors, including, the lack of efficiency and competency of teachers and the lack of professional development opportunities. Much of this is due to the absence of an effective teacher evalu…
The purpose of this study was to determine through available documents and select interviews: (1) The challenges that Catholic youth in today's society experience in living their Catholic Faith; (2) How well the Catholic schools are meeting these challenges; (3) What needs to be…
Media reports have shown same-sex issues in Catholics schools emerge in three ways: (1) same-sex parents who have children in a Catholic school, (2) same-sex students, and (3) same-sex teachers. These issues present a threat to Catholic school identity. Catholic school leaders a…
The Catholic school exists to educate the mind and form the spirit so that discerning wisdom may better lead individuals to come to a life in God (Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, 1977). This dual nature of the Catholic school, spiritual and academic, requires now pre…
Despite U.S. Census data reporting rapid Latino population surges across the United States since 1970, the vast majority of Latino Catholics chose not to enroll in Catholic schools, raising a question of why Latinos did not choose, or value, the Catholic school experience for th…
