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Murphy, Francis X. – 1981
The bulletin investigates the major positions held by the Catholic Church toward population problems. Separate sections discuss the demographic debate, traditional church teaching, the birth control movement, the Vatican Council II and the Papal Birth Control Commission, Pope Paul's 1968 Encyclical against contraception, the 1980 Synod of Bishops,…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Catholics, Church Role, Contraception
Duttweiler, Patricia Cloud – 1989
The challenge of changing belief systems to engender educational change is explored in this bulletin, which asserts that the current American educational system inadequately prepares students for productive participation in a rapidly changing information-oriented society. Change in the United States culture implies that alterations in education…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Beliefs, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Doyle, Kenneth O., Jr. – Innovation Abstracts, 1983
One philosophical issue underlying instructional evaluation arises from tension between the concepts of academic freedom and academic responsibility. Academic freedom can be cited as an argument against evaluating teaching in circumstances where evaluation genuinely encumbers the pursuit or dissemination of knowledge. Another source of tension…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, Beliefs, College Instruction
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Gallin, Alice, Ed. – Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, 1987
The role of the theologian in Catholic colleges and universities is among several topics addressed in 11 articles. Some authors describe how they carry out the Catholic mission in higher education, while others focus on the historical background for the attempt by the Congregation for Catholic Education to describe and mandate a universal and…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Beliefs, Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges
Evans, Judith L.; And Others – Coordinators' Notebook, 1994
This theme issue focuses on various aspects of child rearing. The first article, "Childrearing Practices; Creating Programs Where Traditions and Modern Practices Meet," discusses how traditional and modern child rearing practices can be interwoven to develop appropriate programs that serve young children and families. "Resilient…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education
Gubbins, E. Jean, Ed.; Siegle, Del, Ed. – National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented Newsletter, 2001
This document contains the spring and fall 2001 newsletters of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT). The spring 2001 issue contains the following featured articles: (1) "Using Gifted Education Strategies with All Students" (E. Jean Gubbins and NRC/GT Research Team); (2) "New Center for the Pyschology of…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement Tests, Beliefs, Career Counseling
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; Rothenberg, Dianne, Ed. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2002
Early Childhood Research & Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed, Internet-only journal sponsored by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE), covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. The journal emphasizes articles reporting on…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Child Caregivers, Developmental Continuity, Early Childhood Education
Bureau of Public Affairs (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. – 1978
The booklet contains the text of eight selected documents on human rights. The documents are Excerpts from the UN Charter; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights; International Covenant on Civil and Political…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Civil Rights, Cooperation, Disadvantaged
Fielden, Frank, Ed. – Of Primary Interest Newsletter, 1994
These four newsletter issues provide information on current research and practice to early childhood professionals teaching in the primary grades in Colorado, focusing on education reform and developmentally appropriate practice. The first issue notes research supporting developmentally appropriate practice, describes Kentucky's primary school…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Class Organization, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Programs
Furinghetti, Fulvia, Ed. – 1991
Research reports from the annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education include: "La construcion algorithmique: niveaux ou stades?" (Mesquita); "For Establishing the Generality of Conjectures" (Miyazaki); "Teachers' Attitudes Towards Mathematics and Mathematics Teaching:…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Algebra, Beliefs, Computers
Furinghetti, Fulvia, Ed. – 1991
Research reports from the annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education include: "A Comparison of Children's Learning in Two Interactive Computer Environments" (Edwards); "On Building a Self-Confidence in Mathematics" (Eisenberg); "Classroom Discourse and Mathematics…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Algebra, Beliefs, Computers
Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1995
Papers on foreign language education include: "Beliefs About Language Learning: A Study of Korean University Students Learning English" (Susan N. Truitt), which looked at the influence of cultural background and experience on language learning attitudes; "Motivation as a Two-Sided Coin: Motivational Differences Between College-Level…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Chinese, Classroom Communication, College Students
Brownell, Mary T.; Pajares, Frank M. – Research Bulletin, 1996
This study examined factors that predict a general education teacher's efficacy beliefs for instructing students with learning and behavior problems and whether a teacher's perceived efficacy has a stronger direct effect on reported success than other variables. One hundred twenty-eight second grade teachers completed a survey instrument designed…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Behavior Problems, Beliefs, Collegiality