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Byrne, Richard; Devine, Dympna – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2017
The broader theoretical frameworks of both Bourdieu (and his concepts of habitus, field, doxa, collusio and capital) and Bernstein (and his concepts of classification, framing and ritual) provide a deeper understanding of the distinctiveness of Catholic schooling. This article presents a model for theorising Catholic schooling in which levels of…
Descriptors: Catholics, Religious Education, Foreign Countries, Social Capital
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Shaw, Alan – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2017
Voluntary-aided faith schools exhibit a unique combination of characteristics that is not shared by other state-funded schools in England including responsibility for admissions, employment of staff (including the right to prioritise on the basis of faith), control of the RE curriculum, ownership of the premises, and funding from and being part of…
Descriptors: Catholics, Jews, Instructional Leadership, Volunteers
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Jokic, Boris; Hargreaves, Linda – British Journal of Religious Education, 2015
This paper describes the results of a mixed model research that, as the first of its kind, aimed to determine the nature of, and underlying factors influencing, Croatian elementary pupils' attitudes towards confessional Catholic religious education (RE). Analyses of the questionnaire responses of the eighth-grade pupils from the stratified sample…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Religious Education, Individual Development
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Santana Lopez, Alejandra Isabel; Hernandez Mary, Natalia – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2013
This research project sought to learn how solidarity education is manifested in Chilean Catholic schools, considering the perspectives of school principals, programme directors and pastoral teams. Eleven Chilean schools were studied and the information gathering techniques applied included: a questionnaire, semi-structured individual interviews…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Grounded Theory, Catholic Schools
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Al Sadi, Fatma H.; Basit, Tehmina N. – British Educational Research Journal, 2013
This paper examines the impact of a school-based intervention entitled "Our Brothers and Sisters in Humanity" on 10th grade female Omani students' religious tolerance. A questionnaire was administered before and after an intervention to a sample of 241 girls, of whom 116 were in the experimental group and 125 in the control group. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religion, Religious Discrimination, Intervention
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Hanratty, Brian Robert – Research Papers in Education, 2013
The paper presents a critical evaluation of the Literature of the Troubles Project which was aimed at using literature in an educational context to help cement the process of peace and reconciliation between Northern Ireland's divided communities. The Project, funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, ran from September 2007 to August 2009. Its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, Catholics, Protestants