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What Are Catholic Schools Teaching To Make A Difference? A Literature Review Of Curriculum Studies In Catholic Schools In The U.S. And The U.K. Since 1993, Juan Cristobal Garcia-Huidobro

Journal of Catholic Education

This literature review sketches a landscape of scholarly debates about the curriculum in Catholic primary and secondary schools in the United States and the United Kingdom since 1993. This landscape has three main characteristics. First, scholarly debates about the curriculum in Catholic schools have been few, particularly empirically based discussions. Second, these debates have been led by U.S. scholars with theoretical approaches to the curriculum that tend to ignore the effect of current cultural and economic forces on Catholic schooling through competitiveness and effectiveness criteria. Third, there has been a disconnect between conversations about excellence and innovation, proposed mainly by …

Customer Is Always Right, Right? Freshman Commissioning Service, Erik Hoekstra

Pro Rege

This is a transcription of the fall Convocation Address, delivered by Dr. Erik Hoekstra, President of Dordt College on August 29, 2014.

Should A School Be A Business? (Or) What Is Education?, Roger Henderson

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Catholic Higher Education For The Common Good, Brian Stiltner

Brian Stiltner

This is a lecture in honor of the Fr. Jonathan DeFelice, president of Saint Anselm College, before his retirement. The lecture addresses the challenges facing Catholic higher education. Part One lays out philosopher Martha Nussbaum's view of the crisis of the humanities. Based in her ideas, Part Two examines four challenges facing Catholic higher education. Part Three gives an account of the Catholic philosophy of higher education for the common good, featuring Jacques Maritain’s educational and political philosophy. The Conclusion revisits the challenges in light of Maritain's, and the author's, Catholic philosophy of education.

Our Academic Tasks And The Cosmic Gospel Economy: What Difference Does Being A Christian Make In The Study Of The Krebs Cycle?, Tim Morris

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Reverence, Mystery, And Christian Education, James C. Schaap

Pro Rege

This speech was presented at the Christian Education Association annual convention in South Bend, Indiana, in 2007.

Erratum: This article states the following: “One quick story: Many here remember Rev. Tony Van Zanten, who ministered faithfully at Roseland, suburban Chicago, before he was called home” (38). Dr. Schaap and the editor of Pro Rege deeply regret the error. Rev. Tony Van Zanten lives in the Chicago area.

Role Of The Religious Heart In The Motivational Process: A Judeo-Christian Perspective, Jack Fennema

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Christian Education: Yesterday's Dream, Today's Experience, Tomorrow's Vision, Lee Hollaar

Pro Rege

This article was prepared in conjunction with the eleventh annual B. J. Haan Lecture Series held Spring 1994 at Dordt College.

Vision For Christian Education: Believing Is Seeing, Daniel Vander Ark

Pro Rege

This article was prepared in conjunction with the eleventh annual B. J. Haan Lecture Series held Spring 1994 at Dordt College.

Christian Philosophy And Classroom Practice: Is The Gap Widening?, John Van Dyk

Pro Rege

This article was prepared in conjunction with the eleventh annual B. J. Haan Lecture Series held Spring 1994 at Dordt College.

Creativity And Christian Education, John B. Hulst

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Calvinistic Philosophy And The Relation Between Liberal Education And Vocational Training, John Van Dyk

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Philosophical Roots Of The Secular Academic Mind, Nick Van Til

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Christian Higher Education In Global Perspective: A Call To Ongoing Reformation, Gordon Spykman

Pro Rege

Adaptation of an address given at the International Association for Reformed Faith and Action Conference, given at Zeist, The Netherlands, August, 1982.

Implications Of A Reformed Biblical View Of Life For Education: A Restatement, Larry Reynolds, Jack Fennema

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Closer Look At "Serviceable Insight": A Discussion Paper, John Van Dyk

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

No abstract provided.