In the light of the church's current social teaching, says the author, Catholic colleges and universities have a special responsibility and opportunity to develop future-responsive curricula permeated by a commitment to peace and justice. (Editor/LBH)

Outlook is the monthly newsletter for the Council for American Private Education (CAPE). Each issue contains information relating to private education such as: new legislation and regulations, the most recent research, court rulings, national trends, federal initiatives, private school news briefs, and more. This issue contains the following…

Adolescence is a critical time for the development of self-identity; a time which often changes enthusiastic and assertive 8- and 9-year-old girls into 11- and 12-year-old girls with poor self-images and little faith in their abilities. To better understand this process, this study investigated the relationship between hope and general…

Prior to about 1995, few secondary schools teachers outside the English KLA (Key Learning Areas) in Sydney's Catholic schools consciously focused on the development of literacy in their teaching approaches. By the mid-1990s however, a number of educational perspectives (e.g. genre approaches, teaching/learning cycles integrating content with…

The practical concerns of an individual interested in learning about prayer in an academic context are interconnected with the practical concerns about teaching an academic course on prayer. A pilot study proposed to investigate and evaluate the context and content of academic courses on personal prayer from the perspective of teaching prayer,…

The history of the development of parochial schools in the United States is traced from the pre-Civil War period. Conflict in these early days between Protestants and Catholics over religious education in public schools is described and Catholic efforts to establish ethnic and religious identity are detailed. (SM)

A shift in the concentration of power for education decision making from church to state is taking place, with the image of the Christian mission as a humanitarian and civilizing agency changing to that of an intruding and obtrusive alien organization. (JM)

Describes the learning center at Mary Our Queen Elementary School in Omaha, which grew out of the need to compensate for overcrowded classrooms. (MB)

There were no consistent trends in 12th grade performance on external examinations in English, modern history, biology, mathematics, physics, and chemistry between metropolitan and rural government schools, Catholic schools and private schools, although there were some consistent differences between schools in some subjects. (AL)

Examines the social, cultural, political, and economic circumstances in which the ethnic vote will be cast in the 1972 presidential election. (JM)

Discusses counseling dialogue in religious context, but applicable universally. Successful encounter stresses reception, acceptance, listening, understanding, prudence. Focuses on importance of reflective, rather than directive counselor response. (CJ)

Describes inner city practicum program. (EK)

An analysis of the self-reported delinquent involvements of 763 male and female adolescents revealed that although the males were more frequently involved, the patterns of involvement were quite similar for both sexes. (JM)

Suggests approximately 200 words of religious denotation that should be added to the Dale-Chall List of 3,000 Familiar Words when assessing the readability of materials that contain a Catholic vocabulary." (VJ)

History of change from innovative Catholic girls' college to newly laicized and coeducational college with survival problems. (Editor/IR)