Educating All God's Children

Educating All God's Children
Title Educating All God's Children PDF eBook
Author Nicole Baker Fulgham
Publisher Baker Books
Pages 222
Release 2013-04-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 144124137X

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Children living in poverty have the same God-given potential as children in wealthier communities, but on average they achieve at significantly lower levels. Kids who both live in poverty and read below grade level by third grade are three times as likely not to graduate from high school as students who have never been poor. By the time children in low-income communities are in fourth grade, they're already three grade levels behind their peers in wealthier communities. More than half won't graduate from high school--and many that do graduate only perform at an eighth-grade level. Only one in ten will go on to graduate from college. These students have severely diminished opportunities for personal prosperity and professional success. It is clear that America's public schools do not provide a high quality public education for the sixteen million children growing up in poverty. Education expert Nicole Baker Fulgham explores what Christians can--and should--do to champion urgently needed reform and help improve our public schools. The book provides concrete action steps for working to ensure that all of God's children get the quality public education they deserve. It also features personal narratives from the author and other Christian public school teachers that demonstrate how the achievement gap in public education can be solved.

Christian Perspectives on Church Schools

Christian Perspectives on Church Schools
Title Christian Perspectives on Church Schools PDF eBook
Author Leslie J. Francis
Publisher Gracewing Publishing
Pages 524
Release 1993
Genre Education
ISBN 9780852442357

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Being Christian in Education

Being Christian in Education
Title Being Christian in Education PDF eBook
Author Hazel Bryan
Publisher Canterbury Press
Pages 267
Release 2015-10-30
Genre Education
ISBN 184825752X

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Experienced practitioners, theologians and academics reflect on the Christian voice as it engages in education today. At a time of national uncertainty for RE, questions about faith-based schools and the place of religious belief in the public arena, this volume is a resource for school and university teachers, head teachers, chaplains, governors, diocesan officers, concerned parents educationalists. It offers: • a frank discussion about the tensions in bringing faith into the open in current educational contexts.• theological reflection of Christian engagement in the public place • a creative exploration of the future for Christian engagement in education. It also considers the tensions inherent in practising Christian faith within a secular context and in multi-faith contexts. It aims to generate new confidence that will encourage the practice and contribution of faith-based thinking in schools.

Global Perspectives on Catholic Religious Education in Schools

Global Perspectives on Catholic Religious Education in Schools
Title Global Perspectives on Catholic Religious Education in Schools PDF eBook
Author Michael T. Buchanan
Publisher Springer
Pages 653
Release 2019-03-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 9811361274

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This book shares global perspectives on Catholic religious education in schools, chiefly focusing on educational and curriculum issues that take into account the theology and the pedagogy which support learning in connection with Catholic religious education. Further, it offers insights into the distinctive contribution that Catholic religious education makes to religious education and education in general across diverse schooling contexts. Bringing together insights from leading scholars and experts on Catholic religious education around the globe, the book offers an essential reference guide for all those involved in researching, planning and designing curricula for Catholic religious education, as well as developing related theories in the field.

Christian Perspectives for Education

Christian Perspectives for Education
Title Christian Perspectives for Education PDF eBook
Author Leslie J. Francis
Publisher Gracewing Publishing
Pages 410
Release 1990
Genre Christian education
ISBN 9780852441619

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Empirical Theology in Texts and Tables

Empirical Theology in Texts and Tables
Title Empirical Theology in Texts and Tables PDF eBook
Author Leslie J. Francis
Publisher BRILL
Pages 425
Release 2009
Genre Religion
ISBN 9004168885

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Empirical theology offers fresh and stimulating insights into the concerns of both the Church and the Academy. It does this by accessing relevant empirical evidence using the tools of the social sciences, and placing this evidence in the context of theological critique and contemporary debate. In this pioneering collection of focused essays, leading experts of empirical theology illustrate key perspectives within this rapidly expanding discipline. The first section of the book explores theoretical issues underpinning the main methods of obtaining empirical data, and the use of these data within theology. The other two sections display the role both of qualitative studies, and of the analysis of quantitative data, in exploring a range of theological beliefs and religious, social and educational concerns.

Spiritual and Religious Education

Spiritual and Religious Education
Title Spiritual and Religious Education PDF eBook
Author Mal Leicester
Publisher Routledge
Pages 372
Release 2005-07-15
Genre Education
ISBN 1135698627

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Volume V distinguishes religious and spiritual education and takes a multi-faith approach to pedagogic, curricular and resource issues. The important area of collective worship is also addressed.