Description:
This comprehensive compendium of research focuses on key aspects of Catholic education in the United States. The volume includes reviews of research on topics ranging from church documents, spirituality, and the philosophy of Catholic education to parents, students, teachers, administration and governance, and curriculum and instruction. Benefit to many audiences--policy-makers, church leaders, educators, researchers, students, practitioners, patrons, and citizens--who are interested in these schools.
The wealth of scholarly information provided here covers all areas of Catholic education, both school- and parish-based. The first volume of its kind ever published on Catholic learning and development, the handbook is an encyclopedia reference tool for the serious scholar as well as the committed Catholic educator.
Review Quotes: "This book will prove an invaluable reference for all superintendents and administrators involved in Catholic education at every level....Besides providing a wealth of information for those concerned with any area of Catholic education, any scholar searching for a dissertation topic will find in these pages a rich mine of practical suggestions for further research."-Catholic Library World