Journal of Catholic Education 

About: Journal of Catholic Education is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Religious education & Higher education. It has an ISSN identifier of 1097-9638. It is also open access. Over the lifetime, 449 publications have been published receiving 3444 citations.

The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium

Abstract: 1. On the threshold of the third millennium education faces new challenges which are the result of a new socio-political and cultural context. First and foremost, we have a crisis of values which, in highly developed societies in particular, assumes the form, often exalted by the media, of subjectivism, moral relativism and nihilism. The extreme pluralism pervading contemporary society leads to behaviour patterns which are at times so opposed to one another as to undermine any idea of community identity. Rapid structural changes, profound technical innovations and the globalization of the economy affect human life more and more throughout the world. Rather than prospects of development for all, we witness the widening of the gap between rich and poor, as well as massive migration from underdeveloped to highlydeveloped countries. The phenomena of multiculturalism and an increasingly multi-ethnic and multi-religious society is at the same time an enrichment and a source of further problems. To this we must add, in countries of longstanding evangelization, a growing marginalization of the Christian faith as a reference point and a source of light for an effective and convincing interpretation of existence. 2. In the specifically educational field, the scope of educational functions has broadened, becoming more complex, more specialized. The sciences of education, which concentrated in the past on the study of the child and teacher training, have been widened to include the various stages of life and the different spheres and situations beyond the school. New requirements have given force to the demand for new contents, new capabilities and new educational models besides those followed traditionally. Thus education and schooling become particularly difficult today.

Review of Research

Abstract: Manifestation of terrorism in the name of religion is a common phenomenon now. In simple words, it can be understood to be opposing one’s own beliefs, values and ideologies on others. The modus operandi here can be force or indoctrination and usually sprouts from the feeling of “us versus them” and being intolerant of others’ perspectives. The religious extremists are seen to pick and choose religious texts to suit their own motives and justify their act. They interpret, re interpret and mis-interpret religious scripture to fulfil their own needs. They also are seen referring to historical conflicts and the failures of others to reason out their current use of

Correlational Analysis of Servant Leadership and School Climate

Abstract: The purpose of this mixed-method research study was to determine the extent that servant leadership was correlated with perceptions of school climate to identify whether there was a relationship between principals’ and teachers’ perceived practice of servant leadership and of school climate. The study employed a mixed-method approach by first administering two validated quantitative instruments: Laub's (1998) Organizational Leadership Assessment (OLA) measured the perceived servant leadership in the schools and Hoy, Tarter, & Kottkamp’s (1991) Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire-Revised (OCDQ-RE) measured the school’s climate. These instruments were administered to a randomly selected sample of 231 full-time teachers and 15 principals working in a Catholic school board in Ontario. Upon completion of the quantitative data analysis, focus group interviews were conducted with 10% of the sample. The data revealed a significant positive correlation between servant leadership and school climate