'Male and Female He Created Them': The Roman Catholic Church's Inconsistent Stance on Gender by Jiří Pavlík

“…The document is a guideline for Catholic schools, which they can apply to control and moderate the discussion on gender issues at the level of local churches and educational institutions. …”
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Student Priorities for Topics, Pedagogies, and Outcomes in Senior Secondary Religious Education: An Australian Perspective by William Sultmann, Janeen Lamb, Peter Ivers, Mark Craig

“…This paper reports on one part of a larger longitudinal empirical study (2021–2023) that responds to the call for Religious Education (RE) to address religious plurality in the context of senior Catholic schooling within an Australian Archdiocese where students represent multiple faith traditions or no traditions. …”
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Preparing Catholic Educators for Flourishing in a Secularized Society: A Case Study by Amy Roberts, Clare Kilbane, Rebecca Rook

“…Next, it shares the Church’s vision for well-prepared Catholic educators, identifying three key anthropological conflicts linked to sec­ularization and explaining how the Church’s teaching on Catholic education as presented by Archbishop Michael Miller’s “Five Essential Marks of Catholic Schools” provides needed guidance for EPPs located in Catholic universities. …”
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Introducing PSSJ Maiden Issue by Dennis Madrigal

“…Moreover, the articles on education covered assessment studies on the quality of Catholic education in a Diocesan School using the Philippine Catholic Schools Standards (PCSS); compliance with the standard principles of School-Based Management and its implication to the quality of life among the learners beyond basic education; and teaching standards competence and performance of teachers using the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST) and School’s Teacher Performance Evaluation, respectively. …”
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Understanding Public Perceptions of the HPV Vaccination Based on Online Comments to Canadian News Articles. by Yael Feinberg, Jennifer A Pereira, Susan Quach, Jeffrey C Kwong, Natasha S Crowcroft, Sarah E Wilson, Maryse Guay, Yang Lei, Shelley L Deeks, Public Health Agency of Canada/Canadian Institutes of Health Research Influenza Research Network (PCIRN) Program Delivery and Evaluation Group

“…Given the variation in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage across Canada, and debate regarding delivery of HPV vaccines in Catholic schools, we studied online comments on Canadian news websites to understand public perceptions of HPV and HPV vaccine.We searched English- and French-language Canadian news websites for 2012 articles that contained the terms "HPV" or "human papillomavirus." …”
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Faith schools and society : civilizing the debate / by 302669 Cairns, Jo

LOS COLONOS Y LA ESCUELA EN LA ARAUCANÍA: LOS INMIGRANTES EUROPEOS Y EL SURGIMIENTO DE LA EDUCACIÓN PRIVADA LAICA Y PROTESTANTE EN LA REGIÓN DE LA ARAUCANÍA (1887-1915) by José Manuel Zavala Cepeda

“…Many of these immigrants were Protestants and Anglicans, a fact that undoubtedly affected in the creation of not catholic schools because the Franciscan and Capuchin missionaries had a great control on the educational system. …”
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The use of hippotherapy in shaping the body posture and balance in children with Down syndrome by Anna Marszałek, Tadeusz Kasperczyk, Robert Walaszek

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A cluster randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a multi-strategy sustainability intervention on teachers’ sustained implementation of classroom physical activi... by Nicole Nathan, Alix Hall, Adam Shoesmith, Adrian E. Bauman, Belinda Peden, Bernadette Duggan, Carly Gardner, Cassandra Lane, Christophe Lecathelinais, Christopher Oldmeadow, Craig Duncan, Daniel Groombridge, Edward Riley-Gibson, Emma Pollock, James Boyer, John Wiggers, Karen Gillham, Martina Pattinson, Megan Mattingly, Nicole McCarthy, Patti-Jean Naylor, Penny Reeves, Philippa Budgen, Rachel Sutherland, Rebecca Jackson, Thomas Croft, William Pascoe, Luke Wolfenden

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Parental Educational Attainment and Social Environment of Urban Public Schools in the U.S.: Blacks’ Diminished Returns by Shanika Boyce, Mohsen Bazargan, Cleopatra H. Caldwell, Marc A. Zimmerman, Shervin Assari

“…To prevent the confounding effects of private, suburban, rural, and Catholic schools, we limited this analysis to public urban schools. …”
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The Concept of Chiropractics by Daniel D. Palmer and its Development over the Years by Anna Marszałek, Tadeusz Kasperczyk, Robert Walaszek

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Enhancing Teaching Strategies through Cognitive Load Theory: Process vs. Product Worked Examples by Gerry Sozio, Shirley Agostinho, Sharon Tindall-Ford, Fred Paas

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Protocol of the TransformUs Secondary schools program: a type II hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial to increase adolescents’ physical activity and reduce sedentary time in s... by Harriet Koorts, Anna Timperio, Jo Salmon, David Revalds Lubans, Gavin Abbott, Nicola D Ridgers, Natalie Lander, Ana María Contardo Ayala, Emiliano Mazzoli

“…Additionally, qualitative data will be thematically analysed using deductive and inductive coding in NVivo.Ethics and dissemination These trials were approved by the Deakin University Human Research Ethics Committee (2021–269) and by the following education authorities: Australian Capital Territory Education Directorate (RES 2317), New South Wales Department of Education (2022253), Northern Territory Department of Education (20865), Victoria Department of Education (2023_004712), Queensland Department of Education (550/27/2585), South Australian Department of Education (2022–0019), Tasmanian Department of Education (2022–25), Western Australian Department of Education (D23/1152724), and Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (1232). Results from this study will be disseminated through peer-reviewed journal articles, scientific conferences, summary reports to students and schools and stakeholder meetings.Trial registration number Australian Clinical Trials Registration Registry (ACTRN12622000600741).…”
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Supporting adolescents’ participation in muscle-strengthening physical activity: protocol for the ‘Resistance Training for Teens’ (RT4T) hybrid type III implementation–effectivenes... by Rachel Sutherland, Nicole Nathan, Christopher Oldmeadow, Penny Reeves, Jennifer Norman, Jo Salmon, James Boyer, David Revalds Lubans, Heather McKay, Rhodri S Lloyd, Myna Hua, Avigdor Zask, Kirrilly Pursey, Hayden Thomas Kelly, Jordan James Smith, Angeliek Verdonschot, Sarah Grace Kennedy, Joseph J Scott, Philip James Morgan, Dawn Penney, Sarah Longmore, Alexander Voukelatos

“…Quantitative analyses will use logistic mixed models for dichotomous outcomes, and ordinal or linear mixed effects regression models for continuous outcomes, with alpha levels set at p<0.025 for the outcomes and cost comparisons of the moderate and high support arms against the low support arm.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval has been obtained from the University of Newcastle (H-2021-0418), the NSW Department of Education (SERAP:2022215), Hunter New England Human Research Ethics Committee (2023/ETH00052) and the Catholic Schools Office. The design, conduct and reporting will adhere to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials statement, the Standards for Reporting Implementation Studies statement and the Template for Intervention Description and Replication checklist. …”
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A cluster randomised controlled trial of an intervention to increase the implementation of school physical activity policies and guidelines: study protocol for the physically activ... by Nicole Nathan, John Wiggers, Adrian E. Bauman, Chris Rissel, Andrew Searles, Penny Reeves, Christopher Oldmeadow, Patti-Jean Naylor, Angie L. Cradock, Rachel Sutherland, Karen Gillham, Bernadette Duggan, Sally Chad, Nicole McCarthy, Matthew Pettett, Rebecca Jackson, Kathryn Reilly, Vanessa Herrmann, Kirsty Hope, Adam Shoesmith, Luke Wolfenden

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