2007-09-23 14:51:26 · 13 answers · asked by Loulou 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
The greatest challenge to Catholic education in the United States today, and the greatest contribution that authentically Catholic education can make to American culture, is to restore to that culture the conviction that human beings can grasp the truth of things, and in grasping that truth can know their duties to God, to themselves and their neighbors. The contemporary world urgently needs the service of educational institutions which uphold and teach that truth is “that fundamental value without which freedom, justice and human dignity are extinguished
Closely following papal teaching, the Holy See’s documents on schools insist on the principle that education is about discovering truth both in its natural and supernatural dimensions: “The school considers human knowledge as a truth to be discovered. In the measure in which subjects rare taught by someone who knowingly and without restraint seeks the truth, they are to that extent Christian. Discovery and awareness of truth leads man to the discovery of Truth itself.”[51]
For the most part, Catholic schools conform to required curricula, but they implement their programs within an overall religious perspective. This perspective includes criteria such as “confidence in our ability to attain truth, at least in a limited way - a confidence based not on feeling but on faith . . . [and] the ability to make judgments about what is true and what is false.”[52] Convictions about truth are at home in authentically Catholic schools.
2007-09-23 15:06:51 · answer #1 · answered by lissetterodriguez1104 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about this being a question, but I will try to help. You would think that one of the richest churches in the world would pay their teachers a better wage, but as with all teaching positions, you have to be dedicated & really like what you are doing and or have a job on the side. I sold art on the side & worked at an Art Gallery on weekends, because even teaching college was not very high pay for the amount of education & money that is put into just getting your BA or BS in teaching. So my suggestion is to find a weekend job that pays well and doesn't kill you, so much, because on Mondays you need to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed to meet the demands of teaching. I found this link which I think might help you in the future.
http://www.familywatchdog.us
2007-09-23 16:21:09 · answer #2 · answered by ♫ Bubastes, Cat Goddess♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your greatest challenge is realizing that your students are paying customers and that the school will go to extreme lengths to keep their customers happy. The other challenge is living your life as a role model under great scrutiny.
2007-09-23 15:24:26 · answer #3 · answered by curious K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dealing with parents who are Catholic in name only.
2007-09-23 14:56:40 · answer #4 · answered by Robert S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holding steadfast to Catholic tradition while also being relevent to life in today's world.
2007-09-23 15:28:25 · answer #5 · answered by Monica Sardonica 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you teach conformity to rules and regulations while at the same time allowing for creativity and free thinking?
2007-09-24 00:07:08 · answer #6 · answered by DrIG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pay is lower than the public school. Other than that, the academics stay the same.
2007-09-23 14:55:06 · answer #7 · answered by Antonio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be careful, buy your own Big ruler, and use moderation when drinking with the Sisters.
2007-09-23 15:02:44 · answer #8 · answered by RT 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would think it would be the restrictions of how and what you can teach due to belifes.
2007-09-23 15:45:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
...parents who don't know eneough about the Church's teachings to be their children's primary catechists....and then complain when I instill true Church teaching in their children.
2007-09-24 04:11:16 · answer #10 · answered by Mommy_to_seven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋