Christian Education in Chile: Is the Seventh-Day Adventist System at Risk?

Autor/inn/en	Grajales G., Tevni; Leon V., Vicente H.; Elias, Galiya
Titel	Christian Education in Chile: Is the Seventh-Day Adventist System at Risk?
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Christian Education, 19 (2010) 3, S.224-239 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1065-6219
Schlagwörter	Church Programs; Foreign Countries; Grade 8; Religious Education; Christianity; Religious Cultural Groups; Surveys; Parent Attitudes; Educational Attitudes; Academic Achievement; Decision Making; Skill Development; Biblical Literature; Educational Practices; Athletics; Teacher Characteristics; Health Behavior; Educational Philosophy; Chile + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Christentum; Kirchliche Gruppe; Religionszugehörigkeit; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Elternverhalten; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Schulleistung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Bibel; Bildungspraxis; Leichtathletik; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie
Abstract	Diverse perspectives with respect to Christian Education constitute a potential path for misunderstanding and contradictions; this study considers this situation in the context of a Seventh-day Adventist Christian system with students and parents from different religious perspectives in Chile. The parents/sponsors of the eighth graders were invited to participate in a survey that contained indicators related to social, academic, religious, and spiritual objectives of education in order to indicate the importance attributed to the objective and to evaluate the degree to which the participant saw the school's achievement of the objective. Among the parents/sponsor of the eighth grade students in the Adventist education system in Chile, most (N = 433) gave priority that these objectives: the "student accepts Christ as his personal Savior", "cultivate[s] a daily communion with God", "learns to make appropriate decisions", and that the "Bible be the base of what is taught". There is an overall consensus in granting a moderate degree of importance to objectives of a student learning to "make appropriate decisions", "be academically competent like others in other schools", and "to practice sports." This ranking leaves in last place of importance, "that the teachers be Adventist". Fundamental philosophical importance has been ascribed to objectives such as having Adventist teachers in Adventist classrooms, practicing healthy lifestyle choices, and the importance of manual labor. However these basic objectives seem to be losing their value within the philosophical expectations of the parents/sponsors of eighth-grade students in the Chilean Union. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10