Making Catholic Schools Research Relevant

Assessing Contemporary Trends in the Field of Catholic Education

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9735555
AutoresAndrew F Miller (0000-0002-4715-0650, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, autor correspondente), Kevin J Burke (0000-0003-0941-0113, University of Georgia, Athens, GA)
Ano2023
Volume52
Fascículo1
Páginas39-47
Data de publicação2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
EditoraAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x221136560
OpenAlexW4311487531
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas54

Despite the outsized influence the Catholic school sector in the United States has on policymaking, research into the organization of Catholic schools has not kept pace with contemporary educational research trends. In this brief paper, we diagnose how conceptual and empirical decisions made within the field of Catholic education resulted in the field’s relative isolation from other research communities and highlight additional explanations for the diminished relevance of research into Catholic schooling in the United States in recent years. Following this diagnosis and synthesis, we argue that Catholic educational research would be enhanced by considering contemporary organizational and policy research trends and propose new directions that may allow U.S. Catholic school researchers to increase their field’s relevance

Educational research · Empirical research · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Pace · Political science · Public relations · Relevance (law · Social science · Sociology · Catholicism and Religious Studies · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Law · Public Administration · Religious Education and Schools