Toward Shaping the Agenda: A National Survey of Catholic Religious Education, Survey of Diocesan Leaders, 1993

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APPRO2 One purpose of this study is to contribute to planning for the future of Catholic religious education. Sketched briefly here are several possibilities or new approaches. Please give your rating on each of these possibilities. -- Regional Team Approach: Parents whose children/youth are not in Catholic schools would sign up their children/youth for 2-3 intensive one-day sessions per year. These small group sessions (30-40 students) would be intensive, well-designed sessions conducted with top-quality presentation/video materials in a well-equipped facility. Each four-member regional catechetical team would work full time in the preparation and delivery of these sessions (40 per year). The costs would be paid for chiefly by parent fees.   1) Extremely promising   2) Definitely promising   3) Somewhat promising   4) Not promising   5) To be avoided

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Extremely promising	12	6.1%	6.1%	-2.09
Definitely promising	36	18.4%	24.5%	-1.15
Somewhat promising	66	33.7%	58.2%	-.21
Not promising	61	31.1%	89.3%	.74
To be avoided	21	10.7%	100%	1.68

Variable Comparisons

Tenure Vocation Education Number of students

Tenure (I-TENURE)

	Less than two years	2-4 years	5-10 years	Over 10 years	TOTAL
Extremely promising	3.2% 1	5.9% 3	9.9% 7	2.4% 1	6.2% 12
Definitely promising	12.9% 4	21.6% 11	19.7% 14	16.7% 7	18.5% 36
Somewhat promising	38.7% 12	23.5% 12	35.2% 25	38.1% 16	33.3% 65
Not promising	32.3% 10	33.3% 17	28.2% 20	33.3% 14	31.3% 61
To be avoided	12.9% 4	15.7% 8	7.0% 5	9.5% 4	10.8% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 51	100.0% 71	100.0% 42	195

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Extremely promising	7.1% 2	0.0% 0	7.7% 6	2.8% 1	6.1% 3	6.2% 12
Definitely promising	7.1% 2	25.0% 1	17.9% 14	27.8% 10	16.3% 8	17.9% 35
Somewhat promising	46.4% 13	50.0% 2	37.2% 29	25.0% 9	26.5% 13	33.8% 66
Not promising	28.6% 8	25.0% 1	32.1% 25	33.3% 12	30.6% 15	31.3% 61
To be avoided	10.7% 3	0.0% 0	5.1% 4	11.1% 4	20.4% 10	10.8% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 4	100.0% 78	100.0% 36	100.0% 49	195

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Extremely promising	5.7% 8	7.7% 4	6.3% 12
Definitely promising	17.1% 24	21.2% 11	18.2% 35
Somewhat promising	34.3% 48	30.8% 16	33.3% 64
Not promising	30.7% 43	32.7% 17	31.3% 60
To be avoided	12.1% 17	7.7% 4	10.9% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 52	192

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Extremely promising	4.1% 2	9.4% 3	14.8% 4	12.5% 2	2.6% 1	7.4% 12
Definitely promising	26.5% 13	9.4% 3	22.2% 6	18.8% 3	7.9% 3	17.3% 28
Somewhat promising	34.7% 17	40.6% 13	22.2% 6	37.5% 6	36.8% 14	34.6% 56
Not promising	26.5% 13	34.4% 11	33.3% 9	18.8% 3	36.8% 14	30.9% 50
To be avoided	8.2% 4	6.3% 2	7.4% 2	12.5% 2	15.8% 6	9.9% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 32	100.0% 27	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	162