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

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APPRO3 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. -- Adult Video Discussion Series: Adult discussion groups or couples at home would view a video series. The videos and accompanying print materials would examine issues and themes relating Catholic doctrine and principles to contemporary situations, often in a case-study format.   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	40	20.5%	20.5%	-1.44
Definitely promising	79	40.5%	61%	-.29
Somewhat promising	65	33.3%	94.4%	.86
Not promising	9	4.6%	99%	2.01
To be avoided	2	1%	100%	3.16

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	25.8% 8	14.0% 7	23.9% 17	19.0% 8	20.6% 40
Definitely promising	25.8% 8	48.0% 24	39.4% 28	42.9% 18	40.2% 78
Somewhat promising	38.7% 12	34.0% 17	29.6% 21	35.7% 15	33.5% 65
Not promising	6.5% 2	4.0% 2	7.0% 5	0.0% 0	4.6% 9
To be avoided	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	1.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 50	100.0% 71	100.0% 42	194

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Extremely promising	14.3% 4	50.0% 2	16.7% 13	16.7% 6	31.3% 15	20.6% 40
Definitely promising	25.0% 7	0.0% 0	52.6% 41	41.7% 15	33.3% 16	40.7% 79
Somewhat promising	53.6% 15	50.0% 2	26.9% 21	36.1% 13	29.2% 14	33.5% 65
Not promising	7.1% 2	0.0% 0	2.6% 2	5.6% 2	4.2% 2	4.1% 8
To be avoided	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	1.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 4	100.0% 78	100.0% 36	100.0% 48	194

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Extremely promising	20.7% 29	21.6% 11	20.9% 40
Definitely promising	36.4% 51	51.0% 26	40.3% 77
Somewhat promising	37.9% 53	21.6% 11	33.5% 64
Not promising	3.6% 5	5.9% 3	4.2% 8
To be avoided	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 140	100.0% 51	191

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Extremely promising	22.4% 11	31.3% 10	15.4% 4	50.0% 8	13.2% 5	23.6% 38
Definitely promising	40.8% 20	40.6% 13	34.6% 9	25.0% 4	44.7% 17	39.1% 63
Somewhat promising	30.6% 15	28.1% 9	50.0% 13	18.8% 3	39.5% 15	34.2% 55
Not promising	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.3% 1	2.6% 1	1.9% 3
To be avoided	4.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 32	100.0% 26	100.0% 16	100.0% 38	161