Minority Religious Practices: The Need for Awareness and Knowledge

✍ Scribed by NINA RIBAK-ROSENTHAL; CONNIE M. KANE

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 633 KB
• Volume: 43
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0160-7960
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-007x.1999.tb00136.x

✦ Synopsis

This study was conducted to investigate whether educators have knowledge regarding various religious groups. Results indicated that few educators possess knowledge of (a) which holidays are religious in nature and would necessitate that children be absent from school, (b) religious prohibitions and restrictions, and (c) the names of prophets and founders of various religions. Although significant differences in knowledge were found between educators who had completed a course in religion and those who had not completed such a course, completion of a multicultural education course did not produce significant differences. Recommendations for acquisition of knowledge, techniques, and strategies are also included.

Nina Ribak-Rosenthal, recently deceased, was a professor, and