ABSTRACT

The article addresses the role played by Catholic schools in promoting human dignity among young people. This is a study of Catholic/public high schools in Santa Clara County, California, the USA. It involves qualitative research conducted in public and Catholic private high schools. A comparison of the research results for these two school types shows the Catholic private high schools included in the research have a significant impact on both understanding of the concept of human dignity and promoting human dignity among the young students who attend these schools. In this regard, the research results reveal that legislation and thus administration play an important role in promoting human dignity through the education system. The legislative level is thus able to substantially accelerate/impede the efforts of the education system to adapt to not only social dynamics and changes but the prevalent tendencies of individuals, religion and society.

摘要

这篇文章探讨了天主教学校在促进年轻人的人格尊严方面所发挥的作用。这是一项针对美国加利福尼亚州圣克拉拉县天主教/公立高中的研究。它涉及在公立和天主教私立高中进行的定性研究。对这两种学校类型的研究结果进行比较表明，研究中的天主教私立高中对就读这些学校的年轻学生对人类尊严概念的理解和促进人类尊严都产生了重大影响。在这方面，研究结果表明立法和行政在通过教育系统促进人的尊严方面发挥着重要作用。