Researching Catholic Education Contemporary Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Whittle, Sean (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Church and education.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Education-Philosophy.; Religion and Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Educational Philosophy.

This book presents a range of perspectives on the current state of Catholic education in the opening decades of the twenty-first century. All of the chapters have their origin in an International Conference on Catholic Education, held at Heythrop College (University of London) in September 2016. The...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Dr Sean Whittle
• Part One: The field of Catholic education Studies: Mapping out the terrain
• Chapter 2 New Thinking, New Scholarship and New Research in Catholic Education. Some perspectives on this field of study
• Chapter 3 Diversity and Differentiation in Catholic Education
• Chapter 4 Research and Educational Practice in Catholic Education Studies
• Chapter 5 Catholic identities in Catholic schools: Fragmentation and bricolage
• Part Two: New Thinking about the politics and philosophy of Catholic education
• Chapter 6 Faith Schools in a Secular Society: should they continue?
• Chapter 7 Catholic schools as an expression of political theology
• Chapter 8 The Preferential Option for the Poor and Catholic Schools
• Chapter 9 Catholic schools, Liberalism and Strategies for the Formation of Catholic Identity
• Chapter 10 The ambiguous embrace: The pros and cons of accepting government funding
• Chapter 11 The role of Governors in Catholic Education - a neglected constituency?
• Part Three: New thinking about Catholic school leadership
• Chapter 12 Educational Leadership in Catholic Schools: a practice based theology of vocation
• Chapter 13 Interpreting the Tradition
• Chapter 14 Leadership Among School Children in a Catholic School: A courageous dance of love
• Chapter 15 Getting Embedded Together: New Partnerships for 21st Century Catholic Education
• Part Four: New thinking about Religious Education in Catholic schools
• Chapter 16 Religious Education in Catholic Second-level Schools in Ireland: Drawing on Our Heritage, Living in the Present, Anticipating New Directions
• Chapter 17 RE and Catholic education: A Scottish Perspective
• Chapter 18 Testing Times for Religious Education in Catholic Schools in England and Wales
• Chapter 19 Science and Religion in Catholic education.