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The Distinctiveness of Catholic Schools (CULTURE (Core beliefs &…
The Distinctiveness of Catholic Schools
FOUNDING STORY
History of Catholic Education in WA
Stages by Peter Tannock
2. Expansion
Widespread compulsory schooling
Funding per student
100% Government Schools
50% Assisted Schools
Catholic Strategy: 'Expand & Build'
Establish Parish
Lay Teacher
Rent Premises
Raise Funds
Build school before Church
1880-95: Catholic enrolments double
Crisis
Eastern states push for free,
SECULAR
education
Compromised with 1 bible study session per week
= CATHOLIC FUNDING CUT
"...school has to be wholly religious..." (Fogarty.R 1958, Catholic Education In Australia. Cited in Flynn, 1985. P.138)
Bishops commit
Maintaining Catholic faith
Helping young Catholics
Catholic thought in society
Demand for more Catholic Schools
Offered superior education
3. Struggle
Recovery
Parish obliged to maintain Catholic Schools
Parents encouraged toward Catholic Schools
No payments
Fundraising
School Fees
Generosity of Catholic Community
Crowded capacity
State establishes Education department
1st Gov Secondary school
1911 Perth Modern School
Demand
Growth continues
Immigrants influx pushes for more Catholic Schools
Causes harsh teaching methods
Becomes in Secondary
'State Aid for Catholics'
Members of Church ageing/exhausted
Catholic Response
1950s political campaigns
1962 strike
1965 First trickle of state funding
1969 step towards per capita funding
1971 media reports Catholic schools crisis in WA
4. New Directions
1972 Political Response
PM recommends federal aid to non-government schools
Aid determined on 'NEED' not per capita
Equal resources for ALL schools
Catholic Schools were most resource deficient
1975
- federal aid to non-gov schools
to low resource/high needs schools
= CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
1979-
Catholic schools recieve 50% Commenwealth funding
1980s
- nearly all Catholic schools receive State funding
Catholic Response
New Structures
Bishops of WA
Catholic Education Commission of WA (CECWA)
Catholic Education WA (Perth)
Regional offices
Broome
Geraldton
Bunbury
Funding
50% Commonwealth
Varies on economic status
25% State
25% Parents
Changes
Significant funding introduced
Bishops established directly into Catholic System for support
Well qualified teachers
Re-emergence of laity
Better resourced than ever
1. Beginnings
1st Catholic School
St Johns College for Boys
Perth Free Roman Catholic Boys School
1846- First Catholic Girls school
Early
aims for
ALL
Catholic Schools
Teach Catholic Faith
Develop Catholic culture & Identity
Contribute to society
CULTURE
Core beliefs & Values
What the school stands for
Examples:
Faith in Jesus Christ
Values of Gospel
Catholic faith and teachings
View of the school's role as part of the Catholic Church
View purpose of education
View of human person
Traditions
Founding stories
Symbols
Visible expressions of core beliefs and values
Religious Symbols
Cross
Art
Statues
Buildings
School Identity
Mottoes, badges, unifroms
Magazines, newsletters, honour boards
School Ceremonies
Assemblies, graduations, end of year awards
Sacramental celebrations
Physical & Relational Enviornment
Point to depper realities
Ethos, Influence, Spirit
Rituals
Ways of living out core beliefs
Patterns of Relationship
Sense of community/family
Sense of belonging
Sense of safety/security
Sense of being valued as an individual
Patterns of Discipline
Constructive based relationship
School & classroom routines
Rituals of religious development
Liturgy & Prayer
JESUS OF NAZARETH
God revealing himself through human experience
Apprehend God through
People
Places
Events
Creative universe
JESUS CHRIST
Evangelises
Catholic schools connect Church, Gospel of Jesus Christ to world of today
Privileged places where young learn about 'GOOD NEWS' of salvation
Transforming humanity
Telling story of Jesus
What do we know?
What sources?
Old Testament
New Testament
Acts of apostles
4 Gospels
Roman Historians, Jewish Historians
His land, llife time, His people
Birth
Call
Kingdom of God
His mission
Teachings
Mircales
Mighty Acts
Healing
His Resurrection (not the end of story)
JESUS
Central to Catholic schools
Why?
Core beleifs
Symbols
Traditions
Rituals
Builds their culture/ethos
IT IS WHAT MAKES CATHOLIC SCHOOLS SO DISTINCT
CURRICULUM
Schools mission
Educate
Transmission
Curriculum>Teacher>Student
Transaction
Transaction between 3
Transformation
Development of whole learner, person, integrating inner and outer worlds
This is a distinctive and native quality to Catholic Schools
Catholic Vision/Mission for education
Development of whole person (transformational learning)
Embrace all dimensions of person
Spiritual religious meaning: 'Spirit'
Sensorimotor: able to do: 'hands'
Cognitive: to know & understand: 'head'
Affective: to value: 'heart'
Catholic Ed based on belief of human person as religious dimension in harmony with all other facets
Unique meaning to education
Integrating religious education within all education
What is curriculum?
All experiences of student
Unique to CATHOLIC CURRICULUM
'total life' of school
All experiences
Opportunities
Christian development
More than syllabus
Explicit/implicit
Null
Formal curriculum
Informal curriculum
Catholic Curriculum
Centred around JESUS CHRIST
Curriculum
Policy
Environment
= Whole person enhanced through Religious dimension
Evangelise
GOOD NEWS
Harmony, respect for self, relationship with God
Elements of evangelisation
Christian witness
Integrate Catholic mission, faith and culture as
ONE
Distinctive Gospel Values
8 learning areas NEED to contribute to evangelisation
Again, develop the WHOLE person
Exhibited by
JESUS OF NAZARETH
Deed and witness, Jesus gave meaning to values of;
Freedom
ALL values taught and learned in Catholic Schools and THESE contribute to total school life
Reinforced through school rituals, traditions and part of culture
Peace
Love
Justice
Hope
Prayer
Service
Concern for neglected
God's kingdom
Forgivness
Religious Education
Understanding of Gospel
1st priority
Form of ministry of World- Act of Evangelisation
Complements catechesis
Intended Curriculum
Principles
Centred on student
Human quest for truth
Value of all human learning
Absolute values
Religious dimension of human learning
Knowledge offered in spirit of service
Knowledge brings responsibility