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‘Improving our Aim’

‘Improving our Aim’. Catholic School Ethos Today By Joseph McCann. Leadership and ethos. “… without energetic, focused and wide-ranging engagement by leadership, ethos cannot be initiated nor continued.”. 3. Schools Compared. Four points of comparison Reference Relationship Purpose

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‘Improving our Aim’

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  1. ‘Improving our Aim’ Catholic School Ethos Today By Joseph McCann

  2. Leadership and ethos • “… without energetic, focused and wide-ranging engagement by leadership, ethos cannot be initiated nor continued.”

  3. 3. Schools Compared • Four points of comparison • Reference • Relationship • Purpose • Product • Leading to Ideal Types

  4. Ideal Types of Max Weber • “Ideal Type” is meant to clarify concepts • It is not an “ideal” meaning “unreal perfection” • But “idea-al” meaning “embodying an idea”

  5. The Religious School • Religions establish schools for religious reasons • Religious reasons lead to educational reasons. • Different religions have different reasons.

  6. Educational approaches of the major religious traditions…

  7. Educational approaches of the major Christian traditions…

  8. Catholic Education • The Word and the World reveal God • Faith and works redeem Christians • Church and School are linked closely

  9. The Christian School • Reference: Church • Relationship: Communal • Purpose: Redemption • Product: Disciple

  10. 4. Christian Schools Compared • Five Christ-Culture Relationships (Richard Nieburh) • Four Modes of Religious Presence (Hartford Research)

  11. Five Relationships of Christ with Culture • Against Culture • Within Culture • Above Culture • Paradox with Culture • Transforming Culture

  12. Christ Against Culture

  13. Christ Within Culture

  14. Christ Above Culture

  15. Christ in Paradox with Culture

  16. Christ Transforming Culture

  17. Four Modes of Religious Presence • Activist Presence • Evangelist Presence • Sanctuary Presence • Civic Presence

  18. Activist Presence

  19. Evangelist Presence

  20. Sanctuary Presence

  21. Civic Presence

  22. Activist -Service - Diakonia

  23. Evangelizing- Proclaiming - Kerygma

  24. Sanctuary-Worship –Leiturgia

  25. Civic - Celebrating Community - Koinonia

  26. Five Types of Christian School Ethos • Fundamentalist School • Serving School • Proclaiming School • Worshipping School • Community School

  27. Fundamentalist School Christ Against Culture • Discourage media values • Little ecumenism or collaboration • Religious lessons drawn from secular subjects

  28. Serving School Christ transforming Culture • Stress on justice and equality issues • Social outreach for school and pupils • Critical interest in politics and history

  29. Proclaiming School Christ in Paradox to Culture • Explicit Witness in public • Stress on religious formation • Emphasis on explicit voluntarism

  30. Worshipping School Christ Above Culture • Place and time for liturgies • Sacred art and music stressed • Retreats and reflection / prayer promoted

  31. Community School Christ within Culture • Acceptance of cultural values • Ease with national politics • Stress on school climate and pupil development

  32. 5. Exploring your School Ethos • Proclaiming? • Worshipping? • Serving? • Community?

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