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Catholic Education: Universal Principles, Locally Applied
Author(s): Andrew B. Morris (Author, Editor)
- Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Publication Date: 4 April 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 210 pages
- ISBN-10: 1443836346
- ISBN-13: 9781443836340
Book Description
This collection of essays is concerned with the Catholic Church’s understanding of the nature of human flourishing and the processes of education that flow from it. Each essay seeks, in its own way, to explore, illustrate and provide insights into the application of Catholic education policy and practice in differing socio/legislative circumstances. The book is divided into three main sections. The first explores Catholic teaching on education, its ethical basis and the Christo-centred nature of Catholic school leadership. The second considers some of the structural characteristics of Catholic educational systems in England, the United States of America and Jordan. The third section illustrates, in a series of case studies, how the universal precepts underpinning Catholic education are implemented in a variety of national and international contexts.
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About the Author
Andrew B. Morris has been a teacher and headteacher, a chairman of governors of both primary and secondary Catholic schools, a member of several School Organisation Committees and Deputy Director of Schools of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. He is the Director of the Centre for Christian Education at Liverpool Hope University, an Associate Member of the National Institute for Christian Education Research at Canterbury Christ Church University and a part-time tutor at the Maryvale Institute of Religious Sciences, Birmingham.
