Religion and Reproduction in an Australian Catholic School.

Autor/in	Angus, Lawrence B.
Titel	Religion and Reproduction in an Australian Catholic School.
Quelle	(1985), (41 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Catholic Schools; Comparative Education; Curriculum; Educational History; Educational Objectives; Educational Practices; Educational Research; Ethnography; Foreign Countries; Religion; Religious Education; Secondary Education; Social Mobility; Socioeconomic Status; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Katholische Schule; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Ethnografie; Ausland; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Sekundarbereich; Soziale Mobilität; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Australien
Abstract	An ethnographic study of a primary and secondary Australian Catholic boys school--the Christian Brothers College (CBC)--examined the historical relationship between Catholic schools, Catholic religious formation, and social mobility in Australia. The methodology used includes classroom observation, interviews, participation in social and religious activities, and analysis of documents. Results include the following: religious education at CBC competes unfavorably with academic priorities; the overwhelming academic emphasis of the school, coupled with a restrictive entrance policy and the historical emphasis on social mobility, denies an absolute priority for religious formation; coordination of religious education is vague and remote; religion is regarded as a discrete subject unit. The historical task of educating Catholic youth for social mobility is seen as part of the apostolate of the Christian Brothers to serve the needy. However, this mission of service has become a conservative reproductive mission--one of equipping middle class Catholics to take their places in a predominantly middle class society. Students are not taught to question the social order. (RM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC