Faculty of Education - Theses

Permanent URI for this collection

http://hdl.handle.net/11343/162

Filters

2001 1
Reset filters

Settings
Statistics
Citations
Author: Casey, Peter Michael × End date: 2008 × Start date: 2000 × Type: PhD thesis × Subject: Australia ×

Search Results

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Item
    Thumbnail Image
    The systematic delivery of Catholic schooling in Australia: Catholic school systems as living organisations
    Casey, Peter Michael ( 2001)
    This research investigates the systematic provision of Catholic schooling across Australia through the state, territory and diocesan systems of education. It sets out to determine the manner in which the problems faced by the seemingly independent and autonomous schools within the Catholic sector in the early 1970s have been addressed in the systematisation of the delivery of Catholic education. The research was based on a multi-site case study of the sector which involved data collection through interviews with system leaders in 25 Catholic dioceses and was supported by surveys of school principals in every diocese as well as a collection of documents over the period of the study. The study identifies the organisational models and the operational principles evident in the modern systems and investigates the functioning of the localised systems in terms of personnel and resource allocation. Practices within the systems generally align with the theoretical and rhetorical Church statements but the study isolates a number of areas, particularly in the areas of authority, governance and decision making, where there is a clash of priorities between local autonomy and collective wellbeing. The data gathered through interviews and surveys clarify the current challenges facing the sector including the anticipated outcomes of Catholic schooling, the inclusiveness of the systems and the relationship between the systems and the local church.