Constructing National Identity in Canadian and Australian Classrooms
Constructing National Identity in Canadian and Australian Classrooms

Author: Stephen Jackson

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-06-06

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 3319894021

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This book explores the evolution of Canadian and Australian national identities in the era of decolonization by evaluating educational policies in Ontario, Canada, and Victoria, Australia. Drawing on sources such as textbooks and curricula, the book argues that Britishness, a sense of imperial citizenship connecting white Anglo-Saxons across the British Empire, continued to be a crucial marker of national identity in both Australia and Canada until the late 1960s and early 1970s, when educators in Ontario and Victoria abandoned Britishness in favor of multiculturalism. Chapters explore how textbooks portrayed imperialism, the close relationship between religious education and Britishness, and efforts to end assimilationist Anglocentrism and promote equality in education. The book contributes to British World scholarship by demonstrating how decolonization precipitated a massive search for identity in Ontario and Victoria that continues to challenge educators and policy-makers today.

International Handbook of Catholic Education
International Handbook of Catholic Education

Author: Gerald Grace

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-12-07

Total Pages: 905

ISBN-13: 1402057768

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Knowledge of Catholic educational scholarship and research has been largely confined to specific national settings. Now is the time to bring together this scholarship. This is the first international handbook on Catholic educational scholarship and research. The unifying theme of the Handbook is ‘Catholic Education: challenges and responses’ in a number of international settings. In addition to analyzing the largest faith-based educational system worldwide, the book also critically examines contemporary issues such as church-state relations and the impact of secularization and globalization.

Educator's Guide to Catholic Identity
Educator's Guide to Catholic Identity

Author: Paul Sharkey

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9780987306036

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If you are a principal, staff member, parent, parish leader or someone in the community who believes in the potential of Catholic education, this book seeks to explore the religious identity question that is so critical in our schools.

Society, Schools and Progress in Australia
Society, Schools and Progress in Australia

Author: P. H. Partridge

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2014-05-17

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 148318630X

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Society, Schools, and Progress in Australia focuses on the principles, methodologies, practices, and measures employed in education in Australia. The book first offers information on historical influences and organization of public education. Discussions focus on local communities and schools, teaching in state schools, administration within states, educational policy, secondary education, geographical and social background, centralization, question of state aid, and background of the education acts. The book then ponders on schools and society, pattern of higher education, and teachers. Topics include economic change, organization of technical education, future development of technical colleges, adult education, diversification of tertiary education, teaching in universities, and reorganization of secondary education. The text examines education and national growth, including changing balance of the federation, social teaching, quality of teachers, aspects of national development, and social change and educational change. The manuscript is a dependable reference for students, teachers, and educators wanting to study the form of education in Australia.

The Ethical Dimensions of School Leadership
The Ethical Dimensions of School Leadership

Author: P.T. Begley

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-04-11

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0306482037

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This book about valuation processes in educational administration has a particular focus on the notions community and professionalism. The topic is addressed comprehensively bringing together the work of some of the best-known and most respected philosophers, theorists and researchers working in this field. It will be of interest to university faculty, graduate students and educational administrators.