Catholic Schools In Australia Essay

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Introduction
This essay will discuss the purpose of Catholic schools and identify the challenges leaders of Catholic schools face in achieving this purpose. Firstly a short exploration of the development of Catholic schools in Australia will provide a brief outline of the changing context that exists with regards to the establishment and the continuation of Catholic schooling. Secondly, key documents will be evaluated in order to establish the purpose of Catholic schools. Finally, based on the discussed purpose of Catholic schools, the challenges faced by leadership in achieving this purpose will be discussed. In comparison to the period when Catholic schooling was established in Australia, the present world is a very different place. Whilst the purpose of Catholic schooling may be fundamentally the same, there are significant challenges which leadership in schools must overcome in order to achieve this purpose.

A brief history of Catholic schools in Australia …show more content…

The Catholic school system in Australia is different to other Catholic School systems around the world as the Australian Catholic school system was founded by poorer members of society, many of them convicts and not educated themselves (Prosser, 2015). Whilst Catholic children were able to attend the government schools, they were not being taught in, or of, the Catholic faith. In response to this, Sisters and Brothers were invited to relocate to Australia in order to establish Catholic schools (Prosser, 2015). The aim of these early Catholic schools in Australia was to educate the poorer class of Catholics, in order to raise them up to take their place in society (Prosser,

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