Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University. Missing page 164, 220. / Statement of the problem. It was the purpose of this study (1) to analyze elementary school music objectives and practices specifically recommended by leading music educators, (2) to investigate current music education practices and materials used in the elementary schools of the Archdiocese of Boston, and (3) to evaluate these music practices in their approximation to the recommendations of authoritative writers in music education. Sources of data. The sources of data used in this study included research into the professional writings of leading music educators, learned publications on music education, yearbooks and bulletins of music education associations, as well as periodicals, manuals, guide books, and many unpublished writings including Master's theses and Doctoral dissertations. For the collection of factual data relative to music practices and materials used in the elementary schools of the Archdiocese of Boston, the questionnaire technique was undertaken. Questionnaire forms were distributed to 231 elementary schools of the Boston Archdiocese. A letter addressed to the principal of each school requested her to present one questionnaire to a teacher of grade one or two, one questionnaire to a teacher of grades three or four, and one questionnaire to a teacher of grades five or six. A total of 634 classroom teachers received questionnaires. Two hundred twenty-two schools responded to the questionnaire with a 96.1 percent response. Tabulated forms were improvised for recording the cumulative data according to the respective degree of frequency.[TRUNCATED]

This study traces the development of the system of Catholic systemic schools in the Archdiocese of Sydney from early colonial times to the present, and analyses the perceptions and expectations that a sample of secondary school principals in the System had of the systems level administration in 1985. The development of Catholic schools in the penal colony of New South Wales was extremely slow. The first Catholic school was opened in 1817, and from 1833 to the 'free, secular, and compulsory' education act in New South Wales in 1880, denominational schools received some government grants. When 'state-aid' was withdrawn in 1880, the wonder of education history in Australia was that a separate Catholic school 'system' emerged. This was brought about in large measure by the ability of the Bishops and Clergy to activate the Catholic community, which had been generally apathetic religiously and educationally, and by their recruiting teachers who were members of Religious Congregations both from abroad and locally. The Religious carried the Catholic Schools 'system' in Sydney for some seventy-five years (1880-1955). However, the recruiting of Religious teachers declined from the 1950s. This, together with rapid increases in school population, widening of the curriculum, decreased class sizes and lighter teaching loads brought on a crisis of survival for the Catholic schools. It was averted by the reintroduction of 'State-Aid' and the recruiting and training of lay teachers. Following the Karmel Report of 1973, Commonwealth Government grants and programs grew many fold. In order to cope with the new organisational complexities, including both financial and educational accountability requirements of the government, many of the Catholic schools, which had previously been organised on an individual parish or Religious Congregation basis, joined together to form systems. These Catholic Education Office systems (or CEO systems) rapidly developed administrative bureaucracies. The Sydney CEO System is the largest in Australia with nearly 6000 teachers and over 110,000 pupils. In this process of building an organisational system, the vital role of the school principal is changing. This study examines the responses of twenty-four secondary school principals, in the interview situation, to questions on their perceptions and expectations of the systems level administration. The researcher has analysed the data in the light of some of the literature on motivation theory and theories about complex organisations and has suggested some facets of the systems level administration that need to be addressed if the system is to grow in effectiveness.

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Thesis (M. Div.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, N.Y., 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-61).

The Children's Aid Society of the Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver has now been in existence for forty-eight years. This study reviews its development from its origin in 1905 to the present day. Material for this purpose was collected from the minutes of the Executive Board of the Society, 1905 to 1953; annual reports for the years 1944 to 1948; statutes of British Columbia; personal interviews with the Director; and other related records and literature of the agency. In the course of its existence, the Society has expanded from an organization providing care only to children committed to it by court, to a social welfare agency which cares for both "ward" and "non-ward" children, provides a service to adoptive parents and unmarried mothers, and engages in family and preventive work. This study traces the increased participation of the Provincial Government in financing the Society, and in serving the Catholic population in those areas of British Columbia where the agency does not operate. It also reveals changes in views on child care. At first, most children in need of protection were placed in institutions. Later, emphasis was placed on foster homes. To-day, the agency shares the modern belief that certain children benefit more from institutional than foster home care. An appraisal of the Catholic Children's Aid Society shows that it has filled a definite need in the Catholic community within the overall framework of local agencies. Its efforts, however, have been hampered by a lack of foster and adoption homes, and a shortage of qualified personnel. The record indicates that more effective and continuous interpretation to the community is required if the agency is to improve its services. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate

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This dissertation examines the role the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America played in shaping Greek education in New York City during the period 1959-1979. Beginning in 1959, when Archbishop Iakovos was appointed as the fourth Archbishop by the Ecumenical Patriarch, the Archdiocese focused its attention on expanding and modernizing educational institutions. The Archbishop advocated for a “resurrection of a Greek Orthodox consciousness” in education that would instill knowledge of the Greek language, as well as the historical, cultural, and religious legacy of the Greek Orthodox nation. As parish communities in New York City and the new wave of Greek immigrants heeded the call to build and expand parochial schools over the course of the 1960s and 1970s, the Archdiocese’s Department of Education also sought to modernize its curriculum and books, in addition to the challenging task of upgrading the teacher training program at St. Basil’s Academy. Modernization, however, did not entail assimilation and a diminishing of Hellenism, but a renewal of a Hellenic Orthodox identity within a religiously and ethnically pluralistic society. In part, several factors influenced the educational agenda of the Archdiocese: the historical position of the Church in relation to education, the needs of the new immigrants within the broader context of Greek Americans in the US, and the politics of Greece in relation to Cyprus and Turkey. This study ends in 1979 when shifts in demographics, declining enrollments, and competition with public schools compelled the Archdiocese and parish communities to reassess the future of their educational programs. This work weaves the Greek American immigrant experience into the broader narrative of immigration to New York in the post-1965 period. A more complex and dynamic portrait of Greek American education in New York emerges as well as the central role played by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. The insights from this work contribute the Greek American educational experience to the larger body of scholarship on the history of education in the United States.

This thesis aimed to study the perspectives of religious education coordinators’ in secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Melbourne regarding their management of a particular curriculum change in religious education. The change in question involved a “top down” (Morris, 1995) change to a “text-based curriculum” (Pell, 2001) directed by the Archbishop of Melbourne, who is responsible for religious education in Catholic schools throughout the Archdiocese. Situated within a qualitative paradigm this research utilised grounded theory as a means to identify and analyse the theory generated from interviews with religious education coordinators who were responsible for managing the change. The emergent categories were used to generate new theory in relation to how religious education coordinators managed the curriculum change. Key theories generated from this study included factors that impeded the change such as an inability to understand the theoretical position underpinning the curriculum innovation, and inadequate qualifications to teach religious education. It also generated theory about factors that assisted the management of this change such as time to reflect on practice, and support from school leadership teams. The theory generated was analysed against the existing knowledge about curriculum change in education, textbook use and leadership in religious education. A distinguishing aspect of this research is that it linked the general literature on educational change as it applies to curriculum change, with curriculum change in religious education.The study also proposed some recommendations for future directions and practices concerning the management of curriculum change in religious education in Catholic schools.