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‘Catholic schooling with a twist?’: a study of faith schooling in the Republic of Ireland during a period of detraditionalisation
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Date Issued
2017-09-04
Date Available
2019-04-09T10:48:47Z
Abstract
The role and impact of religion and faith based schools are increasingly debated within a wider context of school reform, rights and plurality in multi-ethnic societies. Ireland represents an interesting case study internationally because of the extent to which Catholic education is structurally embedded as normative across the education system. Yet, Ireland is in a process of detraditionalisation and wider societal changes are occurring. Drawing on Bourdieu and Bernstein, and a mixed methodological study of Catholic secondary schools in one archdiocese, we present a typology of Catholic schooling in transition. This identifies a continuum of Catholicity (from strong to weak) among our study schools that is mediated by dynamics of social class in an increasingly competitive and diverse system. We argue this has implications for considering the role of a recontextualised model of Catholic faith schooling, underpinned by principles of social justice in a multicultural and more secularly oriented society.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Journal
Cambridge Journal of Education
Volume
48
Issue
4
Start Page
461
End Page
477
Copyright (Published Version)
© 2017 University of Cambridge
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0305-764X
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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