From checkpoints to classrooms: the managerial challenges facing Catholic school leaders in East Jerusalem and the West Bank and their relation to and influence on school Catholicity

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dc.contributor.authorBurwell, Jeffrey S.
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeStapleton, John (Education) Szathmáry, Emőke J. E. (Anthropology) Starratt, Robert (Boston College)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorCreamer, David (Education)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-20T18:17:00Z
dc.date.available2012-07-20T18:17:00Z
dc.date.issued2012-07-20
dc.degree.disciplineEducationen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis identifies the managerial challenges facing Catholic school leaders in East Jerusalem and the West Bank and isolates those that have a relation to and influence on school Catholicity. Data were collected from 14 schools using a non-experimental, descriptive design that involved interviews with school leaders as well as conversations with staff members or teachers. To nuance all discussions and to provide concrete examples, observations of school operations and evaluation of institutional documents occurred. Analysis of the data revealed 10 functions, tasks, and behaviours (collectively called managerial challenges) that Catholic school leaders regularly carry out. Once these were identified, they were compared to the elements of school Catholicity described by Thomas Groome. A discussion about the managerial challenges facing administrators revealed that Catholic schools of East Jerusalem and the West Bank reflect one area of excellence, four areas of growth, and three areas of concern. This seven-chapter thesis was undertaken to show the collective challenges facing Catholic school leaders in East Jerusalem and the West Bank and to provide insight into how these might affect local Catholic education in the future.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2012en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/8111
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectCatholicen_US
dc.subjectadministrationen_US
dc.subjectPalestineen_US
dc.subjectEast Jerusalemen_US
dc.subjectWest Banken_US
dc.titleFrom checkpoints to classrooms: the managerial challenges facing Catholic school leaders in East Jerusalem and the West Bank and their relation to and influence on school Catholicityen_US
dc.typedoctoral thesisen_US
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