Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1999
Publication Source
Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice
Abstract
Focus groups conducted with students, parents, teachers, and alumni (N=540) at 13 Catholic Marianist high schools provided rich insights into the experience and meaning of the education provided at these institutions. While academic excellence was a common thread woven across meaning given by both parents and teachers, students and alumni articulated a meaning replete with images of belonging. That these schools valued persons holistically (rather than solely academically) permeated most groups. Using theories of organizational culture as the foundation, the relationship between missions and the meaning of life in these schools is discussed.
Inclusive pages
410-428
ISBN/ISSN
2164-0246
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 International License.
Publisher
Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice
Volume
2
Issue
4
Peer Reviewed
yes
eCommons Citation
Ridenour, Carolyn; Demmitt, Alan; and Lindsey-North, Jill L., "The Experience and Meaning of a Marianist Education Today: A National High School Study of Mission and School Culture" (1999). Educational Leadership Faculty Publications. 106.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/eda_fac_pub/106
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Comments
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The journal's title was changed to Journal of Catholic Education.