| Summary: | Thesis (MPhil (Education))--St Augustine College of South Africa, 2006. === One of the fundamental aspects of my work as Religious Education Coordinator of
an Independent Catholic School in South Africa is to ensure that the vision and
distinctive character of the school in which I work is aligned to the vision for
Catholic Schools as described by Church documents'and other leading authors on
the subject. Every member of the teaching staff employed by the Independent
Catholic School (The School), has to sign a contract in which is included the
sentence: "The Teacher has an obligation to respect, promote and support the
Catholic Ethos and the special character of the School". This obligation is based
on the assumption that the daily practice of teachers is a critical element
contributing to the ethos of The School.
The Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education, in its document The Catholic
School (1977), states that: "By their witness and their behaviour teachers are of
the first importance to impart a distinctive character to Catholic Schools" (#78).
More recently, Me Laughlin states: "Every teacher, it has been argued, can and
should make some sort of contribution to this distinctiveness [of the school] and
this contribution should feature in their formal appraisal" (Mc Laughlin 1999: 73).
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