Dr Rose Anne Cuschieri
Director for Church Schools
The continuous rise in demand for faith-based schools is a clear phenomenon . Such schools are perceived as contributing not only to choice and diversity but also to the raising of educational standards. This appears to be due to an increasing influential theory which states that schools with a strong ‘spiritual capital’ can raise student achievement. Defined by Caldwell as “the strength of moral purpose and the degree of coherence among values, beliefs and attitudes about life and learning” (2008, p. 241), spiritual capital seems to be the force behind this occurrence. In a time which is described by most as ‘post-modernity’ what exactly would be the role of the educator in catholic schools? How can educators go beyond the curricular and the academic?
Catholic Education Project 