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Exploring The Need For Improvement In A Student Leadership Program, Gregory Hine
Exploring The Need For Improvement In A Student Leadership Program, Gregory Hine
Gregory S.C. Hine
Despite the importance of adolescent leadership development, little research has examined how to improve such programs within a school context. The intention of this article is to explore how one Catholic secondary school developed leadership potential in young adolescents, and how such efforts can be refned and improved in the future. The primary methods for collecting data included focus groups interviews, researcher field notes, and researcher reflective journaling. Based upon these data, the author conceptualised the strengths and shortcomings of the program of leadership being pursued consciously or implicitly by the school, by examining the perspectives held by those students …
Book Review: Paul Collins, Believers: Does Australian Catholicism Have A Future?, University Of New South Wales Press, 2008, Gregory Hine
Book Review: Paul Collins, Believers: Does Australian Catholicism Have A Future?, University Of New South Wales Press, 2008, Gregory Hine
Gregory S.C. Hine
The text Believers: Does Australian Catholicism Have a Future? explores the historical, contemporary, and present role of Roman Catholicism within Australian society. Central to six engaging, challenging, and perhaps controversial chapters is the question: “Is the Church in a state of decline within Australia?” In his book Paul Collins highlights certain aspects of Australian culture and society that have flourished due to the influence of the Church, and critically examines some factors attributed to the apparent “failure” of Catholicism to permeate this same culture fully. Despite his criticism of the localized Church, the author remains optimistic for the future of …