Exploring Potential Connections between Philadelphia-Area Catholic High School Experiences and Graduates' Later Life Pathways: Are These Schools Helping to Shape Service-Oriented Citizens? / Patricia Boyle.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Boyle, Patricia, author.

Contributor:

Johanek, Michael C., degree supervisor.

DeFlaminis, John A., degree committee member.

Campano, H. Gerald, degree committee member.

University of Pennsylvania. Educational and Organizational Leadership, degree granting institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership.

Secondary education.

Religious education.

Educational and Organizational Leadership--Penn dissertations.

Penn dissertations--Educational and Organizational Leadership.

Local Subjects:

Educational leadership.

Secondary education.

Religious education.

Educational and Organizational Leadership--Penn dissertations.

Penn dissertations--Educational and Organizational Leadership.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 pages)

Contained In:

Dissertation Abstracts International 79-01A(E).

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]: University of Pennsylvania ; Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2017.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

As the continuous search for educational alternatives in Philadelphia intensifies, one only has to look at the current landscape, our surrounding communities, and fiscal pressures to appreciate the need for better alternatives to our public system. This study examines one such "alternative," though long-standing education model, Philadelphia's Catholic schools. Within these schools, perhaps we have leaders and a system that may be positioned to play an even greater role in providing a set of experiences that may impact the later life pathways of graduates, potentially predisposing them to community or civic service interests in their adult lives. I have completed an analysis of recollections of Catholic high school graduates across multiple graduation eras and collected insights from their narratives, to help illuminate those potential connection points. Further, unlike many previous longitudinal and correlational studies, in both Catholic and secular schools, I have conducted qualitative research to map earlier student experiences to current-day life practices and dispositions. Through surveys, one-on-one interviews and a focus group with graduates of Philadelphia's area high schools, I am surfacing findings to determine if graduates are embracing certain values from their experiences and whether and how this may have helped shaped their civic and community interests years later.

Notes:

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-01(E), Section: A.

Advisors: Michael C. Johanek; Committee members: H. Gerald Campano; John A. DeFlaminis.

Department: Educational and Organizational Leadership.

Ed.D. University of Pennsylvania 2017.

Local Notes:

School code: 0175

ISBN:

9780355219043

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.