Date of Publication
2008
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Education Major in Educational Leadership and Management
Subject Categories
Educational Leadership
College
Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education
Department/Unit
Educational Leadership and Management
Thesis Adviser
Adelaida L. Bago
Defense Panel Chair
Roberto T. Borromeo
Defense Panel Member
Sherlyne Almonte Acosta
Perlita M. Jamoralin
Ernesto L. Bumatay
Teresa P. Yasa
Abstract/Summary
The presence of the Catholic educational institutions owned and managed by the Religious Congregations in the Philippine educational milieu is a recognized reality today. In this kind of set up, the most number of work forces are coming from the laity even in the area of school management and leadership. The religious sisters, brothers, or fathers remained out numbered because of the demands of other apostolate of the Congregation. Despite this, it has been difficult to construct a systematic lay empowerment process in educational institutions due to insufficient empirical data available. In the literature, the concentration of lay empowerment is on the parish settings, not much in the academe. In this study, the religious and lay participants understanding and experiences of the process of empowerment were analysed through categorizing their responses and forming propositions in order to clearly comprehend the concept of empowerment as done in the Catholic school setting. Five major dimensions of lay empowerment were identified and explained that comprise the framework in understanding lay empowerment in educational institutions owned and managed by religious congregations. These are (a) nature of empowerment, (b) process of empowerment, (c) attributes of empowered lay leaders, (d) attributes of empowered organization, and (e) indicators of lay empowerment. The study revealed that these five areas are needed in the formulation of a framework in understanding lay empowerment in educational institutions. This framework can help the many existing Catholic Schools in the country owned and managed by vi religious who would like to institutionalize lay empowerment in their educative mission with lay as their partners.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Electronic
Accession Number
CDTG004772
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
x, 218 leaves ; 28 cm.
Keywords
School management and organization--Philippines; Congregational universities and colleges--Philippines; Christian leadership--Philippines; Catholic universities and colleges--Philippines
Recommended Citation
Borbon, M. A. (2008). Towards an understanding of the phenomenon lay empowerment in congregational schools in the Philippines. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/299
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