VOLUME 20 NUMBER 1 MARCH 2002

CONTENTS

Editorial 1

Feature articles

Anthony H. R. ChittendenA Pastoral Care Teacher’s Theory of Action,Interactive Thinking and EffectiveTeaching Practice 3

Wai Ming Cheung and Hector W. H. TsangIntegrating Western and Chinese EducationalTheories: A Case Study of Implementing aQuality Student Leadership (QSL) Programmein a Secondary School in Hong Kong 11

Christopher MeehanPromoting Spiritual Development in theCurriculum 16

John WilsonPunishment and Pastoral Care 25

Florence Kulundu and Mary HaydenCreativity, Action, Service (CAS) Activities asPart of the International Baccalaureate DiplomaProgramme: A Case Study 30

Update 37

People and Perspectives 38

EDITORIAL

This volume opens with the implementation of therefereeing option that some authors can and dochoose. If an article has been peer refereed it willappear with a R in the corner. There are no bookreviews in this edition. This edition is a mix of topic,country and author.

Anthony Chittenden’s article is a discussion of hisresearch in an Australian school as to how teachersview action and practice in their pastoral role. Thisis an important topic for exploration as this area isunder-researched and under-discussed these days.Wai Ming Cheung and Hector Tsang explore theintegration of Chinese and Western educationaltheories. They show at the beginning that there aresimilarities between the educational issues in HongKong and in the UK. This is not the first time that thisparallel has shown itself. The issues of putting onepart of the system under pressure – the academicside – and then seeing consequences appear is onethat has also shown itself here. They debate theconsequences of children appearing to show signs ofstress and disassociation when they cannot achievethe academic success demanded by teachers andparents. In an attempt to address this problem theauthors describe how the students were encouragedto take responsibility for this area of their lives.Western and Chinese thought was drawn on in theimplementation of this.

Christopher Meehan engages in a rich discussion ofthe definition of and rationale for spiritual education.He takes a wide and interesting view of the territoryand argues for the informing of a lot of what we doto be informed by the spiritual. He looks at howdifferent subjects can contribute and be enriched. JohnWilson writes a very challenging piece on pastoralcare and punishment and I look forward to receiv-ing some responses to this article. I would in factencourage them! He tackles the central question ofwhether concerns relating to the care and support ofpupils can be reconciled with concerns relating topunishment and blame. He argues that punishment isan essential part of education and care.

The final article by Florence Kulundu and MaryHayden focuses on new territory for this journal –the work of the International Baccalaureate and

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in particular the compulsory community serviceelement. The paper describes a study of this workin a school in Lesotho and in particular it exploresthe difference between the needs of the individualand the needs of the school. This builds on other work

we have published from southern Africa on the issuesaround citizenship and democracy.

Colleen McLaughlinOctober, 2001

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