Gerald Grace

  • Qualifications and position:
    • Visiting Professorial Fellow
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Children and Learning
  • Department:
    • Department of Learning, Curriculum and Communication
  • Summary:
    • Catholic Education: National and International: Faith Schools: Educational Policy Studies: School Leadership Teachers: Culture and Politics of the Profession: Urban Education Studies: Church - State Relations in Education
  • Teaching:
    • Presentations to any study group (by invitation) on Faith Schooling in general and Catholic education (national and international) in particular
  • Research Projects:
    • 'Application of Catholic social teaching in educational situations' (Charles Plater Trust) 2009 (proposed)
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Catholic Education Studies: Co-supervisor for Claire Barrett: Parental Choice and Catholic Schools. Co-supervisor for Sister Ugonna Igbo: Catholic Schools and the Interests of The Poor in Nigeria
  • Professional Activities:
    • Editor, International Studies in Catholic Education: Member of Editorial Boards for :- British Journal of Sociology of Education: Cambridge Review of Education: International Studies in Sociology of Education: Journal of Education Policy
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires, September 2007: 'The Sociology of Catholic Education'. Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, September 2007: 'Catholic Schools: Mission, Markets and Morality'. Assumption University, Bangkok: 'International developments in Catholic Education' May 2008
  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • UK: Urban Education Studies / Catholic Education. New Zealand: Education Policy Studies. USA: Catholic Education Studies. Australia: Catholic Education Studies
Gerald Grace

Contact details

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  • Address:
  • Department of Learning, Curriculum and Communication
    Institute of Education
    University of London
    20 Bedford Way
    London WC1H 0AL

  • Office Location:
  • Room 781
    20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL

Publications

  • Grace, G. (1995) School Leadership: Beyond Education Management. An essay in policy scholarship. London / Washington: Falmer Press.
  • Grace, G. (2002) Catholic Schools: Mission, Markets and Morality. London / New York: RoutledgeFalmer.
  • Grace, G. and O'Keefe, S.J. (eds) (2007) International Handbook of Catholic Education. Dordrecht / Boston: Springer.
  • Grace, G. (1996) ''Leadership in Catholic Schools' In T. McLaughlin and J. O'Keefe (eds), The Contemporary Catholic School. London/Washington: Falmer Press.
  • Grace, G. (1998) 'The Future of the Catholic School: an English Perspective' In J. M. Feheney, FRM (ed.), From Ideal to Action: The Inner Nature of a Catholic School Today. Dublin: Veritas.
  • Grace, G. (2001) 'The State and Catholic schooling in England and Wales: Politics, Ideology and Mission Integrity', Oxford Review of Education Vol 27 No 4, 489-500.
  • Grace, G. (2002) ''Mission Integrity: Contemporary Challenges for Catholic School Leaders' In K. Leithwood and P. Hallinger (eds), Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration. Dordrecht: Kluwer.
  • Grace, G. 'Educational Studies and Faith-Based Schooling: Moving from Prejudice to Evidence-Based Argument', British Journal of Educational Studies Vol 51 No 2, 149-167.
  • Grace, G. (2003) ''First and Foremost the Church offers its Educational Service to the Poor: Class, Inequality and Catholic Schooling in Contemporary Contexts', International Studies in Sociology of Education Vol 13 No 1, 35-53.