ED5933 - Catholic Religious Education 3

Credit points:	03
Year:	2012
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Education

This subject provides students with knowledge, sequencing, and appropriate integration of foundations of the Christian Church. It focuses on the communal, sacramental, liturgical, ecumenical and social aspects of the Catholic Tradition. The study will extend this base into the implications for Catholic schooling. The eight strands of the Religious Education curriculum: God, Jesus Christ, Church, Sacraments, Scripture, Christian Prayer, Christian Life, and Religion and Society and the terminology associated with each of the strands will be explored. Students will examine the sources and structure of the core content of Religious Education: Revelation as expressed through Scripture and Tradition, and experienced through creation and human living.

Learning Outcomes

• design, implement and evaluate strands of the Religious Education curriculum;
• research and analyse major liturgical and pastoral principles underpinning the celebration of the Catholic Tradition in Catholic schools;
• analyse research, policies and school practices related to the celebration of the sacramental and liturgical aspects of the Catholic Tradition;
• critically analyse key foundations in the historical development of the Christian Church and Tradition.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically;
• The ability to appraise information critically;
• The ability to use independent judgment to synthesise information to make intellectual and/or creative advances.

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 4
Census Date 15-Mar-2012
Face to face teaching (Townsville availability will be delivered over two weekends of intensive workshops. Workshop 1: 10 and 11 March 2012; Workshop 2: 24 and 25 March 2012. The workshops will be followed up with work online.)
Coordinator:	Dr Maree Dinan-Thompson
Contact hours:	20 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	in-class test - five questions (each 50 words) (10%); in-class assessment - essay (1200 words) (40%); essay (1500 words) (50%).
Cairns, Block, Study Period 7
Census Date 05-Jul-2012
Face to face teaching 25-Jun-2012 to 29-Jun-2012 (Cairns availability delivered as a 5 day intensive workshop. The workshop will be followed up with work online.)
Coord/Lect:	Dr Maree Dinan-Thompson, Mr Colin Harvey.
Contact hours:	20 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	in-class test - five questions (each 50 words) (10%); in-class assessment - essay (1200 words) (40%); essay (1500 words) (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.