James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2014

ED5933 - Catholic Religious Education 3

Credit points: 03
Year: 2014
Student Contribution Band: Band 1
Administered by: School of Education (pre 2015)

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 and their implications for Catholic schooling. The four strands of the Religious Education curriculum: Sacred Texts, Beliefs, Church and Christian Life 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


Availabilities

Townsville, Block, Study Period 4
Census Date 20-Mar-2014
Face to face teaching (Townsville availability will be delivered over two weekends of intensive workshops. Workshop 1: 8 and 9 March 2014; Workshop 2: 22 and 23 March 2014.The workshops will be followed up with work online.)
Coordinator: Assoc. Professor Maree Dinan-Thompson
Contact hours:
  • 20 hours workshops/Seminars
    Assessment:in-class test -(500 words) (10%); in-class essay (1200-1500 words) (40%); essay (1500-2000 words) (50%).

    Cairns, Block, Study Period 7
    Census Date 10-Jul-2014
    Face to face teaching 30-Jun-2014 to 04-Jul-2014 (Cairns availability delivered as a 5 day intensive workshop. The workshop will be followed up with work online.)
    Coordinator: Assoc. Professor Maree Dinan-Thompson
    Contact hours:
    • 20 hours workshops/Seminars
      Assessment:in-class test (500 words) (10%); in-class essay (1200-1500 words) (40%); essay (1500-2000 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.