Catholic Pedagogy in Religious Education (DR9016C)

Postgraduate, 24.0 points

Content

Learners will evaluate a variety of religious education pedagogies in the light of a Vatican II theology of revelation and evangelisation. Topics will include the mission of the Catholic school, Catholic anthropology, pedagogical frameworks and the relationship between faith and culture in a secularising and pluralising context.

Unit code: DR9016C

Unit status: Approved (Major revision)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Elective

Unit discipline: Religious Education

Proposing College: Catholic Theological College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Critically apply the implications of a Vatican II theology of revelation to a particular Catholic school’s mission, demonstrating sensitivity to the school's unique context.
2.

Critically analyse the way a theologically informed understanding of effective Catholic pedagogy can be applied in a pluralising and secularising cultural environment.
3.

Synthesise learning and developmental theories with a Catholic understanding of the human person.
4.

Critically evaluate contemporary pedagogies in the light of the mission of the Catholic school.

Pedagogy

Learners will engage in intensive mode with lecture input, in-class exercises, directed reading activities, facilitated peer discussion, electronic resources, formative feedback and professional praxis activities to achieve the learning outcomes.

Indicative Bibliography

  • Bouwens, J. (2023). Recontextualizing Catholic school identity: Five criteria. In J. Moons, R. te Velde, & A. van Wieringen (eds.), Teaching and tradition: On their dynamic interaction (pp. 150-170). Leiden: Brill.
  • Congregation for Catholic Education (2022). The identity of the Catholic School for a culture of dialogue. Retrieved January 15, 2024, from https://vatican.va .
  • D'Orsa, J., & D'Orsa, T. (2020). Pedagogy and the Catholic educator: Nurturing hearts and transforming possibilities. Mulgrave: Vaughan Publishing.
  • Irwin, A.-M. (2019). Cavalletti in the classroom: Some new perspectives for RE teachers. In R. Rymarz, & P. Sharkey (eds.), Moving from theory to practice: Religious educators in the classroom (pp. 24-40). Mulgrave: Vaughan Publishing.
  • Murdoch, K. (2022). I come in peace ... (more) thoughts on navigating the extremes. Retrieved February 12, 2024, from https://kathmurdoch.com.au .
  • National Catholic Education Commission (2018). Framing paper: Religious Education in Australian Catholic schools. National Catholic Education Commission.
  • O'Collins, G. (2016). Revelation: Toward a Christian theology of God's self-revelation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Pollefeyt, D. (2021). Teaching the unteachable or why too much good is bad: Religious Education in Catholic schools today. Religions, 12, 1-22.
  • Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation (2020). Directory for Catechesis. Strathfield: St Pauls Publications.
  • Vatican II (1965). Dei Verbum. Retrieved from https://vatican.va .

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Report

Report 1000 words

 1000 10.0
Essay

Essay 5000 words

 5000 70.0
Essay

Essay 2000 words

 2000 20.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 26 Jun, 2024

Unit record last updated: 2024-06-26 14:12:22 +1000