This unit focuses on the theological and professional principles underlying both the nature and process of religious education, emphasising the rationale, content, context, and methodologies of the discipline. Through a process of lectures, directed readings, and personal research, and with special emphasis on T. H. Grooome’s “Shared Praxis” model, students are invited to examine and critique the social, cultural and theological presupositions underlying their understanding and experience of religious education, and outline a specific project in line with their educative and pastoral activity.
Unit code: DR2000C
Unit status: Archived (New unit)
Points: 18.0
Unit level: Undergraduate Level 2
Unit discipline: Religious Education
Delivery Mode: Face to Face
Proposing College: Catholic Theological College
Show when this unit is running1. | Demonstrate and evaluate a basic understanding of the theological and educational principles underlying the nature and the processes of religious education. |
2. | Identify and examine the specific nature of faith education as a ministry in the Church. |
3. | Identify, examine, and critique the social, ecclesial, cultural, philosophical, and theological presuppositions underlying religious education. |
4. | Synthesise and evaluate Thomas H. Groome’s “Shared Praxis” approach and compare and critique different models of religious education. |
5. | Evaluate and assess pastoral and/or educational situations within various ministries in the light of various models of religious education. |
Religious education is a process of growth integrating life and faith through personal and communal experience. Students engage in formal lectures, presentations, dialogical and interactive learning through sharing and questioning practical experiences and case studies, providing opportunities for collaborative learning through critical discussion of directed articles and recommended authors.
Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
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Case Study | 500-word Case Study |
500 | 20.0 |
Book Review | 1000-word Literature Review |
1000 | 20.0 |
Essay | 3,000-word Essay |
3000 | 60.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 7 Aug, 2018
Unit record last updated: 2022-12-15 16:05:08 +1100