Peter Varengo sdb	Semester 1 Monday evening 2007

 

This unit calls upon the personal, communal and/or professional experience of all those involved in this particular study, in a common endeavour of dialogue and reflection. By focussing on the theological and educational principles underlying both the nature and the process of religious education, with special emphasis on the rationale, the content, the context and the methodological options, the unit: i) examines and critiques the social, ecclesial, cultural, philosophical and theological presuppositions, as well as the praxis of religious education, in order ii) to identify the specific nature of faith education as a ministry in the Church.

Prerequisites:	first level second level	none DR101 or equivalent
Requirements:	3 hours per week in the form of lectures, tutorial, seminars
Assessment:	first level	one 1,000 word book review or two 500 word short reflection papers	20%
		one 2,000 word essay	50%
		one 1 hour written examination	30%
	second level	one 1,500 word book review, with a	30%
		30 minute seminar/oral presentation	20%
		or three 500 word short reflection papers	30%
		and a 20 minute oral examination	20%
		one 2,500 word essay	50%

Bibliography

Australian Episcopal Conference. The Renewal of the Education of Faith. Sydney: E. J. Dwyer, 1972.

Congregation for the Clergy. General Directory for Catechesis. Strathfield, NSW: St Pauls Publications, 1997.

Durka, G. The Teacher’s Calling: A Spirituality for Those Who Teach. New York: Paulist Press, 2002.

Freire, P. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972.

Gallagher, J. Soil for the Seed. Great Wakering, Essex: McCrimmon, 2001.

Groome, T. H. Christian Religious Education. Sharing Our Story and Vision. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1981.

John Paul II. Catechesi Tradendae. 1979.

Palmer, P. J. The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998.

Paul VI. Evangelii Nuntiandi. 1976.

Ryan, M. Echo and Silence: Contemporary Issues for Australian Religious Education. Katoomba, NSW: Social Science Press, 2001.