This unit introduces students to the principles and practice of religious education within the Catholic tradition. It provides an opportunity for students to consider religious education as a ministry of the church and explores the contemporary theological and educational principles underlying religious education in the context of the Catholic school in Australia today.

Venue

Corpus Christi School, 29 Russell Street, Werribee

Prerequisites

BS360 and CD360

Requirements

intensive mode: 9.30am — 4.30pm

Assessment

Bibliography

• Congregation for Catholic Education. The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium. Boston: Pauline, 1998.
• Congregation for the Clergy. General Directory for Catechesis. Australian ed. Sydney: St Paul’s. 1998.
• Durka, Gloria. The Teacher’s Calling: A Spirituality for Those Who Teach. New York: Paulist, 2002.
• Engebretson, Kathleen, Joe Fleming, and Richard  Rymarz. Thriving as an R.E. Teacher. Katoomba, NSW: Social Science Press, 2002.
• Groome, Thomas H. Sharing Faith: A Comprehensive Approach to Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry: The Way of the Shared Praxis. San Francisco: Harper Collins. 1991.
• Liddy, Sally, and Louise Welbourne. Strategies for Teaching Religious Education. Katoomba, NSW: Social Science Press,1999.
• Raduntz, Helen T., ed. Potential and Opportunity: Critical Issues for Australian Catholic Education into the 21st Century. Blackwood, SA: Auslib, 1996.
• Ryan, Maurice J. Religious Education in Catholic Schools: An Introduction for Australian Students. Melbourne: David Lovell, 2006.
• Ryan, Maurice J., and Patricia Malone. Exploring the Religion Classroom: A Guidebook for Catholic Schools. Wentworth Falls: Social Science Press, 1996.