Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE PLC3320

 
TITLE Religious Education Curriculum and Teaching Techniques

 
UM LEVEL 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL 6

 
ECTS CREDITS 4

 
DEPARTMENT Pastoral Theology, Liturgy and Canon Law

 
DESCRIPTION As future R.E. teachers, students need to acquire those skills that will enable them facilitate learning.

By the end of the study-unit, students should be able to:
- Outline the relationship between Education and Religion
- Master the skills of planning and using resources
- Outline the main principles of the A.R.E. Method
- Apply the A.R.E method in the classroom
- Develop resources and didactical aids
- Develop assessments that enable evaluation of pupil's learning

Reading List:

- Gellel Adrian, Adapting Religious Education to Individual Requirements. A means of being faithful to the Pedagogy of God in the classroom, Malta: Foundation for Theological Studies 2007.
- Lasconi Tonino, O Catechista, mio Catechista. Idee, stimoli, spunti, rifornimenti creativi per i catechisti parrocchiali, Paoline Editoriale Libri, Milano 1997.
- Lasconi Tonino, Qualglini Giuliana e Cibien Carlo, L'arte del comunicare. I linguaggi della Catechesi, Paoline Editoriale Libri, Milano 1997.
- Ziebartz Hans-Georg, Religious education in a plural western society: problems and challenges, Munster: Lit Verlag 2003.

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Fieldwork, Lectures and Tutorials

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Portfolio Yes 100%

 
LECTURER/S Pauline Dimech
Carl Mario Sultana

 

 
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