| CODE | PLC4341 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Adolescent Development and Various Moral Issues (Methodology 1) | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Pastoral Theology, Liturgy and Canon Law | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Adolescence is a period in life in which the human being undergoes complex and encompassing issues related to the physical, psychological, social, intellectual, moral and spiritual dimensions of the human being. Future teachers need to be aware and understand these dimensions in order to be able to address them through Religious Education, thus enhancing and augmenting the development taking place during adolescence. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims at giving students sufficient knowledge on the different dimensions of adolescent development thus enabling them to address the different dimensions of adolescent development through Religious Education. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - explain the six dimensions of adolescent development. - list the rapid changes taking place during the adolescent years. - discuss what development in the moral dimension entails. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify the various moral issues which adolescents encounter. - prepare and deliver lessons which truly and correctly address adolescent moral issues. Reading List: - Santrock, John, W. Adolescence, 11th ed., Boston McGraw Hill, 2007. - Brown, B.B. Crowds, cliques and friendships. In G. Adams and M.Berzonsky (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of adolescence. Malden, MA: Blackwell (2003). - Muller, Walt, Understanding Today’s Youth Culture, 1999. - Gorusch Richard L. Integrating Psychology and Spirtuality, 2002. - Fowler, J.W. Stages of Faith: The psychology of human meaning and the quest for meaning. New York, Harper and Row, 1981. - O’Malley, William J. Building your own Conscience, Tabor Publishing Hse, USA, 1992. - White E.James, Contemporary Moral Problems,Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2000. - Gula, R. Reason informed by Faith, 1992. - Demmer Klaus, Shaping the Moral life, An Approach to Moral Theology, 2000. - Meilaender, G. The Theory and Practice of Virtue, Notre Dame, IN, University of Notre Dame, 1984. - Gerard Hughes, Moral Decisions, Darton, Longman and Todd, London 1980. - Haring B. Law of Christ, Vol. 1 and 2, 1961. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Alexandra Chircop Carl Mario Sultana |
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