| CODE | PLC5015 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Promoting the Human Being through Religious Education | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Pastoral Theology, Liturgy and Canon Law | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Religious Education is not only intended for students to achieve another subject on their SEC Certificate. It is also aimed at helping the human being rendering the world in which we live more humane. This study-unit is divided into two parts. In the first part, the focus will be on the Catholic Vision of the human person in contemporary society. This will specifically delve into themes such as the uniqueness and the autonomy of the human being; the human being living in a community in relation to others; politics and the world of work. The second part of the study-unit will focus exclusively on how different teaching techniques and methods can be correctly applied and used to present the themes dealt with in the first part of the study-unit to students in Religious Education classes. Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit aims at giving students the necessary background required to teach and to discuss topics and issues related to human dignity in the Religious Education classroom. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Synthesize and discuss the Christian vision for the human being as this is found in Christian anthropology; - Appraise the contemporary Maltese cultural context, and contemporary social, economic, political and moral issues in the light of the Christian tradition; - Interpret the signs of the times from a Catholic point of view. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Adopt pedagogical approaches that empower adolescents to critically appraise and respond to the challenges of contemporary society through an Catholic understanding related to human dignity; - Evaluate the teaching process and their teaching skills in order to make amendments and improvement. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: Cortez, Marc. Theological Anthropology. A Guide for the Perplexed.T & T Clark International: London and New York, 2010. Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum (available online at www.vatican.va) Encyclical Letter Laborem Exercens (available online at www.vatican.va) Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes (available online at www.vatican.va) Sachs, John R. The Christian Vision of Humanity. Basic Christian Anthropology. Liturgical Press: Collegeville, Minnesota, 1991. Supplementary Readings: Groome, Thomas H. Will there be faith? A New Vision for Educating and Growing Disciples. Harper Collins Publishers: New York, 2011. Rich Harris, Judith. No Two Alike. Human Nature and Human Individuality. W. W. Norton and Company Ltd: New York and London, 2006. Davies, Douglas J. Anthropology and Theology. Berg: Oxford and New York, 2002. Other online resources. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualification: First cycle degree (70 ECTS) in Theology | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Carl Mario Sultana |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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