| CODE | PLC4470 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Nurturing Students' Spirituality | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Pastoral Theology, Liturgy and Canon Law | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | In this study-unit students will be invited to reflect on the implications of the new approaches to holistic development and to the emerging literature on this area. Furthermore students will be invited to experience different methods that may nurture personal spirituality. The study-unit will enable future Religious Education teachers to empower their students through holistic education. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims at introducing students to the recent theories in the field of children and youth spirituality. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: (a) define religion and spirituality and their role in the formation of identity; (b) identify the main existential needs questions of adolescents; (c) read and interpret different symbol systems; (d) understand the different theories and models of spiritual development and nurture. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: (a) plan and develop suitable interventions to enhance students' relational skills, awareness capability, and ability to formulate and research fundamental questions; (b) support students' spiritual development through curricular and extra curricular activities. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Gellel, A.M. (2010). Nurturing Spirituality through Symbol Literacy in Religious Education. Journal of Religious Education, 58(3), 44-51. Oser, Fritz K., Scarlett, George and Bucher Anton 2006. Religious and Spiritual Development Throughout the Life Span, in Damon William and Lerner Richard M. (eds.) Handbook of child psychology, San Francisco: Wiley. Roehlkepartain, Eugene, Benson, Peter, Scales, Peter, Kimball, Lisa and Ebstyne King, Pamela 2008. With Their Own Voices. A Global Exploration of How Today’s Young People Experience and Think About Spiritual Development, Minnesota: Search Institute. Roehlkepartain, Eugene, Ebstyne King Pamela, Wagener, Linda and Benson Peter (eds.). 2005. The handbook of spiritual development in childhood and adolescence, USA: Sage. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Fieldwork and Independent Study | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Pauline Dimech |
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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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