Overview
In this unit, students investigate the Catholic school setting as a context for enacting the dual purposes of religious education. The first of these is teaching religion. The second purpose relates to teaching the practices and characteristics of Christian living. Students analyse relevant Church and curriculum documents that shape and regulate religious education in Australian Catholic schools. They justify the selection of primary and secondary data sources that signify the defining features, nature and purpose of Catholic schools and appraise the roles and responsibilities of teachers in their relationships with and representation of the wider faith community.
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Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
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Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from SUTE
All learning materials were relevant and well-aligned with the practical, useful assessment tasks
Maintain current learning materials and unit organisation
- Use primary and secondary data to appraise the manifest nature and purpose of Catholic schools in the Catholic Church.
- Evaluate ways in which Church documents on religious education shape current practice in Australian Catholic schools.
- Analyse and interpret learning frameworks and curriculum documents that guide the teaching of religion in Catholic schools.
- Critically reflect on teachers’ responsibilities for nurturing and enacting the catechism of the Catholic Church in school settings
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Portfolio - 50% | ||||
| 2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 50% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||
| 4 - Research | ||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Portfolio - 50% | ||||||||
| 2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
k.aprile@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
What makes a Catholic school Catholic?
Chapter
Week 1 readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
What is the role of the Catholic school?
Foundational Church documents
Chapter
Week 2 readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Catholic School as educators in faith
Chapter
Defining features of a Catholic school
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
A Catholic curriculum
Teaching Religion in a pluralistic context
Chapter
Religion curriculum
Week 4 readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
What is Catholic pedagogy?
Chapter
Week 5 readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
No tutorial
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Catholic schools - Identity options
Chapter
Week 6 readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Catholic Education Diocese of Rockhampton Charter
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Policies and procedures
Chapter
Mission and vision statements
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Being Christian in a pluralist society
Chapter
Week 9 readings
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Catholic schools and curriculum
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Begin with the heart - you teach who you are
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
21st century Catholic schools
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Portfolio
Part A
Create a portfolio of evidence that illustrates your understanding of the nature of Catholic schools as particular places of learning. The portfolio should be characterised by the discerning selection of artefacts that identify the roles and responsibilities of the people involved in effective religious education in Catholic schools and may include extracts from Church and local documents related to teaching Religion as well as visible evidence (e.g. images, icons, school mission statements, etc) of the ways in which the nature and purpose of religious education is enacted at a particular school site.
Each artefact should be accompanied by a brief annotation of no more than 25 words that explains how the chosen piece of evidence characterises the defining features of Catholic schools as articulated in the Teaching and Learning Framework (Rockhampton Diocese).
Part B
Maurice Ryan (1997, p. 2) in “Foundations of Religious Education in Catholic Schools” poses the question: “Is the (Catholic) school meant to be a place of nurture for people in the Christian faith, or is it meant to teach an understanding of Christianity in particular and religion in general?”
Write a critical reflection of approximately 1000 words that explains and evaluates your understanding of the role and responsibilities of teachers in the Catholic Education system. Your reflection should respond to the question framed by Ryan and make specific reference to the artefacts you have included in your portfolio and the guidance provided for teachers in the Teaching and Learning Framework and Church documents that shape the identity and purpose of contemporary Catholic schools.
Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence agents (Gen AI)
Within this assessment, the use of Gen AI agents is as follows:
• No Gen AI use at any point during this assessment.
Week 6 Friday (23 Aug 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Feedback on this assessment task will be returned following moderation and in sufficient time to allow for academic support and advice as necessary and to inform responses for Assessment Task 2.
Selection of data sources that show knowledge and understanding of the dual purposes of Catholic education
Knowledge of documents that shape current practice in Australian Catholic schools
Ability to interpret learning frameworks and curriculum documents that guide the teaching of Religion
Critical reflection on the roles and responsibilities of teachers in the catholic Education system
- Use primary and secondary data to appraise the manifest nature and purpose of Catholic schools in the Catholic Church.
- Evaluate ways in which Church documents on religious education shape current practice in Australian Catholic schools.
- Analyse and interpret learning frameworks and curriculum documents that guide the teaching of religion in Catholic schools.
- Critically reflect on teachers’ responsibilities for nurturing and enacting the catechism of the Catholic Church in school settings
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
2 Practical and Written Assessment
On the moodle site for this unit, you will be presented with a choice of scenarios or case studies that reflect the diversity and complexity of contemporary Catholic schools.
Choose one scenario / case and write an analytical response that includes all of the following sections:
1. A description of the guidance available to teachers from Church and local documents for responding to the scenario e.g. Policies and Procedures documents, the Teaching and Learning Framework (Rockhampton Diocese), the School mission statement, etc
2. A summary of an Interview with a Leadership Team Member or other religious leader/s associated with the school or parish that explains the support networks available to teachers in enacting their roles and responsibilities in the Catholic education system in response to the scenario.
3. A personal reflection that justifies a response to the scenario based on the primary and secondary data presented and that evaluates your responsibilities for nurturing and enacting the Charter for Catholic Education, Diocese of Rockhampton in school settings.
Length: 2000 words.
Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence agents (Gen AI)
Within this assessment, the use of Gen AI agents is as follows:
• No Gen AI use at any point during this assessment.
Week 12 Friday (4 Oct 2024) 11:45 pm AEST
Feedback on this task will be returned to students following moderation and in accordance with university policy on certification of grades.
Knowledge of Church and local documents that define the nature and purpose of Catholic education
Knowledge of support networks that guide contemporary practice for teachers in Catholic schools
Ability to identify and analyse contextual factors that impact on religious education in Catholic school communities characterised by diversity
Critical evaluation of the complex roles and responsibilities of contemporary educators in Catholic school settings
- Use primary and secondary data to appraise the manifest nature and purpose of Catholic schools in the Catholic Church.
- Critically reflect on teachers’ responsibilities for nurturing and enacting the catechism of the Catholic Church in school settings
- Communication
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
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Where can I get assistance?
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