RELG20004 - The Catholic School Identity

General Information

Unit Synopsis

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.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the 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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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Portfolio 50%
2. Practical and Written Assessment 50%

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%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 50% response rate.

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.

Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Practical tasks
Recommendation
Maintain current assessment tasks
Action Taken
The assessment tasks were maintained.
Source: Student emails
Feedback
Useful feedback
Recommendation
Maintain high quality feedback processes
Action Taken
Students were provided with constructive and meaningful feedback on all assessment
Source: SUTE
Feedback
All learning materials were relevant and well-aligned with the practical, useful assessment tasks
Recommendation
Maintain current learning materials and unit organisation
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Use primary and secondary data to appraise the manifest nature and purpose of Catholic schools in the Catholic Church.
  2. Evaluate ways in which Church documents on religious education shape current practice in Australian Catholic schools.
  3. Analyse and interpret learning frameworks and curriculum documents that guide the teaching of religion in Catholic schools.
  4. 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 • • • •
2 - Practical and Written Assessment • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
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 •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Portfolio • • • • • • •
2 - Practical and Written Assessment • • • • •