12438 (v.4) An Introduction to Catholic Education I 492

Area:	Department of Education
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
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Workshop:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	A study of the language of Catholic education. A brief history of Catholic education in Australia. Evangelisation and the place of the Catholic school in the mission of the Church. The culture of the Catholic school. The role of the teacher in the Catholic school. Current challenges facing Catholic schools and the teaching of religious education within the context of today's pluralistic clientele in Catholic schools. The Bishops of Western Australia's Mandate to all involved in Catholic schools. The structure, teaching process and requirements of the Perth Archdiocesan Religious Education Units of Work. The relationship between the curriculum framework and the religious education program in Catholic schools.
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Field of Education:	070300 Curriculum and Education Studies (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Fully Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External