SESSION 7C, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION - 1 - Democratic Citizenship and Religious Education
STEPUP-DC Project
Course DescriptionBasic Topics
- Teaching religions and worldviews (Rec12 of CoE) and democracy
- Religious resources related to RFCDC
Objectives
The Objectives of this session are:
- To enable students to recognise opportunities for implementation of EDC/HRE pedagogies in Religious Education.
- To offer students an overview and support them in developing a critical understanding of potential challenges in the implementation of EDC/HRE in Religious Education.
Learning outcomes
- To recognise the basic principles of teaching religions and worldviews and Democratic Citizenship in primary and secondary schools
- To appreciate the value of using religious topics derived from the Abrahamic religions (RE) to teach Democratic Citizenship
Outcomes and CDC
- Knowledge and critical understanding:
- Knowledge and critical understanding of politics, law and human rights
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2002 - Can describe the obligations of states in relation to human rights (basic / intermediate)
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2011 - Can reflect critically on human rights as a values framework and its close relationship with other moral, ethical and religious value frameworks (intermediate / advanced)
- Knowledge and critical understanding of culture, cultures, religions
- 2018 - Can describe several different cultures, especially the values, customs and practices which are common in those cultures (basic)
- 2024 - Can reflect critically on the role of religions and nonreligious convictions in society and public life (intermediate)
- 2032 - Identifies the key texts and key doctrines of particular religious traditions (intermediate / advanced)
- Knowledge and critical understanding of history, media, economies, environment and sustainability
- 2053 - Can reflect critically on how the concept of citizenship has evolved in different ways in different cultures over time (advanced)
- Values
- Valuing cultural diversity
- 204 - Expresses the view that the cultural diversity within a society should be positively valued and appreciated (basic)
- Attitudes
- Openness to cultural otherness
- 401 - Shows interest in learning about people’s beliefs, values, traditions and world views (basic)
- Respect
- 503 - Expresses respect for different opinions, world views and ways of life unless they violate human rights (basic)
- Skills
- Autonomous learning skills
- 1001 - Shows ability to identify resources for learning (e.g. people, books, internet) (basic)
- 1003 - Accomplishes learning tasks independently (basic / intermediate)
- 1006 - Can identify relevant sources of information to accomplish a learning task (basic / intermediate)
- Analytical and critical thinking skills
- 1105 - Can draw conclusions from an analysis of information (basic)
- 1122 - Can analyse different points of view, products, or practices found in other cultures (intermediate)
- Teaching religions and worldviews (Rec12 of CoE) and democracy
- Religious resources related to RFCDC
The Objectives of this session are:
- To enable students to recognise opportunities for implementation of EDC/HRE pedagogies in Religious Education.
- To offer students an overview and support them in developing a critical understanding of potential challenges in the implementation of EDC/HRE in Religious Education.
- To recognise the basic principles of teaching religions and worldviews and Democratic Citizenship in primary and secondary schools
- To appreciate the value of using religious topics derived from the Abrahamic religions (RE) to teach Democratic Citizenship
- Knowledge and critical understanding:
- Knowledge and critical understanding of politics, law and human rights
-
2002 - Can describe the obligations of states in relation to human rights (basic / intermediate)
-
2011 - Can reflect critically on human rights as a values framework and its close relationship with other moral, ethical and religious value frameworks (intermediate / advanced)
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- Knowledge and critical understanding of culture, cultures, religions
- 2018 - Can describe several different cultures, especially the values, customs and practices which are common in those cultures (basic)
- 2024 - Can reflect critically on the role of religions and nonreligious convictions in society and public life (intermediate)
- 2032 - Identifies the key texts and key doctrines of particular religious traditions (intermediate / advanced)
- 2018 - Can describe several different cultures, especially the values, customs and practices which are common in those cultures (basic)
- Knowledge and critical understanding of history, media, economies, environment and sustainability
- 2053 - Can reflect critically on how the concept of citizenship has evolved in different ways in different cultures over time (advanced)
- 2053 - Can reflect critically on how the concept of citizenship has evolved in different ways in different cultures over time (advanced)
- Knowledge and critical understanding of politics, law and human rights
- Values
- Valuing cultural diversity
- 204 - Expresses the view that the cultural diversity within a society should be positively valued and appreciated (basic)
- 204 - Expresses the view that the cultural diversity within a society should be positively valued and appreciated (basic)
- Valuing cultural diversity
- Attitudes
- Openness to cultural otherness
- 401 - Shows interest in learning about people’s beliefs, values, traditions and world views (basic)
- 401 - Shows interest in learning about people’s beliefs, values, traditions and world views (basic)
- Respect
- 503 - Expresses respect for different opinions, world views and ways of life unless they violate human rights (basic)
- Openness to cultural otherness
- Skills
- Autonomous learning skills
- 1001 - Shows ability to identify resources for learning (e.g. people, books, internet) (basic)
- 1003 - Accomplishes learning tasks independently (basic / intermediate)
- 1006 - Can identify relevant sources of information to accomplish a learning task (basic / intermediate)
- 1001 - Shows ability to identify resources for learning (e.g. people, books, internet) (basic)
- Analytical and critical thinking skills
- 1105 - Can draw conclusions from an analysis of information (basic)
- 1122 - Can analyse different points of view, products, or practices found in other cultures (intermediate)
- 1105 - Can draw conclusions from an analysis of information (basic)
- Autonomous learning skills
A series of resources that the student teacher must study in this session and a series of additional resources for further study.
A full paper and additional e-lessons on the topics of the session and additional interactive presentation of the materials, for the student teachers to study all the materials in a row.
A series of authentic, up to date and relevant activities with their accompanying materials, which deliver the intended learning outcomes of the session and are carried out face to face or E-learning with groups of student teachers.
Several types of questions to evaluate how much the student teachers have learned throughout the session (reading material, learning material and workshop).
