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Archived Version 2014 - 2015

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NFQ level 8 Credit Rating 4
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
Description

This module is designed to facilitate students’ engagement with a wide range of classical and modern texts in the fields of religious education and catechesis. A combination of lectures, seminars and class presentations will allow students to articulate a coherent vision of religious education that is sensitive to the needs of a variety of contexts and able to engage in an open and inclusive dialogue with the critical issues of a rapidly changing multi-cultural and multi-faith society. To that end this module engages with the content of EDRE401 and reflects on how RE responds to the particular context of today’s Ireland.

Learning Outcomes

1. read, present, interpret and discuss a wide range of classical and modern texts in the fields of catechesis and religious education.
2. illustrate a critical awareness of the variety of cultural contexts underlying these texts.
3. respond creatively to the intellectual challenges that emerge during lectures and the making of presentations in seminar groups.
4. relate their experience of teaching religious education to the themes of these texts.
5. to express a coherent, person-centred philosophy of life in the classroom and beyond, reflecting a generous respect for young people from a variety of social, economic, cultural and religious backgrounds.



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Seminars1No Description
Class Presentation5No Description
Independent Study5No Description
Lecture1No Description
Total Workload: 12

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Early Christian Catechetical Sources (2nd-5th centuries)
understanding context

The Catechism Tradition (16th-20th centuries)

Official catechetical documents (late 20th century etc)
The shaping documents of current understandings of Catholic religious education

Responding to current issues in Religious Education
intercultural education, interreligious education, inclusion in the religious education classroom – social and economic, gender, culture, religion, migration

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment% Examination Weight%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
Unavailable
Indicative Reading List

  • Augustine of Hippo: 1952, First Catechetical Instruction, in Ancient Christian Writers Vol. 2 (ed. Quasten/Plumpe), Longman Green, London,
  • Vatican: 1994, Catechism of the Catholic Church, Veritas, Dublin,
  • Congregation for the Clergy: 1998, General Directory for Catechesis, Veritas, Dublin,
  • Cyril of Jerusalem: 1969, ‘Procatechesis, Catechesis, Mystagogical Lectures’, in Fathers of the Church Vols. 61, 64, Catholic University of America Press, Washington,
  • Devitt, Patrick: 1992, That You May Believe: A Brief History of Religious Education, Dominican Publications, Dublin,
  • Luther, Martin: 1968, Enchiridion - A Small Catechism, Concordia,, St Louis:,
  • Pius V: 1923, Catechism of the Council of Trent For Parish Priests,, Wagner, New York,
  • Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education: 0, The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium,
  • Warren, Michael, (ed.): 1983, Source Book for Modern Catechetics, St. Mary’s Press, Winona,
  • Westerhoff, J. and Edwards, W.: 1981, A Faithful Church: Issues in the History of Catechesis, Morehouse-Barlow, Wilton,
  • deSouza, Marian et al.: 2006, International Handbook of the Religious, Moral and Spiritual Dimensions in Education, Springer, The Netherlands,
  • Gallagher, James,: 2001, Soil for the Seed, McCrimmons, Great Wakering,
  • Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference: 2010, Share the Good News: National Directory for Catechesis, Veritas, Dublin,
  • Sawicki, Marianne: 1988, The Gospel in History: Portrait of a teaching church : the origins of Christian education, Paulist Press, New York,
  • Sullivan, John: 2010, Communicating Faith, The Catholic University of America Press, Washington,
  • Council of Europe: 2014, Signposts – Policy and practice for teaching about religions and non-religious world views in intercultural education, Council of Europe Publishing, Strasbourg,
  • David Tuohy: 2013, Denominational Education and Politics: Ireland in a European Context,, Veritas, Dublin,
  • Lane, Dermot: 2008, Challenges Facing Religious Education in Contemporary Ireland, Veritas, Dublin,
  • Emer Smyth, Maureen Lyons, Merike Darmody: 2013, Religious Education in a Multicultural Europe: Children, Parents and Schools, Palgrave Macmillan,,
  • Pille Valk, Gerdien Bertram-Troost, Markus Friederici, Céline Béraud (eds): 2009, Teenagers Perspectives on the Role of Religion in their Lives, Schools and Societies.., Waxmann, Munster,
Other Resources

2306, Website, ODIHR Advisory Council of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief, 2007, Toledo Guiding Principles on Teaching about Religions and Beliefs in Public Schools, http://www.osce.org/publications/odihr/2007/11/28314_993_en.pdf, 2488, Website, 2011, The Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in the Primary Sector, The-Forum-on-Patronage-and-Pluralism-in-the-Primary-Sector-Report-of-the-Forums-Advisory-Group.pdf, 2489, Website, 0, CEIST: Catholic Education in Schools Trust, www.ceist.ie,
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