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School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    An Introduction to Catholic Education

  • Unit Code

    CED4260

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit is designed for students considering teaching in Catholic schools in Western Australia. The unit aims to help students understand what is distinctive about Catholic schools, what is needed for these schools to be effective places of learning, and the importance of the teacher within the Catholic school. Completion of three Catholic Education units forms part of the accreditation requirements to teach in Catholic schools. For further information, please contact the Catholic Education Office of WA (http://ceo.wa.edu.au).

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CED1101

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Articulate the roles and responsibilities of the teacher in a Catholic school.
  2. Evaluate issues and events which have shaped, and continue to shape, Catholic education in Western Australia.
  3. Explain the significance and purpose of Religious Education in the Catholic school curriculum.
  4. Identify from research, qualities that contribute to the distinctiveness of Catholic schools.
  5. Link the purpose of Catholic schools to the purpose of the Catholic Church and make explicit ways in which Catholic schools contribute to this purpose.

Unit Content

  1. Catechesis in the Catholic school environment.
  2. Issues and challenges in Catholic education.
  3. Religious Education in the Catholic school curriculum.
  4. The Catholic school: evangelisation and culture.
  5. The Catholic school: faith and mission.
  6. The making and shaping of Catholic education in Australia.
  7. The teacher in the Catholic school.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentDistinctiveness of Catholic schools60%
TestIn class test40%

Text References

  • ^ Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia. (n.d.). Mandate: 2009-2015. Perth: Author.
  • Catholic Education Office of Western Australia. (n.d.). Religious education program. Perth: Author.
  • Congregation for Catholic Education. (1982). Lay Catholics in schools: Witnesses to faith. Homebush: St Pauls Publications
  • Congregation for Catholic Education. (1997). The Catholic school on the threshold of the third millennium. Homebush: St Pauls Publications.
  • Congregation for Catholic Education. (1998). The religious dimension of education in a Catholic school. Homebush: St Pauls Publications.
  • Flynn, M. (1993). The culture of Catholic schools: A study of Catholic schools 1972-1993. Homebush: St Paul's.
  • Ryan, M., Brennan, D., & Willmett, T. (1996). Catholic schools Australian landscapes: Resources for creating distinctively Catholic schools. Wentworth Falls: Social Science Press.
  • Pendal, P. (2008). Continuity in change: The journey of Catholic education in Western Australia from 1843 to 2008. Inglewood: Victor Publishing.

Journal References

  • Journal of Catholic School Studies
  • Journal of Religious Education
  • Putney, M. (2005). The Catholic school of the future. Australasian Catholic Record, 82(4), 387-398.
  • Quillinan, J. (2001). What are our teachers seeking? Catholic School Studies, 74(2), 4-13.
  • Schollum, B. (2004). Developing special character at a new Catholic college. Catholic School Studies, 77(2), 14-16.
  • Sultmann, B. (2003). What parents are thinking - some reflections on choices for schooling. Catholic School Studies, 76(2), 16-19.

Website References

  • Living the Vision the vision for Catholic schools in Western Australia.
  • Catholic Education Office of Western Australia Religious Education and Curriculum.
  • Mandate Letter from the Catholic Bishops of Western Australia.
  • Catholic Education Office of Western Australia.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    An Introduction to Catholic Education

  • Unit Code

    CED4260

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit is designed for students considering teaching in Catholic schools in Western Australia. The unit aims to help students understand what is distinctive about Catholic schools, what is needed for these schools to be effective places of learning, and the importance of the teacher within the Catholic school. Completion of three Catholic Education units forms part of the accreditation requirements to teach in Catholic schools. For further information, please contact the Catholic Education Office of WA (http://ceo.wa.edu.au).

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CED1101

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Articulate the roles and responsibilities of the teacher in a Catholic school.
  2. Evaluate issues and events which have shaped, and continue to shape, Catholic education in Western Australia.
  3. Explain the significance and purpose of Religious Education in the Catholic school curriculum.
  4. Identify from research, qualities that contribute to the distinctiveness of Catholic schools.
  5. Link the purpose of Catholic schools to the purpose of the Catholic Church and make explicit ways in which Catholic schools contribute to this purpose.

Unit Content

  1. Catechesis in the Catholic school environment.
  2. Issues and challenges in Catholic education.
  3. Religious Education in the Catholic school curriculum.
  4. The Catholic school: evangelisation and culture.
  5. The Catholic school: faith and mission.
  6. The making and shaping of Catholic education in Australia.
  7. The teacher in the Catholic school.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentDistinctiveness of Catholic schools60%
TestIn class test40%

Text References

  • ^ Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia. (n.d.). Mandate: 2009-2015. Perth: Author.
  • Catholic Education Office of Western Australia. (n.d.). Religious education program. Perth: Author.
  • Congregation for Catholic Education. (1982). Lay Catholics in schools: Witnesses to faith. Homebush: St Pauls Publications
  • Congregation for Catholic Education. (1997). The Catholic school on the threshold of the third millennium. Homebush: St Pauls Publications.
  • Congregation for Catholic Education. (1998). The religious dimension of education in a Catholic school. Homebush: St Pauls Publications.
  • Flynn, M. (1993). The culture of Catholic schools: A study of Catholic schools 1972-1993. Homebush: St Paul's.
  • Ryan, M., Brennan, D., & Willmett, T. (1996). Catholic schools Australian landscapes: Resources for creating distinctively Catholic schools. Wentworth Falls: Social Science Press.
  • Pendal, P. (2008). Continuity in change: The journey of Catholic education in Western Australia from 1843 to 2008. Inglewood: Victor Publishing.

Journal References

  • Journal of Catholic School Studies
  • Journal of Religious Education
  • Putney, M. (2005). The Catholic school of the future. Australasian Catholic Record, 82(4), 387-398.
  • Quillinan, J. (2001). What are our teachers seeking? Catholic School Studies, 74(2), 4-13.
  • Schollum, B. (2004). Developing special character at a new Catholic college. Catholic School Studies, 77(2), 14-16.
  • Sultmann, B. (2003). What parents are thinking - some reflections on choices for schooling. Catholic School Studies, 76(2), 16-19.

Website References

  • Living the Vision the vision for Catholic schools in Western Australia.
  • Catholic Education Office of Western Australia Religious Education and Curriculum.
  • Mandate Letter from the Catholic Bishops of Western Australia.
  • Catholic Education Office of Western Australia.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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