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Religious Education in Catholic Schools Part 2 AQ (Queen’s, Winter 2025, Online)

January 20, 2025 to April 4, 2025

  • Category: AQ, Online
  • Region: Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, GTA, Northern Ontario, Outside Ontario, Southern Ontario
  • Topic: Religious Education
  • Grades: Intermediate (grades 7-10), JK-SK, Junior (grades 4-6), Primary (grades 1-3), Senior (grades 11-12)

Religious Education Part 2 will build on the professional knowledge and religious literacy that you began in your Part 1 course. Through the readings, course discussions, assignments and interactions with your instructor and colleagues, you will learn more about the foundations of Christianity in Scripture and Tradition, taught and lived out in Catholic schools through faith, prayer, sacraments, and Christian morality. This knowledge will enhance your abilities as a teacher in a Catholic school and as a teacher of Religious Education.

You are being invited to take part in a journey of faith that will help you grow in confidence and the wisdom needed to be a leader in Ontario’s Catholic schools. The online learning context presents unique challenges. One of the distinctive features of the Religious Education courses is the experience of a faith community. Without the face to face contact, we will build community online through open and honest communication, respectful dialogue and active engagement in the learning. We all come from different places in our life experience and in our faith journey. This course challenges you to get to know your instructor and colleagues, to grow in your personal faith and in your professional capacity as a Catholic teacher.

Topics in this course include:

– Learning how to enhance the religious dimension of Catholic Education
– Relating Catholic themes to the Ontario College of Teachers Standards of Practice and the Ethical Standards
– Reflecting critically on the teaching of religious education and family life education
– Understanding the significance of being a member of a faith community
– Enriching our understanding of the New Testament and St. Paul through the use of online resources
– Integrating a sacramental view of life into teaching
– Enriching your understanding of Eucharist
– Considering various issues related to young people and the Eucharist
– Appreciating the importance of the sacrament of Reconciliation
– Engaging in online resources for prayer
– Applying a Catholic social justice principles to Religious Education and to other curriculum areas
– Exploring ethical concerns related to Family Life Education
– Relating the role of biblical prophets to the prophets of our time.

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