Relig Education Crit Pedagogy

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Taught by PSR. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND CRITICAL PEDAGOGY: A CHRISTIAN APPROACH What is religious education? How have we done and how might we want to do in the future? The course introduces religious education from a perspective of critical pedagogy. Students will explore the six paradigms of religious education (tradition-centered, person-centered, justice-centered, family-centered, faith community-centered, and earth-centered educations) and examine them with critical theories, including race theory, postcolonialism, and feminism. The class will use the forms of lecture, student presentation, and small group discussion. Reading materials include, but are not limited to, the writings of Jack Seymour, Richard Osmer, Thomas Groome, and Mary Elizabeth Moore for RE, and Paulo Freire and bell hooks for critical pedagogy. This is a synchronous hybrid course, which means that students can join the class either in person or through Zoom. (It is expected that students choose either way and stick to it throughout the course.) [30 max enrollment]