Principles of Religious Education

Catalog description

Religious education, including catechesis, evangelization, religious instruction, and faith formation, occurs in many contexts often targeted for a particular age or cultural group. This basic course in religious education reveals the theological and educational roots and introduces the basic elements and processes including assessment, backward design, curriculum and learning. Analyze learning contexts; Apply theories to real life contexts; Evaluate oneself, curricula, and others with standards; Create a lesson addressing a real-life teaching challenge.