PEDA252 - The Learning Environment in Catholic Education

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

(1) demonstrate knowledge of the mission, historical background, governance and ethos of Catholic schools and of the vision of education that underpins them.
(2) demonstrate an understanding of the ethos of a Catholic school and identify a range of opportunities for a teacher to support its Mission Statement.
(3) demonstrate the ability to make professional decisions regarding the pastoral and educational needs of pupils with reference to the aims and purposes of Catholic education.
(4) plan opportunities to contribute to pupils’ personal, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development (including world faiths) and understand the leadership process for development and evaluation.

Content:

This module will focus on:
- experience of and the person’s understanding of education in practice, responsibility, accountability and improvement in order to enable them to understand the requirements of teaching in Catholic education.
- Catholic tradition in education; teachings of the Catholic Church in respect of the curriculum; the role of the parents as first educators; working knowledge of – responsibilities in Canon Law, the responsibilities of school governing bodies for the maintenance of the Trust Deed and Instrument, the ethos, and the contract of employment in the Catholic school.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Year 1 module will provide a foundation level of knowledge and understanding of the ethos of the learning environment in Catholic education.

In particular the teaching in this module will use workshops to support learning

This module will run over 20 weeks.

Workshops & pair & group discussions
Contact hours 36

Individual and/or group tutorial
Contact hours 4

Work-based tasks

Assessment: