Educator's Guide to Catholic Curriculum: Learning for Fullness of Life - Softcover

Hindmarsh, Trish

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0987306049 ISBN 13: 9780987306043

Publisher: Vaughan Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

What difference can the Catholic identity of a school make to the way it approaches curriculum? How can the curriculum be 'life-giving' for students in the way Jesus intended when he promised 'fullness of life' for all?

How can Religious Education, the Humanities, the Arts, Maths, Sciences and Technology, Health/PE and Vocational Education be enriched by Catholic faith and life? How can all subjects work together to create an 'ecology' of learning that can help students discern wise life pathways? How can their years of learning the various subjects in school classrooms help them become a 'leaven' in the dough of society and a 'light' for the world?

This Guide offers practical curriculum strategies and school-focussed examples from educators in Catholic schools around Australia and New Zealand who are attempting to address these questions.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Trish Hindmarsh is the former Director of Catholic Education in Tasmania and has been a teacher and leader in Catholic schools in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. Her doctorate centred on approaches to ecological education in Catholic schools. Since retirement in 2014, she has continued to take an active interest in education, ecology, Church renewal and social justice. She is a member of the Catholic Earthcare Australia Council, the Tasmanian Catholic Justice and Peace Commission and the St Vincent de Paul Society. She has a particular commitment to the mission of Catholic education to bring Christ's message of liberation and truth alive for students and their families.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vaughan Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0987306049
• ISBN 13: 9780987306043
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 66