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Building capacity in RERC

Learning and Teaching. Partnership working. Building capacity in RERC. Faith development. RERC in action. Sources of information. Building capacity in RERC. Click to return to main slide. This support for staff illustrates how the experiences and outcomes in RERC might be

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Building capacity in RERC

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  1. Learning and Teaching Partnership working Building capacity in RERC Faith development RERC in action Sources of information

  2. Building capacity in RERC Click to return to main slide This support for staff illustrates how the experiences and outcomes in RERC might be taken forward using a collaborative approach between the secondary and primary sectors.

  3. Partnership working In this short introduction the headteacher emphasises the importance of partnership between the two sectors in taking the project forward. He places particular importance on the development of teaching strategies and methodologies which will provide experiences to resonate with the required outcomes. Link to partnership working video on LTS website Click above to play This short extract outlines aspects of partnership between sectors.

  4. Partnership working This video clip emphasises the nature of partnership in taking forward learning and teaching in RERC. It reminds us that partnership in this curriculum area includes the home. Therefore the partnership is tri-partite in nature, ie Home-School-Parish. Link to partnership working video on LTS website Click above to play

  5. Partnership working Click to return to main slide • Reflective questions • How can partnership arrangements benefit understanding and teaching of the experiences and outcomes in RERC? • What steps would you have to take to establish partnership arrangements? • Who could be involved in the possible partnership arrangements?

  6. Learning and Teaching The importance of learning and teaching in the delivery of RERC ‘Catholic schools aim to help all students to develop their fullest potential, preparing them for life, informing their minds and forming their characters so that they can contribute with others, and with God, to the transformation of their world’. Source: This Is Our Faith, page 3 ‘There are various teaching approaches which can be used appropriately to help students to know God and to understand how God is acting in their lives’. Source: This Is Our Faith, page 31

  7. Learning and Teaching This video clip shows that essentially the content of what is taught in Religious Education in Catholic Schools will not change but reminds us that pedagogy will need to change if deeper understanding of particular topics and issues is to occur. It is suggested that classroom teachers will have to become familiar and skilled in the use of active learning approaches such as co-operative learning as part of this process of development. Link to learning and teaching video on LTS website Click above to play Another example of co-operative learning in mathematics can be found at: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/sharingpractice/c/cooperativelearningactivitiesnumeracy/introduction.asp

  8. Learning and Teaching It was great looking at RERC through art. Link to learning and teaching video on LTS website It helps us work in teams. Now it’s more active!! Click above to play This short extract shows a classroom activity focusing on a particular biblical lesson.

  9. Learning and Teaching • Reflective questions • In what ways can learning and teaching be enhanced by partnership working across sectors? • What steps could you take to develop strategies and methodologies to meet the demands of Curriculum for Excellence?

  10. Learning and Teaching Click to return to main slide • Reflective questions • How will you need to change your teaching methods to meet the challenges and implications for learning in Curriculum for Excellence? • How could you use active learning approaches within the RERC experiences and outcomes?

  11. RERC in action This video clip highlights the advantages of reciprocal teaching, which means professional colleagues visiting each others’ classes and/or schools. This allows teachers to benefit from the skills and approaches of others and bring what they have learned to their own teaching. Link to RERC in action video on LTS website Click above to play This short extract outlines the benefits which working together can bring to learning and teaching.

  12. RERC in action This clip highlights the extent to which the experiences and outcomes in RERC resonates with the capacities of curriculum for excellence. They offer young people a foundation to develop as Global citizenship and as a means of viewing the world through a lens of their ‘faith journey’. Link to RERC in action video on LTS website Click above to play This short extract outlines ways in which the experiences and outcomes can assist in the formation of young people.

  13. RERC in action t Think about the ways the Shepherd shows God’s love. ‘The challenge for the Catholic school is to provide structured opportunities of encounter with Jesus, opportunities to learn about His life, to understand His teaching, to develop the virtues and values which He promotes and to follow His witness in service to others’. Source: This Is Our Faith, page 3) g What does the Shepherd do? ??? T The sheep know the Shepherd loves them.

  14. RERC in action Click to return to main slide Reflective questions In what ways can you link the RERC experiences and outcomes across other curricular areas to provide a coherent experience for learners? To what extent could you embed reciprocal teaching into your practice? What steps could be taken to embed this practice?

  15. Faith development Setting faith development in the context of “This Is Our Faith” The following quotes from This Is Our Faith support teachers’ understanding of the task in assisting the learner in their Journey of Faith through the delivery of the RERC experiences and outcomes. ‘At all, times however, Catholic teachers should be aware of their vocation to promote the distinctive beliefs, values and practices of the Catholic community.’ (Page 4) ‘The central purpose of religious education in the Catholic school is to assist learners to make an informed, mature response to God’s call to relationship. Religious education is designed to engage learners in an educational process...’ (Page 4) ‘The way in which a person increasingly matures in faith is not a simple progression towards intellectual consent, but is a much more holistic and complex process. It is a journey of unfolding encounter with God which takes place within the context of a person’s total experience of life.’ (Page 8)

  16. Faith development This video clip emphasises the place of the school in nurturing the child in Faith. This process begins in the home and is reinforced in the school. Faith development is a major focus for Catholic schools and therefore reinforces that the RERC experiences and outcomes are central to this delivery. Link to faith development video on LTS website Click above to play This short extract outlines how important the role of the school is in helping with the process of evangelisation and formation for both children and parents.

  17. Faith development This video clip demonstrates how important it is that teachers are strong in their own Faith. Reciprocal visits can play a significant part in teachers development of Faith. This had the capacity to build teachers’ confidence in their own classroom practice. Link to faith development video on LTS website Click above to play This short extract outlines the benefits of being secure in faith knowledge.

  18. Faith development Click to return to main slide Reflective questions In what ways can the RERC experiences and outcomes engage learners in a faith journey? In what ways can the RERC experiences and outcomes provide opportunities for children and young people to develop an understanding of how their learning will help them in their future lives? In what ways can CPD give teachers an understanding of faith development?

  19. Sources of information • The following documents support the RERC experiences and outcomes: • Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994) • Compendium to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (2007) • General Directory for Catechesis (1997) • Declaration on Christian Education (1967) • Lay Catholics in Schools (1982) • The Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School (1988)

  20. Sources of information • The following documents support the RERC experiences and outcomes: • The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium (1998) • Educating Together in Catholic Schools (2007) • Religious Education Syllabus for Secondary Schools (CEC, 1992) • Effective Teaching of Religious Education: Personal Search [Roman Catholic Schools] (Learning and Teaching Scotland, 2001) • Values for Life available athttp://www.sces.uk.com/ • This Is Our Life (provisional) available at http://www.sces.uk.com/ • Shining the Light of Christ (Self-evaluation tool)

  21. Sources of information Click to return to main slide • The following website supports all aspects of the learners Journey of Faith through the delivery of the RERC experiences and outcomes: • http://www.sces.uk.com/ • Scottish Catholic Education Service75 Craig ParkGlasgow • G31 2HD • T: 0141 556 4727F: 0141 551 8467 • E: mail@sces.uk.com

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