Learning and
Teaching
Partnership working
Building capacity
in RERC
Faith development
RERC in action
Sources of
information
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Building capacity in RERC
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.
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.
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partnership
working video on
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This short extract outlines aspects of
partnership between sectors.
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 tripartite in nature, ie Home-SchoolParish.
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partnership
working video on
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Partnership working
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Reflective questions
1. How can partnership arrangements benefit understanding
and teaching of the experiences and outcomes in RERC?
2. What steps would you have to take to establish partnership
arrangements?
3. Who could be involved in the possible partnership
arrangements?
Learning and Teaching
The importance
of learning and
teaching in the
delivery of RERC
‘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
‘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
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.
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and teaching
video on LTS
website
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Another example of co-operative learning in mathematics
can be found at:
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/sharingpractice/c/cooperativ
elearningactivitiesnumeracy/introduction.asp
Learning and Teaching
It was great
looking at
RERC through
art.
It helps us work in
teams.
Now it’s more
active!!
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and teaching
video on LTS
website
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This short extract shows a classroom activity
focusing on a particular biblical lesson.
Learning and Teaching
Reflective questions
1. In what ways can learning and teaching be enhanced by
partnership working across sectors?
2. What steps could you take to develop strategies and
methodologies to meet the demands of Curriculum for
Excellence?
Learning and Teaching
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Reflective questions
1. How will you need to change your teaching methods to meet
the challenges and implications for learning in Curriculum for
Excellence?
2. How could you use active learning approaches within the
RERC experiences and outcomes?
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.
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RERC in action
video on LTS
website
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This short extract outlines the benefits
which working together can bring to
learning and teaching.
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’.
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RERC in action
video on LTS
website
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This short extract outlines ways in
which the experiences and outcomes
can assist in the formation of young
people.
RERC in action
Think about the
ways the
Shepherd shows
God’s love.
What does the
Shepherd do?
The sheep
know
the Shepherd
loves them.
‘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)
RERC in action
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Reflective questions
1. In what ways can you link the RERC experiences and
outcomes across other curricular areas to provide a coherent
experience for learners?
2. To what extent could you embed reciprocal teaching into
your practice? What steps could be taken to embed this
practice?
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)
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.
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faith development
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website
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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.
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.
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faith development
video on LTS
website
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This short extract outlines the benefits
of being secure in faith knowledge.
Faith development
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Reflective questions
1. In what ways can the RERC experiences and outcomes
engage learners in a faith journey?
2. 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?
3. In what ways can CPD give teachers an understanding of faith
development?
Sources of information
The following documents support the RERC experiences and
outcomes:
1. Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994)
2. Compendium to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (2007)
3. General Directory for Catechesis (1997)
4. Declaration on Christian Education (1967)
5. Lay Catholics in Schools (1982)
6. The Religious Dimension of Education in a Catholic School
(1988)
Sources of information
The following documents support the RERC experiences and outcomes:
1. The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium
(1998)
2. Educating Together in Catholic Schools (2007)
3. Religious Education Syllabus for Secondary Schools (CEC, 1992)
4. Effective Teaching of Religious Education: Personal Search
[Roman Catholic Schools] (Learning and Teaching Scotland, 2001)
5. Values for Life available at http://www.sces.uk.com/
6. This Is Our Life (provisional) available at http://www.sces.uk.com/
7. Shining the Light of Christ (Self-evaluation tool)
Sources of information
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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 Service
75 Craig Park
Glasgow
G31 2HD
T: 0141 556 4727
F: 0141 551 8467
E: mail@sces.uk.com