A recent addition to the secondary curriculum is the Studies in Catholic Thought syllabus.
This syllabus aims at ‘developing students’ understanding of the Catholic tradition’. The syllabus looks at the spiritual, ethical, political and social elements of the Catholic religion. The syllabus is designed to complement the current Studies of Religion (SoR) course on offer. The table blow summarises the year 11 and year 12 course structure.
Year 11 Course
1 Unit
Who is a Human Person?
The Trinitarian God and Humanity
The Reimagining of Creation
2 Unit
Faith, Reason and Science
To Be Fully Human
Year 12 Course
1 Unit
Virtue, Vice and Salvation
The Good Works
The Common Good
2 Unit
Students select TWO of the following units:
Set Text Study
The Church and the Arts
The Church and First Peoples
The Church and the Contemporary World
Studies in Catholic thought is well supported by Understanding Faith.
As you may have seen, the Understanding Faith resource (primary and secondary) has just been updated. In addition to updated images, interactive activities, slideshows, audios, videos, newspaper articles and YouTube links, there are three significant content updates in the Secondary resource:
1.Addition of Part Nine in Title 14. This new part details the life and contribution to education of Saint Angela Merici, Blessed Edmund Rice and Saint Marcellin Champagnat.
2.Title 58 – Set Text Study. This is a detailed unit on The Didache, and is part of the 2-Unit Studies in Catholic Thought syllabus.
3.Title 59 – The Church and the Arts. This unit forms part of the 2-Unit Studies in Catholic Thought syllabus and focuses on Mary, the Mother of God.
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