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Educators' Guide for Pedagogy and Assessment

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Learning Area: Religious and Ethics Education

Religion > LEVEL 9





Learning Area Outcome: I am able to understand and value the notion of human community and the diverse ways it expresses itself, and to see this as a source of richness. (Strand: Religious Language)

Subject Focus: Community life, relationships and roles in communities of faith

1] I can discuss the impact of sectarianism and fundamentalism on my values and attitudes and on those of society. 
 COGNITIVE LEARNING
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Learning Area Outcome: I can understand how religious and secular cultures and belief systems sustain different ways of life and can co-exist harmoniously in societies like that in Malta, where moral and cultural differences are respected and valued. (Strand: Religious Language)

Subject Focus: Religion and Society

1] I can discuss the relationship between Church and State, in the context of religious freedom and democracy and reflect upon how this influences my life as a Christian/Catholic within the Maltese context.
 COGNITIVE LEARNING
2] I can discuss how the right to religious freedom and freedom of conscience are essential for a peaceful co-existence within Maltese and European society for instance in: Dignitatis Humanae, and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
 COMMUNICATING FOR  DIVERSITY



Learning Area Outcome: I am aware of the basic tenents, rituals and narratives of the major belief systems. (Strand: Religious Language)

Subject Focus: Major World Religions - Selected Study

1] I can explain how Christians/Catholics, Jews and Muslims, Buddhists or Hindus, express the sense of the Sacred in their daily life
 LEARNING TO BE



Learning Area Outcome: I can learn about and from my own experience of the world, as well as from the beliefs, practices and traditions of others. (Strand: Religious Language)

Subject Focus: Beliefs, Traditions, Practices - World Religions, selected study.

1] I can explain the conception of the 'Ultimate Reality' in different worldviews and how it shapes everyday living.
 COGNITIVE LEARNING



Learning Area Outcome: I can learn about and from my own experience of the world, and from the beliefs, practices and traditions of others. (Strand: Religious Language)

Subject Focus: Respect and conviviality

1] I can reflect upon and discuss how to safeguard and promote religious freedom and acceptance within my context as a Maltese and European citizen. 
 COMMUNICATING FOR  DIVERSITY



Learning Area Outcome: I have a positive sense of myself, which I nurture through self-care and self-mastery, and of my connectedness with God, others, the natural environment (animal and material) (Strand: Spiritual Dimension)

Subject Focus: Connectedness with myself, others and God 

1] I can demonstrate, in various ways, sensitivity and compassion towards the requirements (and sensitivities) of others. 
 LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER
2] I can express the meaning of commitment, its price and importance to my life and that of others. 
 COMMUNICATING FOR  DIVERSITY
3] I can discuss the meaning of freedom and responsibility in making choices in my life and how these affect me and others.



Learning Area Outcome: I can formulate and express questions that are fundamental to human experience and endeavour to find an answer. (Strand: Spiritual Dimension)

Subject Focus: Challenging aspects in human experience

1] I can explore the ways in which faith and science can complement and challenge each other on the topics of creation and evolution.
 LEARNING TO BE



Learning Area Outcome: I can relate critically to the Word of God and acknowledge its practical implications for human experience. (Strand: Word of God and Living the Gospel)

Subject Focus: Word of God - The Bible 

1] I can express in various ways, especially through Biblical narratives, the human quest and search for God for instance as in Job 42:1-5, and in Psalm 42, or Mt 7:7-8 or Deut.4:29 or Jer.29:12-13.
 COGNITIVE LEARNING
2] I can explore how Christmas is the beginning of our Salvation and Easter its accomplishment. 
 COGNITIVE LEARNING
3] I can discuss the unique value of marriage as found in Genesis 1 and 2 and in the Gospel of Matthew chp. 9.
 LEARNING TO DO



Learning Area Outcome: I can reflect and act on situations both personal as well as those belonging to the community, in a critical manner, in the light of Tradition and the Biblical message. (Strand; Word of God and living the Gospel).

Subject Focus: Challenges in the light of Catholic Tradition and the Biblical message

1] I can explore how the unique characteristics found in the Holy Trinity: communion, love, mutual respect and dialogue, can be mirrored in Christian life.
 COGNITIVE LEARNING
2] I can reflect on Christ’s commitment and fidelity to the Church as a model for spouses according to Ephesians 5: 21-33.
 LEARNING TO DO
3] I can explain the meaning of Tradition within the Catholic Church.
4] I can explore the meaning of the Church as a missionary Community (Lumen gentium and the Evangelii Gaudium.)
 LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER
5] I can explain the prophetic mission of the Church and reflect how I can contribute to this mission particularly: in its universal call to peace, its defence of marriage, family and human dignity as found in Gaudium et spes and  Evangelii gaudium.
 COMMUNICATING FOR  DIVERSITY



Learning Area Outcome: I acknowledge the rich plurality of experiences and expressions shown by individuals as well as communities in their commitment to living the Gospel. (Strand: Word of God and Christian/Catholic belief)

Subject Focus: Choosing role models

1] I can research the life of St Thomas More and St Maximillian Kolbe while learning the values of integrity, honesty, faithfulness to God and faithfulness towards one’s beliefs and conscience. 
 CREATIVE LEARNING
2] I can research the life of St Teresa d’Avila, or St Catherine of Siena, or St Therese of Liseux or St Hildegard of Bingen or St Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein) and explore how through their life and teachings, they are key figures in the shaping of modern Christianity.
 CREATIVE LEARNING



Learning Area Outcome: I am able to understand contemporary moral language and its central concepts and metaphors, including those of rights, virtues, duties, obligations, autonomy, self-regarding and other-regarding acts, side-effects, and consequences. (Strand: Education  to the Virtues)

Subject Focus: Understanding moral language

1] I can outline a vision for Christian ethics and express its deeply communitarian nature.
 COGNITIVE LEARNING



Learning Area Outcome: I can collaborate with others in the construction of a shared and mutually enriching vision of life. (Strand: Education to the  virtues)

Subject Focus: Maturing in education through the virtues

1] I can explore the implications of integrity and respect in relationships including marital and family relationships. 
COMMUNICATING FOR  DIVERSITY
2] I can explore the meaning of the ethics of work and the rights and obligations of work.
 SELF AWARENESS
3] I can explore the importance of respect for life from its conception to its natural death.
 COGNITIVE LEARNING




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