THL471 Teaching The Bible (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Theology (THEOL)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject provides the student with an advanced overview of the Christian Scriptures, together with an understanding to contemporary issues in biblical scholarship, as the basis for developing strategies for teaching the Bible to school students. The subject combines an academic approach with practical skills with a view to enabling the student to bring the biblical and church tradition alive in the classroom. It also examines ways to incorporate spirituality, draw links with the other perspectives (world religions, philosophy and ethics) and develop appropriate assessment items within a school based curriculum.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
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| Distance | Canberra |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: THL471
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Assumed Knowledge:
Students are assumed to have completed all the core units for the Master of Arts (Religious and Values Education) before enrolling in this subject.
Enrolment restrictions:
Master of Arts (Religious and Values Education)
Master of Ministry
Graduate Diploma of Religious and Values Education
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be familiar with the major issues and critical approaches in contemporary biblical scholarship
- be able to integrate critical biblical scholarship into their professional practice in Religious and Values Education
- have acquired skills for interpreting the biblical text
- be able to identify links with the other strands (seeing opportunities to link with world religions, philosophy and ethics)
- have developed strategies for connecting religious and philosophical concepts to the lives of students
- be able to prepare a teaching unit that reflects and engages appropriately with contemporary biblical scholarship
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- an overview of biblical literature including its canonical forms, literary genre and history of interpretation
- history of biblical scholarship, and especially responses to developments in the arts and sciences
- the role of the Bible in the school curriculum
- pedagogical issues in Religious and Values Education
- resources for teaching the Bible in schools and other settings
- assessment in Religious and Values Education
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.