Building capacity in RERC

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Building capacity in RERC
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Building capacity in RERC
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• 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.

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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
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This short extract outlines aspects of
partnership between sectors.
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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
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Partnership working
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• 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?

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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
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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
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Another example of co-operative learning in
mathematics can be found at http//www.ltscotlan
d.org.uk/sharingpractice/c/cooperativelearningacti
vitiesnumeracy/introduction.asp
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Learning and Teaching
It was great looking at RERC through art.
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It helps us work in teams.
Now its more active!!
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This short extract shows a classroom activity
focusing on a particular biblical lesson.
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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?

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Learning and Teaching
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• 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?

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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
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This short extract outlines the benefits which
working together can bring to learning and
teaching.
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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
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This short extract outlines ways in which the
experiences and outcomes can assist in the
formation of young people.
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RERC in action
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Think about the ways the Shepherd shows Gods
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)
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What does the Shepherd do?
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The sheep know the Shepherd loves them.
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RERC in action
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• 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?

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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 Gods 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 persons total experience
of life. (Page 8)
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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
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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.
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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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This short extract outlines the benefits of being
secure in faith knowledge.
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Faith development
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• 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?

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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)

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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 at http//www.sces.uk.co
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• This Is Our Life (provisional) available at
  http//www.sces.uk.com/
• Shining the Light of Christ (Self-evaluation
  tool)

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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 Service75 Craig
ParkGlasgow G31 2HD T 0141 556 4727F 0141 551
8467 E mail_at_sces.uk.com