Catechesis I

In the first semester the students will get to know their own psychological progress and recognize their skills, abilities and limits in teaching and education. Furthermore they will learn the basic vocabulary of personal psychology, of developmental psychology and of education theory, they will adopt the constructive pedagogy's point of view and they will master to use it in ecclesiastical circumstances.

Competences

Specific competences

By the knowledge gathered in the area of developmental and personal psychology together with pedagogy, the students will be able to estimate the cognitive and psychical skills of the children, who take part in catechesis, and to measure the level of their knowledge. They will be able to select the accurate amount of subject-matter for each class and to decide by which method will they proceed the teaching and learning.

General competences

The students will be able to present a model behavior in every situation of the catechesis and to teach the knowledge about the Bible according to the previous intention.

Course structure

# Title
1 Learning Catechesis
2 Surveying the Group's Knowledge in Catechesis
3 Presenting Catchesis as a Process and Getting the Students Involved in It
4 Formulating Concept as a Catechist Based on Previous Pedagogical and Psychological Knowledge
5 Fundamental Ideas in Character Psychology
6 Fundamental Ideas in Social Psychology
7 Fundamental Ideas in Developmental Psychology
8 Cultural, Social and Theological-Antropological Basic Ideas Related to the Catechesis
9 Discipleship as a Way of Life - the Aim of Catechesis
10 Facilities and Tools Provided by the Modern Pedagogy as Support to Become a Disciple
11 Curriculum and class plan in Catechesis
12 Using Pedagogical Knowledge in Catechizing People of Different Ages
13 The Teacher's Personality and Habit as Decisive Factors in Catechesis
14 Organizing Catechesis as a Teaching and Learning Course

Total estimated time

Classroom study Course Seminar Practice
4 hours/week 2 2 0
56 hours/semester 28 28 0
Individual study Hours/sem
Total estimated time 131
Studying course notes and bibliography 56
Further documentation in libraries, electronic platforms, or on the field 10
Preparing essays, papers, or documentation 7
Personal tutoring 2
Total individual study 75

Examination

The students will hand in an essay or a notice about a book with relates the topic they have learnt. Everybody will lead a Bible-teaching class to an age group they have decided. At the end of the first semester they have a summary form written and oral exam.

Bibliography

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