EDUC 6350: Pedagogy in Catholic Education

This course is designed to introduce participants to a range of current methodology and curriculum associated with teaching in a Catholic school system. Emphasis is placed on inclusiveness and diversity as opportunities for teaching and learning. Participants will discuss and practice strategies and techniques that incorporate best practices, principles of faith, and a theology of education. The course will look to the person of Jesus Christ primarily and other exemplary models for teaching and learning, discovery and transformation. Christian pedagogy enables the student to “assimilate skills, knowledge, intellectual methods and moral and social attitudes”, all of which help to develop the personality and lead the student to take their place as an active member the community…” The aim of Christian pedagogy is not merely the “attainment of knowledge but the acquisition of values and the discovery of truth (The Catholic School, The Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education).”