En1320 Unit 2 Assignment

Assignment 1
Ryan (2014) writes:
Religious educators and catechists, especially those working with young children, are placed in the front line of those who must exercise responsibility for educating Christians in a way that responds to a difficult past and seeks to understand the work to repair it. (p. 45)
In an essay, draw on the Chapter on Jewish –Christian relations from Growing in Wisdom to discuss the relevance of Ryan’s statement for contemporary religious educators. Make reference to Nostra Aetate in your answer. (1250 words).
Then select a unit that has a focus on Jesus from a Diocesan RE Curriculum.
Describe and critically evaluate the pedagogical approaches taken, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the suggested teaching / learning strategies in light of the
This information is very detailed and provides suggestions for the type of material that can be used from the gospels to assist with this unit along with key events in Jesus’ life. By using the suggested events as a starting point, students learn about the people involved in key events in Jesus’ life, where they occurred and why they were important. They can then look at Jesus as a Jewish person and the types of cultural events that were important to Jesus as a person and also look at the political climate of 1st century Palestine to understand what life would have been like. This allows students to see Jesus as a real person responding to events that happened when he lived and further understand why he responded to these events the way he did. From this, students are able to achieve one of the outcomes of the unit, ‘identifying the cultural and historical influences on Jesus,’ along with a number of learn about and learn to outcomes. While Jesus being a devout Jewish person is looked at throughout these pages it is not the central focus of the