Table of Contents

Foreword – Bishop Paul Bird
Chapter One: THE CONTENT OF AWAKENINGS

1.1 From the Murray to the Sea
1.2 For us and for our time
1.3 Guiding principles
1.4 Our core business
References (Ch 1)

Chapter Two: THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

2.1 The mission of evangelisation
2.2 Bearers of the Mission
2.3 The culture of the Catholic school
2.4 Teachers in a Catholic dialogue school
2.5 Community and partnership
2.6 Classroom Religious Education
2.7 Religious Education and other curriculum areas
2.8 Vision for learning
References (Ch 2)

Chapter Three: THE WORLD OF THE LEARNER

3.1 A meaningful world
3.2 The world of the learner
3.3 Young people, religious experience and
Church
3.4 The human person at the centre of
learning experiences
3.5 Sites of encounter for dialogue
References (Ch 3)

Chapter Four: TEACHING FOR LEARNING IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

4.1 Religious Education – a discipline-based
learning area
4.2 Curriculum – the what of Religious
Education
4.3 Pedagogy – the how of Religious
Education
4.4 Assessment and reporting – the how well
and where of learning in Religious
Education
References (Ch 4)