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Teaching and learning › Christian studies
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Christian Studies

Christian Studies provides a safe and supportive context in which students can reflect on their experiences of the world and on their own beliefs and spirituality.  The Christian Studies classroom is a place where:

  • teaching and learning occurs in a supportive, inclusive and safe environment
  • learners are engaged in intellectually challenging experiences that actively involve them in journeys of inquiry and constructing their own meanings

  • Christian Studies in Lutheran schools
  • Pedagogy of Christian Studies
  • Roles and responsibilities: principal, Christian Studies leader and teacher
  • Administration of Christian Studies: policy, whole school plan and time allocation
  • Christian Studies leaders getting started
  • Audit of Christian Studies resource
  • Christian Studies audit tool for students
  • Connect to eLibrary for the Christian Studies Curriculum Framework, Christian Studies resources and LIFE curriculum.

    Christian Studies Curriculum Framework

    The Christian Studies Curriculum Framework (CSCF) is part of Lutheran Education Australia's (LEA) ongoing provision of resources for the teaching of Christian Studies in Lutheran schools which began with the comprehensive Australian curriculum LIFE, launched in 1998. Both LIFE and the CSCF are grounded in Lutheran theology and informed by the Lutheran Confessions. The CSCFprovides for the years prior to formal schooling (Beginning Band) and progressing through to Year 12 (Band E). The CSCF aligns with the structure and terminology of other Key Learning Area (KLA) syllabi, allowing for opportunities to plan, integrate and assess Christian Studies in line with those documents.

    The CSCF has been organised into four strands: Christian Beliefs, Christian Church, Christian Living, and Christianity in the World. These strands identify the major understandings and processes essential to develop religious literacy from a Christian perspective.

  • CSCF
  • Christian Beliefs Christian Church Christian Living Christianity in the World
    Christian Beliefs

    Key idea 1 Christians believe God is one God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit

    Key idea 2 The person and work of Jesus the Christ is central to Christianity

    Key idea 3 A Christian worldview is shaped by the biblical teaching of sin and grace

    Christian Church

    Key idea 1 Christians believe the Bible is God's word

    Key idea 2 The Christian community is shaped by and shapes its cultural and historical contents

    Key idea 3 Christians pray, worship and celebrate the sacraments

    Christian Living

    Key idea 1 Christians believe that God creates people to live in relationship with him and with each other

    Key idea 2 Christians all called to love and serve all people

    Key idea 3 Christians have a responsibility in and for the world

    Christianity in the World

    Key idea 1 Religious beliefs and ideas shape people's thinking and actions

    Key idea 2 People express their spirituality in various contexts within and beyond Christianity

    Key idea 3 People make decisions using a range of religious perspectives and ethical framework

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