Scripture for teacher website available for Catholic educators
The National Catholic Education Commission in collaboration with educators across Australia has delivered new improvements to the Scripture for Teachers website.
The digital resource has been developed in collaboration with a number of Religious educators and leaders from across the country.
The website assists Religious Education teachers to engage personally with Sacred Scripture and supports in planning how to use and engage students with Scripture passages, and includes:
- Foundations presenting Catholic understanding of Scripture
- Commentaries and materials on a number of scripture passages
- Glossary of terms used in Foundations and Commentaries
- Resource links to further assist teachers
Catholic Education South Australia Religious Education and Faith Formation advisor Alison Gore said the website has been developed specifically for teachers of Religious Education in Catholic schools.
"Each of the commentaries has been written to include material that will be useful for teachers in dialoguing with scripture with their students using a three worlds of the text approach," Alison said.
"Teachers of every year level will find content that will assist them and their students in interpreting the original context of the gospel and exploring what it might mean for us today," she said.
Mount St Benedict College assistant principal and dean of mission Dr Paul Lentern said he found working on this site to be very enjoyable and worthwhile.
"Scripture is a foundational element of the teaching of Religious Education, yet few teachers have significant formal training in this area," he said.
"The commentaries on this site are very well crafted to include important insights from biblical scholarship in an easily accessible style.
"These commentaries will help teachers to be confident in their use of bible texts and allow students to reap the rich benefits of a biblically literate study of scripture," Paul said.
Australian Catholic University theology and philosophy senior lecturer Dr Margaret Carswell supports the website through reviewing commentaries prior to publication.
