Primary Education
This course offers students the chance to consider the role of belief in education. Students will study the role of mythologies , the impact of social change on belief and how belief manifests in the primary school curriculum. In particular students will critically consider the role, purposes, status of Religious and Moral Education in schools, and approaches to effective teaching of this area of the curriculum. They will begin to explore pedagogical approaches to literacy teaching and learning in a 2nd level classroom. At the same time, there is awareness of the multicultural trends which are developing in the modern world. Consequently, Primary Education supports the development of intercultural awareness, tolerance and respect of otherness. Primary Education works towards the harmonious coexistence of pupils regardless of differences in ethnicity or cultural background. Nevertheless, the principle that a child’s learning should move from the immediate and familiar to the distant