Focusing on the Foundation: Catholic Curriculum Standards
This Course Pack is designed for professional learning communities or small teacher groups interested in learning more about the philosophical underpinning of truth, beauty, and goodness incorporated into the Catholic Curriculum Standards.
Each module can be read leisurely by teachers before meeting in a group. This opportunity allows them time to reflect on and respond to comprehension questions at the end of each essay, as well as to consider ways to incorporate philosophical concepts of truth, beauty, and goodness into their lesson plans and daily routines, thus deepening discussions about faith and life that impact the overall Catholic culture of the school. (The Facilitator Guide has answers.)
The Table of Contents includes:
Module 1: The Importance of Philosophy and Theology by Peter Kreeft
Module 2: Evidence of the Transmateriality of Human Beings by Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.
Module 3: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty in the Christian World by Stephen Turley
Module 4: Conclusion: Beauty in the Word by Stratford Caldecott
Module 5: How to Think about Truth? How to Think about Beauty? by Mortimer Adler
BONUS- Module 6: Annotated Bibliography of Church Documents for Catholic School Teachers