A Spectator’s Guide to World Views (Years 10–12

When I was younger I really did think we were on our way to a better world and when I look at it now, it is in a worse state than I have known it, particularly for women and I find that very disturbing and sad.

Emma Thompson—British actor

We have been using CEP material in our middle and senior schools over the last few years, in particular, A Spectator’s Guide to World Views with year 10 students. The material is engaging, stimulates great conversations and encourages them in higher level thinking and analysis.

David Jones Cathedral College Wangaratta, VIC

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Why teach on world views? Ten visions of life and truth as seen through the lenses of the dominant world views of our age. Every day we are confronted with messages, both subtle and direct, that emanate from a particular world view. This unit will give students valuable tools to navigate these messages and the implications if they are true.

How does A Spectator’s Guide to World Views fit within a broader RE program? The critical thinking skills developed within this unit will prove of value to students when engaging with issues of faith and belief both now and beyond the school gates as they negotiate the dominant voices of our culture.

Unit outcomes By the end of this unit, students will be able to: • understand what a world view is and be able to identify significant differences between various world views • express their own world view and give a coherent defence of it • critique different world views from a Christian perspective and articulate the areas of ‘overlap’ and the areas of divergence.

Duration 10 lessons offering 1–2 terms’ worth of work.

Teacher’s manual $54.95 Code 8102 Student handbook $9.75 Code 8103 Digital student handbook $8.45 Code E8103 A Spectator’s Guide to World Views (Book) $24.95

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