Catechetical Anthropology WT-DNK-ANK
1. Ancient anthropological thought (philosophy, theology, pedagogy)
2. The dispute over man - contemporary anthropological concepts
3. Biblical anthropology
4. Christian anthropological thought
5. Stages of human development (from conception to death)
6. Man as a free and capable creature (levels of human development)
7. Man is a weak and sinful being
8. Family, community and nation in human life (human social nature)
9. A human being a religious being? believer?
10. The need for authorities
11. Values in human life
12. Carnality and the cult of vitality
13. Human spirituality
14. Man versus culture and media
15. The problem of suffering and dying in human life
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
Subject level
Learning outcome code/codes
Type of subject
Preliminary Requirements
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
EK 1: the student is able to define the basic assumptions of the Christian concept of man;
EK 2: the student is able to compare different concepts of a human being;
EK 3: the student knows the specificity of human development from childhood to adulthood;
EK 4: the student distinguishes various aspects of human development and can describe what is spiritual development;
EK 5: the student is able to correlate the curriculum with the possibilities and development needs of students;
EK 6: the student is able to identify the main threats and problems of the student in the didactic process;
EK 7: the student has an understanding of contemporary cultural trends.
Learning outcome 1. The student "defines the basic assumptions of the Christian concept of man".
Ndst (2): can not give the basic definition of a human;
Dst (3): can give a definition of a human and explain it;
B (4): accurately presents selected human concepts and discusses their consequences;
Bdb (5): precisely presents selected concepts of man, discusses their consequences and relates to Christian anthropology.
Learning outcome 2. The student "compares different concepts of a man with each other;".
Ndst (2): unable to list a few examples of different concepts of man;
Dst (3): correctly approximates the concepts of a man he has chosen and indicates their differences ”;
B (4): precisely describes the indicated anthropological concepts and discusses their similarities and differences;
Bdb (5): describes precisely the indicated anthropological concepts, discusses their similarities and differences, and evaluates them from the theological point of view
Learning outcome 3. The student "recognizes the specificity of human development from childhood to adulthood".
Ndst (2): can not name the basic stages of human development;
Dst (3): correctly lists the stages of human development;
B (4): precisely describes the stages of human development and indicates educational needs;
Bdb (5): precisely describes the stages of human development, indicates their respective educational needs and identifies potential development threats;
Learning outcome 4. The student "distinguishes various aspects of human development and knows how to describe what is spiritual development".
Ndst (2): unable to provide basic aspects of human development;
Dst (3): correctly defines the basic aspects of human development;
B (4): precisely describes selected aspects of human development and discusses the relationships between them;
Bdb (5): precisely describes selected aspects of human development, discusses the relationships between them and their impact on his spiritual development.
Learning outcome 5. The student "is able to correlate the curriculum with the development abilities and needs of students".
D (2): is unable to provide examples of human development needs;
Dst (3): gives examples of human development needs and characterizes them in general;
B (4): describes the indicated examples of human development needs and relates them to the assumptions of the religious education program;
Bdb (5): analyzes the indicated examples of human development needs and explains how they can be satisfied on the basis of the religious education curriculum.
Learning outcome 6. The student "identifies the main threats and problems of the student in the teaching process".
Ndst (2): is unable to indicate a few examples of threats to the student's development
Dst (3): can indicate examples of threats to the student's development and characterize them in general;
B (4): indicates examples of threats to the student's development, characterizes them in general and proposes didactic solutions for their processing;
Bdb (5): indicates examples of threats to the student's development, describes them precisely and designs a didactic program aimed at solving the problem.
Learning outcomes 7. The student has an understanding of contemporary cultural trends.
Ndst (2): cannot name the main cultural currents;
Dst (3): lists the main cultural trends and discusses them in general;
B (4): describes the main cultural trends and evaluates them;
Bdb (5): describes the indicated cultural trends, evaluates them and can use them to promote Christian values.
Assessment criteria
The condition for passing the course is achieving all the assumed learning outcomes.
The number of points obtained from:
- attendance at (remote) classes: dst - from 60%; db - 60-95%, very good - 95-100%.
- mastering the lecture material supplemented with the indicated literature
- final exam: dst - dst plus - 50-60%, db - db plus 60-85%, very good - 85-100%;
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
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