SALT CAN OFFER:
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Curriculum outlines and programmes, compatible with a spiral liturgical curriculum, and tailored according to diocesan requirements.
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Demonstration sessions.
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Implementation of the SALT Approach within schools, under the guidance of a SALT consultant.
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Equipping teachers and schools with necessary materials.
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Professional development for schools and teachers.
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
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A Trinitarian Christocentric, scripture-based approach with a focus on the Sacraments and the Liturgical Year.
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A Christian anthropological understanding of the human person, recognising each person’s integrity, transcendent value and eternal destiny.
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Core Pedagogies that (a) permit pondering, (b) respect the person, and (c) allow for authentic freedom and choice. Teaching and learning sessions are structured to facilitate these core pedagogies.
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Addressing elements that impact negatively on free choice and self-regulated learning, which are fundamental to SALT.
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Facilitating the faith-formation of Catholic educators.
RESEARCH FINDINGS
The six-year study confirmed that:
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Children, given the opportunity, are drawn to the spiritual and SALT can work successfully within diversely populated schools.
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Teachers can become co-learners alongside the child, as they implement the SALT Approach.
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Systemic accountability demands can be met using SALT’s holistic structure.
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The SALT Approach offers a new paradigm for religious education, very much in harmony with cutting edge educational research.
THE SALT APPROACH
Scripture and Liturgy Teaching Approach
SALT (Scripture and Liturgy Teaching) is a method for teaching religious education in Catholic Primary Schools built on the work of Montessori and Cavalletti.
SALT is the product of a six-year research study.
The study trialled, evaluated and adapted Cavalletti’s work, so that it could offer a full religious education programme within a contemporary Catholic School setting.
