For a 10-credit subject, students study one or two big ideas.

For a 20-credit subject, students study two or three big ideas.

At Stage 1, students develop and demonstrate their understanding of the influence of religious and/or spiritual perspectives on a community within a local, national, or global context through engaging with one or more representations.

The following six big ideas frame learning in this subject by inviting inquiry into religious and/or spiritual perspectives in context.  

Big ideas 

1. Growth, belonging, and flourishing 
2. Community, justice and diversity 
3. Story, visions and futures 
4. Spiritualities, religions, and ultimate questions
5. Life, the universe and integral ecology 
6. Evil and suffering

For general information about Stage 1 subjects, see Teaching Stage 1.

For workshops and PLATO courses, see Professional learning.