Mr Michael Vial

I am employed as a Religious Education Consultant with Catholic Education SA, and in this role am an UniSA Catholic Studies lecturer in the School of Education for three days per week. My UniSA base is at Mawson Lakes campus (Monday, Wednesday and Thursday) but I also regularly teach at the Magill campus. My fulltime UniSA Catholic Studies colleague is Clare Hay.

I am based at the Catholic Education Office normally on Tuesdays and Fridays, and my contact details there are:
ph. 08 8301 6635
michael.vial@ceo.adl.catholic.edu.au
112 Kintore St Thebarton SA 5031

My background includes being a secondary and middle school teacher in religious education, physics and general science, and I have worked for a number of years as a school Religious Education Coordinator. My work with Catholic Education SA as a RE consultant has involved the development of Crossways Religious Education Framework for SA Catholic Schools, which was launched in 2008.

I am interested in education, theology and religious education. I very much enjoy teaching BEd students in the Catholic Studies courses, and current Catholic school teachers in the Graduate Certificate in Catholic Education.

UniSA Catholic Studies information

Catholic Education SA

Crossways Religious Education Framework for SA Catholic Schools http://re.cesa.catholic.edu.au

Catholic Resource and Information Service

Catholic Education SA Teacher Accreditation policy

• Christian Theology
• Curriculum design and pedagogy in Religious Education
• Religion Studies

Secondary Religious Education Leaders Association of South Australia

Australasian Theological Forum

Australian Association for the Study of Religion

Master of Theological Studies (Flinders University)

Graduate Diploma in Religious Eduaction (UniSA)

Diploma in Education (University of Adelaide)

Bachelor of Engineering Honours (University of Adelaide)

Bachelor of Science (University of Adelaide)

• Religious Education Curriculum in Catholic Schools
• Trinity and trinitarian dimensions of Catholic Education

‘Encountering God as Trinity’, TerraSpiritus, 2008 vol 4 no. 2.

‘God who is Personal’, TerraSpiritus, 2008 vol 4 no. 3.

‘We are Held for Communion’, TerraSpiritus, 2008 vol 4 no. 4.

‘Trinity and Religious Education: a sideline or central doctrine in teaching and learning?’, presented at the Fifth ACU Symposium in RE and Ministry, Brisbane, July 2007.