(Re)vision of Religious Education of Children and Youth in Secularized Polish Society

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dc.contributor.authorZellma, Anna
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-11T12:22:42Z
dc.date.available2024-04-11T12:22:42Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractRapidly progressing multifaceted secularization processes in Polish society strongly influence the shape of religious education of children and adolescents in the school environment. They determine a number of dimensions of the social and mental activity of young people. Their effects are visible, es­pecially in the attitudes of children and youth to God, the Church, religious lessons, moral norms, and religious practices. This situation raises new challenges for the religious education of the young. Reading this as a “sign of the times,” this article revises religious education in Polish schools. The need to reor­ganize the model of religious education lessons and to introduce changes in the curricular assumptions of religious education teaching, in student textbooks and methodological guides is pointed out. Pre-evangelization and educational activities, resignation from the mere transfer of religious knowledge, and the development of preconceived skills and attitudes are considered important. The author emphasizes the value of providing opportunities for the construction of knowledge and for the student’s own en­gagement during religious education lessons. In this context, much attention is paid to the role of the re­ligious education teacher, who is to be first and foremost a companion on a journey, an educator and a witness of faith, open to new challenges, able to communicate effectively with students, creative, and tolerant. The right personality traits of the religious education teacher and their multiple competencies (including communicative and interpersonal ones) play a key role in religious education. They guarantee the effectiveness of communication within a group of religious lesson participants. They foster authentic interpersonal relationships and community-building, thus meeting the natural needs of young people. In practice, they require a paradigm shift in the formation of religious education teachers.
dc.identifier.citation"Verbum Vitae" , 2024, T. 42, Nr 1, s. 255-269
dc.identifier.doi10.31743/vv.16713
dc.identifier.issn1644-8561
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/6393
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWydawnictwo KUL
dc.rightsAttribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectreligious education
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectyouth
dc.subjectsecularization
dc.subjectreligion teacher
dc.subjectpre-evangelization
dc.subjectrevision of religious education
dc.subjectaccompanying
dc.title(Re)vision of Religious Education of Children and Youth in Secularized Polish Society
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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