The present study examines the synergy of Social Pedagogy and Religious Education (RE)in Education.The aim of the research is the study of the personal and collective change that Religious Education can cause, and its preventive operation in the management of the new global conditions.It is a blended research. It took place during the school year 2017-18 in a Gymnasium and a Lyceum of Attica with the methodology of critical ethnography. The analysis of the qualitative and quantitative data shows that religious knowledge, developed in Education and aiming religious literacy, as defined in the context of Greek / European cultural identity and multiculturalism, can operate preventively and intrusively, on a personal and collective level in the management of modern conditions of globalization, population movement and multiculturalism, when it is understood as experience and is meaningful with the concepts of understanding, reflection and action. The transformative dynamics of religious knowledge trigger the young person to make small and big changes. This learning procedure strongly influences the person who seems to challenge his environment, his parents. This is done without sacrificing the religious content of the subject, which is not delivered by another subject at school. With this, in fact, it can achieve to a high degree the cultural recognition and acceptance of religious diversity and to a certain extent the change of attitudes towards the foreigner, the immigrant, the refugee. Above all, however, it turns out that it contributes to the development of acquaintance and communication of team members, recognition and to a degree of acceptance of otherness and certainly to the development of relationships, in cases that did not exist before.
{"title":"The contribution of Social Pedagogy and Religious Education to the management of modern conditions of globalization, population movement and multiculturalism","authors":"Marios Koukounaras Liagkis","doi":"10.30457/031120205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30457/031120205","url":null,"abstract":"The present study examines the synergy of Social Pedagogy and Religious Education (RE)in Education.The aim of the research is the study of the personal and collective change that Religious Education can cause, and its preventive operation in the management of the new global conditions.It is a blended research. It took place during the school year 2017-18 in a Gymnasium and a Lyceum of Attica with the methodology of critical ethnography. The analysis of the qualitative and quantitative data shows that religious knowledge, developed in Education and aiming religious literacy, as defined in the context of Greek / European cultural identity and multiculturalism, can operate preventively and intrusively, on a personal and collective level in the management of modern conditions of globalization, population movement and multiculturalism, when it is understood as experience and is meaningful with the concepts of understanding, reflection and action. The transformative dynamics of religious knowledge trigger the young person to make small and big changes. This learning procedure strongly influences the person who seems to challenge his environment, his parents. This is done without sacrificing the religious content of the subject, which is not delivered by another subject at school. With this, in fact, it can achieve to a high degree the cultural recognition and acceptance of religious diversity and to a certain extent the change of attitudes towards the foreigner, the immigrant, the refugee. Above all, however, it turns out that it contributes to the development of acquaintance and communication of team members, recognition and to a degree of acceptance of otherness and certainly to the development of relationships, in cases that did not exist before.","PeriodicalId":347714,"journal":{"name":"Ελληνική Περιοδική Έκδοση για τη Θρησκευτική Εκπαίδευση (ΕλΘΕ)/Greek Journal of Religious Education (GjRE)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126213291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper examines student perceptions on use and delivery of online resources in religious education. It examines student responses to one series of religious education resources widely used in Australian Catholic Schools. Data was collected using school based religious education leaders to ask students about their opinions and preferences on delivery of online material. Major findings include: the need to present text in small manageable sections that clearly identified key concepts; the desirability of interactive and engaging presentations of material; utilizing images and narratives as a way of presenting complex information; the need to make decisions about the amount of material to be presented as text. These results were discussed within a conceptual framework of seeing effective online resources as contributing to reducing cognitive load for students in religious education.
{"title":"“They Like Things That Move”: Exploring Student Preferences for Presentation of Online Textbook Resources in Religious Education in Australian Catholic schools","authors":"Richard Rymarz","doi":"10.30457/031120203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30457/031120203","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines student perceptions on use and delivery of online resources in religious education. It examines student responses to one series of religious education resources widely used in Australian Catholic Schools. Data was collected using school based religious education leaders to ask students about their opinions and preferences on delivery of online material. Major findings include: the need to present text in small manageable sections that clearly identified key concepts; the desirability of interactive and engaging presentations of material; utilizing images and narratives as a way of presenting complex information; the need to make decisions about the amount of material to be presented as text. These results were discussed within a conceptual framework of seeing effective online resources as contributing to reducing cognitive load for students in religious education.","PeriodicalId":347714,"journal":{"name":"Ελληνική Περιοδική Έκδοση για τη Θρησκευτική Εκπαίδευση (ΕλΘΕ)/Greek Journal of Religious Education (GjRE)","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134051810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper presents the findings of a survey conducted by the Department of Primary Education of the University of the Aegean on the current Religious Education in Primary and Secondary Education. In particular, it attempts to understand the perceptions of 300 candidates and active theologians and teachers regarding: a) the usefulness of curricula and optimization of learning in Religious Education, b) the compulsory or optional nature of the course and c) the teachers’ competencies or incompetencies. The survey carried out was quantitative using electronic questionnaires, structured on the basis of the Likert measurement scale. In this paper the answers of the respondents are presented and analyzed, while in the end there are suggestions on the prospects and the upgrading of religious education within the framework of the vision for the new school.
{"title":"The necessity of Religious Education: Curricula and Instructors. A pan-Hellenic survey.","authors":"Polikarpos Karamouzis, Emmanouil Fokidis, Nikolaos Tsirevelos","doi":"10.30457/30420195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30457/30420195","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the findings of a survey conducted by the Department of Primary Education of the University of the Aegean on the current Religious Education in Primary and Secondary Education. In particular, it attempts to understand the perceptions of 300 candidates and active theologians and teachers regarding: a) the usefulness of curricula and optimization of learning in Religious Education, b) the compulsory or optional nature of the course and c) the teachers’ competencies or incompetencies. The survey carried out was quantitative using electronic questionnaires, structured on the basis of the Likert measurement scale. In this paper the answers of the respondents are presented and analyzed, while in the end there are suggestions on the prospects and the upgrading of religious education within the framework of the vision for the new school.","PeriodicalId":347714,"journal":{"name":"Ελληνική Περιοδική Έκδοση για τη Θρησκευτική Εκπαίδευση (ΕλΘΕ)/Greek Journal of Religious Education (GjRE)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121269450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What does a child learn in Religious Education at school?","authors":"Marios Koukounaras Liagkis","doi":"10.30457/30420191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30457/30420191","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":347714,"journal":{"name":"Ελληνική Περιοδική Έκδοση για τη Θρησκευτική Εκπαίδευση (ΕλΘΕ)/Greek Journal of Religious Education (GjRE)","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122087868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
́Ολες οι απόψεις και οι ιδέες που εκφράζονται στην έκδοση είναι απόψεις και ιδέες των συγγραφέων και όχι του εκδότη (Πανελλήνιος Θεολογικός Σύνδεσμος ΚΑΙΡΟΣ-για την αναβάθμιση της θρησκευτικής εκπαίδευσης). /The opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors and not of the publisher (KAIROS Greek Theological Association for the improvement of the Religious Education).
本出版物中表达的所有意见和观点均为作者的意见和观点,与出版商(KAIROS Greek Theological Association for the Improve of the Religious Education)无关。
{"title":"12+1 aspects of RE Curricula: Bernsteinian theoretical framework combined with Bråten’s methodology. Tracing the ‘religious educational identity’","authors":"Chrysanthi Vavetsi","doi":"10.30457/30420192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30457/30420192","url":null,"abstract":"́Ολες οι απόψεις και οι ιδέες που εκφράζονται στην έκδοση είναι απόψεις και ιδέες των συγγραφέων και όχι του εκδότη (Πανελλήνιος Θεολογικός Σύνδεσμος ΚΑΙΡΟΣ-για την αναβάθμιση της θρησκευτικής εκπαίδευσης). /The opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors and not of the publisher (KAIROS Greek Theological Association for the improvement of the Religious Education).","PeriodicalId":347714,"journal":{"name":"Ελληνική Περιοδική Έκδοση για τη Θρησκευτική Εκπαίδευση (ΕλΘΕ)/Greek Journal of Religious Education (GjRE)","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130186700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Religiosity has been the subject of researchin Religious Education (RE) since the 1970s, and in recent years it hasoccupied the interestofRE in Greece. The purpose of this article is to highlight both the factors contributing to religious development and attitudes towards religion and, on the other hand, the appropriate ways of measuring them. For this purpose, religiosity and the context that shapes it in childhood and adolescence have been studied, with particular reference to the research work of Leslie Francis, who is the pioneer in the measurement of attitudes towards religion. The results of research suggest that the formation of religiosity and attitudes towards issues such as religion, RE, and religious diversity are mainly related to the influence of the family and religious environment and little to RE. This confirms the role of RE as a literacy subject and highlights the value of measurement scales in religious research. In addition, the study of results leads to useful suggestions regarding RE in the Greek school, especially if one takes into account the lack of relevant research and literature.
{"title":"Leslie Francis’ scale of attitudes towards religion and its utilization in Greek Religious Education","authors":"Nazir Paul Nazar","doi":"10.30457/30420196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30457/30420196","url":null,"abstract":"Religiosity has been the subject of researchin Religious Education (RE) since the 1970s, and in recent years it hasoccupied the interestofRE in Greece. The purpose of this article is to highlight both the factors contributing to religious development and attitudes towards religion and, on the other hand, the appropriate ways of measuring them. For this purpose, religiosity and the context that shapes it in childhood and adolescence have been studied, with particular reference to the research work of Leslie Francis, who is the pioneer in the measurement of attitudes towards religion. The results of research suggest that the formation of religiosity and attitudes towards issues such as religion, RE, and religious diversity are mainly related to the influence of the family and religious environment and little to RE. This confirms the role of RE as a literacy subject and highlights the value of measurement scales in religious research. In addition, the study of results leads to useful suggestions regarding RE in the Greek school, especially if one takes into account the lack of relevant research and literature.","PeriodicalId":347714,"journal":{"name":"Ελληνική Περιοδική Έκδοση για τη Θρησκευτική Εκπαίδευση (ΕλΘΕ)/Greek Journal of Religious Education (GjRE)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122985518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Francis, T. A. Siôn, D. Lankshear, Emma L. Eccles
This paper begins by reviewing the evidence from international research concerning the personal and social correlates of prayer frequency during childhood and adolescence. Overall these data continue to support the view that young people who pray not only report higher levels of personal wellbeing but also report higher levels of pro-social attitudes. These findings raise a research question of particular relelvance within church schools regarding the factors that predict higher levels of prayer activity among students. The Student Voice Project offers data that can illuminate this research question. Among the 3,101 9- to 11-year-old students who participated in the project 11% prayed daily, 9% at least once a week, 32% sometimes, 11% once or twice a year, and 37% never. The present paper tests the power of four sets of predictor variables to account for individual differences in prayer frequency among these students: personal factors (age and sex), psychological factors (using the three dimensional model of personality proposed by Eysenck), church attendance (self, mother, and father), and family discussion about prayer (mother, father, and grandparents). Multiple regression analyses identified discussion of prayer with mother as the single most important predictor. These findings locate the development of the practice of prayer within the home, even more than within the church.
{"title":"Factors shaping prayer frequency among 9- to 11-year-olds","authors":"L. Francis, T. A. Siôn, D. Lankshear, Emma L. Eccles","doi":"10.30457/30420193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30457/30420193","url":null,"abstract":"This paper begins by reviewing the evidence from international research concerning the personal and social correlates of prayer frequency during childhood and adolescence. Overall these data continue to support the view that young people who pray not only report higher levels of personal wellbeing but also report higher levels of pro-social attitudes. These findings raise a research question of particular relelvance within church schools regarding the factors that predict higher levels of prayer activity among students. The Student Voice Project offers data that can illuminate this research question. Among the 3,101 9- to 11-year-old students who participated in the project 11% prayed daily, 9% at least once a week, 32% sometimes, 11% once or twice a year, and 37% never. The present paper tests the power of four sets of predictor variables to account for individual differences in prayer frequency among these students: personal factors (age and sex), psychological factors (using the three dimensional model of personality proposed by Eysenck), church attendance (self, mother, and father), and family discussion about prayer (mother, father, and grandparents). Multiple regression analyses identified discussion of prayer with mother as the single most important predictor. These findings locate the development of the practice of prayer within the home, even more than within the church.","PeriodicalId":347714,"journal":{"name":"Ελληνική Περιοδική Έκδοση για τη Θρησκευτική Εκπαίδευση (ΕλΘΕ)/Greek Journal of Religious Education (GjRE)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126369374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Democratic Citizenship Education through Religious Education","authors":"Marios Koukounaras Liagkis","doi":"10.30457/040120211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30457/040120211","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":347714,"journal":{"name":"Ελληνική Περιοδική Έκδοση για τη Θρησκευτική Εκπαίδευση (ΕλΘΕ)/Greek Journal of Religious Education (GjRE)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125199847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Εμπειρική Έρευνα και Σχολική Θρησκευτική Αγωγή/Empirical Research and School Religious Education","authors":"Emmanuel Perselis","doi":"10.30457/050120221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30457/050120221","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":347714,"journal":{"name":"Ελληνική Περιοδική Έκδοση για τη Θρησκευτική Εκπαίδευση (ΕλΘΕ)/Greek Journal of Religious Education (GjRE)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115567124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Οι θρησκευτικές πεποιθήσεις του Ευάγγελου Παπανούτσου μέσα από τις στήλες των αναγνωστών των πολιτικών εφημερίδων στην περίοδο της εκπαιδευτικής μεταρρύθμισης του 1964","authors":"Michael Gavriil Fyllas","doi":"10.30457/050120226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30457/050120226","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":347714,"journal":{"name":"Ελληνική Περιοδική Έκδοση για τη Θρησκευτική Εκπαίδευση (ΕλΘΕ)/Greek Journal of Religious Education (GjRE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134061993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}