Open AccessKunskapen i kyrkorummet Hur kyrkopedagogik skapar bredare förståelse av religion för skolelever
Author(s) -
Sören Dalevi
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
prismet
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2535-311X
pISSN - 0032-8847
DOI - 10.5617/pri.4522
Subject(s) - religious education , german , subject (documents) , sociology , class (philosophy) , pedagogy , field (mathematics) , religious studies , philosophy , epistemology , linguistics , mathematics , library science , computer science , pure mathematics
In recent years, scholars in the field of Religious Education have noted a tendency to theorize and intellectualize in the teaching of this school subject in Sweden and Norway. The consequence of the theorization is that many who belong to a religious tradition do not recognize themselves when their religion is presented in class. This study is based on texts and images that pupils in a Swedish primary school class (ages 11-12) made after visiting a church. The study shows how the German method Kirchenpädagogik (Church pedagogy) can give primary school pupils a broader understanding of and insights into what religion can be. By visiting a holy place, pupils acquire knowledge of other aspects of the religion in question. The article shows that the learning the pupils themselves emphasize after meeting with a religious place primarily is of aesthetic nature.Keywords: Religious Education • Kirchenpädagogik • Aesthetic learning • Church • Non-confessionalNøkkelord: Religiøs utdanning • Kirchenpädagogik • Estetisk læring • Kirke • Ikke-konfessionell