EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AGAINST NEW CHALLENGES – ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM Cover Image

OBRAZOVNI SISTEM PRED NOVIM IZAZOVIMA – ISLAMSKO VJERSKO OBRAZOVANJE U ŠKOLSKOM SISTEMU AUSTRIJE
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AGAINST NEW CHALLENGES – ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM

Author(s): Mevlida Mešanović, Agnes Gmoser
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Islam studies, School education, State/Government and Education, Sociology of Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Sarajevu
Keywords: identity; Islamic religion; education system; school education; religious and interpersonal education;

Summary/Abstract: Multicultural societies created by the process of globalization, how rich are so challenging, especially for the educational system that, due to social changes, has faced a great challenge, called religious education. In classrooms where a large number of students from Austria, with their mother’s native tongue and Roman Catholic faith sat on the same day, this picture drastically changed. The look into the classrooms is like a look at the keleidoscope, saren and diverse, both in the cultural and in the religious field. Teaching staff of all spheres of study, but also students, meet new challenges in their work. The topic of upbringing is everywhere. Schools, as an educational unit, attach great responsibility to the field of education and education of future generations. Religious education in many ways contributes to solving challenges and strengthening the identity of young people. Especially in issues affecting the educational character, the importance of the education of the person, the strengthening of the individual’s identity, education in the field of spiritual and moral development, religious education carries great responsibility. In the vortex of challenges, Islamic religious pedagogy has come to a halt in the face of experiencing how to continue working in schools, what to offer students and how to prepare them for life in a multireligious society. At the Catholic University of Graz, at the Institute for Catechism and Religious Education, the Project “Integration through Inter-Religious Education” is located, which aims to contribute to the strengthening of the quality of Islamic religious education in schools. Through the research carried out within the project, it was pointed out that both on the good sides and in the shortcomings, offering solutions in the field of training of religious pedagogues and strengthening of quality, both Islamic and Roman Catholic religious education.

  • Issue Year: 2/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 213-224
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bosnian
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