DIMENSIUNEA RELIGIOASĂ A EDUCAŢIEI ÎN ÎNVĂŢĂMÂNTUL ROMÂNESC
THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION OF EDUCATION IN THE ROMANIAN SCHOOLS

Summary/Abstract: The issue related to design and implementation of religious education continues to be atopic of national debate, after almost a century from the generalization of Religion study as a subject, in public schools from reunited Romania. Two decades ago, when our country had got away from the communist regime, the main issues were related to teaching methodology, curricula and pedagogicaland psychological models with the mission to substantiate the educational activity specific to this aspect of education. The last years have brought new challenges by the attacks of the atheist organizations that promote antireligious humanist ideas in the public space. This article aims to analyze several issues related to the implementation of religious education in the system of pre-university education in Romania, starting from the belief that the school needs more than a religious education that it would help students cope the challenges of contemporary society. The data of our research werecollected through a system of methods which included a questionnaire for Religion teachers, from which we picked especially data, related to aspects of Religion lesson and to the support received from schools management or from representatives of religious denominations. Complementary, important datawere provided by Religion school inspectors, also by parents who had participated in the interviews and by secondary school pupils, through their writings whose main theme were the importance of Religion class in their lives.

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