EDUCATION IN THE SPIRIT OF ECUMENICAL VALUES
EDUCATION IN THE SPIRIT OF ECUMENICAL VALUES

Summary/Abstract: The education of the 21st century should respond to societal changes, as well as to challenges occurring in line with the unprecedented development of technology, mass migration and globalisation. The principles underlying the current educational policies support the need to promote an axiological education, in harmony with human and social values which should lead to a good co-existence, acceptance and respect between different civilisations and cultures. In this respect, the ecumenical education promotes pro-social attitudes, openness to people, peace and social justice. Near the family, the main agents shaping the children moral character are school and church. The religious education in the Romanian schools aims at the holistic development of the individuals, their spirituality and morality, but also at forming a harmonious personality of a person capable to cohabit, communicate and positively relate to his or her peers. This paper focuses on revealing the formative aspects of the religious education provided to secondary school students, the way they relate to the values and principles of ecumenical education and how specific elements to ecumenical education are applied in particular contexts.

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