PARENTS' VIEWS ON PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN'S STUDY OF ELEMENTS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
PARENTS' VIEWS ON PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN'S STUDY OF ELEMENTS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Author(s): Anca Cristina Ivașcu
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Social Sciences, Education, Theology and Religion, Preschool education
Published by: Editura Eikon
Keywords: education; religious; kindergarten; parent; opinion;
Summary/Abstract: Religious education at pre-school level is also determined by the parents' position on this issue. Being at an early age, children learn by imitation from everyone around them, especially their family, parents and brothers. It is important for the parent to be a role model for the child, to initiate the child into the knowledge of God and to continue at home what the kindergarten teacher does in this process of discovering God. The opinion of the parent is very important regarding the study of religious content at pre-school level, whether it should be studied, what content should be emphasized, whether or not the study of religious content is of pedagogical benefit. In the implementation of religious education in kindergarten it is important to have collaboration between teachers and parents. For the effective implementation of educational activities of a religious nature it is important that the educator also invites parents to participate in such activities, so that together they can work on the moral-religious development of children. How much do parents consider that children's study of religious content at pre-school level is very important is the question that led to a research that used a questionnaire as the main instrument. The research identified parents' opinions on the need to study religious education in kindergarten, the types of content that should be studied, and the benefits of studying such content for children.

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