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Milerski, Boguslaw; Karwowski, Maciej – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2023
In Poland, a country with a very high level of religiosity, religious education at school is confessional but not compulsory: it is an optional subject chosen by the student. In this article, we explore attitudes regarding participation in religion classes and explanations of the purpose of religious education as provided by adolescent students.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students
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Magdalena Maciejewska; Joanna Cukras-Stelagowska; Aneta Rayzacher-Majewska – British Journal of Religious Education, 2024
The present article discusses female students' perception of the female role models introduced to them during religious education classes in Poland. Besides imparting knowledge, the teaching of religious classes in schools, a part of religious education, aims at shaping attitudes. Therefore, presenting young people with role models who can inspire…
Descriptors: Females, Role Models, Religious Education, Student Attitudes
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Lluis Oviedo; Lorenzo Magarelli; Piotr Roszak; Josefa Torralba Albaladej; Berenika Seryczynska; Valentina Baldas; Jan Wólkowski – British Journal of Religious Education, 2024
Many questions arise regarding the compatibility between scientific and religious education. While some voices have pointed to issues that stem from a traditional model in which science becomes a factor or religious crisis and doubt, other views reveal surprising forms of collaboration and complementarity between both dimensions in the educational…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Science Education
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Makosa, Pawel – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2022
The beginnings of Polish emigration to the British Isles date back to the 16th century, but a particularly large Polish diaspora was established after World War II when many soldiers stayed in Great Britain because they could not return to communist Poland for fear of persecution. The largest wave of emigration, however, occurred after Poland…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Community Schools, Immigrants, Foreign Countries
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Berkmann, Burkhard J. – British Journal of Religious Education, 2022
For some, religious education is a possibility to exercise religious freedom in its positive dimension, especially the freedom to receive a religious teaching. Others perceive religious education as a threat to negative religious freedom, namely the freedom not to be indoctrinated with religious matters. For a long time, the tension between these…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Student Participation, Educational Policy, Freedom
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Makosa, Pawel – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2016
The present work aims at presenting and comparing challenges faced by religion teachers in Catholic and state schools in Poland. For that purpose, 10 religion teachers from Catholic and 10 from state high schools were interviewed. First of all, the concept of teaching religion was discussed, followed by an analysis of the Catholic schools'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Catholic Schools, State Schools