Original scientific paper
COOPERATION OF CHURCH, SCHOOL AND FAMILY IN THE PROCESS OF RELIGIOUS-EDUCATIONAL SOCIALIZATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF RIJEKA
Ksenija Rukavina Kovačević
; Arhidiocese of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
Religious-educational socialization of children and young people is a lasting process of education and transmission of faith involving various educational and social factors, especially the Church, school and family. These three are the most important religious-educational institutions and the overall spiritual-moral and religious growth of the students depends largely on their quality and the degree of their coordination. During the school year 2016/2017 an empirical research about the cooperation of Church, school and family in the process of religious-educational socialization of children and youth was conducted in the Archdiocese of Rijeka on a sample of 527 adults (18+) with the aim of evaluating existing co-operation; finding new pastoral-catechetical models of cooperation; questioning the domains and the degree of responsibility of the various participants and their contribution to the religious and educational socialization of children and young people; and examining perceptions of the representatives of these three educational factors about the goals, the purpose and the perspectives of the future development of religious education, school catechism and parish catechesis. The research results have confirmed that Church and family are still the strongest agents in values education and religious education in Croatian society. Regarding the cooperation of the above mentioned educational factors, the results have shown that school principals mostly cooperate with the Church through the catechists; catechists cooperate with school more than with the Church, and least with the families; and parents are the most important participants of cooperation, but cooperate less than others.
Keywords
Church; School; Family; Cooperation; Children and Youth; Religious- Educational Socialization
Hrčak ID:
212010
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Publication date:
8.11.2018.
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