Religious Education in Schools. The Report of an Inquiry made by the Research Committee of the Institute of Christian Education into the working of the 1944 Education Act. S.P.C.K. 8s. 6d.

1955 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-330
Author(s):  
John Gray
1984 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-35
Author(s):  
B. D. Briese

The Crossroads Special Education Task Group was formed in Queensland early in 1983 at the request of the Joint Board of Christian Education of Australia and New Zealand. Crossroads is an Australia wide, inter-church organisation which promotes the welfare of handicapped persons through: (a) regular club programs which have spirtual, recreational, educational and social aspects;(b) holiday activities under structured leadership and help from “enablers”;(c) special assistance to handicapped persons in church and Sunday school;(d) provision of religious education programsin State special schools;(e) chaplaincies to sheltered employment centres and institutions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Andrianus Nababan

AbstrackThe Christian religious education teacher is an educator who provides knowledge about Christianity based on the Bible, centered on Jesus Christ, and relied on the Holy Spirit. Christian Religious Education teachers must be able to offer their bodies in Romans 12:1-3. The understanding of offering the body include: 1)the Christian religious education teacher always i approaches the loving and generous God 2)give advice by encouraging, directing convey the truth of God's Words. 3). renewal of the mind by distinguishing which is good and pleasing to God. Thus, each Christian religious education teacher can understand that a true educator must surrender his/her body as a true offering according to will of God.Key word: Christian education teacher; Offering the body Romans 12:1-3.ABSTRAKGuru Pendidikan Agama Kristen merupakan seorang pendidik yang memberikan ilmu pengetahuan tentang agama Kristen yang berdasarkan Alkitab, berpusat pada Yesus Kristus, dan bergantung pada Roh Kudus kepada peserta didik dalam kegiatan belajarmengajar. Guru Pendidikan Agama Kristen harus mampu mempersembahkan tubuhnya dalam Roma 12:1-3 sebagai ibadah sejati. Pemahaman mempersembahkan tubuh yaitu 1)guru Pendidikan agama Kristen senantiasa menghampiri Allah yang penuh kasih dan kemurahan 2)memberikan nasihat dengan mendorong, mengarahkan dan berdasarkan kebenaran Firman Tuhan. 3)pembaharuan budi dengan membedakan mana yang baik dan yang berkenan kepada Allah. Demikian Guru Pendidikan Agama kristen mampu memahami mempersembahkan tubuh menyangkut kehendak Allah sebagai pendidik yang sejati.Kata Kunci: Guru Pendidikan Agama Kristen; Mempersembahkan tubuh.


2000 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes A. Van der Yen

One of the aims of education is the integration of students in the culture or cultures of society. However, western society presents a complex, ambiguous picture that is full of paradoxes. Three aspects of western society, the process of modernization, the influence of religion and church in society, and the social integration of minority groups in society illustrate this ambiguity. The politics of recognition implies a right to the preservation of identity. On the basis of the principle of equality, students of minority groups deserve recognition both as individuals on the basis of their human dignity, and as members of a cultural group on the basis of the principle of non-discrimination. Recognition of cultures is based on the principle of distinctiveness, which implies the value of distinct cultural characteristics. The consequences of this politics of recognition for education are discussed. In the context of a discussion of liberalism and communitarianism, a communicative design is developed that avoids the Scylla of educational neglect and the Charybdis of indoctrination and manipulation. Finally, the politics of recognition in Christian education is discussed. Different models of religious education are described and evaluated on the basis of three criteria.


2019 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 545-560
Author(s):  
Grant Masom

In 1902 elementary school provision in Oxford diocese – England's largest – reflected the national picture: 72 per cent were church schools, with total rolls of 54 per cent of school-age children. The bitterly contested 1902 Education Act apparently protected the future of church schools, but in practice its provisions severely undermined them, particularly in growing areas of the country. By 1929, Oxford's assistant bishop reported the schools’ situation as ‘critical’. This article examines the impact on the church schools of one rural deanery in South Buckinghamshire, between the 1902 and 1944 Education Acts. Several schools found themselves under threat of closure, while rapid population increase and a rising school leaving age more than quadrupled the number of school-age children in the area. Closer working with the local education authority and other denominations was one option to optimize scarce resources and protect the Church of England's influence on religious education in day schools: but many churchmen fought to keep church schools open at all costs. This strategy met with limited success: by 1939 the proportion of children in church schools had decreased to 10 per cent, with potential consequences for how religion was taught to the other 90 per cent of children.


1987 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Thatcher

Christian theology is an important perspective for theorizing about education. This article develops a possible theological perspective on religious education. RE these days is seldom Christian education. It is dominated by secular assumptions: it is to be open, multi-faith and descriptive. What might a Christian theology of education say of these developments? In section 1 the question is raised why RE should be taught in schools at all. In section 2 a theological analysis of what may be called ‘the climate of unbelief’ is attempted, and it will be shown how several of the assumptions of the new RE arise directly out of this. In section 3 some fresh criticisms of the phenomenological approach to religion are made, which if they are sound, will indicate that this approach need not be preferred to more traditional approaches to teaching religion. In section 4 it is suggested that both the alleged fact of modern secularity and the fear of religious absolutism provide no grounds for embracing a purely descriptive approach to religion. There is a simple, practical conclusion – there should be more Christian Studies and less Religious Education in schools.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Lasmaria Lumban Tobing ◽  
Masniar Hernawaty Sitorus ◽  
Elvri Teresia Simbolon ◽  
Megawati Manullang

This study aims to find out to what extent of the percentage analysis of the level of students’ happiness in their life processes. The research method used is descriptive quantitative and inferential research. The population of this study were all students of the department of Christian religious education IAKN Tarutung which were 566 students. The sample in the study was 86 people who were randomly assigned. The research instrument was a closed questionnaire with four options. Data analysis techniques using the t-test. Based on the analysis it is known that the level of student happiness is 78.45% in the good category. From the results of the hypothesis test that the t-test = 13.251 and the table is 1.684, where t-count t-table is 13.2511.684. Thus it can be concluded that the analysis of the happiness level of department PAK IAKN Tarutung students in 2019 in their life processes is ≥ 75% of what was expected.BAHASA INDONESIA ABSTRACT: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui seberapa besar persentase analisis tingkat kebahagiaan mahasiswa dalam proses kehidupannya. Metode penelitian yang dipakai adalah penelitian kuantitatif deskriptif dan inferensial. Populasi penelitian ini adalah seluruh mahasiswa Jurusan PAK IAKN Tarutung sebanyak 566 orang. Sampel dalam penelitian 86 orang yang ditetapkan secara acak. Instrumen penelitian ini berupa angket tertutup dengan empat option. Teknik analisis data dengan menggunakan uji t. Berdasarkan hasil analisis diketahui bahwa tingkat kebahagiaan mahasiswa adalah 78,45 % berada dalam kategori baik; Dari hasil uji hipotesa bahwa uji thitung = 13,251 dan ttabel yaitu 1,684, dimana thitung ttabel yaitu 13,2511,684. Dengan demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa analisis tingkat kebahagiaan mahasiswa Jurusan PAK IAKN Tarutung Tahun 2019 dalam proses kehidupannya adalah ≥ 75 % dari yang diharapkan.Keywords: Happiness; student college; Christian education


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-69
Author(s):  
Yohanes Krismantyo Susanta

The practice of religious education (including Christian religious education) carried out by religious institutions is considered to have contributed to national disunity. This is indicated by the attitude of feeling the most correct self, seeing other people who are different (in the context of religion) as a party that is more inferior so as to bring up the hierarchy (domination-subordination relations) that causes alienation (exclusion) of others. This paper aims to find a friendly form of Christian education in the context of religious heterogeneity. By utilizing the concept of friendship promoted by Jürgen Moltmann, this paper shows that friendship is not just relationships formed in the private sphere but is always conceived and practiced in the public sphere. In Christian Education that promotes friendship, Christians need to transcend borders, transcend church walls and work together with other religious communities for peace and justice.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-78
Author(s):  
Mefibosed Radjah Pono

The church has the task of teaching the member of the congregation through Christian Education. Christian Education includes all teaching and learning activities in the church with the aim that members of the congregation can know God and through that knowledge, they can experience life renewal. The implementation of Christian Education must take into account the context in which the church lives. The approaching model in Christian Religious Education helps the church to carry out its duties according to the context. This article focuses on the description and analysis of the implementation of the Christian Religious Education approach model in the Christian Church of Sumba, Congregation Uma Manu and offers a Christian Education strategy that is appropriate to the context of the congregation. By using a qualitative approach in research through observation and in-depth interviews, it is concluded that the implementation of Christian Education with a religious instruction approach is appropriate for the context of this congregation, but strategic efforts are needed in its implementation.AbstrakGereja memiliki tugas melakukan pengajaran kepada warganya melalui Pendi-dikan Kristiani (PK). PK mencakup semua aktifitas belajar mengajar dalam gereja dengan tujuan agar warga jemaat dapat mengenal Allah dan melalui pengenalan itu, mereka dapat mengalami pembaruan hidup. Implementasi PK oleh gereja haruslah memperhatikan konteks di mana gereja itu hidup. Model pendekatan dalam PK menolong gereja untuk melakukan tugasnya sesuai dengan konteks. Artikel ini berfokus pada deskripsi dan analisa terhadap implementasi model pendekatan PK dalam Gereja Kristen Sumba Jemaat Uma Manu dan menawarkan strategi PK yang sesuai dengan konteks jemaat. Dengan meng-gunakan pendekatan kualitatif dalam penelitian melalui observasi dan wawancara mendalam disimpulkan bahwa implementasi PAK dengan pendekatan instruksi religius su-dah tepat bagi konteks jemaat ini, namun perlu adanya upaya strategis dalam penera-pannya.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-45
Author(s):  
Justitia Vox Dei Hattu

This article aims to map the polarization in Indonesia between Christian Education (or: Christian Religious Education) as it takes place within the domains of church and of school. Within the ecclesial arena, Christian education (Pendidikan Kristiani/PK) is often associated with the activity of teaching children. On the other hand, within the setting of a school, PK is often associated with a course of study assigned to students—one that mostly emphasizes the filling of cognitive gaps for the students yet (intentionally) ignores the affective and psychomotor domain that is integral for instruction. By examining this polarization, I argue that the polarizing divide between PK as implemented in a school and PK as implemented in the church can be overcome by virtue of the fact that both school and church are learning spaces for PK. This article is divided into three parts. The first will demonstrate certain misunderstandings about PK in the context of school and of church that lead to polarization. The second part shows how PK is presently practiced in the context of Indonesia’s churches and schools. Based on descriptions in this second part, the final section will offer a number of basic principles, in an effort to bridge the gap between PK as it takes place in school and in church.


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