Religious Education in (Post-)Pandemic Times; Becoming a Resilient Professional in a Teacher Academy
Tilburg School of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University, 5037 AB Tilburg, The Netherlands
Religions 2020, 11(11), 610; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11110610
Received: 30 September 2020 / Revised: 5 November 2020 / Accepted: 11 November 2020 / Published: 17 November 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Reflecting on the Possibilities of Religious Education Research)
The world seems a different place than it was before and now, more than ever, young people are faced with questions that cannot be avoided any longer: who am I? How and where can I find roots to endure the storms in my life? In what direction should I steer my compass? These questions are about resilience; the ability of individuals to cope with rapid societal change, both in their personal lives and in their professional career. Religious Education (RE) can help pupils and students to develop resilience by articulating these questions and pursuing them. The RE teacher’s job is to simply be there with them, having considered these questions her- or himself. All teachers and educators have to start with their own reflection: who am I as an RE-teacher in this new, uncertain and rapidly transforming world? Research on how to start this reflective formation process in RE is essential to attracting the attention that RE deserves. In this article, examples of pilots and the research conducted on them in the author’s Teacher Academy are presented. The main goal is to contribute to the formation of young people to make them resilient and fit for the -as yet unknown- future. They have to create this future and use their talents to effect the transformation that our world highly needs.
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Keywords:
religious education; moral compass; resilience; values
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Chicago/Turabian Stylevan Dijk-Groeneboer, Monique. 2020. "Religious Education in (Post-)Pandemic Times; Becoming a Resilient Professional in a Teacher Academy" Religions 11, no. 11: 610. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11110610
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