Divnogortseva Svetlana

Methods of teaching religion as an academic discipline and educational subject

Abstract

In the system of modern Russian education, the process of teaching religion again exists and is developing. However, there are still no works in domestic pedagogy devoted to the scientific analysis, generalization and development of experimentally confirmed methodological recommendations for the implementation of an effective process of religious education of the individual. The purpose of the article is to analyze the problems of scientific and pedagogical research devoted to the problem of religious education, identify and designate those tasks, the solution of which will contribute to the formation and development of a new branch of knowledge and academic discipline of the university - the methodology of teaching religion.Materials and methods. The leading research methods were the search and analysis of the problems of scientific and pedagogical research devoted to the indicated problem, synthesis, generalization and comparison of material on general and private didactic research.Results. The search and analysis of scientific works carried out in the Russian Federation, according to the methodology of teaching religion, led the author of the article to a statement of the fact that there was no pedagogical research, primarily in the field of teaching religion in confessional-oriented educational institutions. At the same time, the established practice of religious education in Russia requires its deep scientific analysis and generalization, on the one hand, and, on the other, the development of conceptual positions and approaches to teaching religion. They may be different depending on the tasks that scientists will see as priorities in teaching religion, on the age characteristics of students, on the types of educational institutions that implement the process of religious education of students.Conclusions. The author of the article proposes to consider the task of religious and moral development and upbringing of the individual as a priority in the development of a strategy for the religious teaching of schoolchildren in confessional-oriented educational institutions, indicates possible principles, methods and technologies of teaching aimed at solving it.

Keywords

religious education, methods of teaching religion, methods of teaching Orthodox faith, didactics, principles of teaching, teaching methods and techniques

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Information about the author

Divnogortseva Svetlana

Academic Degree: Doctor of Sciences* in Education;
Academic Rank: Associate Professor;
Place of work: St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University for the Humanities; 6/1 Likhov pereulok, Moscow 127051, Russian Federation; Head of the Department;
Post: Head of Department of the pedagogy and methodology of primary education;
ORCID: 0000-0002-4143-2614;
Email: sdivnogortseva@mail.ru.

*According to ISCED 2011, a post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences (D.Sc.) is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates.