Field Trips to the Church

Theoretical Framework, Empirical Findings, Didactic Perspectives
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-8309-3659-6
Verlag: Waxmann Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 320 g

Reihe: Research on Religious and Spiritual Education

Visiting the local church is said to be a powerful case of participatory learning. Inside the church the students have an actual, multi-sensory encounter with Christian practice. Moreover, leaving the classroom to visit some artifact nearby is attractive and is said to raise the situational interest of the students. An empirical study on the effects of such field trips, however, is still missing. This volume addresses this research gap in religious education. It provides insight into the theoretical background, the empirical design and the results of a project about field trips to the local church in compulsory Catholic religious education in German primary schools. It draws a comprehensive picture of such effects by identifying the benefits of scholastic field trips as well as the obstacles of this didactic Set-up. The volume closes with a description of didactic principles and methods which help to improve scholastic field trips to the local church.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Riegel, Ulrich

Kindermann, Katharina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Schulpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Religionspädagogik, Religionsdidaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Religionspädagogik, Christlicher Katechismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Grundschuldidaktik

Über Autor(innen)

Riegel, Ulrich
Ulrich Riegel is Professor for Religious Education within the Seminar of Catholic Theology at Siegen University, Germany. His main research is on both the empirical analysis of religious teaching and learning and the empirical analysis of religiosity. Recent research projects address the process of disaffiliation from the churches and how teachers deal with religious heterogeneity in religious education.

Kindermann, Katharina
Katharina Kindermann works as a research assistant at the Department of Education and Psychology and the Department of Catholic Theology, University of Siegen. Her research focus is out-of-school learning environments.