Can learning about the Holocaust be spiritual? Reflections on a teaching and learning experience with Primary School children.
In April 2017, I spent a week in Poland researching the Holocaust in Europe. Most notably, I visited the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps. Following the visit, I facilitated three History lessons with 10- and 11-year-old children on the role of Auschwitz in the Second World War. As the ses...
| Publicado en: | International journal of children's spirituality |
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Taylor & Francis
[2018]
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| En: |
International journal of children's spirituality
Año: 2018, Volumen: 23, Número: 3, Páginas: 248-259 |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AG Vida religiosa BH Judaísmo CB Existencia cristiana KBF Islas Británicas TK Período contemporáneo ZF Pedagogía |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Spirituality
B Holocaust B Critical Pedagogy B Auschwitz B History |
| Acceso en línea: |
Volltext (Verlag) |
| Sumario: | In April 2017, I spent a week in Poland researching the Holocaust in Europe. Most notably, I visited the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps. Following the visit, I facilitated three History lessons with 10- and 11-year-old children on the role of Auschwitz in the Second World War. As the sessions unfolded, the spiritual themes of meaning, identity and remembering emerged from the children's responses; therefore, this article forms a reflection on how the lessons impacted the children's spiritual lives. It also considers how the History curriculum might include a critical dimension to pedagogy. In particular, it explores how issues such as theology, morality and the role of representation open up a space for critical questioning. I suggest that such questioning is also spiritual. Thus, the self-awareness and criticality inspired might contribute to transformation - of both the teachers and learners and the world around them. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8455 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: International journal of children's spirituality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1364436X.2018.1459510 |