Pedagogical Guidelines for School Religious Education in the Context of Rural Education

This work presents pedagogical guidelines for School Religious Education (SRE) in rural contexts. The need to evolve from more traditional teaching practices and to move toward a more pluralistic approach that considers the socio-cultural particularities of students is explored. The aim of this arti...

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Authors: San Martín-Cantero, Daniel (Author) ; Navarro-Navarrete, Jessica (Author) ; Sáez-Montero, Efraín (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Religious education
Year: 2025, Volume: 120, Issue: 1, Pages: 90-109
Further subjects:B Interculturality
B Religious Education
B Diversity
B rural education
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Summary:This work presents pedagogical guidelines for School Religious Education (SRE) in rural contexts. The need to evolve from more traditional teaching practices and to move toward a more pluralistic approach that considers the socio-cultural particularities of students is explored. The aim of this article is to reveal experiences that are considered successful for teaching based on interfaith and intercultural dialogue. The method of the study is qualitative, and the design is Grounded Theory. The participants are teachers from rural schools in the La Araucanía Region in Chile. For data collection, semi-structured interviews were applied to religion teachers. The results fall into four dimensions/categories: an intercultural interfaith approach, active-reflective methodologies, experiential pedagogical relationships, and significant contents. The findings reveal that it is necessary to establish links between SRE and the educational community through active methodologies to promote interfaith dialogue and mutual understanding. This article proposes that SRE teacher training institutions should design study programs based on the religious and cultural diversity present in today’s society.
ISSN:1547-3201
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2024.2398353