Field Trips to the Church - Theoretical Framework, Empirical Findings, Didactic Perspectives

von: Ulrich Riegel, Katharina Kindermann

Waxmann Verlag GmbH, 2017

ISBN: 9783830986591 , 170 Seiten

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Field Trips to the Church - Theoretical Framework, Empirical Findings, Didactic Perspectives


 

Buchtitel

1

Imprint

4

Preface

5

Table of Contents

7

Chapter 1: Theoretical Background

9

1 Germany: Compulsory Denominational Religious Education in a Religiously Individualized Society

9

1.1 Religious Plurality in a Secularized Context

10

1.2 Religious Education in German State Schools

12

1.3 The Problem of Religious Experience in Scholastic Religious Education

14

2 Performative Religious Education

16

2.1 The Concept of Performative Religious Education

17

2.2 Didactics of Performative Religious Education

19

3 Kirchenraumpädagogik

21

3.1 Pedagogical Principles

22

3.2 Didactic Principles

23

3.3 Characteristic Tour Setups

25

4 Summary and Preliminary Research Questions

27

Chapter 2: Design of the Study

29

1 Empirical Findings on Field Trips

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1.1 Opportunities

30

1.2 Challenges

30

1.3 Field Trips to the Church

31

1.4 Conclusion

32

2 Field Trips to the Church According to the Contextual Model of Learning

33

2.1 Theoretical Framework

33

2.2 Adaption to Field Trips to the Church

35

2.3 Conclusion

37

3 Conceptual Model

38

4 Design

41

4.1 Sequence “Church – Community and Building”

41

4.2 Unit 3 and Unit 5: Field Trips vs. Classroom Instruction

43

4.3 Empirical Design

47

5 Sample

50

Chapter 3: Knowledge about the Church Building

53

1 Theoretical Background and Research Questions

53

2 Concept

56

3 Instrument

57

4 Methods of Data Analysis

59

5 Results

61

6 Summary

63

Chapter 4: Attitude towards the Church Building

65

1 Theoretical Background and Research Questions

65

2 Concept

68

3 Instrument

70

4 Methods of Data Analysis

70

5 Results

73

6 Summary

74

Chapter 5: Situational Interest

77

1 Theoretical Background and Research Questions

77

2 Concept

79

3 Instrument

81

4 Methods of Data Analysis

82

5 Results

83

6 Summary

86

Chapter 6: Students’ Emotions on Visits to the Church Building

87

1 Theoretical Background and Research Questions

87

2 Concept

90

3 Instrument

91

4 Methods of Data Analysis

92

5 Results

93

5.1 Affective Assessment

93

5.2 Reference to Transcendence

94

5.3 The Effects of the Dispositional Variables

95

6 Summary

97

Chapter 7: Teachers’ Evaluation of Field Trips

99

1 Theoretical Background and Research Questions

99

2 Instrument

101

3 Methods of Data Analysis

101

4 Results

103

4.1 Didactic Perspectives on Field Trips to the Church

103

4.2 Religious Perspectives on Field Trips to the Church

107

5 Summary

111

Chapter 8: Discussion

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1 The Students’ Perspective on Field Trips

114

2 The Teachers’ Perspective on Field Trips

116

3 The Effects of Field Trips to the Local Church

118

3.1 The Students’ Perception of the Church Building

118

3.2 Effects on the Students’ Knowledge

119

3.3 Effects on the Students’ Attitude

122

3.4 Effects Related to the Students’ Religious Background

124

4 Limitations

125

Chapter 9: Didactic Perspectives

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1 The General Setup for Successful Field Trips

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1.1 The Power of Visits to the Local Church

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1.2 The Importance of Familiarity with the Local Church

131

1.3 The Chances of Kirchenraumpädagogik

132

1.4 The Compensatory Power of Field Trips

133

1.5 Meaningful Learning is also Possible Inside the Classroom

135

2 Methodic Perspectives to Explore the Local Church

136

2.1 Start from the Outside

136

2.2 Work with the Auratic Dimension and the Spiritual Dimension of the Church Building

137

2.3 Slow Down and Take Your Time

138

2.4 Activate the Students and Give Them the Freedom to Experience the Church

139

2.5 Employ Multi-Sensory Methods Inside the Classroom

140

Summary

143

References

149

Appendix: Student Questionnaire (Pretest)

163