Regionalizm jako postulat dydaktyczno-wychowawczy w nauczaniu religii

Abstract

The article undertakes the issue of regionalism that is a postulate of education, including the contemporary catechesis; it approaches the subject on both pedagogical and catechetic planes. Aiming at showing regionalism as a didactic-educational postulate in the teaching of religion, first development of the regionalist idea in history is pointed to. Next, the assumptions of regional education are presented, and its both didactic and educational aspects are shown. It is remarked that the value of regional education is not exhaused in one programme put into practice within the frames of one definite subject, but it is directed to educational work of all the teachers, including the catechists, who are supposed to put its assumptions into practice in the catechetic process. Aiming at showing regionalism as a didactic-educational postulate in the teaching of religion the place of regional education in the catechetic process is pointed to, taking into consideration substantial and methodical aspects, worked out in the light of “Podstawa programowa oraz program nauki religii dla szkół podstawowych, gimnazjów i szkół ponadpodstawowych” edited by the Commission for Catholic Education working with the Polish Episcopacy Conference (1999). The reader’s attention is also drawn to the need of making use of the region’s cultural heritage. The whole undertaken issue has been enriched with catechetic postulates that may be put into effect in the new schooling system.