Kompetencje emocjonalne nauczyciela religii jako warunek skutecznej katechizacji młodzieży

Abstract

A religion teacher has the leading place among the factors conditioning efficient catechization of young people. His personality and pedagogical competence determine realizalion of the assumptions of religion teaching at school, at the same time determining the quality of his relations with the pupils. In the area of this educational-didactic influence a special place is occupied by the teacher’s ability to have insight into his own emotions and to express them in a mature way, as well as to understand affective States of the educated youths. The analyses undertaken in the article attempt obtaining an answer to the question: what kind of emotional compétence of a religion teacher conditions effective catechization of young people? In connection with the study problem formulated in this way the author tried to show the following items: 1) psychological-pedagogical characteristics of a religion teacher’s emotional competence; 2) usefulness of this competence in catechetic work with young people; 3) the influence of a religion teacher’s emotional awareness on efficiency of the process of catechization of young people. Attention was also paid to the possibilities of using emotional competence in the course of a religion lesson by the catechist.