Wykorzystanie obrazu w katechezie. Uwarunkowania psycho-społeczne oraz dydaktyczne

Abstract

It is often said that the contemporary era is becoming audiovisual in nature. This means that present-day people communicate not only with the help of words, but also through the use of pictures, illustrations, signs and symbols. We can observe that the culture of the word is being replaced with the ubiquitous culture of the image and observation. This, a broadly understood concept of the image and observation is also present in the space of religious language. The image has become one of the crucial elements of the contemporary catechetic message. The catechist uses illustrations in order to diversify and strengthen the educational process of the student as well as to extend the scope of catechetic communication. Teachers are now readily taking advantage of new communication means, regarding them as an effective aid in knowledge transfer. Thus defined knowledge transfer easily attracts attention, stimulates emotions and motivates to action, due to which it involves the entire human being referring both to their senses, intelligence and feelings.