Der Beitrag der integrativen Gestaltpädagogik nach Albert Höfer im Bereich der holistischen Religionspädagogik
Der Beitrag der integrativen Gestaltpädagogik nach Albert Höfer im Bereich der holistischen Religionspädagogik
Author(s): Iva Nežič GlavicaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: Gestalt;integrative gestalt pedagogy;Albert Höfer;holistic-personal learning process;personal development and religious dimension of a learner
Summary/Abstract: Integrative Gestalt pedagogy is a comprehensive pedagogy that based on Gestalt theory (-philosophy, -psychology, -therapy, -pedagogy), humanistic psychology and pedagogy. In the 1980s its holistic approach was used by Dr Albert Höfer to reform theconcept of the Austrian religious education. Höfer succeeded in designing a completeGestalt-pedagogical model of learning and teaching, whose uniqueness can be seen in itsapproaches that encourage student’s personal growth. In accordance with Jesus’s teaching it looks at students in a loving and caring way, talking to them in their everydaysituations and opening them to religious experience and God’s working in their lives.This has been confirmed by empirical research.
- Issue Year: 9/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 205-223
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English, German
