Tikybos pamokų pasirinkimo motyvai ir bendroji katalikų tikybos mokymo programa
The reasons for choosing the classes of catholic religion and the general programme for the teaching the catholic religion

Summary/Abstract: Social issues in the Europe and Lithuania influence the change of the process of the training. The man must be prepared for living in the freedom, context of globalisation, fast changing of the life and the great amount of information. In 2004 the department of catholic religion of Vilnius Pedagogical University (VPU) and Vilnius archdiocese catechetical centre (VAKC) prepared the general programme for teaching catholic religion and the standards of education. In 2004/2005 the experiment was executed in 70 schools of Lithuania. In this research participated 65 per cent of students and teachers from city schools and 35 per cent – from countryside. The goal of this article is the discussing the reasons of choosing the classes of catholic religion for students and the parents and the analysing the impact of project of the general programmme and the standards of education for this reasoning. It was the first time when the research on such scale studying the reasons of parents (250) of children attending elementary school for choosing religion lessons was executed. The parents were inquired about reasons for choosing religion lessons for their children. 26 per cent of respondents told they’d like their children getting knowledge about Catholic faith. 20 per cent declared their wish that children would continue Christian traditions of the family. 17 per cent of parents declared that they’d like the growing of faith for their children. 15 per cent of respondents hope for the preparation of the children for the holly Sacraments. 13 per cent of parents think on development of positive features in children. It should be noticed that the main purpose for the programme designed for elementary school is not only making acquaintance with God Creator the Father, Jesus Christ the Saviour, the Holy Spirit and the Church, but also proposing invitation for respectful relation with the self, the other and the environment. The programme for elementary school is grounded on liturgical calendar and is designed for developing skills of children in the sphere of this topic. The proposed content of teaching and developed skills correspond the expectations of the parents. The students of V–VII form were asked the same question about the reasons for choosing religion lessons. The choice of 31 per cent of respondents was grounded on the teacher’ competence. 30 per cent of respondents declared their wish to gain Christian world outlook. 12 per cent of students of this age attending religion lessons hope for the preparation for the Sacraments. 10 per cent would like to get knowledge about God. 6 per cent of respondents in this group pointed out the influence of their Christians parents and the traditions of the family. Only 5 per cent of students declared their own wish for attending these lessons.

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