Rethinking Catholic Religious Education Pedagogy Through Experiential Learning

Teaching the faith is challenging for educators, and applying different pedagogies is the last resort whenever one pedagogy fails to achieve the goal. This paper attempts to conceptualize a pedagogy by rethinking Catholic Religious Education (CRE) pedagogy through experiential learning. Through the...

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Main Author: Renniel Jayson Jacinto Rosales
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Language:English
Published: Saint Joseph College 2024-09-01
Series:Universal Journal of Educational Research
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Online Access:https://www.ujer.org/vol-3-no-3/rethinking-catholic-religious-education-pedagogy-through-experiential-learn
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description Teaching the faith is challenging for educators, and applying different pedagogies is the last resort whenever one pedagogy fails to achieve the goal. This paper attempts to conceptualize a pedagogy by rethinking Catholic Religious Education (CRE) pedagogy through experiential learning. Through the different literature on pedagogy, the most influential Experiential Learning Theory of David Kolb emerged as the most fitted pedagogy for CRE. By focusing on the problems experienced in teaching CRE, merging theology and religious education, the principles of the pedagogy of faith (integration, inculturation, and community-building), and the essential components of faith (doctrine, morals, and worship), are seen as essential factors to be considered. The factors are appropriated separately to show each factor's overarching themes in the seamless experiential learning cycle of Kolb. Learning begins with experience and ends with new experiences strengthened by CRE's contents along the experiential learning process.
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spelling doaj-art-0a97de4865004b69b58f67859d1cdfab2025-08-20T02:47:45ZengSaint Joseph CollegeUniversal Journal of Educational Research2960-37142960-37222024-09-013319320110.17613/etfs-3b33Rethinking Catholic Religious Education Pedagogy Through Experiential LearningRenniel Jayson Jacinto Rosales0De La Salle University, City of Manila, PhilippinesTeaching the faith is challenging for educators, and applying different pedagogies is the last resort whenever one pedagogy fails to achieve the goal. This paper attempts to conceptualize a pedagogy by rethinking Catholic Religious Education (CRE) pedagogy through experiential learning. Through the different literature on pedagogy, the most influential Experiential Learning Theory of David Kolb emerged as the most fitted pedagogy for CRE. By focusing on the problems experienced in teaching CRE, merging theology and religious education, the principles of the pedagogy of faith (integration, inculturation, and community-building), and the essential components of faith (doctrine, morals, and worship), are seen as essential factors to be considered. The factors are appropriated separately to show each factor's overarching themes in the seamless experiential learning cycle of Kolb. Learning begins with experience and ends with new experiences strengthened by CRE's contents along the experiential learning process.https://www.ujer.org/vol-3-no-3/rethinking-catholic-religious-education-pedagogy-through-experiential-learnreligious educationpedagogycatholic schoolexperiential learningcatechesis
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title Rethinking Catholic Religious Education Pedagogy Through Experiential Learning
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title_short Rethinking Catholic Religious Education Pedagogy Through Experiential Learning
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