Didáctica de la religión para preescolar y primaria.

Abstract

This text arises as a response to the need of the directives of the Universidad Santo Tomás, but especially of the students of Preschool and Elementary, who in their majority work as teachers. For all other subjects they have didactic texts, except for religion. The first unit analyzes the nature and purpose of the didactics of religion, as a process at the service of the awakening and growth of the child's religious attitude. It also analyzes the sources of the Christian message and the scope of the commitment of faith. Some important models of catechesis throughout the history of the Church are presented. In the second unit, the concept of education is defined in order to determine its relationship with the teaching of religion. The profile of the teacher is analyzed Christian and proposes Jesus Christ as the Master par excellence. In the third unit, the impact of the communication process on catechetical action is determined. It defines the forms of the language of the Church, and proposes total language and audiovisual language as privileged vehicles of the Christian message. The fourth unit is dedicated to the study of catechetical methodology. Criteria of general methodology and catechetical methodology are given. Likewise, information and pedagogical criteria are given for the use of group dynamics, audiovisuals, activities, and educational aids in the catechetical process. In the fifth unit, the psychological characteristics of the children between the ages of O - 12 are identified and methodological criteria are proposed for religious initiation and catechetical action to be developed in each chronological stage. The text is addressed to two groups of students whose fields of action are different but complementary: Preschool and Primary School. The doctrinal part developed in the first three units is common to both groups, since the basic principles of the didactics of religion are valid for any stage of human life~ The differences are presented in units 4 and 5, in which the methodology and evolutionary psychology take into account the specific characteristics of the children's groups.