In the history of mankind, a large part of human life is imbued with religion or different religions. At one point religion represented much more to people than we can even imagine. At the time of unexplored science, certain stories have become crucial to the interpretation of nature. Most of the former religions do not exist today, some of them died out with the people, others were forgotten because of new religions. In older religions, polytheism prevailed, today monotheistic religions are the most widespread. Even today, religion accompanies a big number of people and for some it is crucial for a good life. In diploma thesis, we examine the issue of the relationship between faith and religion and educational institutions. We are specifically interested in the Christian religion, its meaning, impact on society and involvement in the educational process.
In the theoretical part, with the help of various authors, we describe Christianity as an example of the most widespread religion in Slovenia and its components. We familiarize with the concept of a lay school and its importance in Slovenia. We find out to what extent the Christian influence is present in other European countries and compare it with Slovenia. We question the importance of religious education for the moral development of a child and about the morality of religious institutions. We answer the question which ideology supports human rights more - the state or the Church.
In the empirical work, we investigated the presence of religious influence in public kindergartens and the opinion of educators on the given topic. We interviewed all teachers of a small kindergarten in Ljubljana, interpreted their results and compared them. We were interested in whether they deal with religious topics in kindergarten, how they deal with it and their opinion about the presence of the topic in public kindergartens.
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