An implementation of the faith development model of James Fowler in religious education in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorKleyn, George Henryen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-17T12:45:04Z
dc.date.available2016-03-17T12:45:04Z
dc.date.issued1996en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliography.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractA vacuum has arisen for many teachers of Religious Education in South Africa with the demise of Christian National Education as a guiding rationale for the teaching of the subject. Many teachers have come to question CNE's emphasis on the transmission of content and the importance of the teacher. The child, many believe, has not been given his or her proper due. Teachers have also realised the inadequacy of CNE as a means of addressing the multi-faith nature of RE classes. The debate concerning the future of RE has centred around the need to meet the demands of educational rather than religious considerations. It has also been focused on the rationale behind the teaching of the subject. The question of appropriate methodologies has, by and large, been ignored. The imperative of devising an RE that is sound educationally as well as one that is able to address the needs of all the shades of belief that are found in most RE classes has made the work of the developmentalist James Fowler particularly apposite. He has constructed a stage model that, he believes, describes the progression of faith or meaning through which individuals travel. During all the stages the modes of meaning-making follow a predictable pattern. These modes are universal in their application and are independent of the content of the belief system in which they are grounded, whether this be religious or non-religious. The teacher using such a model is therefore able to engage everyone in an RE class.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKleyn, G. H. (1996). <i>An implementation of the faith development model of James Fowler in religious education in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17961en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKleyn, George Henry. <i>"An implementation of the faith development model of James Fowler in religious education in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17961en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKleyn, G. 1996. An implementation of the faith development model of James Fowler in religious education in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Kleyn, George Henry AB - A vacuum has arisen for many teachers of Religious Education in South Africa with the demise of Christian National Education as a guiding rationale for the teaching of the subject. Many teachers have come to question CNE's emphasis on the transmission of content and the importance of the teacher. The child, many believe, has not been given his or her proper due. Teachers have also realised the inadequacy of CNE as a means of addressing the multi-faith nature of RE classes. The debate concerning the future of RE has centred around the need to meet the demands of educational rather than religious considerations. It has also been focused on the rationale behind the teaching of the subject. The question of appropriate methodologies has, by and large, been ignored. The imperative of devising an RE that is sound educationally as well as one that is able to address the needs of all the shades of belief that are found in most RE classes has made the work of the developmentalist James Fowler particularly apposite. He has constructed a stage model that, he believes, describes the progression of faith or meaning through which individuals travel. During all the stages the modes of meaning-making follow a predictable pattern. These modes are universal in their application and are independent of the content of the belief system in which they are grounded, whether this be religious or non-religious. The teacher using such a model is therefore able to engage everyone in an RE class. DA - 1996 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1996 T1 - An implementation of the faith development model of James Fowler in religious education in South Africa TI - An implementation of the faith development model of James Fowler in religious education in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17961 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17961
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKleyn GH. An implementation of the faith development model of James Fowler in religious education in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 1996 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17961en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherFaith developmenten_ZA
dc.subject.otherReligious education - South Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.otherReligious education of children - South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleAn implementation of the faith development model of James Fowler in religious education in South Africaen_ZA
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