Problems of education for peace in program assumptions and in selected Polish textbooks for teaching religion

Abstract

The article presents the content relating to the issues of education for peace in the curriculum assumptions and in selected methodical textbooks for teaching religion and presents conclusions and postulates concerning the indicated content. The author of the article attempts to answer the question: are religion lessons able to help catechised persons understand the need to join in building peace in the world? It analyses The core curriculum of the Catholic Church in Poland (Podstawa Programowa Katechezy Kościoła Katolickiego w Polsce), Curriculum for the teaching of Roman Catholic Religion in kindergartens and schools (Program nauczania religii rzymskokatolickiej w przedszkolach i szkołach) and methodological manuals for teaching religion in kindergartens, primary schools and general secondary schools, published by Wydawnictwo Jedność in Kielce, and Wydawnictwo Katechetyczne in Warsaw.

Keywords

• peace
• religious instruction
• catechesis
• education