Critical Thinking and Catholic Religious Education: An Empirical Research Report From the Philippines

While critical rationality is an explicit goal of Catholic education, its practice in confessional Catholic religious education can be problematic for epistemological reasons: the prevailing Catholic religious epistemology may not be conducive to critical thinking in the RE classroom. A survey among...

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Main Author:	Go, Johnny C, SJ
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Published:	Archīum Ateneo 2018
Subjects:	critical thinking Catholic religious education epistemology epistemic cognition Catholic Studies Education Epistemology Religious Education
Online Access:	https://archium.ateneo.edu/education-faculty-pubs/4 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19422539.2018.1492261
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spelling	ph-ateneo-arc.education-faculty-pubs-10032022-03-31T07:19:40Z Critical Thinking and Catholic Religious Education: An Empirical Research Report From the Philippines Go, Johnny C, SJ While critical rationality is an explicit goal of Catholic education, its practice in confessional Catholic religious education can be problematic for epistemological reasons: the prevailing Catholic religious epistemology may not be conducive to critical thinking in the RE classroom. A survey among 1068 teachers conducted in fifteen Catholic schools in the Philippines confirmed that a significant percentage of the respondents – especially religious educators – exhibited epistemologies considered incompatible with critical thinking specifically in the domains of religious beliefs and value judgements – the two areas covered by the Philippine Catholic RE curriculum. An examination of Catholic religious and moral epistemologies is recommended to determine the possibility and necessity of critical thinking in matters of faith and morals. 2018-08-03T07:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/education-faculty-pubs/4 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19422539.2018.1492261 Education Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo critical thinking Catholic religious education epistemology epistemic cognition Catholic Studies Education Epistemology Religious Education
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description	While critical rationality is an explicit goal of Catholic education, its practice in confessional Catholic religious education can be problematic for epistemological reasons: the prevailing Catholic religious epistemology may not be conducive to critical thinking in the RE classroom. A survey among 1068 teachers conducted in fifteen Catholic schools in the Philippines confirmed that a significant percentage of the respondents – especially religious educators – exhibited epistemologies considered incompatible with critical thinking specifically in the domains of religious beliefs and value judgements – the two areas covered by the Philippine Catholic RE curriculum. An examination of Catholic religious and moral epistemologies is recommended to determine the possibility and necessity of critical thinking in matters of faith and morals.
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Critical Thinking and Catholic Religious Education: An Empirical Research Report From the Philippines

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