Religious education in Costa Rica: Contributions from Interculturality

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https://doi.org/10.15359/siwo.13-2.1

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Religious education, curriculum, interculturality

Abstract

In Costa Rica there is a lack of solid reflection on the curricular status of religious education. In a constitutionally multicultural and multiethnic country like this, it becomes necessary to assume the task of clarifying the specific contribution of religious education in the whole of the national educational proposal. This task involves dialogues and searches around topics like objectives, the “object of study”, methodological criteria, thematic areas to emphasize, the teacher profile, the criteria for learning evaluation and for dialogue with other curricular components of the national educational system. This work seeks to offer some clues that, along with other contributions, can contribute to the curricular rethinking of Costa Rican religious education from an intercultural perspective.

Author Biography

Jose Mario Méndez Méndez, Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica

Académico en la Escuela Ecuménica de Ciencias de la Religión - Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. Doctor en Filosofía Iberoamericana por la Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas, El Salvador. Correo electrónico: jose.mendez.mendez@una.ac.cr / ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3838-5298

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Published

2021-09-10

How to Cite

Méndez Méndez, J. M. (2021). Religious education in Costa Rica: Contributions from Interculturality. Siwo Revista De Teología, 13(2), 9-26. https://doi.org/10.15359/siwo.13-2.1

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Méndez Méndez, J. M. (2021). Religious education in Costa Rica: Contributions from Interculturality. Siwo Revista De Teología, 13(2), 9-26. https://doi.org/10.15359/siwo.13-2.1