Catholic religion teacher training in a plural, glocal and evolutionary scenario [Uniqueness and asset of the Blanquerna pedagogical model from experience and reflection]

• Mercè Cols Catasús ^[1] ; Andreu Ibarz Mellado ^[1] ; Ana-Eva Jarabo Fidalgo ^[1] ; Àngel Jesús Navarro Guareño ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat Ramon Llull

     Universitat Ramon Llull

     Barcelona, España

     
• Localización: Ramon Llull journal of applied ethics, ISSN 2013-8393, Nº. 12, 2021, págs. 9-39
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Catholic religion teacher training in higher education, be-yond its formal presence, is a current reality in many countries in the world, which now produces an important amount of initiatives, peda-gogical experiences, and research. In the last decades, the phenomenon of the diverse comprehension of the “religion class” and the “Catholic reli-gion class” at schools (very remarkable in Europe and in other places as well) has led to questions over the teachers’ training curriculum. Particu-larly, these questions arise from the pluralism of educational models, the glocal reality of professional and personal projection, and variations that are apparent within our own models or regions. It is obvious that all of them encompass a new perception of the religious fact, of its value as a universal heritage, its contribution as a factor for personal guidance, and its potential to contribute to the construction of a better world.

    In the general framework of the importance, evolution, and diversity of models in university teaching-learning processes, and in particular within the context of the different scenarios for religion teacher initial training in Early Childhood Education and Primary Education, this ar-ticle presents a description of the uniqueness of the training model for Catholic religion teachers in Blanquerna-Ramon Llull University. There is also a detailed description and reflection about the Blanquerna model, because, through its characterization, a paradigm emerges that reaches a high potential to give a response to the main questions in our current scenario.