Prirodoslovlje u udžbenicima katoličkoga vjeronauka za osnovnu školu

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Title (english): Science in elementary school textbooks of Catholic religious education
• Author: Tihomir Vukelja
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Science; (Department of Physics)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: NATURAL SCIENCES; Physics

Abstract (croatian)

Za Katoličku crkvu prirodoslovlje kao skup znanstvenih spoznaja o prirodi je jedan od načina na koje čovjek očituje povjereno mu gospodstvo nad prirodom kao dijelom stvorenja, a za školski katolički vjeronauk mnogi prirodoslovni sadržaji važni su u okviru pitanja o odnosima između vjere i znanosti. U ovom se radu, na temelju raščlambe udžbeničkih štiva u kojima se eksplicitno ili implicitno upućuje na prirodoslovlje, nastoji procijeniti koliko jasno je ta poruka izražena u udžbenicima katoličkoga vjeronauka za osnovnu školu. Analiza pokazuje da razmotreni udžbenici doduše nude primjeren okvir za prvu pouku o odnosu vjere i znanosti u kontekstu katoličkoga svjetonazora, ali su tvrdnje koje ispunjavaju taj okvir često nejasne i višeznačne. Pokazuje se nadalje da je ta nedorečenost izravna posljedica toga što udžbenici ne sadrže eksplicitno tumačenje nekih za vjeru i moral zanimljivih prirodoslovnih sadržaja na temelju dokumenata Crkve, što se, s obzirom na raspravljanu temu, može smatrati njihovim glavnim nedostatkom.

Abstract (english)

The Catholic Church views science as an expression of man’s dominion over creation and the source of knowledge that complements the knowledge which is peculiar to faith. Catholic religious education in elementary school, oriented toward the development of a modern Catholic worldview, certainly should convey this fundamental message concerning the relationship between faith and science. In this article an attempt is made to evaluate how clearly elementary school textbooks of Catholic religious education communicate this message. For that purpose, in each of textbooks every text which explicitly or implicitly involves science is analysed. The analysis shows that textbooks offer an adequate framework for the first lesson concerning the relationship between faith and science in the context of the Catholic worldview. On the other hand, statements which fill that framework are often unclear and ambiguous, what is direct consequence of the principal flaw of these textbooks as regards the considered theme: textbooks do not contain any explicit interpretation of science based on documents of the Church.

• Keywords (croatian): osnovna škola; Katolička crkva; vjeronaučni udžbenici; odnos vjere i znanosti
• Keywords (english): Elementary school; Catholic Church; textbooks of religious education; relationship between faith and science
• Language: croatian
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Nova prisutnost : časopis za intelektualna i duhovna pitanja
• Numbering: vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 3-18
• p-ISSN: 1334-2312
• e-ISSN: 1848-8676
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:217:748403
• Publication: 2012
• Project: Number: 119-2032635-1000; Title (croatian): Razvoj i uloga fizike u hrvatskom društvu 20. stoljeća; Leader: Tihomir Vukelja; Jurisdiction: Croatia; Funding stream: ZP
• Document URL: https://hrcak.srce.hr/79176
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2019-11-15 19:28:16