«Barnehagen er ingen søndagsskole …»

Religion i barnehager med forskjellige livssynsvedtekter

Authors

  • Olav Hovdelien Professor i religion, livssyn og etikk ved OsloMet
  • Helje Kringlebotn Sødal Professor i kristendomshistorie ved Universitetet i Agder

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5617/pri.8883

Abstract

How do a sample of headteachers and pedagogical leaders understand the parts of the learning area ‘ethics, religion and philosophy’ (ERF) related to religion and religious heritage and tradition in early childhood education? And how do they implement them in practice? We have interviewed employees from 19 kindergartens in Agder and Oslo, and analyzed relevant pedagogical documents, to get answers. The informants came from both public kindergartens and private kindergartens with special objectives. In the private kindergartens, most informants expressed that religion and religious heritage and tradition were integrated in the pedagogical day to day work, with use of a large degree of a didactical diversity of methods. In public kindergartens were religious themes not prioritized and almost invisible, except from the time of Advent. But there were variations in both types of kindergartens.

Keywords: kindergartens; religion; The learning area ‘ethics, religion and philosophy’; religious heritage and tradition; special objectives

Published

2021-06-22

Issue

Section

Forskning