The aims of religious education in Lesotho
Date
2015
Authors
Ramahadi, Evangeline Dineo
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Abstract
This dissertation attempts to identify the aims of
Religious Education in Lesotho secondary schools.
The time of missionary .enterprise in the Nineteenth
Century has been followed in the second half of the
Twentieth Century by dynamic political and socioeconomic
change. This period is marked by considerable
uncertainty about the aims of religious education.
This is a descriptive study, and uses relevant literature
to find what could be acceptable, appropriate
aims for the teaching u. religion in Lesotho,
Chapters 1 to 4 establish that the more common but
questionable aims of religious instruction in Lesotho
secondary schools can be traced back to the era of
evangelization in tne last century. A review of the
literature follows.
In Chapters 5 and 6 the idea of conversion and morality
as the aims of religious education is dismissed, leaving
Education as the only possible aim.
The climax, in Chapter 7, presents the opposing views of
writers on religious education on the issue: Can religion
be taught os part of education or not? Has it a place
in the school curriculum? The debate arises from this
discussion.
In support of its argument, to is study draws much from
the concept of education as described by R, S. Peters,
and P. H. Hirst. It concludes that religious studies
can be educational despite religion's epistemic problem.
With Lesotho's educational situation in view, the study
selects the medial, instructional a litis which can contribute
toward the attainment of this primary and
general aim* namely Education.