@article {5741, title = {
Teaching Religious Education in Schools and Adolescents{\textquoteright} Social and Emotional Development. An Action Research on the Role of Religious Education and School Community in Adolescents{\textquoteright} Lives
}, journal = {Cultural and Religious Studies}, volume = {4}, year = {2016}, pages = {121-133. Doi: 10.17265/2328-2177/2016.02.004 }, abstract = {The presentation of the findings of this article is based on an action research focused on the supportive role of the school in adolescents{\textquoteright} lives, whereby Religious Education{\textquoteright}s contribution to the social and emotional development of adolescents (11-15) is combined with the evaluation of the potential offered by a constructivist approach to the learning process. The research commenced in 2012 and is now in its third year. The project is based on an intervention at a high school in an impoverished suburb of Athens and researches educational practices through interpretative-ethnographic methods. The researcher has attempted to answer the question of whether the design of the learning environments is effective not only in the learning process, but also on inter-communication and {\textquotedblleft}connectedness{\textquotedblright} between the members of the learning community. The findings so far indicate a correlation between adolescents{\textquoteright} emotional and social wellbeing and the school{\textquoteright}s approach to knowledge and learning methods, specifically in Religious Education classes. It is fair to say, however, that there exist ethnic, social and family components that are negatively related to a sense of {\textquotedblleft}connectedness{\textquotedblright} within the school although at the same time Religious Education as a subject is, however, found to be positively related to learning community atmosphere.}, author = {Koukounaras-Liagkis, M.} }