Pedagogical workshop in Sunday school: problems and prospects

Abstract

The article describes and substantiates the use of a new pedagogical technology – a workshop in a Sunday school. The actual problems of the organization of educational activities in Sunday schools in the context of their development history are identified and the expediency of teachers' appeal to new pedagogical technologies is shown. The text briefly describes the existing experience of using a pedagogical workshop in general education organizations, describes in detail the stages of workshops, justifies the names of each stage and presents their compliance with the requirements for Sunday school classes. For clarity and persuasiveness, the article provides a lesson plan in Sunday school with pupils of different ages on the topic "About the creation of the world". Special attention is focused on the most important stages of the workshop, such as induction, rupture and reflection. In conclusion, the article concludes that the use of a pedagogical workshop in Sunday school classes allows overcoming a number of difficulties, such as the lack of a material base and the multi-age nature of pupils, contributes to the personal experience of the student and teacher of his meeting with God and revelation, which should lead to the inner work of a person on himself and his spiritual transformation.