Estudio descriptivo de la educación religiosa de estudiantes de secundaria de la provincia de Córdoba (España)

Resumen: El fenomeno de la globalizacion ha trasformado nuestros centros educativos en entornos plurales. La diversidad cultural se concentra y convive en ellos, y las creencias religiosas, que se aprenden dentro de las culturas, constituyen una cuestion social y politica, de primer orden, por lo que deben ser atendidas de manera prioritaria en la investigacion cientifico-social asi como sus implicaciones educativas. El presente trabajo de investigacion tiene como objetivo descifrar primero y describir despues el pensamiento implicito de los jovenes sobre la diversidad religiosa y la ensenanza de la religion en Espana utilizando como base el proyecto europeo REDCo ( Religion in Education. A contribution to dialogue or a factor of conflict in transforming societies of European Countries ), proyecto financiado por el Departamento de Investigacion de la Comision Europea para establecer las potencialidades y limitaciones de la religion en los sistemas educativos de ocho paises seleccionados, a saber, Estonia, Rusia, Noruega, Alemania, Paises bajos, Inglaterra, Francia y Espana. El instrumento utilizado para la recogida de informacion es un cuestionario validado por REDCo. Se implemento a 385 estudiantes de cuatro centros de Educacion Secundaria de Cordoba (Espana) caracterizados por su compleja y liquida diversidad de creencias. Los analisis descriptivos senalan, primero, el interes del alumnado por conocer otras religiones y/o concepciones del mundo a traves de agrupaciones flexibles; segundo, la existencia de diferentes experiencias relacionadas con la ensenanza de la religion y, tercero, su posicion dispareja respecto a los modelos didacticos empleados en la ensenanza de la religion. Abstract: The phenomenon of globalisation has transformed our educational centres into plural environments. Cultural diversity is concentrated and coexists in them; and religious beliefs, which are learned within cultures, constitute a major social and political issue which must be therefore addressed as a priority in scientific-social research, as well as its educational implications. This aim of this research work is to figure out and then describe the implicit thinking of young people about religious diversity and the teaching of religion in Spain, using the European project REDCo (Religion in Education: A contribution to dialogue or a factor of conflict in transforming societies of European Countries) as a basis. This project is funded by the Research Department of the European Commission and is intended to establish the potentialities and limitations of religion in the educational systems of eight different countries, namely Estonia, Russia, Norway, Germany, Netherlands, England, France and Spain. The instrument used for the collection of data has been a questionnaire validated by RDCo. It was administered to 385 students from four Secondary Education centres in Cordoba (Spain), characterised by their complex and changing diversity of beliefs. The descriptive analyses indicate, first, the interest of students to understand other religions and/or worldviews through flexible grouping; second; the existence of different experiences with religion in the school and, third; the varying positions of students with respect to the different models of teaching religion.