Faith, values and social learning in a German intermediate secondary school : an evaluation of the Lions-Quest programme "Skills for Adolescence" from an empirical religious educational perspective

• Main Author: Stängle, Gabriel
• Other Authors: Dreyer, J. S.
• Format: Others
• Language: de
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Social learning; secondary education; Realschule (secondary modern); Social competencies; Belief; Life skills programme; Lions-Quest “Skills for Adolescence“; Religious education.; 268.4330943; Social legislation > Germany; Life skills > Study and teaching (Secondary) > Germany; Religious education of young people; Christian youth > Religious life > Germany
• Online Access: Stängle, Gabriel (2014) Faith, values and social learning in a German intermediate secondary school : an evaluation of the Lions-Quest programme "Skills for Adolescence" from an empirical religious educational perspective, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13176>; http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13176

In this research the use of the Lions-Quest programme “Skills for Adolescence“ at an intermediate secondary school level is examined qualitatively. It is investigated how pupils at a German intermediate secondary school perceive the social skills training and how that training affects the social competencies of the pupils. It is also explored if the pupils can relate their acquired competencies with their values and beliefs. Based on the empirical-theological praxis cycle, the planning, carrying out and the results of thirteen one-to-one interviews and three group interviews are presented. Five types of adolescents can be distinguished in terms of knowing and applying social skills as result of different grounded theory coding strategies: the power-conscious, the autonomous, the ambivalent, the self-confident and the competent. This study wants to contribute to a better evaluation of the implementation of social skills programmes at schools and particularly in religious education. === Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology === M. Th. (Practical Theology)