Learning and teaching with new media in Islamic religious instruction
Keywords:
new media, digital learning, Islamic religious instruction, schoolbook series „Islamstunde“Abstract
Scholastic confessional religious instruction has a considerable joint responsibility when it comes to the upbringing and education of generations to come. That is why Islamic religious instruction in Austria too has been seeking to stay engaged in the latest discourse on religious education and its teaching principles through both the publication of the new and skills-based Islamstunde [Islamic religious class] schoolbook series and the inclusion of media-related and didactic innovations in the concept. Precisely because new media motivate, facilitate independent and reflective learning, allow new teaching concepts and enable the integration of authentic problems into learning situations. The present article illustrates, by way of example, how learning and teaching with new media can be implemented in Islamic religious instruction by drawing on the concept as presented in Islamstunde.
