Religion and Value Education: Examining Variations and Convergences for Curriculum Implications

Oludare Okikiola Olufowobi and Y. Ayodele Quadri
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Oludare Okikiola Olufowobi: Department of Educational Foundations and Counselling Psychology, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos State, Nigeria
Y. Ayodele Quadri: Department of Educational Foundations and Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos State, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science, 2023, vol. 8, issue 6, 237-242

Abstract: Religion has been variously assumed as an effective tool of values education as religion is conceived as superior source of values rather than that of social criterion and self. This paper examines the correctness of this assumption in the light of the values that religion portrays and in terms of its features, worldviews and its absolutism. Could it be an effective medium in a multi-cultural, plural and mono-cultural social milieu? These were interrogated using the philosophical tools of speculation, analysis and prescription. This paper concludes that religion tends to stand in contra in providing the basis for effective and relevant values education which by its nature encourages critical, rational and reflective choice in values decisions in societies that are dynamic due to its conflicting and absolutist approaches. Rather, religion, it is suggested, could be taught as comparative study for ease of better societal engagements. It is recommended that value education should be based on social criterion and critical reasoning

Date: 2023
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