RITUÁLY VO VZDELÁVANÍ: OD KAŽDODENNÝCH ZVYKOV PO CEREMONIÁLNE OSLAVY

• Authors: Čviriková Nina

Title variants

EN

Rituals in education: From daily habits to ceremonial celebrations

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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Rituals and ritual behaviour are the everyday reality of education and schooling. This essay aims to define ritual behaviour, to clarify and concretize some of the educational rituals, but most importantly to look at the effectiveness of repeated behaviour in institutions such as schools and preschools. Using theoretical frameworks, the essay aims to form a view of rituals not only from a pedagogical perspective, but from both student and child perspectives. The anthropology of children and children’s groups is now an increasingly popular branch of the discipline, as evidenced by the abundance of ethnographic research. It is scholarship such as social anthropology and ethnology that helps us use qualitative methods to discover, analyse, and inform how rituals are transmitted into communities, institutions, and the lives of individuals alike. Rituals in education are not only a means for cohesion, value sharing, or self-development, but more importantly, they serve as an express way for cultural transmission. It is through rituals that it is possible for us as a society to acquire and assimilate knowledge and thus adopt cultural norms. Ritual behaviours such as morning greetings, songs, celebrations of the seasons, and the like, can strengthen interpersonal relationships, facilitate discipline, and create a desire to learn. This essay specifically analyses certain and particular ritual behaviours in children’s environments and draws on ethnographic research to analyse the transformative power of rituals in education. In addition, it looks at the challenges and opportunities associated with integrating rituals into educational practices, taking into account factors such as cultural diversity, social dynamics, and pedagogical approaches.

Keywords

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RITUALS; EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL RITUALS; TEACHING; CHILDREN; ANTHROPOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Ethnological Society, and Slovak National Museum - Ethnological Museum (in Martin)
• Journal: Etnologické rozpravy (Ethnological Disputes)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 118 – 123

Contributors

author

Čviriková Nina

• Fakulta sociálnych a ekonomických vied, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Mlynské luhy 4, 821 05 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

DOI

10.31577/EtnoRozpra.2024.31.2.09