Thursday, 25 September 2008
The case against religious indoctrination.
My inquiry question for my senior project will probably be something along the lines of: "Why are children the main target of religious indoctrination? Do they suffer from indoctrination? Is it unethical to indoctrinate children?" It is a very broad, quite controversial question, but it is one that I feel must be addressed. I would like to explore why religious education of young children has such a profound impact on the child's psychological development (As the old Jesuit once said: "Give me the boy for seven years, and I'll give you the man"). I would like to find out whether religious education of young children (ages 7 or younger) has a negative or positive impact on the child's mental health. I would also like to learn about the reasons why children are so willing to take in what they hear on faith, and not question it. That seems to be my senior project question in a nutshell. Please ask any questions you may have, I'll be happy to answer them, I feel that this is such a large topic it is difficult to fully describe it, or even to know where to begin, so I'll leave it to the reader to alter the focus of this discussion.
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I am interested in your inquiry question too but I wonder how you going to investigate this topic. I think it will be really hard to research this topic and find this topic's evidence because in Taiwan religion seem to be not really a big part of modern society.
Wow, I've never thought of these type of questions before! These questions seemed very deep!! I really want to know the answer to your questions.
What kind of methods are you going to take in order to find out the answers to your questions?
I'm wondering how are you going to collect data about the impact of religious education of young children?
It would be cool if you actually do experiments on groups of young children. And also, which religion you are aiming at?
Like Amy said, your inquiry question seemed very deep! I'm looking forward to see more of your researches!
Aled, this would be a very interesting question to research and pursue. My question, though, is what you will do for your "lived-experience" part? You need to be able to complete a very tangible project to support your research paper. You should have a clear sense of this as well as your research topic before you begin your research.
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