Opportunities for effective catechesis for 7-10 year olds

The aim of this thesis is the examination of how effective catechesis can be among 7–10-year-olds, with special regard to the involvement of the family and the method of cooperative learning. The thesis examines the foundations of Biblical and Practical Theology, the interconnections among catechetics, pedagogy and missiology, as well as the characteristics of the individual generations, especially the Alpha, as well as the Z, Y, and X generations, taking into account that today these generations form a family. Our thesis emphasizes that the primary scene of faith education is the family; therefore, the process of education will be effective if parents (and siblings) actively join in the catechesis. By them the tools of cooperative learning provide such a learning space where the child, with the presence and support of the family, can live in faith. The aim of our thesis is to promote a shift in perspective: faith education must return into the family, where parents will be co-workers of the pastor, and the child will be a conscious member of the Body of Christ, the Church.