Islamic Religious Education in Elementary Educational Institutions

Selected conceptualized task definitions in the context of competence-based A-level exams In public debates more voices against Islamic Religious Education in Elementary educational Institutions have been raised. Also debates on educational policies lead up to the demand for the general closure of confessional institutions because of threatening foreclosure tendencies and ideologically indoctrinated religious education curricula. Apart from the existence of these institutions, there is a high presence of Muslim children in preschool age in Austria. For this reason it is a great responsibility for Islamic religious education to develop pedagogical programs at elementary level in order to prevent Islamic education from its failure. The following article illustrates didactically conceived tasks in the context of competence-based A-level exams for instructors who offer Islamic religious education in elementary institutions. The reviewed tasks are based on personal professional experiences, which have been tested, proved and conveyed as lesson contents in elementary educational institutions.