Teaching in the religious education in the Republic of Macedonia today

In secular usage, religious education is the teaching of a particular religion or about religion in general and its varied aspects-beliefs, doctrines, rituals, customs, rites and personal roles. In Western and secular culture, religious education implies a type of education which is largely separated from academia, and which generally regards religious belief as a fundamental tenet and operating modality, as well as a prerequisite of attendance. Many of the European countries have some kind of religious education. Implemented in school as confessional religious education or non-confessional religious education-as a separate teaching subject or incorporated in other subjects. Aspects - knowledge, creativity, culture of communication with others, teacher evaluation. Like in any education, main determinants and main factors are student, teacher, educational subjects and educational technology. All this in the religious education of 21st century has a specific role in the whole communication process. The implementation of religious education in The Republic of Macedonia at present is realized through the subject Ethics in the religious in the primary school. (c) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license.