EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ON THE EXAMPLE OF DREAMS IN GESTALT PEDAGOGY

The article discusses gestalt pedagogy, its emergence and specificities of its approach to upbringing and education. Within the specified topic, a special attention is dedicated to Christian gestalt pedagogy and its interpretation of dreams in pedagogical work in group on a few examples from the Holy Scriptures. The main thesis of the author is that postulates and methods of Christian gestalt pedagogy, that has been used for long time in teaching children and adults in faith in some Western countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), can be of use in Croatia, especially in terms of a more creative and livelier upbringing in faith, no matter whether it comes to upbringing in school, parish, church movement or to working with various groups of believers.