Evaluation of Religious Literacy Skill Levels in Terms Of Various Variables in Religious Education

The main goal of this research is to determine the effect of Religious Culture and Moral Knowledge classes on religious literacy skills. Considering the type of people that religions aim to raise, religious literacy includes skills such as knowing the concepts, worship, belief principles, and historical realities that a religion expects its believers to have. The quantitative research method was used. In this context, success was applied to primary school students. While the general population of our research consists of primary school students, the study population consists of 105 students studying in the fourth grade of a primary school in a metropolitan city in the 2021-2022 academic year. The demographic characteristics of the students who participated in the research were examined in terms of gender and age. In addition, to determine the socio-economic status of students and their families; Questions about the education level of the parents were asked. In the study, it was concluded that the literacy levels of female students were higher, the level of religious literacy increased as the age of the students increased, and the education level of the parents was determinant when it comes to religious literacy. In addition, it was concluded that social media and the internet have rather more effect on religious literacy.