Dana Hanesova

Dana Hanesova studied Information and Librarian Science at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia (1983). Her second Master in Pedagogy and Teaching English Language in 1995 was followed by her PhD in 2003 in the Art of Teaching Languages and in 2004 a small Doctorate in Religious Education (R.E.). After a few years of comparative research in the area of Religious Education in European Union and defending her research thesis in 2005 she became an associate professor responsible for the teaching of RE teachers of evangelical churches.. Being a Christian and a pastor’wife she was forbidden to work as a professional in Slovakia until the fall of Communism in 1989. After the Velvet Revolution she was allowed to start teaching at a primary school. Since 1993 she has been teaching at the Department of Evangelical Theology and Mission (DETM) at the University of Matej Bel in Banská Bystrica. She is married to Pavel, a former Baptist pastor and a current teacher at DETM. They have two children (26 and 24).

2011 Forum Sessions

Standard Workshops

From Generation Y to Generation Z: Understanding the Youngest Generation of Youth and Children

Pastors, councellors and teachers desiring to be better ministers to young people are often surprised by according-to-them-"strange" behaviour, attitudes and reasoning of today's young people. This workshop will identify some cultural differences between characteristics typical for each generation. We will focus especially on the last two generations – the so-called Generation "Y" and Generation "Z". Do you also have the impression that Gen Y(born approximately between 1982/84 – 2000/02) lives in a post-national, post-racist, post-literal, post-scientific, post-sexual, post-human, post-traumatic, post-therapeutic, post-ethical, post-institutional, post-Christian era? What would be the best way of communicating the Gospel to them? And what is specific for the even younger Gen Z? How do we get into relationships and ‘provide’Christian ministry to  these young people, who--according to research – seem to be more altruistic, digital natives, the "dot-com" kids with little time for typical outside play who have a deep sense of community and who may return to traditional values?
 

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