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TEACHERS’ AND LEARNERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON FACTORS INFLUENCING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITIZENSHIP AND HOMELAND EDUCATION AND ETHICS SUBJECT IN PRIMARY SCHOOL

Tatjana Devjak ; Faculty of education, University of Ljubljana
Marijan Blažić ; Faculty of education, University of Ljubljana
Srečko Devjak ; Faculty of education, University of Ljubljana

Sažetak

In this article, the authors discuss teachers’ and pupils’
perspectives on civic education in Slovenian public schools. More specifi cally, the authors discuss various factors influencing the implementation of the subject, which since 2008/2009 has been referred to as ‘Citizenship and Homeland Education and Ethics’, previously referred to as ‘Civic Education and Ethics’.1 In Slovenian public schools, the subject is taught in the last triad, more specifically, in the seventh and eighth grades, but not in the ninth grade.In primary schools, the objectives of the subject are value-oriented, drawing on human rights, and originating from learners’ pre-existing knowledge, abilities, and interests. Teachers derive their teaching practice from didactical principles and criteria based on the developmental period of the child, the child’s experiences, personal experiences, ideas, pre-existing knowledge, interests and their fundamental needs when choosing content, individual motivation,
case studies, actively including each pupil and achieving social, emotional, motivational, aesthetic, and moral ethical goals. The results of the research show that factors such as the curriculum, teaching and learning methods, teaching aids, the organisation of school life and work, the number of hours per subject, and the teacher’s professionalism have an important influence on
teachers’ and pupils’ viewpoints regarding the success of the course. Thus, this article examines the view of pedagogical practice and highlights the views of teachers and students on the implementation of this subject.

Ključne riječi

civic education; human rights; didactic principles; teaching process; methods and forms of work

Hrčak ID:

48438

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/48438

Datum izdavanja:

22.12.2009.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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