Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v24i1.4453
The Strategic Aim of the Subject Croatian Language in High School from the 1970s to the 2020s
Zdenka Burda
orcid.org/0000-0002-6322-9828
; Vladimir Prelog Science School Ulica grada Vukovara 269, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marko Alerić
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Zagreb Ivana Lučića 3, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The paper explores the strategic aim (purpose) as the main determinant of Croatian
language teaching theory and practice. The research aimed to establish how strategic
aims were embedded in high school curricula for the Croatian language from the
1970s to the 2020s and the extent to which they were related to teaching efficiency.
Based on the literature and reflection on personal teaching practice, criteria for
evaluating the strategic aim of the subject Croatian language were established. The
high school curricula for the subject Croatian language from 1974, 1984, versions of
the curriculum from 1990 to 1995, followed by the version from 2003 and, finally,
the 2019 Croatian language Curriculum were analyzed, classified, compared
and evaluated. The hypothesis that high school curricula for the subject Croatian
language from the 1970s to the 2020s have not set the provision of purpose in a
quality manner was confirmed. Not one of the mentioned documents met all of
the criteria for defining purpose. During the socialist era, the essence of the subject
was suppressed, whereas in democratic Croatia the curricula improved with respect
to defining the purpose. This trend, however, was stopped with the Curriculum.
Keywords
communicative approach; curriculum; language literacy; mother tongue; purpose
Hrčak ID:
280322
URI
Publication date:
18.5.2022.
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