Review article
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v25i3.4902
An Overview of the Characteristics of a Modern School
Lejla Jelovica
orcid.org/0000-0002-2857-4095
; University of Rijeka Faculty of Health Studies
Anna Alajbeg
orcid.org/0000-0003-2300-9713
; University of Split Faculty of Science
Abstract
Education plays a key role in the development of human civilisation. Learning and teaching methods are still evolving and undergoing numerous changes as a result of scientific knowledge and revolutionary ideas of stakeholders in the education system, and the development of advanced technologies. We are all familiar with traditional ways of learning wherein educational process is conducted in such a way that the focus is primarily on content. Jan Amos Komensky, the alpha and omega of education science, laid out the class-subject-lesson traditional education system and designed, as early as the 17th century, the school as an institution capable of meeting the mass educational demands of the time. Because these traditional methods use repetition and memorisation of information as the principal means of acquiring knowledge, students are unable to develop their critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills. In the 21st century, teaching should be focused on the effective cooperation between teachers and students who are actively participating in the teaching process, because such an approach ensures the training of innovative individuals who go on to become qualified professionals and responsible citizens, thus creating a more affluent and safer society in general. This paper provides an overview of the important characteristics of modern schools, as well as some modern teaching strategies.
Keywords
modern teaching strategies, quality of teaching, teaching
Hrčak ID:
309704
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Publication date:
28.9.2023.
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