Conference paper

Gymnasium – Preparation for University

Marija Lamot ; High School Krapina, Croatia

Abstract

Does Gymnasium prepare high-school students for admission to university? Is there an idea of Gymnasium as a place where high-school students gain general knowledge which, when considered entirety, prepares them for the continuation of education and does the school foster students’ interest in philosophy and science? Do courses in the Humanities (Latin, Literature, Art, History, Philosophy) contribute to it, or are they simply historical remains, valuable only as information? Does a human being nowadays actually need universal educatio (l’uomo universale) with its final outcome being the standard of their human and moral qualities? Furthermore, should young people recognize and develop their intellectual and creative abilities, as well as critical consciousness towards society they live in? Can the idea of curriculum follow that path? Is it necessary to pursue abilities of critical thinking? Is the only purpose of the knowledge society to serve economic interests of the modern society by producing factories in which the knowledge is increasingly industrialized? Is that the sign of the absence of any normative idea of education?

Keywords

gymnasium; university; humanities; education; thinking; critical awareness; knowledge society; curriculum; State Graduation Examination

Hrčak ID:

109504

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/109504

Publication date:

10.9.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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