Original scientific paper

EXPLORING THE ENVIRONMENT: NATURAL SCIENCES IN THE COMPULSORY EDUCATION CURRICULUM

Mladen Domazet ; Institute for Social Research, Zagreb

Abstract

The article presents the structure of science curricula of
different European countries as one of the factors contributing to development
of coherent scientifi c knowledge and skills in compulsory education. It is the
result of a wider research project conducted at the Institute for Social Research’s
Centre for Educational Research and Development. The project included a
comparative analysis of the said European curricular documents and development
of recommendations for potential closer alignment of the Croatian national
curricula with the perceived tendencies in the selected European countries. The
recommendations focus on potential conceptualisation of the Croatian curriculum
(in the fi eld of natural sciences) as a ‘deduction’ of the subjects’ content from
a coordinated set of competences, which are defi ned as a general outcome of
compulsory science education.

Keywords

natural sciences; curriculum; biology; chemistry; physics; environment

Hrčak ID:

24815

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/24815

Publication date:

10.12.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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