GENDER-DIFFERENTIATED SCHOOLS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA: AN OVERVIEW OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM

Abstract

The theoretical framework of this paper presents the characteristics and specifics of extracurricular activities with the previous terminological definition of the National Curriculum Framework, school curriculum, and an overview of the educational activities of gender-differentiated schools in Croatia. The aim of the research was to study the school curriculum documentation of Ružičnjak Primary School and Lotrščak Primary School for the school year 2020/2021 and to find out about the extracurricular activities in different educational areas of their curriculum. Extracurricular activities of gender-differentiated schools intended for 1st - 8th-grade students were analyzed in the paper. The results show that the most represented educational area in both schools regarding the number of extracurricular activities is the area of art. The results of Ružičnjak school curriculum analysis indicate that the area of art is followed by social and humanities, technical, language-communication, and physical and health education areas. On the other hand, Lotrščak school curriculum analysis shows that the artistic activities are followed by the extracurricular activities in physical and health, language-communication, natural sciences, technical and informatics areas. Among the offered extracurricular activities in Ružičnjak Primary Schools, there is no single extracurricular activity within the mathematical and natural sciences areas, while Lotrščak Primary School does not plan any extracurricular activities within the mathematical educational area.