Projects / Programmes
The curriculum reform of geography as an educational subject of national and general importance
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 6.12.02 |
Humanities |
Geography |
Social geography |
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| S271 |
Social sciences |
Special didactics |
curricular reform, European dimension, geography of neighbouring countries, cartographic literacy, environmental education, national identity, didactic methods, field work, international exchanges, education of teachers, international didactic comparison.
Researchers (1)
| no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
| 1. |
01303 |
PhD Jurij Kunaver |
Geography |
Head |
1998 - 1999 |
667 |
Organisations (1)
Abstract
The aim of the research is to analyse the state of Slovenian
school geography in the period of the general curriculum reform
in Slovenia, to find out its material and personnel conditions,
the origins and expected results of the curriculum reform and the
most current topics and themes that haven''t been considered
enough. Among them the main focus will be on the problem of
European dimension in geography teaching, which inludes the role
of geography of neighbouring countries and landscapes in sylla-
bus, didactic approach to demanding geography contents, environ-
mental education, early cartographic literacy, the role of
geographic education in vocational secondary schools and the
importance of geography of Slovenia for national identity. In the
frame of the previously mentioned themes we will analyse the
importance and the effectiveness of the later and variegated
didactic methods in geography lessons, the problem of individua-
lisation and differentiation, the meaning of pupil''s interest,
the implementation of field work and direct observation, the
meaning and applicability of the media and computer technology
and possibilities of international exchanges and usage of exper-
iences in the field of geography teaching. A special attention
will be paid to graduate and postgraduate teacher''s education and
their higher creativity. The comparison with international
experiences will be one of the important criterion for the
evaluation of the specificity and universality of Slovenian
school geography.
