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povzetki ■ abstracts
celo dovolj spremenjeni, da bi večini učiteljev omogočili nedavni razvoj
in zagotovili dovolj metodoloških in vsebinskih znanj, da bi se lotili sed-
mih obveznih medpredmetnih tem. Po drugi strani pa je bilo za tiste, ki so
se želeli specializirati in se profesionalno razvijati v določeni temi, na vo-
ljo dovolj časa in materiala za uresničitev teh ciljev, vendar so kritiki opo-
zorili, da resni reformni procesi ne morejo biti preveč odvisni od osebnih
preferenc, ampak bi morali biti institucionalno spodbujani in podprti na
standardiziran in stalen način. V okviru sedanje reforme, ki se je začela
leta 2015 in nato ponovno leta 2018, so revizije prestali vsi učni načrti na
ISCED nivoju 0 do 3, a menimo, da so učitelji nekoliko preobremenjeni z
novimi nalogami, zato je pričakovati, da zagotavljanje visokokakovostne
državljanske vzgoje ne bo njihova prva prioriteta v prihajajočem obdobju.
Ključne besede: izobraževalne politike in reforme, usposabljanje učiteljev,
državljanska vzgoja, stališča učencev
Marinko Banjac
KNOWLEDGE ON POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
AMONG BASIC SCHOOL PUPILS: A LOOK AT THE RESULTS
FROM THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE
IN THE COURSE PATRIOTIC AND CITIZENSHIP CULTURE
AND ETHICS IN THE 2018/2019 SCHOOL YEAR
At a time when young people’s lack of interest in politics is an ongoing
problem, citizenship education is an important framework for improv-
ing the youth’s political literacy and the promotion of political participa-
tion among them. The article addresses the position of political participa-
tion as a topic in the Slovenian education system and specifically within
the compulsory basic school subject Patriotic and civic culture and eth-
ics. It offers a critical reflection on the various theoretical contributions
to the understanding of the role of citizenship education (especially with-
in formal education) in delivering political literacy and knowledge to pu-
pils about political participation. The article also presents how citizenship
education is systematized within the Slovenian formal education system
and reflects how political participation is addressed and presented in rel-
evant documents, such as the White paper on education in the Republic
of Slovenia. One of the findings is that the White paper not only express-
es the need for strategic inclusion of political participation as a topic with-
in education in general, but also identifies students’ political literacy as an
objective to change the widespread negative portrayal of the political that
exists within Slovenian society. The article also analyses the knowledge of
Year 9 Slovene basic school pupils on political participation. To this end,
187
celo dovolj spremenjeni, da bi večini učiteljev omogočili nedavni razvoj
in zagotovili dovolj metodoloških in vsebinskih znanj, da bi se lotili sed-
mih obveznih medpredmetnih tem. Po drugi strani pa je bilo za tiste, ki so
se želeli specializirati in se profesionalno razvijati v določeni temi, na vo-
ljo dovolj časa in materiala za uresničitev teh ciljev, vendar so kritiki opo-
zorili, da resni reformni procesi ne morejo biti preveč odvisni od osebnih
preferenc, ampak bi morali biti institucionalno spodbujani in podprti na
standardiziran in stalen način. V okviru sedanje reforme, ki se je začela
leta 2015 in nato ponovno leta 2018, so revizije prestali vsi učni načrti na
ISCED nivoju 0 do 3, a menimo, da so učitelji nekoliko preobremenjeni z
novimi nalogami, zato je pričakovati, da zagotavljanje visokokakovostne
državljanske vzgoje ne bo njihova prva prioriteta v prihajajočem obdobju.
Ključne besede: izobraževalne politike in reforme, usposabljanje učiteljev,
državljanska vzgoja, stališča učencev
Marinko Banjac
KNOWLEDGE ON POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
AMONG BASIC SCHOOL PUPILS: A LOOK AT THE RESULTS
FROM THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE
IN THE COURSE PATRIOTIC AND CITIZENSHIP CULTURE
AND ETHICS IN THE 2018/2019 SCHOOL YEAR
At a time when young people’s lack of interest in politics is an ongoing
problem, citizenship education is an important framework for improv-
ing the youth’s political literacy and the promotion of political participa-
tion among them. The article addresses the position of political participa-
tion as a topic in the Slovenian education system and specifically within
the compulsory basic school subject Patriotic and civic culture and eth-
ics. It offers a critical reflection on the various theoretical contributions
to the understanding of the role of citizenship education (especially with-
in formal education) in delivering political literacy and knowledge to pu-
pils about political participation. The article also presents how citizenship
education is systematized within the Slovenian formal education system
and reflects how political participation is addressed and presented in rel-
evant documents, such as the White paper on education in the Republic
of Slovenia. One of the findings is that the White paper not only express-
es the need for strategic inclusion of political participation as a topic with-
in education in general, but also identifies students’ political literacy as an
objective to change the widespread negative portrayal of the political that
exists within Slovenian society. The article also analyses the knowledge of
Year 9 Slovene basic school pupils on political participation. To this end,
187
