Approaches to teaching geography in Croatia after 1961.

Predmet istraživanja ovog rada je novi predmetni kurikulum geografije u odnosu na starije školske dokumente s ciljem uviđanja novih pristupa nastavi geografije koje donosi. Također, prikazan je i kronološki razvoj školstva i pristupa nastavi geografije od pojave prvih školskih dokumenata u Hrvatskoj, posebno nakon uvođenja obaveznog osmogodišnjeg obrazovanja. Osim toga, prikupljena su i analizirana mišljenja i stavovi nastavnika geografije s dugogodišnjim iskustvom u nastavi te viših savjetnika. Mišljenja nastavnika i savjetnika uvelike su doprinijela obrani postavljenih hipoteza. Metode korištene u radu su metoda fokus grupa, metoda intervjua te analiza školskih dokumenata.The subject of this Master Thesis is the new subject curriculum of geography in relation with older school documents with the aim of recognizing the new approaches to teaching geography that it brings. Also, the chronological development of schooling and approach to teaching geography from the appearance of the first school documents in Croatia, is presented, especially after the introduction of compulsory eight-year education. In addition, the opinions and attitudes of geography teachers with many years of teaching experience and senior advisors were collected and analysed. The opinions of teachers have greatly contributed to the defence of the hypotheses. The methods used in this Thesis are the focus group method, interview method and analysis of school documents