Contemporary children's literature and reading selection in the lower grades of primary school

Lektira kao obaveza je često na meti kritika te jedna od tema je i osuvremenjivanje novim naslovima. Kurikularnom reformama došlo je do promjena u nastavi lektire te je dana veća sloboda učiteljima u samoj provedbi nastave te pri odabiru lektirnih djela za cjelovito čitanje.. Cilj ovog diplomskog rada je utvrditi probleme na koje se nailazi pri odabiru djela, samoj problematici čitanja, istražiti je li se u praksi počeo mijenjati popis lektire te u empirijskom djelu anketnim upitnikom istražiti mišljenja učitelja o suvremenim djelima i njihovom korištenju u nastavi te čimbenike koji utječu na odabir lektire. Istraživanjem provedenim online na uzorku učitelja razredne nastave na razini Republike Hrvatske u lipnju 2021. godine, može se zaključiti kako su učitelji vrlo slobodni u izboru lektirnih djela, no također vrlo ograničeni opremljenosti knjižnice koja se pokazala kao jedan od glavnih problema s kojim se susreću pri izradi popisa lektire. Također, primjećena je velika zainteresiranost učenika za suvremenija djela jer je učenicima bliža tematika i lakše poistovjećivanje s likovima u djelu te su im privlačniji i stil i forma suvremenih naslova.Curricular reforms have led to a change in teaching of reading material, and teachers have been given a greater freedom in the examination itself, as well as in the selection of reading works for complete reading. Reading, as an obligation, is often the target of criticism and one of the topics is updating with new titles. The target of this thesis is to identify problems encountered in the selection of works, in the very issue of reading, explore how reforms really change the lists and in the empirical work survey questionnaire explore teachers' opinions about contemporary works and their use in teaching and factors that teachers, only implementers of reading hours, are encountered in the selection of works. The research was conducted at the level of the Republic of Croatia in June 2021, and the participants were primary school teachers. The research showed that the teachers are very free in choosing reading works, but also not very limited in the equipment of libraries, which proved to be one of the main problems they encounter when making the reading lists. Among other things, a great interest of students in contemporary works is applied because the topics are close to the students and it is easier to identify with the characters in the work