"THE SOCIETY WHICH STUDIES": SOCIO-HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF EDUCATION

Obrazovanje razmatramo kao povijesnu i društvenu kategoriju, kao proces obrazovnoga djelovanja i instituciju. U izravnoj je vezi s potrebama proizvodnje materijalnih dobara, sa stupnjem razvoja znanosti i tehnike, s ideologijom koja u njega ugrađuje razne ciljeve i s političkim uređenjem nekog društva. Tri su se smjera obrazovanja nadograđivala kroz povijest: razvoj sposobnosti pojedinaca, osposobljavanje za funkcije života te čuvanje, prijenos i korištenje duhovnih, kulturnih, znanstvenih i empirijskih znanja i iskustava čovjeka. Obrazovanje u kojemu je aktivnost učenika još uvijek sporedan čimbenik ne postiže očekivane rezultate, a nedovoljna pripremljenost učenika za daljnji nastavak školovanja i nesnalaženje prilikom suočavanja sa životnim situacijama, postaje ključni problem današnjice. Hoće li nas ponuđeni Hrvatski nacionalni obrazovni standard uvesti u novu obrazovnu dimenziju?We consider education as a historical and social category, as a process of educational activity and as an institution. It is in direct connection with the need of material good production, with the stage of scientific and technological development, with the ideology which incorporates in itself various aims and with the political system of a particular society. Three directions have been expanded throughout history: development of capability of the individual, training for living functions, conservation, transfer and usage of spiritual, cultural, scientific and empiric knowledge and human experiences. Education in which the activity of pupils is still a secondary factor does not achieve the expected results, whereas the insufficient preparation of pupils to continue their schooling and the incapacity of dealing with living situations becomes the major issue of these days. Is the proposed "Croatian National Educational Standard" going to introduce ourselves into a new educational dimension