Enisa Kulašin

 

GEOGRAFSKI PREDMETNI KURIKULUM KROZ REFORMU

OBRAZOVANJA U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI

  

DOI: 10.35666/28310438.2020.5.337

UDC: 911:371.4(497.6)

 

Abstract: The analyzed modern geographical curricula of the developed countries of the World emphasize the importance of the subject of Geography in the general education of students, building their worldview, attitudes, skills and values that are necessary for them in the 21st century. They are structured through great ideas and concepts that enable students to acquire functional knowledge. The reform processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina have so far not provided Geography with the role and importance it has in the developed countries of the world as well as in the region. The subject of this paper is to give recommendations for the development of a modern curriculum for the subject Geography in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which is based on a modern definition of the subject and complex educational tasks. The aim of this paper is to determine the importance of developing a modern curriculum of Geography through the reform processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It should provide geography with a central place in the subject curricula as a bridge science that connects the natural and social humanities sciences and which, through geographical concepts, develops conceptual understanding and higher levels of cognition. A holistic view of geography provides an opportunity to understand the World in its complexity, variability, and vulnerability. The paper analyzes the definitions and educational tasks of subjects in modern curricula of developed countries in order to determine the new role of Geography. Based on the analysis of world curricula, it can be concluded that Geography in students should develop spatial thinking, critical observation and understanding of geographical space. The purpose of learning and studying geography is to form an independent, responsible individual who should play an active role in the social community in planning a functional and optimal spatial organization and whose management is based on the concept of sustainability. Geographical thinking, conceptual understanding, organizing, connecting, explaining, analyzing and examining geographical content should provide knowledge and skills for active and responsible planning and management of spatial organizations.

Keywords: curriculum, geographical concepts, subject definition, functional knowledge, spatial

thinking, active and responsible space management