Ljubica Ivanović Bibić
Anđelija Ivkov Džigurski
Smiljana Đukičin Vučković
Jelena Milanković Jovanov
REALIZACIJA GEOGRAFSKIH SADRŽAJA U OBJEKTIMA U PRIRODI
DOI: 10.35666/28310438.2020.5.350
UDC: 911:371.233]:502(497.11)
Abstract: Geography classes in primary schools in the Republic of Serbia are most often realized within the schoolbuilding, ie in the geography classroom. Students need to be introduced to geographical contents to adapt them in the easiest possible way, for that knowledge to be permanent and to find its application in real-life situations. The natural environment provides countless opportunities for the adoption of a large number of geographical concepts, processes and relationships, which is why teaching sometimes should be moved from the usual conditions in the school environment. Natural conditions provide the best opportunities for understanding and comprehending natural phenomena. Work outside the school building is especially interesting for students, because they are in direct contact with objects and phenomena in nature, so the motivation, curiosity and desire to acquire newknowledge can be much higher. The paper defines the objects in which the teaching of geography is realizing in primary schools, with special reference to the teaching topics in the fifth grade. The research aimed to determine how much geography teachers are familiar with teaching outside the classroom, how often they implement it, whether there are possible obstacles during the implementation and which geographical contents are the most suitable for the realization of classes in nature. The results showed that this type of teaching is not sufficiently implemented in schools in the Republic of Serbia, as well as that there are numerous limiting factors for this situation. After the obtained results of this pilot research, it was continued in higher grades, in order to obtain a more complex picture of the teaching of geography in the natural environment, ie objects in nature.
Key words: Geography, Geography classroom, Teaching in nature, Republic of Serbia, Elementary school.