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New challenges in Geography Education in the Republic of Croatia

Geography is one of the foundation and obligatory subjects thought throughout four years of obligatory schooling during total of 263 lessons (lesson in the Republic of Croatia lasts for 45 minutes). Around 85% of all pupils after their obligatory continue their secondary education, and 30% of them enrol gymnasium programmes where geography is obligatory subject with total of 274 lessons. As opposed to the lesson plans that are satisfactory, learning and teaching contents are not matched with development of core science development ; neither have they followed contemporary changes within the education field. Even though about 26 subject geography curricula for vocational schools in 13 sectors have been available since the school year 2012/2013, the process was not systematically monitored, nor supported, and today there is no official attitude of the educational policy creators in frontal implementation of those curricula in all vocational schools. During the last two years a process of intensive changes in Croatian education began. Among others a proposition of Geography curriculum was made. Aside towards teaching and learning contents the curriculum is directed towards learning outcomes with elaboration of educational outcomes on all four levels, guidelines for teaching and learning, connections of Geography with other subjects, cross-curriculum subjects and other parts of curriculum. New challenges are how to prepare teachers for new learning contents and different approaches and above all how to organise school network in the conditions of distinct depopulation and coordinate tertiary with pre-tertiary geography education.

geography ; education ; Croatia

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