Priprema studenata za poučavanje o demokratiji i građanskom društvu u ranom školskom dobu: Građansko vaspitanje kao model
Preparing Students to Teach about Democracy and Civil Society in Early School Age: Civic Education as a Model

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the views of various authors and the relevant educational legislation, highlighting the importance of education in fostering democracy and civil society. This should help young people to face the many social challenges they will encounter. Serbian educational policies are geared towards equipping students with the skills necessary for participating actively in a democratically organised society. Consequently, this paper explores how faculties that educate future primary school teachers in Serbia address this objective. The aim is to present a model for introducing theoretical and practical content related to democracy and civic values through the subject of Civic Education at the Faculty of Education in Sombor. A syllabus analysis reveals that the course is grounded in a pertinent theoretical framework and compares recent research findings on the state of democracy and participation in education. It also identifies a variety of practical student activities within the course. The model is improved by the inclusion of content related to children’s rights, particularly their participation in school,and by the systemic strengthening of the democratic teaching and practical skills of the instructors involved in the course. The paper concludes that the democratic development of societies requires civic education to be continuously and comprehensively included across all levels of schooling.

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