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Urušavanje profesionalnog morala u obrazovnom sistemu Bosne i Hercegovine
The collapse of professional morality in the educational system of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Jusuf Žiga
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Naučnoistraživački institut »Ibn Sina«
Keywords: moral crisis in education; Bosnia and Herzegovina’s society

Summary/Abstract: Post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina is characterized by a worrying collapse of professional morality in education. There are frequent instances of children being separated apartheid-style, on a national basis, in school; of the ideological contamination of curricula, interventions, myths, sexual blackmail, the awarding of unrealistic marks, and so on. The findings of a study carried out during the 2004/2005 school year corroborate this. It should be borne in mind that the degradation of professional morality in the education system has long-term adverse social consequences. What is at stake here is not merely the intellectual and vocational aspect of education, but also the upbringing, the formation of the personality. For Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a multilateral community, this is an additionally important matter. The lack of awareness of the imperative need and social importance of reaffirming professional morality in education is therefore wholly unacceptable.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 29-30
  • Page Range: 146-156
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bosnian