Civics and Civic Education in the Slovak Republic – its Traditions and Current Situation and Model in Relation to History Teaching
Civics and Civic Education in the Slovak Republic – its Traditions and Current Situation and Model in Relation to History Teaching

Summary/Abstract: The existing model of civic education within the school system in the Slovak Republic still bears an imprint of the traditions of various phases of the Czechoslovak educational system, which was roughly interrupted by the school system of the World War II Slovak Republic. At the same time it marks all the efforts made in order to adapt the system to motivations, trends and ambitions of the Europeanism and European education which has been promoted in the countries of the former Eastern Bloc in Europe for more than half a century. Since 1989, the Slovak civics passed several phases which worsened or improved its position within the country’s school system under reform. However, verification of its position within curricula is still rather complicated, which is caused to a certain extent by the fact that the functional methods of education for the 21st century have not been identified with respect to that subject yet. This paper contains detailed characteristics of individual changes in the model of civic education in the Slovak Republic after 1989, and provides the analysis of a possible solution to overcome its present low functionality – not only a formal one, but an actual outline of points of contact between civic education and history teaching.

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