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Zastupljenost migracione problematike u udžbenicima geografije za osnovnu i srednju školu
Representation of Migration Issues in Geography Textbooks for Primary and Secondary Schools

Author(s): Ivana Đorđević, Ljiljana Živković
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies, Human Geography, Sociology, Social development, Demography and human biology, Migration Studies, Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Географски факултет, Универзитет у Београду
Keywords: social geography;migration;textbooks;curriculum;interdisciplinarity;

Summary/Abstract: The growth of the population, migratory movements and the consequences of these developments contribute to the formation of all-round development of personality of students and their scientific view of the world. A migration issue through varied and always current content encourages thinking and independent reasoning. It is therefore necessary to examine in detail the phenomenon of migration. In this way children develop critical thinking towards important socio-geographical and globalization processes. Consequently, they get acquainted with the ways of dealing with migration flows, which represent a global challenge today. The aim is to analyze the migration point to their representation in the geography textbooks for primary and secondary school. Bearing in mind that the socio-geographical theme interdisciplinary comparison is conducted geography curricula in Serbia, as well as selected European countrie. The results show the specificity and their underrepresentation in geography textbooks for primary and secondary school.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 107-116
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian