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Uloga interneta u proučavanju književnosti u osnovnoj školi na primjeru pisaca srpskog romantizma
The Role of the Internet in Studying Literature in Primary School

Author(s): Amela Osmanović-Grbo
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Education, Studies of Literature, Serbian Literature
Published by: Mas Media d. o. o.

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study (a shortened version of a master thesis defended on the Faculty of Philosophy Sarajevo in 2015) is to show the role of the Internet in studying literature in primary school using the example of available content on writers of Serbian Romanticism. All available Internet pages featuring content on Serbian romanticists, represented in curriculum for primary schools in Republika Srpska and Republic of Serbia, have been reviewed. Using the method of content analysis and interpretation, this paper aims to determine the quality of the information available on the Internet for a particular research topic. The following negative phenomena are observed: material mistakes, subjectivity, inconsistency, incompleteness and lack of clarity, as well as irrelevance, melodramatic tone and illiteracy. Some of these phenomena were directly caused by ideology. Also, the paper shows how Internet texts about Serbian romanticists poorly support learning outcomes prescribed by the curriculum. The analysed texts can help achieve 13, or partially achieve 19 of the total number of 200 learning outcomes. These facts lead us to conclude that the information on Serbian romanticism available to students on the Internet is of poor quality and unhelpful in the process of studying. Also, it has been found that the Internet does not play a major role in achieving learning outcomes. In the end, the study suggests ways to enhance the usefulness of information published on the Internet.

  • Issue Year: 1/2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 33-110
  • Page Count: 78
  • Language: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian