Engagement of social aspects of sustainability in curricula for geography in primary and general secondary schools in Slovenia

  • Petra Banfi
  • Karmen Kolnik University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts, Departmant of geography; Maribor, Slovenia.
Keywords: geography, primary school, general secondary school, social aspect of sustainable development, social sustainability

Abstract

The results of the analysis of curricula for geography in primary school and general secondary school are introduced from the view of participation of educational objectives and contents of social sustainability and principles of education for sustainable development which are a result of guidelines for education published by the Ministry for educational system and sports in Slovenia. We are seeing a sufficient participation of educational objectives from the view point of social sustainability and their relatively balanced number in comparison to the number of educational objectives in the field of environmental and economic sustainability. The treatment of content from the view of social sustainability depends upon teacher’s knowledge, personal awareness and own involvement. We have made suggestions in areas were educational objectives were slim or non-existent.

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Author Biographies

Petra Banfi

E-mail: petra.banfi@gmail.com

Karmen Kolnik, University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts, Departmant of geography; Maribor, Slovenia.

E-mail: karmen.kolnik@um.si

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Published
2013-06-15
How to Cite
Banfi P., & Kolnik K. (2013). Engagement of social aspects of sustainability in curricula for geography in primary and general secondary schools in Slovenia. Journal for Geography, 8(1), 57-68. https://doi.org/10.18690/rg.8.1.3893
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Scientific Articles