Slovenian National Independence in Public Education: In Quest for National Identity Among the Slovenian Youth
Slovenian National Independence in Public Education: In Quest for National Identity Among the Slovenian Youth

Summary/Abstract: The country plays an important role in the reproduction of national identity from the individual’s early years through the secondary socialization, especially through the public educational system. Further on the national historical events constitute among other elements national identity and for Slovenia the key historical event of the nation’s recent history is achieving the national independence. Therefore for the purpose of this article we have analysed the high school pupils’ knowledge and evaluation of the Slovenian independence process. We have focused on the secondary socialization, manifested in the public educational process. The research included 997 high school pupils expressing their opinions in standardized questionnaire. The results show following: 1) pupils’ self-evaluation as well as de facto knowledge about the independence process is low; 2) the primary source of information is not school but other sources; 3) pupils relate the state-building and independence with positive values.

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