Moral Values Teaching and Serbian School in the 19th Century
Moral Values Teaching and Serbian School in the 19th Century

Summary/Abstract: There are periods in the history of one nation which by its length do not exceed the scope of the decade they are appearing in; however, by its importance they mark centuries. Such a period was certainly the period of the Serbian Revolution, the period of restoration of the State of Serbia and the establishment of the Principality of Serbia. Some important educational issues appeared in this period of the Serbian national history as an expression of both the historical events and the collective memory on one side, and as a result of the wakening of national consciousness and the program of the Serbian government, on the other side. The liberation from the Turkish slavery and the establishment of the new national state together with further differentiation between people made the question of literacy more actual primarily for the members of the leading class. It was the time of transition from the monastery teaching carried out through the Middle Ages to the modern secular education. There was a great difference between the old church type of schooling and the new secular one. New schools were not secular just because the masters (not priests) were secular, because secular subjects (science) were taught and secular textbooks (not religious books) were used, but because the goals of teaching were secular.

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