EUROPEAN UNION IN THE PRACTICAL LIFE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS (AT THE 2ND LEVEL OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN SLOVAKIA)
EUROPEAN UNION IN THE PRACTICAL LIFE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS (AT THE 2ND LEVEL OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN SLOVAKIA)

Author(s): Iveta Rakytová
Subject(s): School education, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Pedagogy
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: European Union; primary school; geography;
Summary/Abstract: Geography is one of the school subjects, which gives space for shaping the relationship of pupils to the larger space than their home country - the Slovak Republic. It enables students to understand the functioning of Slovakia within the larger region – in our case within the European continent. The Slovak Republic is a member of several international groupings, but it is influenced by membership in the European Union. Geography is uniquely predisposed to join patriotism on one side, and the feeling of being part of a larger grouping on the other. For this to work, it is necessary that students have sufficient knowledge of not only the country where they live, but also the community of states they are part of. The aim of the paper is to find a way how to transform the theoretical knowledge acquired by pupils about the European Union into the subject of Geography at the 2nd level of primary schools in the Slovak Republic into practical life.

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