European traditional national minorities in Slovenian geography textbooks compared with textbooks from other European countries

Authors

  • Jurij Senegačnik Modrijan Publishing House

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21344/iartem.v5i1.770

Keywords:

Geography textbook, National minorities, Slovene syllabus, Europe

Abstract

Slovenia is a very small country with 2 million inhabitants, in a wider Europe. Accordingly, the Slovene school geography syllabus reflects a certain favorable disposition towards the treatment of European national minorities. This study, using the method of content analysis, compares the treatment of “traditional” or “old” minorities in selected Slovenian textbooks with content relating to the geography of Europe from 24 countries. There are considerable differences among the textbooks from the western and eastern parts of Europe. The latter give greater attention to traditional national minorities and use a different approach to content and instruction. The study shows that traditional national minorities are presented in more depth in Slovene textbooks than in textbooks from other European countries.

Author Biography

  • Jurij Senegačnik, Modrijan Publishing House

    Dr Jurij Senegačnik is principal author and researcher of geography textbooks in Slovenia, an editor at Modrijan Publishing House, and occasional lecturer at University of Primorska, University of Maribor and Zaris Educational Centre. He has authored or co-authored 17 textbooks. He does research on geography textbooks in Slovenia and other European countries, which also formed the basis for his doctoral dissertation.

    Contact address:
    Modrijan Publishing House
    Poljanska 15
    1000 Ljubljana - Slovenia
    Tel: +386 41 759 542
    Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

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Published

2012-09-30

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Section

Peer-reviewed research articles

How to Cite

Senegačnik, J. (2012). European traditional national minorities in Slovenian geography textbooks compared with textbooks from other European countries. IARTEM E-Journal, 5(1), 22-32. https://doi.org/10.21344/iartem.v5i1.770