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STRATEGY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL CURRICULUMParticular goals of the national curriculum are aimed at:• healthy development of dimensions of personality,• developing and nurturing a child’s comprehension capacity, perception, memory, thinking,openness to new learning experiences,• stimulating and enabling children to use various means of communication and expression(speech, vocabulary enrichment, visual arts expression, musical expression),• stimulating spontaneous expression of a child’s creative capability, especially throughplay as a basic activity,• creating a sense of security and self-confidence,• enabling children for space and time orientation,• developing curiosity and an active, exploratory rapport to one’s surroundings,• developing motoric and working skills,• developing ecological consciousness,• developing child independence,• stimulating pro-social behaviour.During preschool education of children who are aged between 5 and 6, and have notbeen included in standard preschool education programs, the focus is put on stimulatingoptimal development in all areas of psycho-physical development and the acquisition of newknowledge, skills and habits which would facilitate a child’s transfer to an organized schoolsystem.The aim of preschool program is to teach children the knowledge, skills and attitudes whichwould facilitate their transition from preschool level to an organized school system withdefined rules and more organized activities.General and Particular Goals of the NationalCurriculum, Education Achievements and Principles ofGeneral Compulsory EducationThe goal of the national curriculum is portrayed in effecting the principles of developmentalcurriculum construction. It expresses the orientation towards student’s personal development,towards preparing one for quality life, for active and responsible participation in cultural,economic, scientific and general social progress of one’s country in an era of knowledgebasedsociety development and globalization.The general goal expresses the education needs of an individual and of the society. Toprevent it from being simply declarative, it is specified through particular goals relatingto the needs of the individual, economic, cultural and general social needs. Therefore,the abovementioned goals are being operatively expressed through student’s expectededucational achievements (competencies), which makes it possible to evaluate their levelof development.16
Particular goals of the national curriculum are aimed at developing student competencieswhich prepare him or her for:• life and work in constantly changing conditions,• active and responsible participation in social life and taking responsibility for its democraticdevelopment,• responsible rapport to nature and environment,• responsible rapport to one’s own health and care for the health of others,• lifelong learning and education,• responsible rapport to oneself and to developing one’s own capabilities,• preservation of one’s historical and cultural tradition, and development of nationalculture,• development of moral and spiritual personality dimensions,• social integration and life in heterogeneous societies.The expected student education achievements (outcomes) after finishing generalcompulsory education are the following:• developed communication competencies (in mother tongue and if foreign languages),• developed mathematical competency (conceptual knowledge and using mathematics inproblem solving, including problems in various life situations),• developed IT literacy (be familiar with and use IT and communications technology),• awareness and understanding of natural phenomena and a developed reasoning innature sciences,• developed critical thinking and problem solving capabilities,• developed creative capabilities,• self-organized studying competence,• developed social competencies,• knowledge of human and children’s rights and competence to respect and carry themthrough,• developed basic knowledge and positive attitude towards artistic creation andexpression,• developed basic knowledge and positive attitude towards one’s own culture and othercultures,• developed consciousness of one’s own health and the health of others,• developed consciousness of the need for nature and environment preservation,• developed practical and working skills for everyday life,• developed entrepreneurial competence,• developed competence for decision making regarding personal professionaldevelopment,• developed self-confidence, self-respect and own capabilities awareness.STRATEGY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM17
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