Slovenia
STRUCTURE OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
Source: Eurydice 2022/23
The Slovenian education system is organised into several levels of education. Preschool education (predšolska vzgoja) is optional, and children can be enrolled as early as the age of 11 months and attend it until they start basic school. Compulsory basic education (obvezno osnovnošolsko izobraževanje) is organised as a singlestructure nine-year basic school attended by pupils aged 6-15 years. Upper secondary education (srednješolsko izobraževanje) takes two to five years (typical age of students is 15-19 years). Educational programmes include vocational, professional and general (gimnazija) programmes. There are six private basic (elementary) schools in Slovenia. All of them follow a programme confirmed by the Expert Council of the Republic of Slovenia for General Education. There are also six private general (grammar) upper secondary schools. The teaching of history in these schools follows the official history curricula.*
For more information on the national education system in Slovenia, please visit:
Ministry of Education, Science and Sport
*OHTE Thematic report on "Pandemics and natural disasters as reflected in history teaching"
HISTORY IN SCHOOL
Data are currently being collected for the OHTE general report.
This section will host information on the space and time provided to ‘History’ as a subject matter within the three main levels of education (primary, lower secondary and upper secondary). It will also provide insights on the relationship between history and other school subjects.
HISTORY CURRICULUM
Data are currently being collected for the OHTE general report.
In Slovenia, history is a compulsory subject in the final four years of basic (elementary) school, in general (grammar) upper secondary schools and in vocational-technical upper secondary schools. The history curriculum at the elementary level is designed in such a way that the teacher selects, extends and deepens the “broader” topics according to the students’ interests. In principle, about 75% of the topics are compulsory, and up to 25% are optional topics that the teacher chooses together with the students according to their interests and the teacher’s professional judgment. The curriculum also allows for a wide range of activities that can be integrated into the various forms of learning, which may take place both inside and outside the classroom.
In general upper secondary education, in principle, about 60-70% of the topics are compulsory, and up to 30-40% of the topics are optional. The order in which the compulsory topics are covered is up to the teachers’ professional judgment. The curriculum suggests that optional topics are appropriate for various interdisciplinary projects, field trips, fieldwork and museum work. In the history curricula for vocational-technical upper secondary schools, 66% of the topics are compulsory and 34% of the topics are optional.*
Curricula workstation by GEI (History curricula search by country)
*OHTE Thematic report on "Pandemics and natural disasters as reflected in history teaching"
LEARNING OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT
Data are currently being collected for the OHTE general report.
This section will contain information on the learning outcomes set for history lessons within the different levels of education and on the methods of testing and assessment used in history examinations.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND PEDAGOGY USED IN THE HISTORY CLASSROOM
Data are currently being collected for the OHTE general report.
This section will host data on the study material and teaching practices used for history teaching within the different levels of education.
International TextbookCat (GEI collection of Textbooks and Educational Media)
HISTORY TEACHERS
Data are currently being collected for the OHTE general report.
This section will provide an overview of the number of history teachers within the different levels of education, as well as relevant information on teachers’ initial training and in-service training available to them.
Slovenian History Teachers’ Association (presentation by EuroClio)
THEMATIC DATA
The Observatory on History Teaching in Europe also provides thematic studies on given topics.
2022: Pandemics and natural disasters as reflected in history teaching
