The contribution of Serbian educators to the affirmation of education, based on national values

Abstract

The paper analyzes the importance and contribution of Serbian pedagogues to the affirmation of upbringing and education, based on national values. In Serbian pedagogy, several prominent pedagogues, through general reflections on upbringing and education, considered the importance of national education and national values. Accordingly, the paper presents the understanding of Serbian pedagogues in the period from 1918 to 1945, namely: Miloša R. Milošević, Vojislav Bakić, Ljubomir Protić, Sreten Adžić, Jovan Miodragović, Vojislav Mladenović, Miloš B. Janković and Vićentije Rakić. In the indicated historical moment, Serbia was marked by various school reforms, which also affected the content of upbringing and education. The importance of individual pedagogues, who created and acted at that time, is particularly impressive precisely because of the problematization of the idea of the nation and national values in the context of the process of upbringing and education, which is described and shown in more detail in the paper.

Keywords

• serbian pedagogues
• upbringing
• education
• national values
• development of education in serbia