Sinteze (Jan 2019)
Teaching in a combined class from a small rural school: An example from practice
Abstract
This text places the work experience from one rural school, a displaced department with combined teaching, in the broader context of demographic trends of contemporary social moment and teaching practices which are still taking place in Serbia. The analysis is illustrated by an example from practice. It can be said that this presents a case study of work in the unassigned department in the village of Okruglica in Municipality of Svrljig. The school work is analyzed through the following categories: current working conditions in the school, students' success, past, present and future of this combined department, the advantages and disadvantages of working in the combined department, the difficulties with which teacher is faced during work. The intent of this paper is to present, on the one hand the difficulties and, on the other hand, the advantages and significance of this work not only for students, but also for the social environment. The text introduces one-hour preparation in a village school that illustrates the benefits of working in the countryside.
