PEDAGOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF MUALLIM MAGAZINE

HISTORIOGRAFSKO, ANALITIČKO I TEORIJSKO ISTRAŽIVANJE

Abstract

From 1990 to 2003, the pedagogical influence of Muallim magazine was reflected in several academic sectors. The most apparent impact the magazine made was inside educational institutions. The presence of the magazine in a great number of schools and the availability and accessibility of its content to the teaching staff directly involved in lecturing and education process had a very favorable effect. In addition, muallim was very much present in home libraries, which greatly contributed to improving the youth’s upbringing. In the aforementioned period, Muallim was one of undoubtedly most important pedagogical and educational magazines in this country. All 66 articles that came out in the total of seventy-five Muallim’s issues published in the given period, were organized in major academic areas. The articles have been analyzed, and a special emphasis was given to major points regarding teaching and training in the context of particular venue. Analysis was shown in the graphic form in order to accentuate the structure and the ratio of particular types of texts in the overall number. Muallim has fulfilled its main goal to contribute to better quality of education and training of all categories and target groups of its intended readership. However, what has been identified is the apparent lack of articles on pre-school pedagogy and the scarce number of articles on teaching techniques and methodology.