CONFERENCE FOR PROFESSIONAL AND IDEOLOGICAL UPLIFTING OF BOSNIAN- -HERZEGOVINIAN TEACHERS (1943-1951)

Abstract

UDK 37.13/.16(497.6)"1943/1951"

Outbreak of the Second World War resulted in a great human loss and it caused economic downfall, furthermore, the early post-war years in Bosnia and Herzegovina brought about enormous social changes as a result of the establishment of the government of the Communist party of Yugoslavia. Social changes were evident in all spheres of life and for the great number of people of Bosnia and Herzegovina these changes presented a great challenge. In this article we reflect upon the changes that took place in the teaching segment of the social structure of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The years of the War (1943-1945) and the early post-war period (1945-1951) found teachers unprepared for consequential new tasks and circumstances that arose in primary education. They were neither ready nor skilled for the new task which required orienting students towards patriotic ideology of brotherhood and union through teaching the new, socialist concepts. Trainings for new skills and ideological uplifting of teachers were thus regularly organised by the representatives of the communist government and carried out by the various lecturers which provided instructions for new teaching methods and pedagogical forms set for the aims of the socialist state. Compulsory conferences were thus organised for teachers of primary and high-schools where teachers were required to actively participate with their reports and discussions wherein they could present to what extent they acquired necessary skills needed for new pedagogical tasks. The article refers to educational Sundays, teachers conferences and holiday seminars for teachers and educational instructors.