0083-4351 Slovak Models of History Teaching since 1993 Bocková Anna author Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave 0587ef340 Correspondence to: Anna Bocková 06 07 2015 Numer 142 (2) 2015 203 218 Copyright © 2015 2015 <p>Upon the formation of the Slovak Republic, an independent model of teaching social sciences was created on the basis of the Czechoslovak educational system. The implementation of conceptual, procedural and methodological changes followed slowly after the radical ideological transformations in 1989. Teaching history at schools underwent gradual changes due to the amendments of national educational programmes and many recommendations. The extensive school reform of 2008 identified more precisely the criteria for the selection of curricula, nature and content of knowledge, range of students’ competences, as well as the methodology of teaching and learning. Students’ creativity and active role within the modernizing school system became a priority. National Educational Programmes set the framework for the curricula and their content as well as performance standards for students, which schools individually specified on their own. The other aspect of modernisation of the education system involved the reduction of the number of history lessons per week for elementary schools. Currently, further corrections of the National Educational Programmes for all types of schools and all subjects take place, which are aimed at strengthening even more students’ competencies. Such amendment shall come into force as of 1st September 2015. The article provides analysis of the process of creation, modification and implementation of the Slovak models of history teaching since 1993 up to now.</p> 1 Bada M., Bocková A. [a kol.], Dejepis pre 1. ročník gymnázií a stredných škôl.(History for the 1st year of grammar schools and secondary schools). 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Approved by the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic on 3.4.1997 by decree No 1640/1997-151, in force from 01.09.1997. 15 Empirical research of perception of the role of history and history teaching of secondary-school students “Contemporary historical conscience of adolescents” on a sample of 1922 respondents of the Slovak grammar schools was implemented by the Department of History of the Faculty of Education of Comenius University in Bratislava in 2005–2006. 16 Milénium – Národný program výchovy a vzdelávania na Slovensku na najbližších 15–20 rokov. (Millennium – The National Programme of Education in the Slovak Republic for Forthcoming 15–20 Years). Bratislava, Vydavateľstvo Iris, 2001. 17 National Educational Programme for senior elementary school (lower secondary education) – ISCED2 – history, available on internet: www.statpedu.sk. Framework Educational Programm have been amended as of 01.09.2011. 18 National Educational Programme for grammar schools – ISCED3A – history, available on internet: www.statpedu.sk. Framework Educational Programm have been amended as of 01.09.2011.