Pilietinių vertybių raiška geografijos vadovėliuose

Abstract

Citizenship and national identity of students and their cultivation have become a relevant theme which dominates in the programs and projects developed by different educational institutions and in press and political discussions. Conceptions of citizenship and nationalism as well as the values of citizenship and nationalism and their components, lack of patriotism and manifestations of civic apathy in the young people have become part of public discussions. Textbooks as an educational tool play an important role in forming civic and national attitudes of students of the Lithuanian schools of general education. Textbooks systematize the new public ideas and attitudes and provide the information following the fundamental methodical principles. Researchers emphasize that the educational material contained in the textbooks should not only meet the educational and objective requirements but also to objectively and representatively reflect the public life and contribute to cultivation of democracy and important social values. Today, examining of school textbooks for social education and other spheres of education is a forgotten field of research. Meanwhile strategic decisions on the improvement of the textbooks for the Lithuanian schools of general education largely depend on identification of the main problems of the content of textbooks and provision of effective solutions