ZASTUPLjENOST I VASPITNI ZNAČAJ HIMNE BOŽE PRAVDE U OSNOVNOŠKOLSKOJ NASTAVI PREDMETA MUZIČKA KULTURA

Abstract

The paper discusses the presence and educational significance of the Serbian national anthem God of Justice in the elementary school teaching of Music Culture. Starting from the fact that the national anthem is one of the most important national symbols, whose reception in the teaching process actualizes the national segment of education, the aim of the researchto determine to what extent students of the eighth grade of elementary school can recognize the national anthem God of Justice. In line with the aim, the research tasks were defined: to what extent is the anthem God of Justice represented in the curriculum and the textbooks of Music Culture and to what extent can the students identify the national anthem of Serbia by hearing the tune and the lyrics. Considering that the continuum of eight-year education enabled the acquisition of elementary knowledge about the most important Serbian national symbols and activated adequate emotional stimulation, the research started under the assumption that students at the end of elementary education are sufficiently familiar with the melody-textual characteristics of the national anthem God of Justice, which was partly confirmed. It has been found that most students identify the song God of Justice as the Serbian national anthem, but that they do not know its text in whole. The results of the survey, conducted in May of 2016 in elementary schools in central Serbia and Kosovo and Metohija, on a sample of 534 pupils of the eighth grade, indicate that the treatment of national anthems in primary education is not processed meticulously enough. In the elaboration of the obtained data, the descriptive method and method of theoretical analysis and synthesis were used.