VOCATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL IN SLOVENIA IN THE KINGDOM OF SCS (SERBS, CROATS AND SLOVENES) AND IN YUGOSLAVIA WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE VOCATIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL IN PTUJ

Diplomska naloga govori o meščanski šoli na Slovenskem. V prvem delu naloge je tako predstavljen razvoj meščanske šole od časa avstro-ogrske monarhije do konca druge svetovne vojne, ko so meščansko šolo pri nas ukinili. Drugi del naloge se osredotoča na prikaz razvoja Meščanske šole Ptuj. Cilji diplomske naloge so tako ovrednotiti pomen meščanske šole v takratnih šolskih sistemih, predstaviti razmišljanja nekaterih pomembnih takratnih pedagogov o pomenu meščanske šole za takratno izobraževanje ter orisati in ovrednotiti pomen Meščanske šole Ptuj za izobraževanje mladine na Ptuju in v okolici. Večji del naloge temelji na primarnih virih iz zgodovinskih arhivov, ki bralcu omogočajo poglobljeno predstavo razvoja meščanske šole ter šolstva na Slovenskem v času avstro-ogrske monarhije in obdobja med obema svetovnima vojnama. This diploma thesis describes a special type of vocational secondary school, the so-called “Bürgerschuleˮ, in Slovenia. The first part of the paper introduces the development of the Bürgerschule, starting with the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and up to the end of the Second World War, when this type of school was abolished in Slovenia. The second part focuses on the development of the Bürgerschule in Ptuj (Meščanska šola Ptuj). The objectives of this paper are to assess the significance of the Bürgerschule in the framework of the school systems of that time, to present the reflections of some important educators from that period about the significance of this type of school for contemporary education, and to outline and assess the importance of the Bürgerschule in Ptuj for the education of youth in and around Ptuj. A large part of the paper is based on primary sources from historical archives to provide the reader a deeper understanding of the development of the Bürgerschule and of the school system in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and in the interwar period in Slovenia.