HIGH SCHOOL LOGIC COURSE – FROM 1950 TO 2010

Abstract

This historical overview of logic teaching shall begin with school year of 1952/53,when eight years long elementary education was introduced. It can be noted that, in literatureconcerning logic teaching in our country, emphasis is not put on that period. Considering the factthat the state of Yugoslavia was existent at that particular time, formal decisions immediately related to all republics. Valuable ideas from one territory were implemented in others, being ofcommon interest. Intensive engagement in the field of methodics of logic teaching took place inCroatia, as it is today. Textbooks Logic from Gajo Petrović and Methodics of philosophy teachingof Josif Marinković are still in use in Serbia today, due to the fact that they are still consideredas the best solution. That is why history of logic teaching should be analysed since that periodup to today.