Kognitivne karte i post-konfliktno stanje: slika vlastitoga kraja učenika osnovne škole Jabukovac (Banovina)

Abstract

The paper deals with cognitive maps among older elementary school pupils (in grades 5-8) in one of the post-conflict regions of Croatia. The methodology involved quantitative analysis of the respondents' hand-drawn maps and qualitative analysis of textual answers to questionnaire items. This led to conclusions in regard to a series of factors that influence the distortions and the selectivity of cognitive maps. A reconstruction was made of informal geographical knowledge of one's own region, as well as of the parameters through which the home region is experienced. (Croatian) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]