Summary
Vzgoja, junij 2019, letnik XXI/2, številka 82  55
The Focus Theme of the 82
nd
 Issue of the Vzgo-
ja magazine is Building Good Relationships 
in Kindergarten and School. Zora Rutar Ilc 
writes about how good relations affect the 
well-being in the classroom and the learning 
commitment, which in return have a positive 
influence on learning success. Irena Potočar 
Papež presents seven rules that create good 
relationships between people – both among 
children and between children and adults - 
and they should be taken into account in the 
field of education, too. Marijana Kolenko pre-
sents the causes, the origin and the importan-
ce of ethical codes that were adopted in her 
school separately for pupils, for employees 
and for parents. Bernard Mal asked elemen-
tary school pupils about what good relations 
are, how we create them and what this means, 
and wrote her thoughts on their responses. 
Kristina Grandovec asked future teachers – 
classroom students about how to build good 
relationships at school. They told her what 
they value in the process of education and 
what they miss. Anton Meden noted a view 
from parents' side – how parents should talk 
to children, what we should teach them, and 
what kind of example we should give them, so 
that the student-teacher-parent relationships 
will function well.
In Our Interview, Silvo Šinkovec talked to 
Alojz Kovšca, President of the National Co-
uncil of the Republic of Slovenia. They tal-
ked about his attitude towards the homeland, 
about national identity, what is important for 
it, and how to build it. 
In the Teachers section, Marija Preložnik, a 
nurse, writes about the education of children 
and adolescents in the field of health. Rok 
Bečan presents Janez Ludvik Schönleben, the 
first Carniolan polychister, historian, genealo-
gist, priest, mariologist, speaker and preacher.
In the Parents section Lucija Ademoski writes 
about the importance of reading, especially 
reading in the family, from birth on. Romana 
Žitko Rožmanc writes about anger – this is a 
strong emotion that can be expressed in vario-
us ways. The author shows us how to use it for 
your own good and for the benefit of others. 
Neža Miklič reflects on her roles in life – as a 
person, as an expert. The roles intertwine and 
affect each other; However, the most impor-
tant thing is the commitment in living both of 
them. Erika Ašič writes about sincerity – what 
sincerity is in relation to oneself and what 
we can reflect on, so that the path to our 
interior will help us to progress.
In the Fields of Education, Tatjana Vertač-
nik writes about the power of an honest 
conversation that we devote to another, 
even though this is an unknown person. 
Milček Komelj presents the work of the 
painter Polona Kunaver Ličen, The View 
of the Birch (2010). The work also adorns 
the magazine cover. Boris Kham from his 
experience writes about how teachers can 
encourage their students and organize 
lessons so that they can observe current 
events in nature. Marjeta Krejči Hrastar 
presents the MNRI® methods, which aim 
to stimulate reflexes for a better control of 
movements. Ana Nuša Zavašnik presents 
work with homeless people in the day care 
centre for the homeless, which works wi-
thin the volunteer section of St. Vincent 
de Paul Society. Maja Velički wrote a sum-
mary of a minor research on the attitude 
of children to the elderly.
In the Spiritual Challenge section Tanja 
Pogorevc Novak presents her work – woo-
den paintings of saints that children could 
use for a play on values   and good deeds. 
Barbara Peterlin writes about an exam-
ple of help to a homeless and sick person, 
which saved his life and strengthened him 
to cope with the following challenges. We 
also publish an open letter from the Ljub-
hospic house regarding euthanasia, which 
is unacceptable, since patients need sym-
pathy, love and presence instead.
In the Experience section, Vital Mihelčič 
presents a concert, which was entirely per-
formed by the blind and partially sighted, 
and organized by the volunteers of the 
programme Man for Others, which runs 
within the Association of Catholic Peda-
gogues of Slovenia. Tilka Jakob presents a 
way of self-evaluation of knowledge that 
was used in a mathematical workshop.
In the New Insights section, we present a 
new master's thesis, and in the Reading 
Tip, we present some new books in the fi-
eld of education. 
Written by: Erika Ašič
Translated by: Tanja Volk
Zakaj otroci tečejo?
Saj ni pomembno, zakaj.
Edino kar šteje, je:
pridi še ti,
z nami se igraj!
Če si dovoliš,
si lahko tak kot mi.
Naš korak je lahen, lica vesela.
Oj, ti neroda,
kaj so leta ti vzela!
Vsak še ima lahen korak,
v vsakemu spi ta mali junak.
Le skrb je radost vzela.
Nasmej se,
da sreča bo spet otroka objela!
Primož Rogelj
Foto: Benedikt Lavrih