The learning process is a synthesis of learning, teaching, and upbringing. With the development of this process and a shift from passive to active learners, many questions arise and there is much room for improvement. Learning only makes sense if it can be applied in real life, which requires connecting different areas and subjects during the knowledge acquisition process. Strictly separating individual subjects negatively affects the learning process, so efforts are made towards integration and collaboration, especially when subjects have similar or related goals. Cross-curricular connections are already included in curricula, and the basis for curriculum reform predicts even more connections between curricula. In my master's thesis, I started with a theoretical introduction where I explained teaching and its related processes, terminology in the cross-curricular integration field, methods and techniques of teaching of literature and methods and techniques of teaching of art history. In the second part, I designed a lesson plan for an interdisciplinary connection between the Slovenian language and art history based on the poetry of Srečko Kosovel and the fine art of Avgust Černigoj. These two subjects have many common points which make them suitable for cross-curricular teaching. I prepared a lesson using the modified methodical system of school interpretation of artistic texts so that it was suitable for teaching literature as well as art history. I was interested in how interdisciplinary connections affect goal achievement while also exploring whether the method of school interpretation would be useful for preparing art history lessons.
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