Sarajevo ANALYSIS Problem of Learned Non-Learning Analytical overview of critical factors in primary and secondary education in BiH MARKO MARTIĆ/ SLAVICA TUTNJEVIĆ September 2018 n The results of this analysis indicate that previous attempts of education reform pertaining to curricula and teacher education have failed to offer adequate respon­ses to increasingly dynamic changes in the environment. n The focus of the creators of the curricula on the contents learned rather than on student competencies has led to students being pressured by insisting on repro­ductive knowledge and the mere acquirement of information while the creative po­tential of students is being reduced to the level of“walking databases”. n At the time when information are available to students at least as much as they are to educators, textbooks are insufficient as teaching tools, while other forms of learning become a necessity. In order to improve the teaching process all available informati­on sources should be used in innovative ways n This analysis particularly address the problem of initial education of educators in BiH. The curricular reform and reform relative to training of teachers and educators are urgently needed in all parts of the state. The initial education of educators in BiH must be transformed, in terms of change in the approach to education of future educators, and curricula should move away from the contents learned and be formed in relation to competencies that an educator should have. This means that university education of teachers should include a multitude of courses in the field of pedagogy, psychology, didactics and methodology to be able to teach students how to learn and seek out information, how to use the information, as well as how to train them for self-educati­on and raise their awareness of the importance of continuous development.