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Geometry lessons, in particular, were re-evaluated due to a paradigm change and, consequently, were attributed a new meaning within the mathematics curriculum worldwide. The present paper focuses on this paradigm shift in the sense of the evaluation to what extent both the didactical potential and the practical value of geometry instruction in elementary education are currently recognised and utilised by primary grade teachers. In total, 120 primary grade teachers participated in the study. The results showed that there had been positive recognition of the didactical potential of school geometry by the teachers over the previous two decades; however, it lacked actual implementation in school practice for different reasons. The results are discussed not only with regard to the latter of these but also with regard to their theoretical and practical implications.  \nKeywords: geometry, geometry instruction, primary education, in-service teachers  \n1 Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Potsdam, Germany; [kuzle@uni-potsdam.de](kuzle@uni-potsdam.de).  \nPoučevanje geometrije v tranziciji: poizvedbapomembnosti šolske geometrije v osnovni šoli  \nAna Kuzle  \n• Poučevanje matematike v osnovni šoli je bilo v zadnjih dveh desetle-tjih pod vplivom številnih preoblikovanj politik pa tudi empiričnihugotovitev. Pouk geometrije je bil ponovno ovrednoten skladno s paradigmatsko spremembo, čemur je sledilo pripisovanje novega pomenageometriji znotraj učnih načrtov za matematiko po svetu. Prispevek se osredinja na ta paradigmatski premik v smislu evalvacije, do katere meresta didaktični potencial in praktična vrednost poučevanja geometrije vosnovni šoli trenutno priznana in izkoriščena pri učiteljih. Skupno je vraziskavi sodelovalo 120 učiteljev razrednega pouka. Rezultati kažejo, da lahko zaznavamo pozitivno prepoznavo didaktičnega potenciala šolskegeometrije pri učiteljih v zadnjih dveh desetletjih, vendar pa do dejanske izvedbe v šolsko prakso zaradi različnih razlogov ni prišlo. Rezultatiniso pojasnjeni samo z upoštevajočim primanjkljajem, ampak sklicujočise na teoretične in praktične posledice.  \nKljučne besede: geometrija, poučevanje geometrije, osnovnošolskoizobraževanje, učitelji  \nIntroduction  \nWhen Winter published an article titled ‘What’s the purpose of geometry in primary education?’ in 1976, the debate about the relevance of geometry for students in the early grades was already in full swing. Even though thereis a clear consensus that geometry instruction is indispensable even at the elementary school level (Franke & Reinhold, 2016; Sinclair & Bruce, 2015; Sitter, 2019), the fundamental debate has not been completely settled (Eichler, 2005) . Arguably, there is little reason to do so, as the status of elementary school geometry instruction is still considered unsatisfactory in many cases, especially compared to that of arithmetic (Backe-Neuwald, 2000; Sinclair & Bruce, 2015) . Furthermore, ‘study after study shows that students perform quite poorly on a wide range of geometry tasks’ (Sinclair & Bruce, 2015, p. 319) independent of the country, which calls for emergent attention to primary school geometry (e.g., Glasnović Gracin & Kuzle, 2018) .  \nBacke-Neuwald’s (2000) holistic study ‘Meaningful geometry in primary school’ provided the first impressions of various aspects of geometry teaching in German elementary schools two decades ago. However, the picture emerging from the study was full of contradictions. Despite manifold advantages that lift it in a positive way from the rest of mathematics, geometry teaching appeared as the stepchild of mathematics in the eyes of the respondents (BackeNeuwald, 2000) . The main reason for this was the uncert","cbCaipiqZ7c2s3mp","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipiqZ7c2s3mp","pdf",206514,27,"English","# Introduction\n## Theoretical Background\n## Reasons for Teaching Geometry in Primary Education","[{\"question\":\"What is the main focus of the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study examines to what extent the didactical potential and practical value of geometry instruction in elementary education are recognized and utilized by primary grade teachers.\"},{\"question\":\"How many teachers participated in the research?\",\"answer\":\"A total of 120 primary grade teachers participated in the study.\"},{\"question\":\"What did the results show about teachers’ recognition and classroom implementation?\",\"answer\":\"Teachers showed positive recognition of school geometry’s didactical potential, but actual implementation in school practice was limited for different reasons.\"}]","Geometry Teaching in Transition - An Investigation on the Importance of School Geometry in Primary Education | PDF",1792086828,68]