Izobra evanje za sodelovanje v urejanju Prostora : Education for paticipation in spatial development

The article discusses changes of spatial legislation from the viewpoints of how it influences the actions of individual users and how it affects the public opinion regarding spatial planning. It suggests that public discourse about spatial planning shows the level of general public knowledge on the subject. Presented arethe main findings of R.A.V.E. Space, an international project that deals with the possible forms of spatial education in primary and secondary schools. It also stresses that project research results support the thesis that public discourse and the quality of spatialplanning practice all depend on the level of common knowledge. Thus spatial literacy is defined in the contribution as a key clause for development of participatory models in spatial planning and in otherdecision making processes.