79 A Psychoanalytic Approach to Education and Raising School Children of Divorced Parents Aleksandra Mindoljević Drakulić Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb Abstract The paper provides a summary of the initial stage of psychoanalysis development established by the Viennese physician Sigmund Freud. The author has primarily focused on Freud’s structural theory of psychological organization: a tripartite organization of the human psyche id, ego and superego and the theory of psychosexual development. Within the scope of this theory, an attempt was made to give an overview of the dynamics of the psychoanalytic relationship between learning and pedagogical thoughts, from John Dewey to contemporary psychoanalytic pedagogues like Tamara Bibby and Deborah Britzman. Accordingly, the psychoanalytic discourse in relation to school children from divorced families, where divorce is seen as a process of separation-individuation in creating substitution triangular relationship between the child and a school teacher, has been considered. Key words: divorce; psychoanalysis; school; school children. Introductory Remarks The term psychoanalysis derives from the Greek words psyche and analysis: psyché (ψυχή) refers to the soul, spiritual life, mental state, and even a way of thinking while analỳο (άνάλυο, άνάλυδις) stands for resolution, distinction, separation and/or examination of particularities (Klaić, 1989). The word psychoanalysis was first publicly used in 1896 by the father of psychoanalysis, the Viennese doctor and psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) (Trebješanin, 2007). The spirit of time and life in Central Europe in the 19 th century was in some way Freud’s first source of inspiration to create and shape psychoanalysis, which became a new theoretical and practical system for exploring psychological processes, also used as a method for treating neurotic disorders. Croatian Journal of Education Vol.16; Sp.Ed.No.2/2014, pages: 79-92 Review paper Paper submitted: 14 th November 2013 Paper accepted: 22 nd March 2014 CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by Repozitorij Filozofskog fakulteta u Zagrebu' at University of Zagreb