Education system has a key role in preparing young people for the future. If we were to describe the future, we would say it is uncertain and it is set only by a few things we know about it. We, today, and the generations that are to come are responsible for the future. Therefore, teachers in the 21st century have a serious responsibility when they prepare learners who need to face challenges in an ever-changing world. In an education that is focused on change, teachers are not only users of acquired results and knowledge, but they are also active participants in the changes within the education system. Contemporary strategies are used in classes to work on contents that are focused on learners. In this system, learners are active subjects who explore, conclude and interpret information and in that way reach new knowledge based on their own experience. This methodology leads to meaningful learning. The aim of this research is to determine the effect of contemporary teaching strategies on better understanding of the content when compared to traditional teaching strategies. teaching strategies. Several workshops which included working with primary school students were carried out at the ranch „ Ramarin“ and several classes were conducted at „ Vjekoslav Klaić „ primary school in Trnjani. The traditional approach included the reading method and the text method, the presentation method and the writing method , whereas contemporary methods comprised the knowledge network method, the insert method and the practical work method. The results show learners are more successful in traditional approach with frontal form of teaching, but it is also stated that active learning motivates them more for active participation and more creative solutions.