In this book, the authors address the complex and dynamic phenomenon of parenting across nine chapters, centering on the psychological needs of both child and parent. The theoretical framework explaining the concept of parental needs consists of William Glasser’s choice theory and the self-determination theory by Ryan and Deci. The focus is on attempting to …
The Conference Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 14th Primary School Days: The Circle from Science to the Classroom presents a rich mosaic of contemporary pedagogical approaches and innovative methodological solutions aimed at improving the educational process. Across fifteen professional papers, the authors successfully bridge the gap between theoretical scientific insights and direct classroom practice, …
Listening to music is a dominant activity in the Music Culture teaching in which students develop critical thinking about aesthetic value of music. Teachers mostly use CDs and DVDs as important tools during the music listening activity despite the development of technology. On today’s classes we meet digitally literate students born in a completely digitalized …
The research approach in teaching Nature and Society is considered a new approach in learning and teaching in primary school. However, we wonder if this is really so? For this reason, research was conducted with the aim of examining the educational practice of early primary school teachers in the implementation of the research approach in …
Gambling is a relatively new form of risk behaviour in our area. Modern Croatian and foreign scientific studies suggest that there is a considerable prevalence of problem gambling among highschool students. The aim of this paper is to explore how highschool counsellors perceive youth gambling. In addition to other tasks, they are responsible for detecting …
The goal of this paper is to gain evidence on the existence of promotion and advocacy of professional activities of school librarians in the Republic of Croatia through practice. The purpose is the business transformation and professional development by means of the suggested model and positioning of school librarians and libraries within the broader community. …
The professional development of teachers is a part of an institution’s early and pre-school education curriculum design and it, to a large extent, affects the entire context in which the curriculum is constructed, formed and in which it lives. This paper addresses the topical issues of development of teacher profession in the circumstances defined by …
The contemporary curriculum, in response to the many requests of different character arising from modern society, defines the core values and goals of education and provides a framework for the acquisition of basic and professional students’ competences. The bearers of the design and implementation of educational practice based on the set values and goals are …
Teachers are a crucial and irreplaceable subject in the educational process. Modern school assumes that a teacher has competences which allow him to navigate in changing times and new conditions. Competence of a contemporary teacher nowadays combines many multidimensional expertise and universal qualities. Good teachers, among other qualities, are characterized by equity. The concept of …
Competences are inevitable topic in discussions about contemporary education. Competence research and development should improve quality of work in educational institutions. Boarding schools are considered to be educational institutions. It is expected that boarding schools educators complete variety of tasks, hence they need both administrative and educational competences. In this paper, we focus on the …
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