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Contemporary primary school curriculum

The paper discusses a changing concept of literacy, based on the contemporary social and technological development, and the status of new literacy in the primary school curriculum. Literacy has always served a certain social purpose and nowadays it enables global communication. Apart from being a means of achieving goals of a society, its value is …

Il pianeta in quarantena: la pandemia e la malattia, aspetti letterari e interdisciplinari (The planet in quarantine; the pandemic and the disease ; literary and interdisciplinary aspects)

This volume, which gathers contributions, some of which were presented at the conference “From Dante to the Present Day: Disease Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics in Language, Literature, and Culture” held in Split in September 2021, contains twelve chapters authored by professors and researchers from various European universities; eleven are in Italian and one is in …

In ottica della pandemia: risvolti linguistici e strategie didattiche (In the Light of the Pandemic: Linguistic Implications and Teaching Strategies)

This volume represents the second in a collection of contributions presented at the conference “From Dante to the Present Day: Disease Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics in Language, Literature, and Culture,” held in Split in September 2021. Authors, professors, and researchers from various European universities contributed to this edition, writing papers in Italian and English. As …

Representations of culture, race and gender in English language textbooks

In order to investigate and understand the relations between different social groups participating in copious Anglophone settings, this paper sets out to present and discuss the findings of a quantitative analysis of culture, race and gender in nine English language textbooks for first-year secondary school students in Croatia. The first section of the paper offers …

Od Gutenberga do Zuckenberga – usporedba dvaju modela promjene mišljenja i znanja

Ovaj rad dovodi u situaciju usporedbe ili usporednog promišljanja i proučavanja dvije vrste promjena koje su popratile dva uvođenja novog dominantnog medija za komunikaciju. Prvo je uvođenje pismenog medija (tisak) umjesto usmenog, a drugo je uvođenje digitalnog medija (mreža) umjesto pisanog. Paralelizam promjena, kako će se ispostaviti, dovodi gotovo do uspostave modela prema kojem se …

Young and mobile: Potential benefits of the Erasmus programme for different aspects of young people’s lives

Education policies are taking new dimensions today. One of the mostimportant ones is the international aspect and study mobility. Various strategiesand programmes are emerging in the European Union aimed at combiningthese dimensions and providing an adequate framework for a broader, moreinclusive and high-quality education of young people in Europe. The Erasmusprogramme is one of the …

Digital pedagogy as a response to the challenges of contemporary education

The current stage of global social and economic development is characterized by digitalization, bringing many changes to education. In the last two years, marked by combatting the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, information and communication technology in education has seen exponential growth, which has resulted in the need to adapt teaching methods to achieve planned learning outcomes. Teachers …

Ecological awareness among secondary school pupils

This paper presents the results of quantitative research to survey ecological awareness among pupils in terms of three interlinked components: knowledge, attitudes and behavior. The survey participants were 529 secondary school pupils from the city of Zagreb, and the instrument used was a survey questionnaire. The analysis of the results shows that Zagreb secondary school …

The role of marketing in the management of upbringing and education institution

The paper addresses the role of marketing in the management of upbringing and education institution. We analyzed the characteristics of upbringing and education seen as a public good as well as the characteristics of marketing seen as business philosophy and business function. Furthermore, the paper explains the compatibility of marketing and education analyzing the specifics …