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In terms of increasing computerization of society, where knowledge is becoming a basic production resource, it is expected that the school as an educational institution takes a leading role in these changes. The education system must be responsive and adaptive to become a generator of change and constant companion of a high quality school work …

The aim of this study was to research which important factors in the organizational climate, culture, systems and structures impact the activity of the individual’s activity in the process of learning. The study included a total of 85 teachers from 14 primary schools in the Primorsko-goranska County. The applied Scale of the Dimensions of a …

Developing a society based on knowledge requires an adjustment of educational systems, which entails changes in the learning process, as well as new roles of students and teachers. This refers to development of schools that place the highest value on active learning and children’s holistic development, which implies new approaches to learning and teaching, including …

This study aims to gain insight into the teachers’ reflections on the integration of children with disabilities, their perceived and encountered professional challenges and barriers. The study included 39 classroom and subject teachers from the Varaždin County. Interviews as research method were used for collecting data. The interviews were recorded, the materials were then transcribed, …

Quality assurance and improvement systems have become an indispensable and important part of every educational institutions in Europe and Croatia. The early days of their development were typically marked by activities aimed at evaluating the quality of teaching and teachers’ work, which was followed by those aimed at evaluating and improving other aspects of these …

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 …

The national curriculum framework is a basic document which contains general educational aims at the state level. Education and upbringing state what kind of society we want and what kind of person we aspire to raise. Therefore it is crucial to recognize common values that should support educational efforts. In that sense, a teacher should …

Violence in the educational system arises not only from peer relations, but also from the relationship between students and teachers. Teachers who are aggressive towards their students (e.g. who are rough, cold, who yell, insult, ridicule, discriminate, favorize, underestimate, exclude, gossip or spread fear), actually demonstrate aggressive or violent behavior directed against the current and …

The paper theoretically explores definitions of collaboration between parents and teachers, their contemporary forms and the results of a former research on this topic in Croatia. The aim of this paper is to present a form of collaboration between parents and teachers in the Waldorf school, which specifically pays attention to confidential collaboration with parents, …

Mobbing, a phenomenon of psychological and moral abuse of employees, is one of the potential sources of stress in the workplace. The first research on mobbing, conducted by a prominent German psychologist Heinz Leymann in Sweden in the nineties of the past century, showed its significant presence in schools (14.1%) and other educational institutions. This …