This study examines the stages of teacher educators’ professional development. In a framework based on the literature on teacher professional development, we focus especially on the stages/levels of ...teacher educators’ professional development. The Results of an empirical study conducted at the University of Maribor in February 2012 indicate that there are no differences between the stages of professional development of teacher educators and non-teacher educators.
The most sustainable dietary patterns involve the consumption of plant-based (vegan) foods, excluding or reducing animal products, including meat, fish, and dairy, yet there is a lack of research on ...determinants of sustainable dietary patterns in central European countries. The present article aimed to examine the prevalence of sustainable dietary practices and attitudes among the Slovenian public and to investigate the role of education in fostering sustainable dietary patterns. We analyzed a representative national sample of Slovenians, with data gathered in 2019 (ISSP/Slovenian Public Opinion; N = 1079; 51.2% females). The results indicate that most Slovenians do not have sustainable dietary practices or attitudes with regard to health, the environment, animals, and dietary minorities. One in four Slovenians consume meat at least once per day and one in two consume meat three to six times per week. In addition, 78.2% of Slovenians consume milk at least three times per week; more than half consume milk daily or more often. Fish consumption is the least frequent among the three food groups. At least two-thirds of Slovenians also hold attitudes that are low in sustainability. Results also show that, after controlling for confounding variables, higher educational level emerged as an independent predictor of lower meat consumption, but not of lower fish or milk consumption. Furthermore, those in the lowest educational group are significantly less likely to hold sustainable attitudes than those in the higher educational group. Finally, current student status only decreases meat consumption. Since our results show an educational gradient in meat consumption and attitudes, public health and environmental campaigns should focus on the less-educated groups, encouraging them to reduce meat intake and fostering more sustainable attitudes.
In the first part, the paper considers the impacts of external examination on learning and school lessons. Numerous researches and analyses have shown that students from specialized high schools ...retain incomplete, shallow and often completely incorrect ideas about some natural and social phenomena. They do not know how to connect the knowledge that they have gained. The reason for the low applicability of knowledge and lack of retention is mainly due to the domination of shallow and reproductive studying, which is even encouraged by the external Matura. Multiple-choice questions and tasks of low taxonomic level, which can be objectively measured or graded, predominate in the external examination. The results, in the second part of the paper, indicate that the knowledge gained in high schools is narrowing throughout the years of schooling. This means that, with the approach of the final examination, exact summaries of learned material, definitions and information are demanded from students more often at the end than at the beginning of high school. Students' comprehension, linking their knowledge to other subjects and topics, critical thinking and applying the knowledge to other examples is demanded more often at the beginning of schooling (in the first year) than in the fourth year of high school (just before the Matura). Also, the democratization of the grading process decreases throughout the schooling. Students are debating with the teachers about form, methods and content of grading examinations more frequently in the first year than in the fourth year of their schooling.
AbstractThe subject of discussion is peer violence and the role of school counselors when dealing with this problem. The first part of the article gives a definition of peer violence as it applies to ...the role of the school counselor when dealing with peer violence. The second part of the article shows the results of empirical research which took place in March and April of 2010 on a sample of 428 students and students from Slovene schools. The fundamental objective of this research was to determine the actual state of this problem in practice: determining the role of school counseling in discovering and solving problems concerning peer violence; finding out whether students trust school counselors, whether they turn to them when in trouble, whether they cooperate with school counselors and if school counseling also works preventively.Key words: bullying; school counseling; peer violence; preventive work.---Tema ovoga rada je vršnjačko nasilje te uloga koju školski savjetnici imaju kada se suočavaju sa spomenutim problemom. Uvodni dio rada definira pojam vršnjačkog nasilja te način na koji ono utječe na rad školskog savjetnika kada se suočava s tim problemom. Drugi dio rada prikazuje rezultate empirijskog istraživanja koje je provedeno u ožujku i travnju 2010. na uzorku od 428 učenika is slovenskih škola. Glavna svrha ovog istraživanja bila je ustanoviti stvarno stanje tovog problema u praksi: odrediti ulogu školskog savjetovanja u pronalaženju i rješavanju problema vezanih uz vršnjačko nasilje; otkriti vjeruju li učenici školskim savjetnicima, obraćaju li im se kada imaju problem, odnosno surađuju li s njima, te djeluju li školski savjetnici preventivno.Ključne riječi: nasilje; preventivni rad; školsko savjetovanje; vršnjačko nasilje
Članak se fokusira na različite metode vođenja škole i stilove (načine) upravljanja. Efikasno vođenje škole pokazalo se kao ključno za uspjeh učenika, odmah nakon kvaliteta učitelja (Augustine i dr., ...2009 u OECD, 2012). U članku su predstavljeni rezultati drugog empirijskog istraživanja, koji se temelje na podacima iz projekta TALIS (2008). Predviđene vrijednosti izabranih varijabli (kao što su veličina škole, spol ravnatelja škole itd.) za različite vrste vođenja i stilova upravljanja škole bile su analizirane višestrukom regresijskom analizom. Rezultate analize možemo primijeniti u međunarodnom kontekstu (prostoru), pošto smo usporedili podatke upitnika za ravnatelje škola iz Austrije, Mađarske, Slovačke i Slovenije. Analizom je utvrđeno da su pokazatelji (prediktori) za različite vrste vođenja i stilove upravljanja školom pretežno zavisni odspecifike pojedinih država, značajan utjecaj na većinu indeksa imaju jedino godine radnog iskustva ravnatelja. Odgovor napitanje koje su najbolje vrste vođenja i stilovi upravljanja školom nije jednoznačan. Na temelju našeg istraživanja nije moguće izdvojiti neki posebni indikator za postizanje dobrog upravljanja.
Tema ovoga rada je vršnjačko nasilje te uloga koju školski savjetnici imaju kada se suočavaju sa spomenutim problemom. Uvodni dio rada definira pojam vršnjačkog nasilja te način na koji ono utječe na ...rad školskog savjetnika kada se suočava s tim problemom. Drugi dio rada prikazuje rezultate empirijskog istraživanja koje je provedeno u ožujku i travnju 2010. na uzorku od 428 učenika is slovenskih škola. Glavna svrha ovog istraživanja bila je ustanoviti stvarno stanje tog problema u praksi: odrediti ulogu školskog savjetovanja u pronalaženju i rješavanju problema vezanih uz vršnjačko nasilje; otkriti vjeruju li učenici školskim savjetnicima, obraćaju li im se kada imaju problem, odnosno surađuju li s njima, te djeluju li školski savjetnici preventivno.
Autorice naglašavaju značenje učiteljevih shvaćanja regulacije
učenja. Naime, u okviru kognitivno – konstruktivističkog razumijevanja učiteljeva profesionalnog razvoja, učiteljevo postupanje je ...vođeno i utemeljeno u pojedinčevom sistemu uvjerenja, vrijednosti i principa. U teorijskim ishodištima ispostavljamo tri modela koja proučavaju utjecaj učiteljevih shvaćanja na njegova razmišljanja, doživljavanja i postupanja. U drugom dijelu prezentirani su rezultati istraživanja u kojem su sudjelovali slovenski osnovnoškolski (N=360) i gimnazijski (N=182) učitelji materinjeg jezika. U istraživanju su proučavane razlike u učiteljevim shvaćanjima regulacije učenja između grupa učitelja s obzirom na stupanj profesionalnog razvoja (prema F. Fuller), a koje su određene s obzirom na pitanja koja učitelj postavlja u svojem radu.
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