Jurka Lepicnik VodopivecUniversity of Primorska | UP · Department of Educational Sciences
Jurka Lepicnik Vodopivec
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Zbornik pod nazivom Poremećaji u ponašanju djece i mladih je publikacija koja je nastala u okviru naučnog skupa "Društvene devijacije", a u okviru kojeg smo publikovali 77 naučna rada.
U Zborniku su predstavljeni aktuelni problemi djece i mladih iz ugla raznih naučnih disciplina.
Abstract: This paper presents a part of the research carried out among educators in Slovenian kindergartens on the selfregulated
learning of children in kindergarten and the role of educators in this process. The aim of the research was to
find out how educators self-assess their knowledge of self-regulated learning in relation to their level of ed...
The study explores intergenerational learning and cooperation in kindergarten. Given the importance of intergenerational learning in education and recognizing that intergenerational learning in kindergarten takes place in many and different interactions between different participants (preschool teachers, children, parents, grandparents, etc.), the...
After returning to educational institutions following the outbreak of COVID-19, all the participants in the educational process had to maintain sufficient interpersonal distance. The first graders of one Slovenian elementary school were punished by “writing lines”, due to disobeying the rules. We prepared a motivational story with an intervention,...
In the past and still today, teaching aids have played an important role in providing future teachers with quality education. Their use in schools was affected by different historical contexts of education, school regulations as well as the development of industry, science, and didactics. After the Second World War, the use of a variety of media, s...
The study was created within the scientific project »Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) at Early Age and Intergenerational Learning«, with the aim of opening a dialogue between different preschool contexts and further strengthening the pedagogical conception of an ESD three-dimensional model of OMEP's Education in early childhood for susta...
Education for sustainable development is one of the key components of the 2030 Agenda. Previous research emphasizes the importance of access to education as early as possible in accordance with the goals and contents of sustainable development. It is assumed that educational policies have incorporated education for sustainable development (ESD) int...
The goal of the empirical quantitative research conducted on a sample of 100 Slovenian preschool teachers in 2021 was to examine in more detail the self-perception of preschool teachers on indicators of their emotional competence. The narrower theoretical framework of the study was the concept of emotional competence. Relevant data were obtained th...
Bullying is a social phenomenon in which the perpetrator uses levers of power to inflict pain, feelings of discomfort, and fear on the victim. Bioecological theories of development substantiate that the environment has an impact on the individual, which can be negative or positive. The purpose of the research is to determine whether the environment...
The early childhood is the period when parents have the greatest influence on the upbringing of their child. In order to act positively in the upbringing of their own child, parents must be competent. Being competent means to have knowledge, be efficient and skilled in realizing certain forms of behaviour and to achieve results that are expected of...
Hidden curriculum, considered as “process curriculum“, is an inseparable part of a learning environment and of a wider educational paradigm and is especially tangible in the chosen theoretical framework of social learning theory. Within this concept, we find it close to Bandura’s self-efficacy theory. This paper addresses selected determinants of t...
The role of national professional qualifications and recognition of non-formal education and training in a chosen institution
On complementation of the project concerning the status of contract coworkers, the public institute of RTV Slovenia encountered a difficulty, because many coworkers could not get an employment. The main reason for this was t...
Starting from the importance of sustainable behaviour among educators for sustainability in kindergarten, the aim of this empirical quantitative study was to investigate the prevalence of predispositions towards sustainable behaviour among students from the first cycle of the Preschool Education study programme at three universities. The connection...
Studija kvalitativnog, eksplorativnog tipa imala je za cilj sagledati iskustvo vaspitača o razvoju rezilijentonsti pri uključivanju djece u vrtić tokom COVID 19. Podaci o uvidima 54 ispitanika - vaspitača iz vrtića u Republici Sloveniji i Bosni i Hercegovini, prikupljeni su u martu i aprilu 2021. godine putem samostalno kreiranog istraživačkog inst...
The article outlines the emergent cooperation between generations in the local environment. The aim of the research was to identify the key characteristics of learning ecologies that may be used to promote new practices. The theoretical framework was constructed through the concepts of learning ecology, community education, and postformal education...
Independientemente de las estipulaciones existentes sobre igualdad de género, debemos ser conscientes de que quienes ejerzan la docencia en el futuro portan sus propios códigos culturales, ya que son producto del sistema del cual proceden. De este modo, crean los más variados estereotipos de género, los cuales pueden, inconscientemente, trasladar a...
Teaching to the test means to use part of the curricular school hours to prepare students to a test, showing them solving methods and focusing on the topics, which are more likely assessed by the test. In Italy, the INVALSI institute is responsible for preparing national assessments of knowledge for the evaluation of the quality of the educational...
23. октобар 2020. Abstract: Globalization, technological development, and migration are just some of the factors the modern society is facing, with its many challenges that inevitably affect the field of education. Many authors find that society, as we know it, is in the process of profound transformation which, firstly, brings about the need and n...
Excerpts from Reviews: The monograph Professional Competences for Teaching in the 21st Century is a broad-based and thorough view of education presented through conceptual, terminological and epistemological challenges, possibilities, traps and perspectives. The authors seek answers to a number of questions related to educational policy and practic...
The central point of the article is the study of interculturalism in preschool. The latter is given special attention, as it is the framework within which the authors present the importance of preschool teacher’s approach to intercultural communication, both with children and with parents. The empirical part is the presentation of the results of a...
Many relationships are established among pupils in the classroom. Bullying is a complex phenomenon that requires attention and active participation of all professional workers due to its negative impact. The most important factor in increasing the frequency of bullying is a pupil's status. The main goal of our research is to identify the relationsh...
The aim of this study is to address the key topical challenges in modern teaching from the perspective of competences. A special focus is placed on examining innovative early childhood education, which is defined as the basis – acquired through innovative methods – for quality development of hereditary motor skills and performance of body movement...
In this paper, the authors explore the methodical approach in Catholic religious education in kindergartens in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The theoretical framework is represented by the concept of holistic education. It also includes spiritual education, in the case of this study, religious education. The aim of the empirical part of the research is t...
Izobraževanje o človekovih pravicah je pomemben sestavni del pravice do
izobrazbe, kot ene izmed temeljnih in neodtujljivih človekovih pravic, ki jo zagotavlja
Splošna deklaracija človekovih pravic. Udejanjanje te pravice za posameznika hkrati
predstavlja temelje za uresničevanje drugih temeljnih človekovih pravic. Vzgojno
izobraževalni cilj izobra...
Primerjava študijskih programov s področja izobraževanja odraslih med Slovenijo in ZDA = Comparison of Slovenian and American adult education study programmes. V: OMELČENKO, Svitlana (ur.). Doslidžennja navčannja. Slovjansk: Donbaskij deržavnij pedagogičnij univerzitet: Gorlivskij institut inozemniž mov. 2019, str. 153-176. MIHELIČ, Maja, LEPIČNIK-...
The school environment, as a crossroads of different subjects, which differ in their roles and hierarchies, as well as demographic and cultural characteristics, is a place where often arise conflicts and disputes, for the resolution of which the instrument of mediation is becoming increasingly used. Disputes and conflicts are an integral and inevit...
The article presents the results of the research on development of health literacy factors among members of the Slovenian and Italian national minorities in the Slovenian-Italian border region. It included 186 respondents, who have always lived in the traditional area of their minority and have not moved beyond the state border. Through quantitativ...
Career guidance is crucial for students and for those who are entering a new working environment or those who wish to change their life goals. The need has become the more pressing in recent years since workforce began to be increasingly influenced by technological change, global competition, high unemployment rates, and economic change. In the cur...
Career guidance is crucial for students and for those who are entering a new working environment or those who wish to change their life goals. The need has become the more pressing in recent years since workforce began to be increasingly influenced by technological change, global competition, high unemployment rates, and economic change. In the cur...
Raziskovalno vprašanje: Kako družina vpliva na vseživljenjsko učenje starostnikov v
domovih za starejše?
Namen: Prihodnost družine in družinskih odnosov, v katerih del je tudi starostnik, se kaže
v zmanjševanju vpliva krvnega sorodstva in večanju vpliva izbire prijateljstva. Namen in
cilj prispevka je potrditi usmeritev družine v človekovi potrebi...
The central point of the article is the study of interculturalism in preschool. The latter is given special attention, as it is the framework within which the authors present the importance of preschool teacher's approach to intercultural communication, both with children and with parents. The empirical part is the presentation of the results of a...
The quality of university education defines creating of scientific knowledge and development of professional competencies for the members of the social community. In the era of the continuous scientific, technical, technological development and changes which emerge in these conditions, the quality of a university education, at the same time, means...
The hidden curriculum is described in terms of values, attitudes, norms, rules, and rituals that are taught in school, but its main characteristic is its unplanned and officially unorganized form. It appears in every day kindergarten and school routine where children and pupils learn it as the official curriculum. From the psychological aspect, it...
This chapter addresses everyday educational practices known as the “hidden curriculum” and the related term “implicit pedagogy” in today's dominant postmodern theory. It presents results of a survey with preschool and school teachers (N=813) in Croatia and Slovenia in selected three determinants of the hidden curriculum: empathy, personality traits...
During the last decade, research and introduction of career guidance has been becoming an increasingly important need of contemporary society. This is highlighted by a number of documents at EU level that emphasize the development of counselling and establishment of career guidance with the aim of developing lifelong learning and of development of...
The article analyses the implementation of minority rights in the
field of education in Slovenia from a historical, legal and educational
perspective. The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia guarantees
national minorities a special protection of rights, which is one of the
main issues in the context of human rights protection. Minorities have...
The article analyses the fundamental right to education in the
light of the multifaceted relationship between the state and parents, which are
both authorized by the Constitution to educate children, and at the same time, we
include the child, as the holder of rights, in the core center of this complex
relationship. In the discussion part, we open...
Uvod: Tandemsko dojenje ali dojenje sorojencev je slabo poznan koncept. Matere, ki tandemsko dojijo, se srečujejo s socialno stigmo in slabo oporo s strani zdravstvenih strokovnjakov. Namen raziskave je bil proučiti znanje o tandemskem dojenju med študenti zdravstvenih ved.Metode: Uporabljen je bil kvantitativni eksplorativni neeksperimentalni razi...
Career guidance is crucial for students and for those who are entering a new working environment or those who wish to change their life goals. The need has become the more pressing in recent years since workforce began to be increasingly influenced by technological change, global competition, high unemployment rates, and economic change. In the cur...
We live in an era defined by creating, conveying, sharing and storing vast amounts of information and the phenomenon of information-communication technology (ICT). Its overwhelming presence affects mainly the youngest members of our society - children. Therefore, authors decided to investigate to what extent four-year-old preschool children use ICT...
We live in an era defined by creating, conveying, sharing and storing vast amounts of information and the phenomenon of information-communication technology (ICT). Its overwhelming presence affects mainly the youngest members of our society - children. Therefore, authors decided to investigate to what extent four-year-old preschool children use ICT...
The paper presents results ofa research study of innovation in the field of physical exercise teaching in early childhood in preschool period. In order to effectively develop physical competences, it is also important to have an innovative learning environment as it promotes quality response coordination of the key factors that enable realisation o...
Cilj ovog rada bila je analiza samoprocijenjenih kompetencija odgojitelja za rad s djecom koja pokazuju emocionalne teškoće i probleme u ponašanju. U istraživanju su sudjelovala 82 odgojitelja predškolske djece. Podaci o samoprocjenjenoj kompetentnosti i samoefikasnosti odgojitelja u radu s djecom koja pokazuju emocionalne teškoće i probleme u pona...
Teachers often consider modern active teaching methods to be better suited for students who are good at learning or even for gifted students, as they assume that students with learning disabilities have underdeveloped metacognitive and social learning skills, that they require more time to grasp the techniques of the more advanced, technology aided...
In the paper we discuss primary school teachers’ views of their own autonomy. In the introduction we present the theoretical premises and the views of different authors. In spite of the different views on understanding teacher’s autonomy, it can be summed up it is a complex, multi-layered and important factor of teacher’s activities. It appears at...
In the article the authors analysed cooperation of preschool teachers with parents. It is a complex area of operation for preschool teachers, which requires communication skills, management of potential conflict situations, approaches to identification and management of different family situations, as well as approaches to coping with stress and wo...
On the basis of research and the syllabi for mathematics and environmental education, which promote integrated teaching, a model of integrated teaching of mathematics and environmental education has been designed. 331 basic school second grade pupils participated in the experiment (163 pupils in the experimental group and 168 in the control group)....
For children and their parents, starting kindergarten is an important turning point in life. In this period, it is important that parents, prior starting kindergarten, have a quality consultation with the kindergarten’s pedagogue. With his/hers professional knowledge he/she is competent enough to carry out an education counselling interview with pa...
The authors of this article analysed the importance of recognizing roles in team work experience for work experience quality work between preschool teachers and teachers in preschools and schools. Teamwork is a complex area, which includes communication, collaboration, and reacting to stressful situations. Accordingly, it is absolutely necessary fo...
The hidden curriculum is described in terms of values, attitudes, norms, rules, and rituals that are taught in school, but its main characteristic is its unplanned and officially unorganized form. It appears in every day kindergarten and school routine where children and pupils learn it as the official curriculum. From the psychological aspect, it...
Hoy en día, no podemos ignorar el hecho de que los niños pequeños están demasiado expuestos a las tecnologías. Solo una acción rápida y una actitud positiva por parte de los adultos puede prevenir consecuencias potencialmente negativas, y preparar a los chicos para una vida donde el uso de tecnologías de la comunicación (TIC) es necesario para el é...
The authors examine the competences that should be acquired during university studies. In the first part of the article, they review certain fundamental theoretical findings about education and training of pre-school teachers, whereby they emphasise the importance ofscientific and professional education and practical training. They also take a look...
The first part of the article examines certain fundamental theoretical facts about preschool education courses and the preschool teacher profession, as well as current theoretical and empirical knowledge about the motives for choosing this career path. The central part of the article is devoted to the empirical study. A study was performed on a sam...
Nowadays it is very difficult to avoid the information-communication technology. It is present everywhere: in the business world, civil services, education, at home. The ability to search, choose and use relevant data and information among endless choices, offered by the modern technology, is also seen as a key competence. This article presents the...
In this paper we will present parents' and educators' opinions on environmental education tasks in kindergarten. We have discovered that the theoretic construction of environmental education tasks in kindergarten pertaining to the cognitive area (speech development, creativity, ability to work, preparation for school and orientation toward the adul...
The is paper presents the perceived expectations of prospective preschool teachers on the appropriateness of their career choice and their expectations regarding the acquired knowledge and skills necessary for being able to practise their future pro-fession. The concept of the study was based on previous research, speci. cally that of Cencič (2000)...
Children magazines are classified in the group of printed media with which already pre-school children come in contact. With a proper use and help from mediators (in our case parents) children are educated about the media. In the theoretical part, the authors point out media literacy in connection with children magazines and the significance of the...
The beginning of the article deals with the importance of the evaluation of pre-school children's magazines, followed by the presentation of the methodology for defining the suitability criteria for these magazines. The main focus is on the detailed introduction of the following criteria: size and shape of fonts used in the magazine, drawings and p...
The contribution thematizes the topical question of media education in kindergarten, which starts by encouraging the development of a positive attitude towards books and consequently reading literacy of pre-school children. The first part deals with theoretical baselines, the second part is a case study (42 children, from 3 to 6 years old are inclu...
The following article presents pre-school teachers' reasons for choosing their profession, their confidence in the correct choice of studies and their expectations concerning the acquisition of knowledge and skills necessary for pursuing their chosen profession. The data has been collected by survey questionnaires filled in by the students of the p...
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The Project objectives are (1) to determine the impact of the hidden curriculum on the culture of educational institutions in the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Slovenia; (2) to create an international database that allows identifying and determining the factors of hidden curriculum and culture of educational institutions
Multicultural or intercultural education is an activity with which we try to achieve reform the main goals of which are for the children with different backgrounds, of a different race, speaking a different language, who are members of different ethnic groups to become equal to other children (Banks&McGee Banks, 2010). The project will be focus on the study of interculturalism in preschool education, especially of development of competences at preschool educators for intercultural communication.
