Marta Licardo

University of Maribor | UM · Department of Preschool Education

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The purpose of this study is to analyse how important are specific environmental conditions and skills of early childhood education (ECE) teachers as predictors of collaboration with immigrant parents. The study included 348 ECE teachers in Slovenia. The results revealed that environmental conditions (e.g., gender, level of education, job position,...

This book focuses on the professional training of pre-primary and primary teachers in six countries - the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Slovakia and Slovenia. Case studies provide insight into the development of professional training for teachers and show the characteristics of each country's education system including the aims, objec...

Monografija skozi perspektive različnih akterjev in analizo dejavnikov in elementov pouka osvetljuje razvijanje razno- in večjezičnosti v predšolskem obdobju. V posameznih prispevkih so tematizirani: oris možnosti razvijanja večjezičnosti v vrtcih, kompetence za poučevanje tujih jezikov v predšolskem obdobju, stališča vzgojiteljic do zgodnjega učen...

The purpose of the study is to examine the early childhood education students’ values and what are the differences in the students’ values in specific conditions related to social environment. The values of undergraduate students who study early childhood education are very important for professional development and practice. The purpose of this st...

The purpose of this study is to analyse which ecological conditions (professional background and support from the environment) and interpersonal skills (values, attitudes and emotional competences) predict ECE teacher competences in working with immigrant children. The results of the hierarchical regression analysis revealed that interpersonal skil...

In most EU countries educational systems face the problem of inclusion of migrant children. Pedagogical practices and competences of preschool teachers are key for successful integration and inclusion of these children. The purpose of the study is to analyze how well do preschool teachers follow the guidelines for work with migrant children. The pa...

Na ravni visokošolskega izobraževanja se raziskovalci in razvijalci sodobnih praks vse bolj osredotočajo na učenje in poučevanje, ki je osredinjeno na študente. Študente se tako postavlja v vlogo aktivnih udeležencev izobraževalnega procesa, udeležencev, ki lahko sooblikujejo ta izobraževalni proces in prevzemajo polno odgovornost za svoje lastne d...

– The article presents research on a representative sample of all 28 Slovenian schools for students with special needs, in which 240 professionals participated. Our aim was to explore the complex system of variables/items related to folklore activity in Slovenian schools with special and adapted programmes, and to discover the main dimensions. Prof...

Znanstvena monografija o gradnikih bralne pismenosti vsebuje 11 poglavij, v katerih je poglobljeno zajeto izhodišče posameznega gradnika. Razvijanje gradnikov je sistematično, saj so namenjeni vsem stopnjam izobraževanja od vrtca do konca srednješolskega obdobja, hkrati pa je njihov temeljni namen, da se pozornost za razvoj bralne pismenosti usmerj...

Social-emotional learning is recognized as important domain of learning because it includes processes by which children understand and manage emotions, learn skills to communicate with others and develop positive relationships. Benefits of social-emotional learning are immediate as well as long term. The purpose of the study was to determine which...

The purpose of the book is to present contemporary themes in early childhood education that are important for preschool education in practice and as topics in the education of students who will work in preschool education settings. The presented scientific research includes various themes in the field of pedagogy, didactics, special didactics and p...

The purpose of the study was to determine the quality of records and differences in individualized education plans between inclusive elementary and upper secondary schools. The studied examined 90 individualized education plans from elementary schools and 40 individualized education plans from upper secondary schools in Slovenia. The analysis of re...

The purpose of the study was to determine on which domain teachers focus most during additional professional support for children with special needs and what differences there are among the groups. A total of 1863 professionals were included in the study, seven different groups of professionals were compared regarding their work on learning, motiva...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the quality of instruction among professionals who implement additional professional support for students with special needs in Slovenia, with a focus on methods for learning to learn. A total of 1863 professionals with various job positions participated in the study. The results revealed that seven groups o...

The book presents good practices and difficulties in work with migrant children in early childhood education, elementary education and upper secondary education in Slovenia. Authors also described didactical strategies to teach migrant children with use of ICT. The book is the result of the project with students: E-learning system for teachers wh...

The purpose of the study was to determine differences in self-determination between high school students with and without disabilities and to determine the influence of three predictors of self-determination in vocational education: Gender, group and grade point average. Research was done by comparing students with the method of pairs. The results...

The aim of the present study was to examine the predictive value of elementary school teachers' workplace characteristics on work stress and burnout. Workplace characteristics were defined as job demands and resources, which were further divided into general and specific, related to work with special education needs students. We examined whether va...

This contribution aims to examine how different areas of self‐regulation are related to academic achievement in adolescents and young adults. The study involved participants, drawn from following age groups: 14–15, 17–18 and 22–23. In order to get information about cognitive, metacognitive, motivational and emotional aspects of self‐regulation, sel...