Vera Spasenovic

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• PhD
• Professor (Full) at University of Belgrade

Private supplementary tutoring in school subjects, which takes place outside of regular school classes and is paid, is not unfamiliar in many education systems. However, it has become more prevalent and widespread today than it was previously and is now discussed as a global phenomenon. The term ?shadow education? is commonly used to describe priva...

YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN DEALING WITH COMMUNITY ISSUES Project Citizen was a pilot survey of a civil education program carried out in more than hundred elementary schools in Serbia. Learning about civil rights, duties, democratic principles, processes and procedures focused on the resolution of a particular problem that pupils themselves had singled...

The professional practice of pedagogists is of great importance for achieving and developing the quality of educational work in preschools and schools. However, there are still open questions and dilemmas in the professional community regarding the nature of the professional role of pedagogists. This paper presents the findings of research conducte...

Apstrakt Jedan od bitnih mehanizama evaluacije procesa i rezulata školskog rada, a time i kvaliteta delovanja školskog sistema u celini, čini procenjivanje obrazovnih postignuća učenika. Imajući u vidu da se nacionalnom testiranju učeničkih postignuća poklanja sve veća pažnja u evropskim školskim sistemima, ali i da se postojeća rešenja u tom domen...

This paper presents results of a comparative international study on some aspects of school counseling in the following 12 countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Ireland, Malta, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, UK, and USA. The authors explain the multi-functional character of school counseling, give an idea of establishing a rese...

Članak prikazuje ostvarivanje načela bolonjske reforme u obrazovanju nastavnika predmetne nastave u novonastalim državama na području nekadašnje Jugoslavije. Analiza reformskih procesa između 2004. i 2019. temelji se prije svega na službenim dokumentima, posebice zakonima i podzakonskim aktima, studijskim programima i dokumentima sastavnica pojed...

Članak na osnovi tekstova i izvora koji su u okviru istraživačkoga projekta pripremili autori iz država na tlu nekadašnje Jugoslavije uspoređuje povijesni razvoj sustavnih rješenja u konstituiranju obrazovanja osnovnoškolskih učitelja. Taj razvoj seže u vrijeme izrazite raznolikosti koju je uvjetovala različitost društvenih, političkih i kultu...

One of the important preconditions for the implementation of a functional education policy is that key decisions in the domain of education policy are taken following consultations with those who will be directly implementing these decisions. The aim of our research was to examine how school pedagogists perceive the participation of education pract...

Since comparative educationists and education systems experts are expected to advise governments and departments of education regarding the transformation of education in their countries and also because they have an intrinsic scholarly interest in political transformation and its effects on the education system, an investigation was launched into...

Характеризуются результаты педагогических исследований, не реализованные в практической деятельности, а также реформы, не имеющие под собой научного обоснования.

Educational reforms, as initiated in Serbia in 2001, were based on the concept of quality education for all. This concept was put into practice as an inclusive approach in 2010/11. Inclusive education has been defined as a provision of full support and optimal environment for each student to be taught in the nearest school and in a regular class. I...

Настоящото изследване представя дейността на училищния съветник в 12 страни: Австрия, България, Дания, Ирландия, Македония, Малта, Обединено кралство, Русия, Словения, Съединени американски щати, Сърбия, Хърватия. Интересът на авторите на изследването е предимно към проблемите на училищния съветник в Европа. Затова изборът на страните включва двете...

This article presents the results of research into the implicit theories of creativity of Educational Science students preparing for the role of educational counsellors. Educational Science students will soon be working in educational institutions where they are expected to support creativity. Prospective (pre)school counsellors were asked about ho...

Rad je razmatra pitanja uspostavljanja i razvijanja pedagoškog pluralizma u obrazovnoj politici i praksi u Srbiji u razdoblju od sredine 20. stoljeća do danas. Pod pedagoškim pluralizmom podrazumijevamo uvažavanje i afirmaciju različitih pedagoških koncepcija i pristupa u razvijanju teorije i prakse obrazovanja, odnosno njegovanje različitih teorij...

The application of new media technologies introduces significant changes into the school system, not merely in terms of technical and technological accoutrements, but also in terms of teaching and learning processes. The primary goal of this paper is focused on research into changes which new media introduce into the school system, more specificall...

Since its beginnings, the development of pedagogy in Serbia was determined by close ties between the theory of education and subject teaching methodologies and by the construction of a school system and teacher education. The application of scientific knowledge to education was a powerful agent in changing the theoretical concepts developed by all...

The competence of teachers and other professionals to work in inclusive settings is an important prerequisite for the education of children with developmental disabilities and children from other vulnerable groups in mainstream schools. The introduction of inclusive education in Serbia raised the issue of whether and to what extent teachers are pre...

Over the previous decade, higher education in Slovenia and Serbia has undergone considerable reforms, influenced by the Bologna process and its agenda of competence and learning outcomes. In the context of these reforms, the aim of this research is to consider the question of the relationship between the theoretical and the practical education of p...

Dual education, as a form of secondary vocational education means that education and practical training are held on two locations - in school and in a company (organization, factory) and that these two institutions jointly participate in the realization of vocational education. The paper presents an account of the functioning of dual education in A...

Adequate teacher training for work in inclusive conditions is essential for successful realization of inclusive politics and practice. The paper presents the experiences of other countries in teacher education and teachers' preparedness for work in inclusive school. The empirical research was conducted to see how teachers in Serbia evaluate their p...

Conditions for literacy development among the Serbs were created by accepting Christianity and developing the Slavic language in the form of Cyrillic in the ninth century. The earliest Serbian schools originate from the Middle Ages and were established at monasteries which represented the centers of literacy, especially in the period of creating th...

The article provides an overview of carrying out the principles of the Bologna reform in the education of subject teachers in the newly founded states in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. Drawing upon official documents, particularly laws and by-laws, study programmes and constituent documents of individual universities, the comparative analy...

This chapter compares the historical development and current state of comparative pedagogy (CP) in four Slavonic South East European Countries – Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia. The authors also aim to put the historical background and contemporary developments of CP as a science and academic discipline in their countries on the worldwide c...

In this paper, we have dealt with the institutional development of teacher education in Serbia in the 19th and the first decade of the 20th century. In this historical period, Serbia gained international recognition which has opened the way for the gradual development of a national school system. Since their establishment, the male teachers' school...

Social relations between students and their peers have not been studied more extensively in our expert scientific literature, and performed studies have rarely focused on the association between these relations and school achievement. Comparison of the quality of social relations and school achievement at different ages has been especially neglecte...

This paper discusses the actions of rewarding and punishing children of different social behavior. The application of rewarding and punishing demands knowing and fulfilling several conditions which enable their efficiency: the nature of reward and punishment, the way in which pupils receive them, the context in which rewarding and punishing takes p...

From the middle of the twentieth century to the 1990s, the school system in Serbia developed relatively successfully. In a quantitative sense, the progress reached its peak in the period after World War II, when it functioned as part of the Yugoslav education system. This period was characterized by a struggle against illiteracy, the introduction o...

The paper considers correlation between student prosocial behavior and academic achievement. Attention first focuses on the issue of prosocial behavior defining, making it operational and measuring it. Next consideration is given to the ways that prosocial behavior contributes to academic achievement. It is thought that prosocial behavior can produ...

The paper considers correlation between student prosocial behavior and academic achievement. Attention first focuses on the issue of prosocial behavior defining, making it operational and measuring it. Next consideration is given to the ways that prosocial behavior contributes to academic achievement. It is thought that prosocial behavior can produ...

Considerations of the nature and role of peer relations in child development indicate that peer interaction is an important factor in developing social and cognitive competences. Peer relations not only influence current but also subsequent academic, behavioral and emotional development. Accepted students more often display better academic achievem...