Vesna Kovac

• PhD
• Professor (Full) at University of Rijeka

Ovaj je priručnik nastao kao popratni materijal uz ciklus radionica koji se u sklopu projekta „Providentia Studiorum Iuris - Unaprjeđenje kvalitete studiranja na pravnim fakultetima u Hrvatskoj“ održao na Pravnom fakultetu u Rijeci tijekom veljače i lipnja 2020. godine. Namijenjen je svim nastavnicima koji sudjeluju u izvođenju nastave na prijedipl...

Knjiga Odgojno-obrazovni diskurs pedagogije rezultat je HKO projekta "Kompetencijski standardi nastavnika, pedagoga i mentora" kojem je nositelj bilo Sveučilište u Zadru. Poglavlje Kompetencije pedagoga prikazuje rezultate istraživanja provedenog na uzorku od 618 pedagoga zaposlenih u različitim odgojno-obrazovnim ustanovama u Hrvatskoj. Sudionici...

This paper presents the results of an empirical study conducted on a sample of high school principals in Croatia. The study has focused on the description and understanding of instructional school leadership (ISL) characteristics as well as certain specific circumstances that could, according to principals’ opinion, affect ISL practice. In order to...

This paper shows results of an empirical study on characteristics of instructional school leadership conducted on the sample of 30 Croatian ele mentary school principals. Two research questions were asked: 1. How elemen tary school principals describe and comment instructional school leadership activities that they conduct in their schools, observi...

The paper presents the results of research exploring the relationship betweendemocratic school leadership and democratic school culture in primary schools.The research is based on the present knowledge that points to the significant role ofprincipals in the process of developing and changing school culture (Fullan, 2005).The aim of the research was...

U ovom radu prikazani su rezultati empirijskog istraživanja o obilježjima instrukcijskog školskog vođenja (IŠV) provedenog na uzorku od 30 ravnatelja osnovnih škola u Hrvatskoj. Postavljena su dva istraživačka pitanja: 1. Kako ravnatelji osnovnih škola opisuju i komentiraju aktivnosti IŠV-a koje provode u svojim školama? i 2. Kako ravnatelji osnovn...

U ovom radu prikazani su rezultati empirijskog istraživanja o obilježjima instrukcijskog školskog vođenja (IŠV) provedenog na uzorku od 30 ravnatelja osnovnih škola u Hrvatskoj. Postavljena su dva istraživačka pitanja: 1. Kako ravnatelji osnovnih škola opisuju i komentiraju aktivnosti IŠV-a koje provode u svojim školama? i 2. Kako ravnatelji osnovn...

Razvoj suvremenog demokratskog društva temelji se na integriranju temeljnih demokratskih vrijednosti u sve njegove sfere i dimenzije, pa tako i u područje odgoja i obrazovanja. Ovakvi se zahtjevi stavljaju i pred škole, a pritom se ključna uloga daje ravnatelju, koji je nositelj i voditelj svake inovacije u svojoj školi (Fullan, 2005; 2007; Bush i...

U ovom se radu propituje i daje pregled teorijskih razmatranja i ranijih istraživanja ključnih dimenzija (distribuiranog) školskog vođenja s fokusom na kritičko donošenje odluka. Ukazuje se na nedovoljnu razradu poželjnih načina sudjelovanja dionika u procesu donošenja odluka. U tom kontekstu predlaže se koncept kritičkog donošenja odluka koji se u...

This paper presents and discusses previous research on critical thinking in education. The aim of the proposed conference paper is to develop a theoretical framework and identify innovative directions for future research on the basis of previous research analyses of critical thinking in education. The paper includes a review and commentary on criti...

Pojam globalne obrazovne politike javio se u posljednjih nekoliko desetljeća, a riječ je o fenomenu koji obuhvaća obilježja obrazovnih reformi prisutnih na globalnoj razini do kojih je došlo uslijed globalizacijskih mehanizama, odnosno opisuje ih, definira i nastoji ustanoviti tko stoji iza njihove diseminacije. Uslijed globalizacije, došlo je i do...

This paper presents and discusses previous research on critical thinking in education. The aim of the proposed conference paper is to develop a theoretical framework and identify innovative directions for future research on the basis of previous research analyses of critical thinking in education. The paper includes a review and commentary on criti...

The purpose of this paper is to develop theoretical framework that can be applied in the analysis and empirical research on school management efficiency in the Croatian context. The paper contains explanations of significant dimensions based on which it is possible to monitor the practice of school management at the local level, and provides discus...

This research was conducted in order to gain a preliminary insight into the general orientation and range of opinions of 396 primary and secondary school teachers in Croatia toward the a) importance of their competencies related to the education policies; b) cognition and mastering of the competencies related to the education policies; c) the actua...

The theoretical part of the paper contextualizes the issue of collaboration of schools and external stakeholders by analysing the current policy documents and presenting the underlying theoretical assumptions about the phenomenon of collaboration between schools and external stakeholders and the positions and roles of relevant stakeholders with who...

Higher education in Croatia isconfronted with new trends and quality demandsmostly connected with Bologna processes. It isassumed that Croatian universities with theirexisting governance structures, characterisedby strong state regulation and weakinstitutional administration, cannot respondeffectively to new demands. Findings of thesurvey on concep...

This paper is inspired by actual dynamics in higher education and by three global trends in higher education policy: the changing relationship between governments and higher education institutions, mostly in terms of encouraging a greater degree of self-regulation of higher education institutions; endeavours for improving the quality of higher educ...

This paper is inspired by actual dynamics in higher education and by three global trends in higher education policy: the changing relationship between governments and higher education institutions, mostly in terms of encouraging a greater degree of self-regulation of higher education institutions; endeavours for improving the quality of higher educ...

This paper examines the extent to which university teaching is respected in Croatia higher education. The results of the assessment, which is based on our analyses of 15 criteria, show that teachers and students (203 teachers and 469 students) differ substantially in their view of quality as applied to an ‘ideal’ form of teaching and a ‘real’ form,...

This paper presents the results of research on "The Quality of Teaching in Higher Education", exploring students' status at the university, with the emphasis on their position in the teaching process. The questionnaire was based on 15 higher education quality criteria, and the participants (203 teachers and 469 students from the University of Rijek...

This paper presents the results of research on “The Quality of Teaching in Higher Education”, exploring students’ status at the university, with the emphasis on their position in the teaching process. The questionnaire was based on 15 higher education quality criteria, and the participants (203 teachers and 469 students from the University of Rijek...