Mission
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek offers the following lifelong learning programmes:
1. Pedagogical, Psychological, Didactic and Methodological Training
2. Programme for Acquiring Pedagogical Competences for Vocational Teachers and Teaching Associates
3. Croatian Language and Language Culture
4. Croatian as a Foreign Language
5. Python, Computational Thinking and Programming
6. Learning German for Higher Education Teaching
7. Social and Emotional Learning in Education
8. Applied Methodology for Research and Development
9. Digital Competences in Education
10. Academic Writing in English
11. Curriculum for Acquiring Andragogical Competences for Teaching Basic Skills in Adult Education
12. Programme for Acquiring Basic Andragogical Competences
The Pedagogical, Psychological, Didactic and Methodological Training Programme educates future teachers and professionals who will apply and further develop the teaching competences they have acquired in their educational work in primary, secondary and higher education institutions. The Croatian Language and Language Culture Programme aims to improve and enhance the quality of printed texts in the Croatian language. At the same time, the programme seeks to contribute generally to and care for Croatian language culture, which will be of crucial importance for preserving national identity in the years following Croatia’s accession to the European Union, particularly because Croatian belongs to the group of so-called “small” languages that must continually make additional efforts to preserve their specific characteristics and achieve equal status with the other languages of EU Member States. The Croatian as a Foreign Language Programme is aimed at improving cultural and social interaction between Croatians and other peoples, spreading Croatian language culture, and promoting Croatian as a foreign language. The Social and Emotional Learning in Education Programme seeks to contribute to the optimal development of children and young people by supporting the development of a safe and caring environment for learning social and emotional competences and skills in a variety of contexts. The mission of the Learning German for Higher Education Teaching Programme is to offer higher education teachers the opportunity to improve their German as a foreign language competences. The mission of the Applied Methodology for Research and Development Programme is to strengthen the research capacities of professionals from various scientific disciplines on the basis of teaching and research experience and through a comprehensive approach to education that combines methods of data collection (methodology) and data analysis (statistics), as well as practical guidelines or “know-how” for writing scientific papers. The Python Computational Thinking and Programming Programme aims to train participants to use programming techniques for problem solving, break down complex problems into smaller independent logical units, and implement solutions in the Python programming language.
Objectives and Strategies
Pedagogical, Psychological, Didactic and Methodological Training Programme:
- acquiring the teaching competences required for teaching in primary and secondary schools and higher education institutions by applying an interdisciplinary approach
- enhancing social competences: planning and working together with pupils, strengthening communication and cooperation, and promoting a relaxed working atmosphere
- enhancing personal competences: mastering the new role of the teacher (moderator, adviser) and promoting individual and group learning processes.
Programme for Acquiring Pedagogical Competences for Vocational Teachers and Teaching Associates:
- training vocational teachers to acquire pedagogical competences at the appropriate level for the successful independent planning and delivery of practical classes and exercises in vocational education institutions
- training teaching associates to acquire pedagogical competences at the appropriate level for successful participation in practical classes and exercises under the direct supervision of a teacher or vocational teacher in vocational education institutions.
Croatian Language and Language Culture Programme:
- contributing generally to and caring for Croatian language culture
- improving and enhancing Croatian written and spoken language culture
- training participants to produce linguistically correct and stylistically diverse texts in Croatian.
Croatian as a Foreign Language Programme:
- intended for adults who wish to learn the Croatian language and the Latin alphabet.
Python, Computational Thinking and Programming Programme
- professional development of participants in computational thinking and programming, with implementation in the Python programming language.
Learning German for Higher Education Teaching Programme
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training participants to prepare and deliver classes in their subject in German, with an emphasis on developing speaking skills, mastering the language of their profession, and acquiring learning strategies required for the best possible individual progress.
Social and Emotional Learning in Education Programme
- providing participants with the knowledge and skills required to implement social and emotional learning in different contexts, that is, to develop social and emotional competences and skills in children and adolescents.
Applied Methodology for Research and Development Programme
- professional development of participants in statistics and methodology, with particular emphasis on the SPSS software package.
Digital Competences in Education Programme
- professional development of participants in statistics and methodology, with particular emphasis on the SPSS software package.
Academic Writing in English
- professional development of participants for writing primarily scientific papers, as well as other scientific texts in English.
Curriculum for Acquiring Andragogical Competences for Teaching Basic Skills in Adult Education
- ensuring the acquisition of appropriate generic and specific andragogical, didactic, subject-specific and methodological competences for teachers who teach basic skills.
Programme for Acquiring Basic Andragogical Competences
- acquiring the teaching competences required for teaching in adult education institutions by applying an interdisciplinary approach.
- training and professional development of teachers for working with adult learners.
- enhancing competences for working with adult learners: planning and working with adult learners, strengthening communication and cooperation, and promoting a relaxed working atmosphere.
Organization
Pedagogical, Psychological, Didactic and Methodological Training Programme:
Head: Professor Vesna Bjedov, PhD – vbjedov@ffos.hr
Programme for Acquiring Pedagogical Competences for Vocational Teachers and Teaching Associates:
Head: Professor Vesna Bjedov, PhD – vbjedov@ffos.hr
Croatian Language and Language Culture Programme:
Head: Associate Professor Maja Glušac, PhD – mglusac@ffos.hr
Deputy Head: Assistant Professor Vera Blažević Krezić, PhD – vblazevic1@ffos.hr
Croatian as a Foreign Language Programme:
Head: Associate Professor Ana Mikić Čolić, PhD — amikic@ffos.hr
Python, Computational Thinking and Programming Programme:
Head: Assistant Professor Tomislav Jakopec, PhD — tjakopec@ffos.hr
Deputy Head: Associate Professor Boris Badurina, PhD — boris.badurina@ffos.hr
Learning German for Higher Education Teaching Programme:
Head: Associate Professor Melita Aleksa Varga, PhD — maleksa@ffos.hr
Deputy Head: Ana Keglević Blažević, Teaching Assistant — akeglevic@ffos.hr
Social and Emotional Learning in Education Programme:
Head: Associate Professor Ana Kurtović, PhD — akurtovi@ffos.hr
Deputy Head: Assistant Professor Ana Babić Čikeš, PhD — ababic@ffos.hr
Applied Methodology for Research and Development Programme:
Head: Professor Željko Pavić, PhD – zpavic@ffos.hr
Digital Competences in Education Programme:
Head: Associate Professor Tomislav Jakopec, PhD – tjakopec@ffos.hr
Academic Writing in English:
Head: Mirna Varga, PhD, Senior Lecturer – mvarga@ffos.hr
Teachers
Pedagogical, Psychological, Didactic and Methodological Training Programme:
Professor Vesna Bjedov, PhD – vbjedov@ffos.hr
Professor Branko Bognar, PhD – bbognar@ffos.hr
Associate Professor Tomislav Jakopec, PhD – tjakopec@ffos.hr
Professor Renata Jukić, PhD – rjukic@ffos.hr
Associate Professor Sara Kakuk Fridl, PhD – skakuk@ffos.hr
Associate Professor Ana Kurtović, PhD – akurtovi@ffos.hr
Professor Goran Livazović, PhD – glivazovic@ffos.hr
Associate Professor Ivana Martinović, PhD – imartinovic@ffos.hr
Assistant Professor Marija Milić, PhD – mmilic@ffos.hr
Assistant Professor Draženka Molnar, PhD – drazenka@ffos.hr
Associate Professor Anita Papić, PhD – apapic@ffos.hr
Professor Višnja Pavičić Takač, PhD – vpavicic@ffos.hr
Professor Silvija Ručević, PhD – srucevic@ffos.hr
Professor Marija Sablić, PhD – msablic@ffos.hr
Associate Professor Josipa Selthofer, PhD – jselthofer@ffos.hr
Assistant Professor Sanja Simel Pranjić, PhD – ssimel@ffos.hr
Professor Daniela Šincek, PhD – dsincek@ffos.hr
Ninočka Truck-Biljan, PhD – ntruck@ffos.hr
Associate Professor Gabrijela Vrdoljak, PhD – gpiri@ffos.hr
Assistant Professor Senka Žižanović, PhD – sgazibara@ffos.hr
Assistant Professor Ivana Perkušić, PhD – iperkusic@ffos.hr
Assistant Professor Valerija Križanić, PhD – vkrizanic@ffos.hr
Associate Professor Jasmina Tomašić Humer, PhD – jtomasic@ffos.hr
Damir Marinić, PhD – dmarinic@ffos.hr
Karlo Bojčić, PhD – kbojcic@ffos.hr
Katarina Bogatić, PhD – krengel@ffos.hr
Sandra Brezetić, PhD – svuckovic@ffos.hr
Programme for Acquiring Pedagogical Competences for Vocational Teachers and Teaching Associates:
Professor Vesna Bjedov, PhD – vbjedov@ffos.hr
Professor Renata Jukić, PhD – rjukic@ffos.hr
Professor Goran Livazović, PhD – glivazovic@ffos.hr
Professor Daniela Šincek, PhD – dsincek@ffos.hr
Professor Marija Sablić, PhD – msablic@ffos.hr
Assistant Professor Senka Žižanović, PhD – sgazibara@ffos.hr
Assistant Professor Sara Kakuk Fridl, PhD – skakuk@ffos.hr
Nemanja Spasenovski, PhD – nspasenovski@ffos.hr
Croatian Language and Language Culture Programme:
Associate Professor Maja Glušac, PhD – mglusac@ffos.hr
Associate Professor Ana Mikić Čolić, PhD – amikic@ffos.hr
Assistant Professor Vera Blažević Krezić, PhD – vblazevic1@ffos.hr
Croatian as a Foreign Language Programme:
Associate Professor Ana Mikić Čolić, PhD – amikic@ffos.hr
Associate Professor Maja Glušac, PhD – mglusac@ffos.hr
Learning German for Higher Education Teaching Programme:
Assistant Professor Sanja Cimer Karaica, PhD – scimer@ffos.hr
Assistant Professor Stephanie Jug, PhD – sjug@ffos.hr
Ana Keglević Blažević, Teaching Assistant – akeglevic@ffos.hr
Associate Professor Sonja Novak, PhD – snovak@ffos.hr
Associate Professor Leonard Pon, PhD – lpon@ffos.hr
Contact
Lifelong Learning Office:
Ana Mihaljević, Master of Laws
email: amihaljevic@ffos.hr
tel. 031/494-662
Head of IT Support for Online Teaching:
Zoltan Juhas, prof.
email: zoli@ffos.hr
tel. 031/494-634
Office hours during the working week: 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.