Projects

Projects involving members of the Department of Pedagogy in the past five years (since 2021)

PROJECT: “Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Career Development of Young Researchers (INTERKARM)”, National Recovery and Resilience Plan (581-UNIOS-58)

Prof. Branko Bognar, PhD, Prof. Marija Sablić, PhD, Prof. Goran Livazović, PhD, Prof. Renata Jukić, PhD, Assistant Professor Senka Žižanović, PhD, Assistant Professor Sara Kakuk Fridl, PhD, Assistant Professor Sanja Simel Pranjić, PhD, Katarina Bogatić, PhD, Karlo Bojčić, PhD, Nemanja Spasenovski, PhD, and Mia Filipov, PhD are collaborators on the project “Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Career Development of Young Researchers (INTERKARM)” together with members of the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek. The project is funded by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), within the European Union’s NextGenerationEU programme, and is led by Associate Professor Anita Dremel, PhD.

Project duration: 2025 – 2029.

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PROJECT: “LGBT+ Inclusiveness of Secondary Schools: Attitudes, Experiences and Needs of Different Stakeholders in the Educational Process (LGBT-SIP)”, Croatian Science Foundation (IP-2022-10-4713)

Prof. Goran Livazović, PhD is a researcher on the project “LGBT+ Inclusiveness of Secondary Schools: Attitudes, Experiences and Needs of Different Stakeholders in the Educational Process (LGBT-SIP)”, hosted by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. The project leader is Associate Professor Marija Bartulović, PhD, while the other collaborators are Ana Širanović, Zoran Horvat, Tanja Vučković Juroš and Barbara Kušević.

Project duration: 2023 – 2027.

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PROJECT: “Promoting Digitalisation Among Teacher Educators in Europe DigiTED@EU”, Erasmus+ (2021-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000031115)

Prof. Marija Sablić, PhD was a collaborator on the Erasmus+ project coded 2021-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000031115, Key Action: Cooperation Partnerships, coordinated by the University of Education Ludwigsburg (Germany), in cooperation with the University of Borås (Sweden), University of Barcelona (Spain), Tallinn University (Estonia) and National University of Galway (Ireland).

Project duration: 2022 – 2025.

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PROJECT: “CROATIAN VIOLENCE MONITOR – A Study of the Manifestations, Causes and Prosecution of Delinquent Violence with a Focus on the Protection of Particularly Vulnerable Groups of Victims (CroViMo)”, Croatian Science Foundation (UIP-2017-05-8876)

Prof. Goran Livazović, PhD was a collaborator on the project “CROATIAN VIOLENCE MONITOR – A Study of the Manifestations, Causes and Prosecution of Delinquent Violence with a Focus on the Protection of Particularly Vulnerable Groups of Victims (CroViMo)”, hosted by the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. The project leader was Prof. Anna-Maria Getoš Kalac, PhD, while the other collaborators were Reana Bezić, Ruža Karlović, Tihomir Katulić, Pero Mihaljević, Nina Mišić Radanović, Marko Mrakovčić, Petra Polić, Lucija Sokanović, Nika Sušac, Valentina Šapina, Petra Šprem, Lucija Vejmelka, Igor Vuletić, Vjekoslav Peitl, Hana Gačal, Mirjana Kondor-Langer and Karlo Bojčić.

Project duration: 2018 – 2025.

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PROJECT: “Research on Study Programmes to Determine the Extent to Which Students’ Digital Competencies Are Developed” (NRRP)

Prof. Marija Sablić, PhD and Prof. Goran Livazović, PhD were, together with Prof. Željko Pavić, PhD, collaborators on CARNET’s “e-Universities” project as part of the research team of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek. The Agency for Science and Higher Education entrusted the team with the task of gaining insight into the extent to which digital competencies are represented in learning outcomes in a representative sample of study programmes in the Republic of Croatia. The project was funded by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), within the European Union’s NextGenerationEU programme.

Project duration: 2023 – 2024.

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PROJECT: “Croatia: Towards Sustainable, Equitable and Efficient Education” (World Bank Loan No. 9303-HR)

Prof. Renata Jukić, PhD was a member of the working group responsible for developing guidelines for the implementation of the curriculum of the cross-curricular theme Use of Information and Communication Technology within the Experimental Programme “Primary School as a Full-Day School – A Balanced, Equitable, Efficient and Sustainable Education System”, implemented by the Ministry of Science and Education.

Project duration: 2023 – 2024.

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PROJECT: “Teacher Professional Development for Improving Primary School Pupils’ Learning Outcomes in Science and Mathematics (SURFPRIMA)”, Croatian Science Foundation (IP-2018-01-8363)

Prof. Branko Bognar, PhD was the project leader of the project “Teacher Professional Development for Improving Primary School Pupils’ Learning Outcomes in Science and Mathematics”, funded by the Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ) and hosted by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek. Collaborators: Renata Jukić, Mirko Lukaš, Diana Moslavac Bičvić, Irena Labak, Mirela Skelac, Siniša Opić, Ljerka Jukić Matić, Marija Sablić, Marina Ništ, Jelena Noskov, Alma Škugor and Mia Filipov.

Project duration: 2018 – 2024.

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PROJECT: “Regional Centre of Competence (RCK-ELPROS)”, ESF (UP.03.3.1.04)

Prof. Renata Jukić, PhD and Assistant Professor Senka Žižanović, PhD were subcontractors of the Croatian Chamber of Economy in the project “Regional Centre of Competence (RCK-ELPROS)”, hosted by the Electrical Engineering and Transport School Osijek. They participated in educational activities and authored the Handbook for Mentors in the Business Sector.

Project duration: 2020 – 2023.

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PROJECT: “BAQUAL – Better Academic Qualifications through Quality Assurance”, Erasmus+

Prof. Renata Jukić, PhD was a collaborator on the Erasmus+ project “BAQUAL – Better Academic Qualifications through Quality Assurance”, coordinated by the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia. The project partners were the Agency for Control and Quality Assurance of Higher Education of Montenegro and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of North Macedonia. As part of the project, she was engaged as a member of the working group responsible for developing qualification standards for the Croatian Qualifications Framework.

Project duration: 2020 – 2022.

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PROJECT: “Competency Standards for Teachers, Pedagogues and Mentors”, ESF (UP.03.1.1.03.0056)

Prof. Renata Jukić, PhD (institutional project leader on behalf of FFOS) and Assistant Professor Senka Žižanović, PhD were collaborators on the project “Competency Standards for Teachers, Pedagogues and Mentors”, coordinated by the University of Zadar and led by Prof. Dijana Vican, PhD. In addition to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek, the project partners included the Faculty of Science in Zagreb, Faculty of Education in Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka, as well as two additional institutions – the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia and the Croatian Air Force and Air Defence Training Centre “Rudolf Perešin”. The project also involved Prof. Branko Bognar, PhD, Assistant Professor Sanja Simel Pranjić, PhD and Assistant Professor Sara Kakuk Fridl, PhD.

Project duration: 2019 – 2022.

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PROJECT: “Child-Centred Competences for Early Childhood Education and Care”, Erasmus+ (2019-1-UK01-KA203-061665)

Katarina Bogatić, PhD was a collaborator on the Erasmus+ project coded 2019-1-UK01-KA203-061665, Key Action: Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices, Action: Strategic Partnerships, coordinated by the University of Plymouth (United Kingdom), in cooperation with VIA University College (Denmark), Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb (Croatia), Early Childhood Ireland (Ireland), University of A Coruña (Spain), University of Trieste (Italy), Babeș-Bolyai University (Romania) and the British Association for Early Childhood Education (United Kingdom).

Project duration: 2019 – 2021.

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PROJECT: “Enhancing Transition Practices in Early Childhood Education”, Erasmus+ (2018-1-HR01-KA201-047432)

Katarina Bogatić, PhD was a collaborator on the Erasmus+ project coded 2018-1-HR01-KA201-047432, Key Action: Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices, Action: Strategic Partnerships, coordinated by OMEP Croatia, in cooperation with the University of Iceland (Iceland), Dobro Drvo Kindergarten (Croatia), Polski Komitet OMEP (Poland), Early Childhood Ireland (Ireland) and OMEP Sweden (Sweden).

Project duration: 2018 – 2021.

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