As part of the Just a Teacher project, we invite you to the final activity, a Round Table, which will be held on Monday, 25 May 2026 at 2:00 p.m. at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek, Room 39 (Small Council Hall).
The guiding idea of the project emphasises the teacher as someone who passes on knowledge and encourages curiosity, continuing the continuity of learning across generations and contributing to the development of critical thinking and an understanding of the world.
Various activities were carried out during the project, including a debate, workshops in secondary schools, an interview and a podcast, with the aim of encouraging reflection on the role of teachers in today’s educational context. The Round Table represents the conclusion of the project and provides a space for exchanging experiences, views and challenges from educational practice.
The project organising team consists of: Narcisa Vrbešić Ravlić, univ. mag. iur., spec. iur., lecturer, Asst. Prof. Tihana Lubina, PhD, Borna Petrović, assistant, Vanesa Vidačić, MA in Art. (doctoral student), Marijana Kopljar, dipl. iur. (doctoral student), Mihael Cojić and Marin Milak (second-year graduate students of Sociology), Asst. Prof. Ivana Perkušić, PhD (Chair of the organising team), Fran Kolenić, Vlera Temaj and Marijana Vincetić (third-year undergraduate students of Sociology).
ABOUT THE ROUND TABLE:
The role of teachers in contemporary society goes far beyond the transmission of facts and subject-specific knowledge. A teacher is an important stakeholder in the educational process who, through knowledge, experience, approach and personal example, continues what was begun before them. Teachers participate in shaping new generations, encourage the development of critical thinking, responsibility and intellectual curiosity, and contribute to the preservation and development of academic and social values. In a time of rapid change and increasingly accessible information, the role of teachers is becoming more complex, while at the same time remaining irreplaceable precisely in guiding, interpreting and connecting knowledge.
For this reason, our Round Table will be guided by the following thought:
“I have never considered myself a teacher, because there is only one, the one who opens the doors of knowledge and casts light into the darkness of ignorance. And I am only a teacher, because I continue teaching what others discovered before me: carrying the torch across generations, kindling sparks of curiosity in the minds of pupils and students, yet always remaining a humble servant of the greater flame of truth.”
ROUND TABLE PARTICIPANTS:
- Ivan Čelebić, Headteacher of the First Grammar School in Osijek
- Marija Jurić, school psychologist, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić Primary School, Strizivojna
- Marijana Krijan, teacher adviser, Sibinjske žrtve Primary School, Sibinj
- Dominik Hudolin, school pedagogue, Mate Lovrak Primary School, Županja
- Zvonimir Parać, sociology teacher, Third Grammar School Osijek
- Ivana Perkušić, PhD, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek
PROJECT ACTIVITIES:
Workshops in secondary schools: Youth Participation in Society (first-year graduate students of Sociology and History)
Interview: Promotion of the Sociology Study Programme at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (third-year undergraduate students of Sociology)
Debate:
The teacher is a pillar of society – invaluable and irreplaceable!
The teacher is a victim of the system – marginalised and overburdened!
(third-year undergraduate students of Sociology)
Podcast – The Importance and Position of Teachers Today (third-year undergraduate and second-year graduate students of Sociology)
PROJECT LEADER:
Asst. Prof. Ivana Perkušić, PhD
We look forward to seeing you!