English Studies

G R A D U A T E D E G R E E P R O G R A M M E : E N G L I S H S T U D I E S
Name of lecturer
Learning
outcomes and
competences
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Recommended
reading
Prof. Dr Šime Pilić
The course provides information necessary to understand the position and
role of teacher in modern society, as well as acquiring competences and
general skills required for a career in education, such as: practical
conveying of knowledge, problem solving, team work, professional ethics,
research skills, capacity of adjustment to new situations, creativity,
independence in work, efficiency in dealing with projects, as well as
specific skills, e.g. observing and identifying correlations between social
and educational processes, adaptation to new principles, recognising
differences in pupils and systems of learning and their different roles within
the education system, commitment to pupils' progress and success, respect
for pupils and fellow teachers, capacity of critically evaluating one's own
work, etc.
Competences and skills acquired upon successful completion of the course
Sociology of Education.
Genesis and evolution of the teaching profession.
Socio-professional group consisting of primary, secondary, and university
level teachers.
Teacher education and training and study programme reforms.
Teaching profession in Croatia and other societies: education, employment,
and chances of progress and promotion.
Teaching profession in comparison with other professions and occupations
in Croatian society.
Social status and role of the teacher. Social relations in the teaching process.
Social status and rating of the teaching staff. Professional and trade union
associations. Conflicts. Teachers of all levels of education as integral part of
social intellectual elite.
Teacher mobility. The teaching profession in the context of European
integrations.
Cindrić, M. (1995). Profesija učitelj u svijetu i u Hrvatskoj. Zagreb: Persona
Marinković, R., Karajić, N. (Eds.). (2004). Budućnost i uloga
nastavnika/Future and the role of teachers. Zagreb: PMF/Faculty of
science.
Pilić, Š., Botica, A. (2003). Ugled dvadeset zanimanja u očima učitelja. U
Ivon, H. (Ed.). Prema kvalitetnoj školi. (79-88). Split: HPKZ.
Pilić, Š. (2002). The Education of Teachers in a Post-Socialist Society: the
Case of Croatia. In Sultana, R. G. (Ed.). Teacher Education in the Euro-
Mediterranean Region. (51-68). New York, Washington, Baltimore,
Bern, Frankfurt an Main, Berlin, Brussels, Vienna, Oxford: Peter Lang
Publishing.
Pilić, Š. (2000). Regrutiranje srednjoškolskih profesora u postsocijalističkoj
Hrvatskoj. Život i škola, 46, 3, 51-64.
Pilić, Š. (1999). Tko su prijatelji nastavnika. Školski vjesnik, 48, 1, 3-21.
Pilić, Š. (1998). Vrednovanje odnosa nastavnik – učenik sa stajališta
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