Teacher

Bojan Jošt / Janez Vodičar

Sports Teacher and Coach

Schriften zur Sportwissenschaft

A coach’s role is not only that of a trainer, but also of an educator, teacher, psychologist, manager, consultant, animator, technologist, masseur, physiotherapist, etc. In order to successfully perform the professional role of a coach a person must first acquire the proper education and specific professional competence in a chosen sport or form of sports activity. This fairly broad variety of professional competences calls for a substantial leap forward from the current […]

Sonja Čotar Konrad / Tina Štemberger

CHILDREN MATTER
Empowering teachers for generations to come

Schriften zur pädagogischen Psychologie

Throughout history, teachers and schools have always presented the reflection of societies, their priorities, needs and their orientation. Today, in the fast-changing world, teachers’ roles are changing, as are the expectations directed towards them. Teachers are faced with demands in terms of in-depth subject knowledge, advanced pedagogical skills, reflective practice and ability to adapt teaching to the needs of each individual as well as to the needs of the group of […]

Sonja Čotar Konrad / Mara Cotič / Darjo Felda / Jurka Lepičnik Vodopivec / Milena Valenčič Zuljan / Amalija Žakelj / Tina Štemberger

Classroom Climate: Student and Teacher Perceptions

Studien zur Schulpädagogik

The scientific monograph entitled Classroom Climate: Student and Teacher Perceptions comprises the theoretical and empirical sections.

The theoretical section focuses on the justification of the school’s role of a place that encourages the development of the student’s potentials where we aim to highlight that the teaching and learning of contents prescribed by the curriculum are coupled with other processes that are important for an individual’s […]

Janko Muršak / Petra Javrh / Jana Kalin

Community and Teacher’s Professional Development

Studien zur Berufs- und Professionsforschung

This publication deals with the various aspects of relations between community and teachers’ professional development.

First part is analysing the teachers’ profession. In modern community, teachers represent a strong professional group characterised by well defined professional rules. Professional community as well as local schools are key determinants in the process of teacher’s professional identity formation. Analysis of teacher’s professional socialisation […]

Charis-Olga Papadopoulou

Supporting student teachers’ written reflection in their practicum

An action research project

Didaktik in Forschung und Praxis

This book provides comprehensive insight into prospective teachers’ written reflection on key moments of their teaching practicum.

In the context of Greek higher education, the foreign language student teachers’ concept, planning, teaching and assessment of key moments are explored and the optimal ways in which teacher education can support them are empirically validated by means of a longitudinal pedagogical action research.

In the three cycles of […]

Maša Vidmar / Manja Veldin

Early Childhood Education and Care Teacher Education in Europe

Trends, Perspectives and Guidelines

Frühpädagogik in Forschung und Praxis

This monograph provides an in-depth and comprehensive overview of trends, perspectives and guidelines regarding early childhood education and care (ECEC) teacher education in Europe along with some other aspects of ECEC systems. By providing a sound empirical framework through comparative analysis of five European countries – Slovenia, Sweden, Spain, Cyprus and Italy – while also placing their situation in a broader European context, it fills a research gap in the field. […]

Xiaodong Zhang

Teaching Writing Through Teachers᾽ Self-Directed Development

A Representative Qualitative Case Study in China – Challenges and Promises

LINGUA – Fremdsprachenunterricht in Forschung und Praxis

It is typical for teachers to experience a lack of effective professional development at the institutional level. In this context, the practice that teachers have gained from their professional development may also insufficiently meet students’ needs.

For example, in the context of English as a foreign language (EFL) writing instruction within Chinese universities, pre-service and in-service education seem to focus on the instruction of writing at the level of […]

Marta Licardo / Alenka Lipovec (eds.)

Artificial Intelligence Literacy and Social-Emotional Skills as Transversal Competencies in Education

EUB. Erziehung – Unterricht – Bildung

The SETCOM Monograph is a significant scholarly work that explores the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy and social-emotional (SE) skills within the educational context. This collection of scientific papers delves deeply into how AI and SE skills, as transversal competencies, can be developed and integrated into educational frameworks.

The monograph is based on empirical studies conducted using the scientific method of pedagogical research, […]

Chunwen Hao

Teacher Education in Primary and Secondary Schools (6–18-Year-Old Students)

A Comparative Study Between China and Germany

Studien zur Schulpädagogik

Although the physical distance between China and Germany is large, the continual strengthening of ties between the two countries as well as widespread use of modern technology has allowed the two countries to not only cooperate in a political, economical, and cultural sense, but also educationally.

Both China and Germany attach great importance to improving the quality of education and training given to their teachers within the education reform. Both countries […]

Tina Štemberger / Majda Cencic

The Importance of Creativity and Creative Teaching

Studien zur Schulpädagogik

Creativity is important for individuals and for societies, it is essential for progress and culture of every civilisation. Creativity in education has become the subject of many researches in 1990s, or as outlined by Gibson, it has become the current icon in education.

However, researchers agree creativity is an ambivalent and ambiguous concept and there is no generally accepted definition about what creativity is. The problems of definitions lie in its […]