Since no empirical research regarding cultural intelligence has yet been done in Croatia, the objective of this paper is to determine the basic metric characteristics of the Cultural Intelligence Scale – CQS by Van Dyne et al. (2008), as well as the applicability in research on a sample of N=144 subjects, namely, students attending schools of foreign languages from three different countries: Croatia, Ireland and Serbia. The reliability of the scale was verified using the Cronbach alpha coefficient, while the validity was assessed by factor analysis. The results of the study show the cultural intelligence of the subjects through four factor dimensions, like in the original instrument, but with different factor loadings. Thus, the Cultural Intelligence Scale is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring cultural intelligence with the possibility of practical application on different subject samples.
: Teacher education and professional development of teachers are a crucial issue for any country, since the quality of the teaching staff is one of the main factors influencing the level of students' academic achievements. The conditions in which teachers work today are drastically different from the ones of the early 20th century, whereas the structure and organization of initial teacher education has not changed significantly. Although the course content, the duration of study, and learning and teaching strategies have changed, the main teacher training models, regardless of the differences between them, still include course content related to individual professions, course content from pedagogy and psychology, didactic and methodology training, and in-service teacher training. This paper analyses initial teacher education models with regard to the presence of the said elements and the manner in which they are distributed in the structure and organization of the study programme. On the basis of a conducted analysis, the authors conclude that there is not a single initial teacher education model which proposes a paradigm shift that would yield more successful results in comparison with other models in the preparation of teachers for work in a postmodern era. To navigate the complex social requirements, the most suitable initial teacher education model is the one which integrates different types of knowledge and skills, and produces teachers who are capable of research and reflection – a model which would allow teachers to become critical intellectuals capable of acting autonomously and competently.
In questo lavoro, entro l’ambito dell'interculturalità, si vuole off rire una panoramica delle fi nalità dell'insegnamento e dell'educazione ad una cittadinanza europea, un quadro della competenza interculturale di base necessaria alla formazione dei futuri cittadini europei, come pure una breve sintesi delle esperienze croate avviate in questi campi. Educare all’interculturalità signifi ca, innanzitutto, acquisire e comprenderne i concetti chiave, rispettare i principi dell’interculturalità, capire le conseguenze della discriminazione, dei pregiudizi e degli stereotipi, nonché permettere agli alunni l’applicazione attiva del sapere, delle abilità e della competenza interculturale, oltre a quelle generali, indispensabili in una società democratica e culturalmente pluralistica. L’educazione alla cittadinanza europea si sviluppa nel corso dell’intera esistenza del singolo individuo e si manifesta in tutte le sue sfere (lifelong e lifewide learning) attraverso la realizzazione di un'educazione formale, non formale ed informale. Il dialogo interculturale è un fattore indispensabile e di estrema importanza per una cittadinanza europea in una società fondata sui valori.
Cilj ovog rada je prikaz usporedne analize između dva kolegija koji se predaju na učiteljskim fakultetima u Danskoj i Hrvatskoj, a putem kojih se studenti osposobljavaju za poučavanje prirodnih znanosti u osnovnim školama. To su kolegiji Priroda i tehnika u Danskoj te Metodika prirode i društva u Hrvatskoj. Poučavanje prirodnih znanosti je jedan od najkompleksnijih predmeta u osnovnoj školi, a na učiteljskim fakultetima jedan od najzahtjevnijih kolegija. Provedena analiza obuhvaća karakteristike obrazovnog sustava u ovim zemljama, sadržaje kolegija i specifičnosti inicijalnog obrazovanja učitelja s posebnim osvrtom na neophodne kompetencije u poučavanju ovih predmeta u osnovnoj školi. Na temelju usporedne analize može se zaključiti da studijski program Metodike prirode i društva u Hrvatskoj nedovoljno priprema buduće učitelje za sudjelovanje u znanstvenim istraživanjima, suradnju s predstavnicima lokalne zajednice kao i za cjeloživotno učenje. Imajući na umu, da se u demokratskim društvima, koji se temelje na znanju i aktivnom sudjelovanju njihovih građana, od učitelja očekuje da razviju kod svojih učenika vještine istraživanja, komunikacije i intelektualnog razvoja tijekom života, pitanje je kako oni mogu uspješno ostvariti svoju profesionalnu zadaću, ako ih učiteljski fakulteti adekvatno ne osposobe prije ulaska u školu.Ključne riječi: metodika prirode i društva, priroda i tehnika, kompetencije učitelja 1 Ovaj rad, koji je ujedno bio i diplomski rad, nastao je na temelju boravka autorice u Danskoj u sklopu ERASMUS razmjene studenata tijekom ak. 2012./2013. godine između Učiteljskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Rijeci i VIA University College u Danskoj.
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