The aim of this paper is to gain an insight into the professional development of Croatian primary education teachers when it comes to informing about media literacy at their County Councils of Experts (CCE) from the perspective of senior advisors for primary education. Five senior advisors were interviewed, and they pointed out that media literacy has sometimes been the topic at the councils, but they consider that it should be more often discussed. The results show that Croatian teachers mostly get information about the theoretical background and present examples of good practice. There are a lot of improvements which might be carried out to encourage media literacy. The results suggest anticipating greater importance to media literacy and the recognition of its importance by the Croatian authorities. Croatian primary education teachers are poorly informed about media literacy at their CCE. These results can be a starting point for further research.   Keywords: Councils of experts, media literacy, primary teachers, senior advisors, professional development.

Biti učitelj u suvremenom društvu postaje sve izazovnije. Društvena očekivanja od učitelja konstantno rastu. Učitelji zato teže unaprjeđivanju vlastitih osobina i kompetencija. Pri tome je važno znati koje osobine ličnosti i kompetencije društvo očekuje od dobrog učitelja. Vođeni time, cilj ovog rada je cjelovito prikazati dobrog učitelja, uzimajući u obzir njegove poželjne osobine ličnosti, profesionalne kompetencije i percepciju dionika odgojno-obrazovnog procesa. Rezultati pregleda relevantne literature i dosadašnjih istraživanja ukazuju da je dobar učitelj spoj osobina ličnosti poput humanosti, mudrosti, razboritosti, upornosti i dr. te kompetencija poput ostvarivanja pozitivnih odnosa s učenicima, uspješnog upravljanja razredom, prepoznavanja važnosti motivacije i dr. Konačno, dobar je učitelj sinergija poželjnih osobina ličnosti i težnje permanentnog profesionalnog rasta. Stoga ovo istraživanje može doprinijeti praksi pri kreiranju stručnih usavršavanja i izobrazbi učitelja.

This research has been set in view of the increasing exposure of children and youth to the media and the challenges of the modern education system. The aim was to establish the existence and representation of extracurricular activities in school curricula aimed at media literacy of students in primary schools in the area of Virovitica-Podravina and Požega-Slavonia Counties in the Republic of Croatia. The data were collected by studying the documentation - analysis of 25 school curricula for the 2020/2021 school year, which are available on websites of the schools. The results are described by the descriptive method and point to the existence of extracurricular activities aimed at media literacy of students, but not in all schools. Such extracurricular activities are more represented in higher grades of primary school (5th -8th grade) and are mostly oriented toward journalism, while in lower grades (1st - 4th grade) the most frequent activities are related to Computer Science or a specific aim set within media literacy education. Finally, this research can be a starting point for other research projects for determining the causal links that led to such results and an incentive to improve educational practice in Croatian schools.

Being a teacher in contemporary society is becoming more and more challenging. Social expectations of teachers are constantly growing. Therefore, teachers strive to improve their characteristics and competencies. In that respect, it is important to know which personality traits and competencies society expects from a good teacher. Guided by that, this paper aims to comprehensively present a good teacher, considering his or her desirable personality traits, professional competencies and perceptions of participants in the educational process. The results of the review of relevant literature and previous research indicate that a good teacher shows a combination of personality traits such as humanity, wisdom, prudence, perseverance, etc. and competencies such as achieving positive relationships with students, successful classroom management, recognizing the importance of motivation and others.Finally, a good teacher is a combination of desirable personality traits and permanent professional growth. Therefore, this research can contribute to the practice of creating professional development and teacher education programs.