Recenzija: red. prof. dr. Edvard Protner (Univerza v Mariboru, Filozofska fakulteta) in izr. prof. dr. Marija Javornik Krečič (Univerza v Mariboru, Filozofska fakulteta).

The modern way of life, which is characterized by insufficient movement, most often leads to poor posture. Children and young people exercise less and less and spend more and more time in passive sitting and lying positions. Such habits take them away from their natural needs for movement (hypokinesis) and significantly reduce most of their physical and functional abilities. The question is why do so many children sit with such poor posture? Habit is one of the main reasons, but not the only factor of poor posture when sitting. The article especially discusses the environment factors that may indicate the causes of improper posture, and occur during school: several hours of sitting in school desks, a large number of classes, short breaks, dysfunctional and inadequate classroom furniture, insufficient lighting of the work surface, heavy school bags and improper way of carrying one. Due to the influence of various factors: family, preschools, schools, and others in the formation of proper posture, it is necessary to create a system of preventative measures from an early age, which includes educating children. Prevention not only affects school success but also changes the attitude towards oneself, peers, and other people, which contributes to the development of positive traits and characteristics of the person and their successful socialization.

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Introducing basic mathematical concepts is often seen as a challenge for preschool teachers but with the improvement of multimedia technologies, potential difficulties can be overcome and the quality of educational activities can be significantly improved. In that sense, the availability of a non-commercial, dynamic, open-source mathematical software package – GeoGebra can encourage preschool teachers to explore a wide range of mathematical concepts with children through an integrated approach to learning. This paper presents the procedure of creating a dynamic illustration in GeoGebra as a tool in the process of developing the mathematical concept of the cardinality of a set in children. The case study was conducted in the preschool institution “Svitac” in Sremska Kamenica. Anecdotal records showed that introducing carefully designed application games (activities in GeoGebra), with an emphasis on analyzing, concluding, creative and critical thinking, to 4-6 year-olds represents an effective way to learn new concepts about the number and properties of the elements of a set.

The goal of this paper is to present the most important issues with respect to violence prevention in preschool institution. The role of humanistioriented padagogy is to find, through preventive programmes, appropriate and timely responses to the occurrence of violence against children and among children. The question is: "How come some children, despite numerous negative factors making their life in the community difficult, still do not "go astay" and how can these skills be learnt?". The author embraces the model of resilience as a dynamic interaction between certain bio-psycho-social characteristics of an individual and broader social context. Greater efficiency of prevention programmes would be achieved if protection factors were perceived in interaction with risk factors. We can conclude that prevention programmes should be based on multidisciplinary approach and cooperation of experts from different systems.