The inclusion of social, emotional, and intercultural competences (SEI) in academic contexts has been supported by international organizations, such as the European Union, the United Nations, and the OECD, since the early 2000s. However, little information is yet available regarding the assessment of these competences. This paper shares the findings of a systematic literature review that produced an inventory of existing tools for the assessment of SEI competences of students and school staff. This is the first time assessment tools for these three competences have been concurrently reviewed. An interdisciplinary and international research team conducted this systematic literature review in the databases of ERIC, PsycInfo, PSYNDEX, Scopus, and Web of Science. Out of 13,963 articles, 149 assessment tools were examined and processed. In addition to the instrument analysis and a detailed description of the procedure, this article shows the basic theoretical concepts, as well as the limitations, of such a review. It was found that 1) the majority of the discovered instruments rely on self-reported survey and inventory data, 2) of the three competences, intercultural competence had the fewest relevant instruments, and 3) very few tools have been created to assess all three competences together. From this review, it is apparent that a wider variety of assessment tools (other than self-reports), as well as more comprehensive tools (e.g. qualitative analysis of vignettes) for the assessment of all three SEI competences, should be developed to meet international demand. The results of the literature review are available and freely accessible in the form of an assessment catalogue.

Practical teacher training has gained even greater importance in undergraduate teacher education programs since the reform of the curriculum based on the Bologna Process, even though practical teacher training has been historically strongly incorporated into these programs in Slovenia in a somewhat fragmentary manner. To gain insight into the quality and integrity of practical teacher training from the students' perspective research on students' perception about practical teacher training was conducted. This paper presents the results of the research on student satisfaction with practical teacher training including the analysis of the possible changes required. The paper also presents the differences between certain teacher practice formspreformed in the process of practical teacher training and the differences among several aspects concerning teaching practice at the faculty and at the school level. Based on the analyses of the acquired data the segments that are prospective for defragmenting the faculty and school mentors' efforts for improvement of teaching practice are outlined.

The aim of the presented study was to conduct an analysis of TIMSS 2003 database and to determine how negative school factors, such as aggression, are associated to the mathematical and science achievement of students. The analyses were conducted separately for national and international data. National analyses for Slovenia show significant associations between math and science achievement and the experience of aggressive behavior. Students who experienced aggressive behavior scored lower in math and science, both in the 4 th and 8 th grade. The results of the regression analysis show that negative factors, such as aggressive behavior, are good predictors of educational achievement in Slovenia. International analyses for the selected countries (high and low achieving countries from the whole TIMSS population) confirm that this type of finding is culturally impartial as well as valid for the level of achievement both in math and science.

Na ravni visokošolskega izobraževanja se raziskovalci in razvijalci sodobnih praks vse bolj osredotočajo na učenje in poučevanje, ki je osredinjeno na študente. Študente se tako postavlja v vlogo aktivnih udeležencev izobraževalnega procesa, udeležencev, ki lahko sooblikujejo ta izobraževalni proces in prevzemajo polno odgovornost za svoje lastne dosežke in poti, ki jih izbirajo. Pri tem so ključni dejavnik visokošolski učitelji in njihove kompetence, saj morajo oblikovati inovativna učna okolja na način, ki spodbuja in omogoča študentom sprejemati odgovorne odločitve v zvezi z lastnim izobraževalnim procesom. Znanstvena monografija Učenje in poučevanje v visokem šolstvu: spoznanja in izzivi vključuje različne sodobne poglede na to tematiko, tako iz pedagoškega in didaktičnega kakor tudi iz psihološkega zornega kota. Monografija je sestavljena iz uvodnika, ki predstavi vsebino le-te in prispevke medsebojno poveže, ter osmih poglavij z raznoliko, a med seboj pomembno povezano vsebino, ki se smiselno dopolnjuje in nadgrajuje.