Challenges of initial teacher education in the context of higher education reform in Serbia

Abstract

in the last few decades, many European countries have introduced changes in the regulation of education and higher education systems, accepting the provisions of the Bologna declaration. The purpose of this declaration is to create a single European Higher Education area with comparable and compatible academic standards and quality assurance standards across Europe. Serbia subscribed to these changes in 2003 reforming its higher education system in accordance with the declarations. Study modules have been reformed with the aim of achieving higher quality and more applied knowledge of students. The changes that have taken place have been reflected in the fundamental goal of an initial teacher education to create quality graduate teachers who are able to ensure high quality learning outcomes for all the children and young people with whom they work. The aim of this paper is to examine the effects and the challengies of initial teacher education in the context of higher education reform in Serbia. The changes that have occurred need to be seen from three angles: the initial education being implemented in several faculties within the six state universities; professional teacher training and self-evaluation and quality management of the teaching process. in the Republic of Serbia initial teacher education is realized in several forms. The primary form of initial teacher education is carried out at teaching faculties while the secondary form of initial teacher education is through the training of teachers, which is regulated by law. Some of the difficulties faced by initial teacher education programs are: the competitiveness of teaching careers with other careers that are better paid. The results in a lower student response, but also affects the funding of the teaching faculty itself. taking into account the importance of education and its impact on society, it is necessary to monitor changes in the field of teacher education continuously and systematically in order to find ways to overcome various challenges and difficulties.

Relationship between achievement in physics and mathematics and family functioning

“…The results obtained by this research confirm the problems in the family functioning of families with more children, which is reflected in the form of family disunity, but despite aggravating factors, these students achieve the same results in mathematics and physics as their peers from smaller families. This emphasizes the importance of proper preparation of future teachers and the need to provide support to teachers in their work [27] to adequately respond to work with such children and encourage them to adequately respond to work with such children their proper cognitive development. Also, the results show that the largest number of parents of respondents lives in marriage, while the least of them live in an extramarital union.…”

Analysis of Initial Teacher Training for the European Area: A Key Instrument of Social Transformation

“…It is necessary to research making a balance, from a social perspective, about the process of implanting the European space in higher education in the Spanish context. This allows for the establishment of indicator maps that reflect the difficulties detected by students in this process (Radulovíc et al, 2019). As Zabalza (2016) points out, the process of European convergence has meant a modification in the conception of teaching in higher education.…”

“…This constitutes the basis of education, as it represents the initial phase for the development of the future citizens of our society (Lüdke & Scott, 2018). Therefore, and taking into account the duty of the university institution to guarantee the quality of education, it is necessary to continuously and systematically evaluate the changes proposed in this teacher training process; the aim is to detect possible difficulties that may be encountered by each of the agents involved (Radulovíc, Gajic, Spanovic, & Lungulov, 2019) and, as a consequence, to establish a protocol for improvement.…”

A Cross-Country Comparison of Students’ Graphs Understanding and Perceived Mental Effort

“…In the Republic of Serbia, compulsory primary education consists of two cycles and lasts eight years [18]. Children start at the age of 6-7 years.…”