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This article examines participation in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in Kosovo based on a recent survey and administrative data. Kosovo's ECEC policy aims to provide education and care for children aged 0 to 6 through an approach consisting of highly targeted public services for more vulnerable social groups, while expecting the rest to rely on the market or the family. It also provides a universal, public (2.5 hours a day) school preparatory programme for children aged 5-6 years. Availability of ECEC services has been rising, but remains well below the levels of the countries in the region. New services are increasingly coming through a market-based provision which leaves large social groups such as low-income families, rural families, parents with lower educational status and other socio-economically disadvantaged parents worse off. Since ECEC is considered highly relevant for children's personal development and success in school, as well as for female participation in the labour market, the findings suggest that the current policy contributes towards cementing and furthering social and gender inequalities in the long run. In the absence of more comprehensive public services and other supportive family policy measures, Kosovo maintains a strong implicit familialistic policy with a weak potential to contribute to women's employment. ; Rad analizira participaciju u ranom i predškolskom odgoju i obrazovanju (Early Childhood Education and Care – ECEC) na Kosovu na temelju nedavnog istraživanja i administrativnih podataka. Politika ranog i predškolskog odgoja i obrazovanja na Kosovu nastoji osigurati odgoj i obrazovanje za djecu u dobi od 0-6 godina pristupom koji sadrži izrazito ciljane javne usluge za ranjivije socijalne grupe, te očekuje da se ostali oslanjaju na tržište ili na obitelj. Osiguran je opći i javni predškolski program za djecu u dobi od 5-6 godina u (2,5 sata dnevno). Dostupnost usluga ranog i predškolskog odgoja i obrazovanja se povećava, no i dalje ostaje znatno ispod razina drugih zemalja u regiji. Nove usluge sve su u većem broju tržišne zbog čega su velike socijalne skupine, poput obitelji s niskim primanjima, ruralnih obitelji, roditelja s niskim obrazovnim statusom i drugih roditelja nižeg socio-ekonomskog statusa, u još nepovoljnijem položaju. Kako se rani i predškolski odgoj i obrazovanje smatraju izuzetno bitnim za osobni razvoj djeteta i uspjeh u školi, kao i za sudjelovanje žena na tržištu rada, rezultati pokazuju da sadašnja politika doprinosi jačanju i produbljivanju socijalnih i rodnih nejednakosti u dugoročnom pogledu. U izostanku sveobuhvatnijih javnih usluga i drugih mjera za podršku obiteljima, Kosovo održava snažnu implicitnu familijalističku politiku sa slabim potencijalom da pridonese zapošljavanju žena.

Povijesna izmjena pedagoških ideja i usmjerenja koja ih utemeljuju pokazuju upućenost pedagogije prema općim tijekovima društvenog razvoja. Svako povijesno razdoblje stvara interpretativan okvir odgoja djece. Tumačenja odgojno-obrazovnih koncepata zavisna su od političko-ekonomsko-gospodarskog konteksta življenja zajednice, opće filozofije koja se društveno zagovara i značajki razvoja raznih znanstvenih disciplina. Uvažavajući društveni kontekst, pedagoška paradigma konceptualizira se stvarajući autentične znanstvene spoznaje i prihvaćajući saznanja komplementarnih znanosti. Radom se razmatraju sličnosti i razlike tradicionalne i suvremene pedagoške paradigme vezane uz kontekst ranog i predškolskog odgoja. Također se izdvajaju znanstvene pretpostavke, polazišta i istraživanja disciplina s kojima suvremena odgojno-obrazovna paradigma dijeli isti predmet interesa, a pomoću kojih osmišljava i na temelju kojih zastupa svoj odgojno-obrazovni pristup. Problematizira se način implementacije suvremenih odgojno-obrazovnih koncepata u praksu ranog i predškolskog odgoja i obrazovanja. Kroz prethodno navedena težišta promatra se na koji način suvremeni pedagoški koncept zastupa svoj autentičan pristup i u kojoj mjeri njegovi principi odmiču, a koliko se nastavljaju na prevladane pedagoške prakse. ; Historical changes in pedagogical ideas and orientations that underpin them show that pedagogy orientates towards the general course of social development. Each historical period creates an interpretative framework for children upbringing. Interpretations of educational concepts depend on the political-economic context of community life, general philosophy advocated by society, and the characteristics of development of various scientific disciplines. Taking into account the social context, pedagogical paradigm is conceptualized by creating authentic scientific knowledge and accepting the knowledge of complementary sciences. This paper discusses similarities and differences between traditional and contemporary pedagogical paradigms in relation to the context of early and preschool education. It also highlights scientific assumptions, starting points and studies of the disciplines with which the contemporary educational paradigm shares the same subject of interest, and through which it conceives and underpins its educational approach. It also problematizes introduction of contemporary educational concepts into practice of early and preschool education. The aforementioned allows focusing on the way in which contemporary pedagogical concept represents its authentic approach, how its principles depart, and in what way they continue on pre-established pedagogical practices.

Sudjelovanje u ranom i predškolskom odgoju i obrazovanju (RPOO) donosi mnogobrojne potencijalne prednosti pojedincu, ali i društvu u cjelini. U posljednjem je desetljeću potražnja za uslugama RPOO-a porasla (zemlje OECD-a). Glavni izazovi s kojima se donositelji obrazovnih politika europskih zemalja trenutačno suočavaju su pristup i kvaliteta usluga RPOO-a. Kvaliteta odgajatelja jedan je od važnijih čimbenika kvalitete RPOO-a. Stoga su autorice provele primarno i sekundarno istraživanje kvalitete odgajatelja kao značajnog čimbenika kvalitete hrvatskoga sustava RPOO-a. Kvaliteta odgajatelja mjerena je pomoću strukturnih pokazatelja kvalitete i to na dvjema razinama toga sustava (međunarodna/nacionalna razina i razina dječjeg vrtića). Istraživanje je među ostalim rezultiralo preporukama za unaprjeđenje kvalitete odgajatelja, od kojih mogu imati koristi svi dionici hrvatskoga RPOO-a. ; Participation in early and preschool education and schooling (EPES) brings numerous potential benefits to the individual, but also to society as a whole. In the last decade, the demand for EPES services has increased (OECD countries). The main challenges that the education policy makers in European countries are currently facing are the access and quality of EPES services. The quality of educators is one of the most important factors in the quality of EPES. Therefore, the authors conducted a primary and secondary research on the quality of educators as a significant factor in the quality of the Croatian EPES system. The quality of educators was measured using structural quality indicators at two levels of the system (international/national level and kindergarten level). Among other things, the research resulted in recommendations for improving the quality of educators, from which all stakeholders in the Croatian EPES can benefit.

Entrepreneurship cultivation and education is an omnipresent and unavoidable educational concept in the educational systems of European countries. The formation, development and the rise of this concept are closely related to modern development trends of European educational policies. Education for entrepreneurship is determined by the social and educational values of entrepreneurship and its placement among the fundamental prerequisites for the achievement of lifelong learning. It has been noted that there is insufficient theoretical foundation of this concept in the science of pedagogy. One consequence of this situation is the evaluation of entrepreneurship education as pedagogically irrelevant. Entrepreneurship, in the educational context, is often referred to as an area of paradoxes because of the characteristics that are constantly balancing on a continuum from neo-liberal to emancipatory interpretations. The aim of this work is to segregate possible valuable and targeted controversies by way of conceptual-theoretical analysis of entrepreneurship education, and to consider its emancipatory and affirmative value in the process of education. The results of the analysis will contribute to the understanding of the complexity of what education for entrepreneurship is or what it could become if we do not approach education policy trends critically. ; U obrazovnim sustavima europskih zemalja odgoj i obrazovanje za poduzetništvo sveprisutan je i nezaobilazan odgojno-obrazovni koncept. Nastanak, razvoj i uspon tog koncepta u tijesnoj su vezi sa suvremenim razvojnim trendovima europske obrazovne politike. Odgoj i obrazovanje za poduzetništvo određeno je društvenom i odgojnom vrijednosti poduzetništva, zatim svrstavanjem među temeljne preduvjete za ostvarivanje cjeloživotnog učenja. U pedagogijskoj znanosti uočava se nedostatna teorijska utemeljenost tog koncepta. Jedna od posljedica takvog stanja je vrednovanje odgoja i obrazovanja za poduzetništvo kao pedagogijski irelevantnoga. Poduzetništvo, u odgojno-obrazovnom kontekstu, često se naziva područjem paradoksa zbog obilježja koja neprestano balansiraju na kontinuumu od neoliberalnih do emancipacijskih interpretacija. Cilj ovog rada je konceptualno-teorijskom analizom odgoja i obrazovanja za poduzetništvo, izdvojiti moguće vrijednosne i ciljne prijepore te razmotriti njegovu emancipacijsku i afirmativnu vrijednost u procesu odgoja i obrazovanja. Rezultati provedene analize doprinose razumijevanju kompleksnosti onoga što je odgoj i obrazovanje za poduzetništvo ili što bi mogao postati ako nekritički pristupamo trendovima obrazovne politike.

New challenges that welfare states cope with brought to changed priorities in the area of social policies and the growing promotion of the dual-breadwinner model in European countries. As patterns of behaviour of men and women in the labour market are not just a reflection of the economic situation, the cultural context and individual beliefs, but also of the existing institutional arrangements in the area of social policies, work-family policies are becoming increasingly important and the area of growing intervention in many countries. Variations in work-family policies and economic activity, and the characteristics of the employment of parents in European countries bring the issue of their effect on the outcomes of parents at the labour market in the focus of interest of political and scientific debates, and efforts have been particularly made to answer the question which schemes of work-family policies really contribute to larger employment rates of parents and their better outcomes at the labour market, which is the central question of this paper as well. After a brief insight into the position of parents at the labour market in EU countries, particularly focusing on the gender differences and the differences between parents and childless individuals, the paper presents a detailed review of the results of the research dealing with the effects of different institutional context, i.e. work-family policies, on the outcomes of the parents at the labour market. The final part of the paper contains a brief discussion about the implications of the presented results of comparative studies on the situation and the development of measures in the area of work-family policies in Croatia, which clearly indicate the need for reforms. ; Novi izazovi s kojima se nose socijalne države doveli su do promijenjenih prioriteta na području socijalnih politika te rastuće promocije modela dvostrukog hranitelja u europskim zemljama. Kako obrasci ponašanja muškaraca i žena na tržištu rada nisu tek odraz ekonomske situacije te kulturnog konteksta i individualnih uvjerenja, već i postojećih institucionalnih uređenja na području socijalnih politika, upravo politike usklađivanja obiteljskih obaveza i plaćenog rada postaju višestruko važne te područje rastuće intervencije u mnogim zemljama. Varijacije u politikama usklađivanja i ekonomskoj aktivnosti te obilježjima zaposlenosti roditelja u europskim zemljama dovode pitanje njihova učinka na ishode roditelja na tržištu rada u središte interesa javnopolitičkih i znanstvenih rasprava, a posebice se pokušava dati odgovor na pitanje kakve sheme politika usklađivanja obiteljskih obaveza i plaćenog rada stvarno i doprinose većim stopama zaposlenosti roditelja i njihovim boljim ishodima na tržištu rada, što je središnje pitanje i ovog rada. Nakon kratkog uvida u položaj roditelja na tržištu rada u zemljama EU-a, posebice se fokusirajući na rodne razlike te razlike između roditelja i pojedinaca bez djece, daje se detaljan pregled rezultata istraživanja koja su se bavila djelovanjem različitog institucionalnog konteksta, odnosno politika usklađivanja obiteljskih obaveza i plaćenog rada, na ishode roditelja na tržištu rada. U zaključnom se dijelu kratko raspravljaju implikacije prikazanih rezultata komparativnih studija za stanje i razvoj mjera na području politika usklađivanja obiteljskih obaveza i plaćenog rada u Hrvatskoj, a koje jasno ukazuju na nužnost reformi.

In this paper, the author argues that political education is indispensable to democracy & dependent on models of democracy. In analysing normative models of democracy, his focus is on the process of creating political will because it is during this process where the role of citizens themselves becomes prominent. The analysis has demonstrated that there are various ways in which citizens can become engaged in the process of creating political will, & that these various ways in fact determine the distinctiveness of each model of democracy. The author shows that strategic political action, as instrumental political action, is characteristic of the classical liberal model, whilst value-rational, ethically laden, action is characteristic of the classical republican model of democracy. The problem with both these models is that the key motives for citizen political engagement -- interests in the liberal model, & the common good in the republican model -- are in a way exogenous to the political process itself. The development of the third model, the theory of deliberative democracy, seeks to overcome these exogenous qualities of interests & the common good in relation to the political process & thus reassert the role of politics in constituting interests & the common good. Thus, the deliberative model of democracy has the potential for constituting & transforming interests & conceptions of the common good. In this model, politics assumes its distinctive function of organising society, resolving conflicts & achieving consensus. In the deliberative model of democracy, political education is provided with new outlines & dimension. These are based on the premises of social cooperation & the notion of the person as capable of acting justly & participate in the public sphere for the purpose of resolving shared problems. References. Adapted from the source document.

The citizenship principle is again in vogue. Citizenship is defined by status, identity, virtues, & the ideal of social cohesion. Citizens are viewed as subjects, clients, & participants. The text describes the dilemmas about the various dimensions of citizenship. Contemporary adult education as part of lifetime education is closely linked to the citizenship principle, particularly active citizenship. In its various forms, it aids in establishing active citizenship & is altered in the process. 78 References. Adapted from the source document.

Cilj rada jest identificiranje europskih društveno-kulturnih i odgojno-obrazovnih vrijednosti koje, uz političke, društvene, kulturne, tehnološke i druge promjene u Hrvatskoj, dovode do potrebe preispitivanja i promišljanja dugoročnih i kratkoročnih odgojno-obrazovnih vrijednosti i ciljeva te do razumijevanja i interpretacije njihovih značenja. Vrijednosti su kategorizirane u tri skupine: a) metapolitičke vrijednosti, koje služe socijalnoj homogenizaciji, b) vrijednosti koje izražavaju društvene, a istodobno i odgojno-obrazovne ciljeve i c) vrijednosti koje odražavaju svojstva osobnosti ili karaktera. Autorica razmatra neke vrijednosti/ciljeve relevantne za promjene u odgojno‐obrazovnom kontekstu kao što su jednakost, kompetentnost, uspjeh, odgovornost, demokracija, tolerancija, kompromis, njihova značenja i proturječnosti. S obzirom na to da su škole temeljni nositelji promjene i procesa remoralizacije, očekuje se etička refleksija i vizualizacija odgojno-obrazovnih vrijednosti i ciljeva te (re)definiranje hijerarhije vrijednosti i ciljeva na njihovoj razini. ; The aim of this study is to identify European socio-cultural and educational values which, together with political, social, cultural, technical and other changes in Croatia, require reconsideration and deliberation of the long-term and short-term educational values and goals, as well as understanding and interpretation of their meanings. The values are categorized in three groups: a) metapolitical values serving the purpose of social homogenization, b) values expressing social and at the same time educational goals, and c) values representing the characteristics of personality and character. The author examines some of the values/goals relevant for the changes in the educational context, such as equality, competence, success, responsibility, democracy, tolerance, compromise, and their meanings and inconsistencies. Given that schools are the basic bearers of change and of the process of remoralization, the ethical reflection and visualization of educational values and goals and the (re)definition of the hierarchy of values and goals is expected on their level. ; Diese Arbeit setzt sich zum Ziel, europäische soziale, kulturelle und erzieherische Bildungswerte zu bestimmen, die zusammen mit den politischen, gesellschaftlichen, kulturellen, technologischen und sonstigen Veränderungen in Kroatien ein Umdenken und Hinterfragen von lang- und kurzfristigen Erziehungs- und Bildungswerten bzw. -zielen sowie eine Reinterpretation deren Bedeutung notwendig machten. Die Werte sind in drei Kategorien eingeteilt: a) metapolitische Werte, die der sozialen Homogenisation dienen, b) Werte, die gesellschaftliche, zugleich jedoch auch Erziehungs- und Bildungsziele ausdrücken und c) Werte, die Persönlichkeits- oder Charaktereigenschaften versinnbildlichen. Die Autorin erörtert einige Werte/Ziele, die für Veränderungen im Erziehungs- und Bildungskontext relevant sind, wie z. B. Gleichheit, Kompetenz, Erfolg, Verantwortungsgefühl, Demokratie, Toleranz, Kompromissbereitschaft, und analysiert deren Bedeutung und Widersprüchichkeit. Im Hinblick darauf, dass die Schulen Hauptträger der Veränderungen und des moralischen Erneuerungs-prozesses sind, wird eine ethische Reflexion und Visualisierung von erzieherischen Bildungswerten und -zielen sowie eine Redefinition der Werte- und Zielhierarchie auf dieser Ebene erwartet.

Participation in a technological society demands deep and critical understanding of technology and its impact on each individual, the environment and society. Achieving technological literacy has become an imperative of national policies; hence, the role of education and adequate teacher training has become vital. In recent years, research in technology education has begun incorporating studies of pre-schools, but technology education in pre-schools still remains less studied. The research focuses on technological literacy of pre-service pre-school teachers. Most of them think that technology, technology education and knowledge are very important for pre-school teachers even if they consider their aptitudes to be low. Part-time students, in comparison to full-time students, exhibit higher technological literacy and more highly assess the impact of everyday technological environment on the lives of individuals, the need for technological knowledge in the lives of modern people, the importance of technology education in kindergarten, the importance of technological knowledge for quality professional work of pre-school teachers, the importance of technology education during their study at the faculty, and their own competencies in the technological field. ; Život u društvu u kojemu tehnologija zauzima važno mjesto zahtijeva duboko i kritičko razumijevanje tehnologije i njezina utjecaja na svakog pojedinca, okolinu i društvo. Postizanje tehnološke pismenosti postao je imperativ nacionalnih politika; stoga je uloga obrazovanja, uz adekvatno osposobljavanje učitelja, iznomno važna. Posljednjih godina istraživanja u području tehnološkog obrazovanja uključuju i istraživanja vezana uz predškolski odgoj i obrazovanje, ali poučavanje tehnologije u predškolskim ustanovama još se uvijek nedovoljno istražuje. Istraživanje je usmjereno na tehnološku pismenost studenata programa predškolskog odgoja. Većina studenata smatra da su tehnologija, tehnološko obrazovanje i znanje iznimno važni za odgojitelje, iako svoje sposobnosti u navedenom području ocjenjuju niskima. Izvanredni studenti, za razliku od redovnih, pokazuju veću tehnološku pismenost i daju veću važnost utjecaju svakodnevnog tehnološkog okruženja na živote pojedinaca, potrebi za tehnološkim znanjem u životu modernog čovjeka, važnosti tehnološkog obrazovanja u predškolskim ustanovama, važnosti tehnološkog znanja za kvalitetan profesionalni rad odgojitelja, važnosti tehnološkog obrazovanja tijekom studija i svojim kompetencijama u području tehnologije.

In this paper, the author has tried to describe the relationship between Rawls's concept of the person, social cooperation, & political education. Rawls precisely links political education with the liberal political outlook & not to life in general. Hence, the importance for his theory of the notion of "reasonable pluralism" & the reasonably disagreeing conceptions of a good life. The author has tried to show that, for Rawls, it is the concept of the reasonable individual that is the goal of political education, ie, the ability of a person to adopt the fundamental principles of justice as the conditions for social cooperation, while the "burdens of judgment" are the source & the framework of fundamental political virtues (toleration, respect, reciprocity, politeness, etc) that Rawls promotes & considers important for the idea of the public reason, ie, a sort of deliberative democracy, as well as for the very existence & stability of a political system. Thus, Rawls got involved in the debate on the conception of liberal virtues & the possibility of their political socialization & education. 30 References. Adapted from the source document.

The author gives a brief review of the theory of political obligation of citizens in democracy. If democracy is a regime based on the free will of individuals (citizens), then the concept of political obligation cannot be based outside this & such freedom. Unlike rights, obligations are always social (relational, reciprocal). Because their nature is social, they have to be socialized by the processes of education: this is the process of building a political habitus in the individual identity of every person. The political responsibilities, unlike the legal ones, cannot be adopted by chance (by the processes of functional socialization), but solely by means of citizens' systematic education, as they are grounded in the freedom of choice & the nurtured civic virtues. As such, they a part of the consciously built democratic political culture of citizens, & culture must be acquired only by the processes of learning & education. A separate analysis of the relationship between the citizens' political obligations & those of the political community has been carried out since the issue here is who citizens in democracy really are responsible to. Political responsibility is not due only to authority (state, sovereign) -- as initially emphasized by the social contract theories -- but also to the other fellow citizens, & to the political community as a historical repository of our obligations & responsibilities in their entirety. Finally, the problem of political obligations from the perspective of the logic of collective action is analyzed as well as the likelihood of the existence of 'freeriders' in the achieved structure of the common good. This analysis also shows how civic education is inherent to democratic regimes. References. Adapted from the source document.