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Writing and creating stories as a way of coping with difficult life experiences
Get PDFIn my thesis I was researching the social phenomena of writing and publishing books on the topic of going through difficult and challenging life experiences. This kind of literature is becoming increasingly popular, even by authors who are not professional writers. My main research question was, how writing and making stories is affecting mental states of people. I was conducting half structured interviews with three Slovenian authors of published books about coping with difficult life experiences. I was intending to gain a better introspect into how mechanisms of writing and story making affect mental health. These introspections are contributing to a better understanding of writing, as a medium of expressive arts therapy, that is accessible, due to its relative simplicity and availability, to the wide population of people
Challenges and self-advocacy of students with special needs at University of Ljubljana
Get PDFInclusion makes higher education accessible to people with special needs. This has increased the number of students who need additional accommodations to be successful in their studies. However, the transition to higher education presents various challenges for students with special needs. To overcome these challenges students themselves must find support. Students' self-advocacy skills, which include knowledge about their disability, their rights, and effective communication about their needs, play an important role in overcoming these challenges. Research has shown that self-advocacy skills determine the academic success of students with special needs and, later, their success in the workplace.
The purpose of the study is to identify academic challenges students face at Slovenian universities, how well they know their special needs and possible support and the role of self-advocacy in overcoming academic challenges, seeking help and support at university and, academic performance. We were also interested in how the challenges of students with special needs differ by gender, academic year and course of study, period of status attainment, and academic achievement. Consequently, we were also interested in what support (if any) students with special needs need to overcome their challenges in higher education.
The study used a descriptive and causal non-experimental research method and a quantitative and qualitative research approach. The purposive sample included students at the University of Ljubljana with the status of students with special needs in the academic year 2021/22. A total of 123 students participated and completed the questionnaire, which represents about a quarter of all students with special needs at the University of Ljubljana.
The results of the study show that students with special needs face certain challenges in their studies. The main challenges they face are difficulties resulting from their disability, disclosure of their disability, communication with professors about adjustments, monitoring the study process, and stigmatisation. There were also statistically significant differences in specific challenges by gender, year and course of study, type of special needs, status in primary school and average grade in studies. We also found that students frequently experienced unpleasant feelings of stress, anxiety, fear, low self-esteem, and dissatisfaction. Students also reported that their special needs influenced their choice of study. Students are well aware of their own special needs, but have greater difficulty disclosing their special needs, communicating with professors and providing accommodations.
It was also found that students do not use the support services available at the University of Ljubljana. However, more than half of the participating students would like additional support in their studies, especially in terms of understanding their special needs, counselling and mentoring
Teachers' perceptions of the influence of assertiveness and empathy on the academic achievement of special needs students
Get PDFSocial skills are important for individuals to cope effectively with social situations, to integrate socially and to maintain a good quality of life. Special needs students often face specific deficits which can cause or exacerbate difficulties in their social skills.
The main aim of the master's thesis was to investigate what, according to teachers of integrated primary and lower secondary education, are the social skills of special needs students. The main focus of the research was on assertiveness and empathy. The aim was also to investigate what impact teachers think assertiveness and empathy have on the academic performance of special needs students. The research used descriptive and causal non-experimental empirical research methods and a quantitative research approach. We used an opportunity sampling method. 47 teachers who work in public basic schools participated in the study.
The results show that there are no statistically significant differences between teachers of integrated primary and lower secondary education in assessing the impact of assertiveness and empathy of special needs students on the latter’s academic achievements. Similarly, no statistically significant differences were found in teachers' ratings of the impact of assertiveness and empathy on academic achievements when the ratings were sorted according to the teacher's years of experience. No statistically significant differences were found in the teacher's assessment of the impact of assertiveness and empathy on the academic achievements of special needs students when the assessments were sorted by special needs groups into which the selected students were classified. It was found that the participating teachers attributed a slightly higher impact to empathy than to assertiveness in regard to the academic achievements of special needs students
Positive and negative space in a collage
Get PDFIn my diploma thesis, I research the similarities and differences between positive and negative space within the collage technique, and their co-influence. I begin my research with theoretical analysis and literature study. The theoretical part leans on researching the problem from theoretical concepts of fine art theory and on the writings of the authors Milan Butina, Anton Trstenjak, and Asja Nina Kovačev on the psychology and language of colors. By researching the works of the artist Henri Matisse and focusing on his collages, specifically the Cut-outs series, I look into how Matisse's collages work, what his technique of creation was and the effect of his work. I compare the works of the artist Henri Matisse with the creations of the artist Henri Michaux, who also dealt with the theme of movement, as well as using the ink on paper technique to draw.Through the empirical part of the thesis, I support the theoretical findings with my own practical work by creating collages on the topic of movement, in which I take into account the described art-theoretical concepts. At the same time the works are used as illustrations in an ongoing project of creating a manual for movement exercises in schools, for children and young adults
Organisational culture in public university : a case study in Kosovo
Get PDFIn recent decades, there has been a significant increase in research that
focuses on organisational culture as an important construct that can
support or hinder the implementation of changes in higher education.
In developing countries of Europe, limited studies are assessing organisational
culture and its alignment with planned changes in higher education
institutions. Hence, the objective of this research was to identify
the dominant organisational culture types in higher education and understand
how the planned changes are aligned with the dominant cultures.
The research was conducted in a large public university in Kosovo.
The Competing Values Framework was used to assess the organisational
culture. The study adopted a quantitative research approach. The sample
consisted of 102 academic staff from a population of approximately 960.
The data were collected using a standardised instrument (The Organisational
Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI)) to identify the dominant
organisational culture based on four organisational culture types:
clan, hierarchy, adhocracy, and market. The data related to the planned
changes of the university were collected through document analysis. The
research identified hierarchy and market cultures as the dominant cultures.
The results also show that the dominant organisational cultures
militate against the main planned changes. The findings confirm the relevance
of the Competing Values Framework in assessing the organisational
culture in higher education institutions and provide direction to
academic leaders about how they can align their planned changes with
the organisational culture to achieve better outcomes
Lilavati: študijsko gradivo: zgodovina matematike
Get PDFPričujoči prispevek o Lilavati se večinoma opira
na knjigo z naslovom Lılavatı of Bhaskaracarya:
A Treatise of Mathematics of Vedic Tradition, ki
so jo iz sanskrta prevedli in komentirali Krishnaji Shankara Patwardhan, Somashekara Amrita
Naimpally in Shyam Lal Singh. Izšla je kot tretja
izdaja pri založbi Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
Private Limited v indijskem Delhiju leta 2014
Nina Novak, Katarina Dolgan, Vesna Vršič, Katarina Podbornik, Jelka Bojc, Nina Pihler. Pouk na prostem : priročnik za učiteljice in učitelje na razredni stopnji. Zavod Republike Slovenije za šolstvo, Ljubljana, 2022
No full textPomladi leta 2022 je pri založbi Zavoda RS za
šolstvo izšel priročnik za učitelje razrednega pouka,
ki bo, upajmo, spodbudil vse učitelje razrednega
pouka, da bodo pogosteje in bolj sistematično
organizirali pouk na prostem. Res je že skrajni čas,
da bi tudi v slovenskih osnovnih šolah lahko vsak
dan ob dopoldnevih videli učence, ki niso zaprti v
učilnice, med štiri stene, ampak na šolskih igriščih in/
ali v okolici šole nekaj iščejo, pišejo, rišejo, poslušajo,
ustvarjajo …, se nekam odpravljajo ali pa se le prosto
igrajo (ne le med podaljšanim bivanjem)
Barbara Bajd: Spoznajmo mehkužce. Ljubljana: Hart, 2022
No full textPred kratkim je v bogati zbirki preprostih določevalnih
ključev in zaključenih poglavij s področja biologije
in naravoslovja izšla knjiga Spoznajmo mehkužce. V
njej je na razgiban, a sistematičen način predstavljeno
deblo (lat. philum) mehkužcev (lat. mollusca) iz kraljestva
živali. Vsebine so prilagojene mlajšim bralcem
in tako primerne tudi oz. predvsem za učence osnovne
šole. Temu sledita tudi jezik in slog. Izdajo odlikuje
bogato slikovno gradivo, ki ilustrira in dopolnjuje besedilo,
ki je prav tako močno razčlenjeno na posamezne
vsebinske sklope. Vključene so tudi zanimivosti iz
sveta etnologije in kulture, ki se navezujejo na obravnavano
živalsko skupino
Teacher competences for teaching English as a foreign language in the first educational cycle of primary education
Get PDFForeign language teaching in the Slovenian educational context begins in the first grade (age 6). Many studies report a
lack of qualified teachers at this stage of learning around the world and numerous authors emphasise the misconception that basic
linguistic and didactic knowledge of teachers is sufficient for teaching children. All three Slovenian public universities are aware of
this problem and offer pre-service and in-service programmes for (student) teachers who want to specialise in teaching English to
young learners. In the present article, we focus on the subject-specific teacher competences for teaching English in the first three
years of primary education; namely, linguistic, subject didactic and intercultural competences. We explore teachers’ self-assessment
of these competences and their perception of certain elements pertaining to them. The study seeks to answer the following research
questions: (1) What subject-specific competences do teachers consider essential for teaching English in the first cycle of primary
education? (2) To what extent do teachers believe they have developed certain subject-specific competences? (3) What are teachers’
attitudes toward certain subject-specific competences that the teacher needs for teaching English in the first cycle of primary
education? The results of the quantitative survey, in which 100 teachers participated, show that teachers perceive their subject
didactic competence to be the most developed and their intercultural competence to be the least developed. Moreover, they
consider that a basic level of English is not sufficient for teaching English in the first grades
Adolescent women and abortion
Get PDFThe aim of the master's thesis was to examine how adolescent girls experience unwanted pregnancy and abortion. The thesis inquired into how an artificial termination of pregnancy affects adolescent girls; whether the effects are greater in those who have terminated a pregnancy more than once; what their living conditions were; what kind of support and help they received, and what kind they feel they needed.
The theoretical section discusses the position of women through time, the declarations of women's rights, the legalization of abortion, pregnancy termination methods, and the psychosocial effects of abortion. It also focuses on the period of adolescence, sexual maturity, and sex education in Slovenia. The empirical section consists of a qualitative study conducted by means of semi-structured interviews. The sample included six adolescent girls who had at least one experience with artificially terminating a healthy pregnancy. Through six interviews I examined the reasons behind the girls' decisions to artificially terminate the pregnancy, and the consequences of these decisions; I also analysed what form of help the girls would need from the professional staff that deals with adolescents and their diverse problems. The purpose of the master's thesis is to provide an in-depth insight into how adolescent girls experience unwanted pregnancies and how to work on prevention