Department of Teacher and Preschool Teacher

DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER AND PRESCHOOL TEACHER
EDUCATION
CONTACTS:
HEAD OF THE
DEPARTMENT
VICE-HEAD OF THE
DEPARTMENT
SECRETARY
ECTS
COORDINATOR
NAME AND
TITLE
Assist. prof. Robert
Bacalja, Ph.D.
Assoc. prof. Mira
Klarin, Ph.D.
Emilija Matassi
Botunac
Maja Cindrić, M.Sc.
ADDRESS:
Obala kralja Petra Krešimira IV. 2
Zadar 23000
Croatia
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TEL./FAX E-MAIL ADDRESS
Tel.: +385 (0)23 311 480
Fax: +385 (0)23 311 540
Tel.: +385 (0)23 345 007
Fax: +385 (0)23 311 540
Tel.: +385 (0)23 345 043
Fax: +385 (0)23 311 540
Tel.: +385 (0)23 345 032
Fax: +385 (0)23 311 540
URL: http://www.unizd.hr/ucitelji-odgojitelji/Home/tabid/987/Default.aspx
ACADEMIC STAFF:
NAME
ACADEMIC
TITLE
TEL. E-MAIL ADDRESS
Robert
Bacalja
Assistant
Professor
+385 (0)23 345 035 rbacalja@unizd.hr
Mira Klarin
Associate
Professor
+385 (0)23 345 007 mklarin@unizd.hr
Ivan Zelić Full Professor +385 (0)23 345 001 ivan.zelic@unizd.hr
Josip Zanki
Assistant
Professor
+385 (0)23 345 001 zanki@josipzanki.com
Smiljana
Zrilić
Assistant
Professor
+385 (0)23 345 005 smiljana.zrilic@unizd.hr
Marija Obad College
Professor
+385 (0)23 345 008 marija.obad@unizd.hr
Diana
Nenadić-
Bilan
College
Professor
+385 (0)23 345 004 dnbilan@unizd.hr
Milena
Radovan
Senior
Lecturer
+385 (0)23 345 005 milena.radovan@unizd.hr
rbacalja@unizd.hr
mklarin@unizd.hr
ematassi@unizd.hr
strucni.odjel@unizd.hr
maja.cindric@unizd.hr
CONSULTA-
TION HOURS

Burja
Snjeţana
Habuš
Rončević
Teodora
Vigato
Predrag
Saratlija
Irena Fadić
Ivica Vigato
Karmen
Travirka
Marčina
Senior
Lecturer
Senior
Lecturer
Senior
Lecturer
Senior
Lecturer
Senior
Lecturer
Teaching
Assistant
Maja Cindrić Teaching
Assistant
Tomislav Teaching
Košta Assistant
Violeta Teaching
Valjan Vukić Assistant
Slavica Šimić Teaching
Assistant
Josip Cindrić Teaching
Assistant
Slavica
Vrsaljko
Teaching
Assistant
Marija Musa Senior
Lecturer
Katarina Teaching
Ivon Assistant
Jelena Teaching
Cetinić Assistant
Magdalena Teaching
Miočić Assistant
Tamara
Kisovar
Ivanda
Teaching
Assistant
Donata
Vidaković
Samarţija
Teaching
Assistant
+385 (0)23 345 033
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snjezana.roncevic@unizd.
hr
+385 (0)23 345 006 teodora.vigato@zadar.net
+385 (0)23 345 002 predrag.saratlija@unizd.hr
+385 (0)23 345 033 irena.fadic@unizd.hr
+385 (0)23 345 032 ivica.vigato@zadar.net
+385 (0)23 345 001 karmen.marcina@unizd.hr
+385 (0)23 345 032 maja.cindric@unizd.hr
+385 (0)23 345 032
tomislav-k@vip.hr
violeta.valjan.vukic@zd.tcom.hr
+385 (0)23 345 009 ssimic@unizd.hr
+385 (0)23 345 005 jcindric@unizd.hr
+385 (0)23 345 047 slavicav@unizd.hr
+385 (0)23 345 009
+385 (0)23 345 047 katarina.ivon@zd.t-com.hr
+385 (0)23 345 002 jcetinic@unizd.hr
+385 (0)23 345 008 mamiocic@unizd.hr
+385 (0)23 345 047 tivanda@unizd.hr
+385 (0)23 345 002 dovida@unizd.hr
ABOUT US:
Department staff includes 28 employees – one full professor, one associate professor,
three assistant professors, two college professors, seven senior lecturers, one lecturer, eleven
assistants, and a department secretary. Five teachers have PhD titles, and six are to get their
PhD during 2011.

There is a proposal for introducing joint postgraduate doctoral study in the field of
education. There is also a proposal for university study of preschool teacher education and
specialized study for preschool teacher education.
The Department (former Teacher College in Zadar) realized several programs that
promoted the town of Zadar and the homeland. We have organized six scientific and
professional conferences (Live Heritage in 2002, Childhood, Development and Education in
2003, Child, Educator and Teacher in 2004, Toward New Curriculum in Education in 2005,
Teachers and Educators in View of New Study Programs in 2006, Perspectives of Life-Long
Learning for Teachers and Preschool Teachers in 2008). The proceedings of the first
conference were titled Live Heritage, and of the second conference were titled Childhood,
Development and Education. In 2004, the proceedings of the third conference titled Child,
Educator and Teacher were published, and the proceedings Toward New Curriculum in
Education were published in 2007. The last proceedings, Perspectives of Life-Long Learning
for Teachers and Preschool Teachers, were published in 2008. In the last eight years the
teachers have participated at numerous international and domestic scientific and professional
conferences related to their field of study. In 2001, the first volume of scientific journal titled
Proceedings of Teacher College was published. The journal was later renamed into
Proceedings of the Department of Teacher and Preschool Teacher Education of the
University of Zadar, and in 2006 it was renamed for the second time into Magistra Iadertina,
which was in accordance with the publishing policy of the University. The journal went
through professional evaluation carried out by the Publishing Committee of the Ministry of
Science, Education and Sports in 2006. Currently, we are publishing the tenth volume of the
journal (volume for 2010).
The Department also realized four artistic projects under the joint title Return to
Heritage. Those projects were: Return to Heritage, Nin-Zadar, 2007, Island as Utopia, Zadar,
2008, Image as Hermetic Icon of the New Age, Zadar, 2009, and Jacopo Tintoretto, 2010.
Important authors of modern art, music and dance participated in those projects, including:
Klaus Metting (Germany), Magnus Molfett (Sweden), Sanna Sylvanen (Finland), Luise
Kloos (Austria), Nadeţda Mukhina (Russia), Konstantin Denev (Bulgaria), Khaled Hafez
(Egypt), Wolfgang Buchner (Austria), Moe Yamamoto (Japan), and numerous Croatian
artists: Miše Lukač, Robert Maloić, Denis Krašković, Siniša Reberski, Josip Zanki, Jelena
Dabić, Ivan Zelić, Mirko Zrinšćak, Ivica Kiš, Duje Jurić, Ivan Fijolić, Kristina Lenard, Iva
Kovač, Elvis Krstulović, Marko Tadić, Zlatan Vehabović etc.
In August of 2010, the Department organized Oasis of Nomadic University named
That other Sea in cooperation with Nomadic University and Abbo Akademi in Turku. Oasis
in Zadar followed similar events organized in Turku, Biel, Ljubljana, Stockholm, Lisbon,
Istanbul, Alicante and Graz, and during this event about forty participants from Austria, Italy,
Sweden, Finland and Croatia were introduced with cultural, scientific and economic heritage,
and development potentials of Zadar.
In September of 2010, realization of the project Zadar Musical Heritage in 19 th
century was initiated. Musical compositions of authors from Zadar were recorded, and the list
of participants included: Boţimir Lovrić (tenor), Nela Šarić (soprano), Ţeljko Zaplatić
(baritone), Blanka Aţdajić (piano player), and Edo Mičić (conductor).
Department organizes practice for students in cooperation with elementary schools
(Kruno Krstić, Šimun Kozičić Benja, Petar Preradović, Stanovi and Zadarski otoci) and
kindergartens from Zadar (Sunce and Radost). For ninth year in a row, the fourth year
students also have their practice in Katarina Zrinska Elementary School in Veliki Serdehelj
(Hungary). Department also cooperates with Padagogische Hohchschule Burgenlad from
Eisenstadt/Ţeljezno (Austria), School of Education (Trinity College) in Dublin, Scientific
Department of Croats in Hungary, etc.
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Students can use the library fund of University Library, but they can also borrow
books from Zadar Public Library, Zadar Research Library, and other institutions. Department
also has an Academic Choir, and within the optional subject called Art Workshop the students
can participate in the project Adriatic Table. University has signed bilateral agreements with
several foreign institutions, so the students can go there within the student-exchange program.
Department has established a gallery of modern art at the New Campus of the
University of Zadar, which includes 40 art works that were made for the project Return to
Heritage.
STUDY PROGRAMMES
Duration of the study: 6 semesters.
Integrated undergraduate and graduate university
study programme of Teacher Education
(single-major)
Admission requirements: Completed four-year high school and passed state graduation
exam.
Competencies acquired upon finishing the study programme: Upon completing this study
the students are competent for working as elementary school teachers (1 st -4 th grade) and for
organizing extracurricular activities – sports workshops, music workshops (they contribute to
improvement of cultural and sports activities in schools), for helping teachers who work with
children with special needs and in day care, and for working in publishing business. Master of
primary education is trained for scientific and research work, systematic evaluation of
practical work, development of new ideas related to lower elementary school, and for
application of new theoretical knowledge related to concrete educational situations. After
completing this educational cycle, the masters of primary education can continue their
education.
Professional title acquired upon finishing the study programme: Master of Primary
Education.
Course list by semesters:
Course unit
code
I SEMESTER Status
4
Hours per week ECTS
L S E
UČZ101 General Pedagogy O 2 1 0 5
UČZ102 Introduction to the Developmental Psychology O 2 1 0 5
UČZ103 Philosophy of Education O 1 1 0 4
UČZ104 Croatian Language I O 2 1 0
UČZ105 Mathematics I O 1 1 0
UČZ106 Overview of the History of Croatian People O 2 1 0 4
UČZ107
Fundamental Notions in the Theory of
Literature
E 1 1 0 4

UČZ108 History of the Croatian Standard Language E 1 1 0 4
UČZ109 General History of Antiquity I E 1 1 0 4
UČZ110 Prehistory in Croatian Lands E 1 1 0 4
UČZ111 Foreign Language English Language I E 1 0 1 4
UČZ112 Music Practicum I E 1 0 1 4
UČZ113 Theatre Workshop I
II SEMESTER
E 1 0 1 4
UČZ116 Children Psychology O 2 1 0 2
UČZ104 Croatian Language I O 2 1 0 7
UČZ117 Foreign Language O 2 1 0 2
UČZ105 Mathematics I O 2 1 0 7
UČZ118 Natural Sciences O 2 1 0 3
UČZ119 Music Practicum I O 1 1 0 1
UČZ120 Croatian Medieval and Renaissance Literature E 1 1 0 2
UČ7121 Croatian Standard Language Norms E 1 0 1 2
UČZ122 General History of the Middle Ages E 1 1 0 2
UČZ123 Croatian History of the Middle Ages E 1 0 1 2
UČZ124
Selected Chapters form the Philosophy of
Education
E 1 1 0 4
UČZ125 Music Workshop I E 1 1 0 4
UČZ126 Visual Art Workshop I E 1 1 0 4
UČZ127 General History of Antiquity II
III SEMESTER
UČZ201 Croatian Language II O 2 1 0
UČZ202 Psychology of Studying and Teaching O 2 0 1 5
UČZ203 Didactics O 2 1 0 5
UČZ204 Mathematics II O 2 1 0
UČZ205 Genres in Children’s Literature O 2 1 0 6
UČZ206 Informatics O 2 1 0 2
UČZ207 Acquisition the Croatian Standard Language E 1 1 0 4
UČZ208
Croatian Literature from Renaissance to
Enlightenment
E 2 1 0 4
UČZ209 General History of the Modern Era E 1 1 0 4
UČZ210
Croatian History from the 16 th to the 19th
Century
E 1 2 0 4
UČZ211 Visual Art Workshop II E 1 0 1 4
UČZ212 Music Practicum II E 1 0 1 4
UČZ213
Cooperation between Preschool Institution
and School
E 1 0 1 4
UČZ214
Natural Phenomena, Technology and Laws of
Physics
IV SEMESTER
E 1 1 0 4
5

UČZ214 Croatian Language II O 1 0 1 6
UČZ215 Mathematics II O 1 1 0 5
UČZ216 Geography O 1 1 0 2
UČZ217 Croatian Children’s Literature O 1 1 0 2
UČZ218 Visual Art Culture O 2 1 0 3
UČZ219 Music Culture O 2 0 1 3
UČZ220 Fundamentals of Kinesiology O 2 1 0 2
UČZ221 Croatian Oral Literature E 1 1 0 3
UČZ222 Croatian History of the 19 th Century E 1 1 0 3
UČZ223 Foreign Language – English Language II E 1 0 1 4
UČZ224 Informatics I E 1 0 1 4
UČZ225 Literary Genres E 1 0 1 4
UČZ227
Glagolitic Alphabet and Glagolitic
Monuments
V SEMESTER
E 1 0 1 4
UČZ301 Nature and Society Teaching Methods I O 2 1 0 4
UČZ302 Music Practicum II O 0 0 1 2
UČZ303 Visual Art Teaching Methods I O 1 0 1 4
UČZ304 Music Culture Teaching Methods I O 1 0 1 4
UČZ305 Kinesiology Teaching Methods I O 1 0 1 4
UČZ306 Scenic Culture O 2 1 0 3
UČZ307 Kinesiology O 0 0 2 1
UČZ308 Recent Croatian Literature - Romanticism E 2 1 0 4
UČZ309 Dalmatia in the 19 th Century E 1 1 0 4
UČZ310 Music Workshop II E 1 0 1 4
UČZ311 Informatics II E 1 0 1 4
UČZ312 Overview of the History of Croatian Culture
VI SEMESTER
E 1 1 0 4
UČZ314 Nature and Society Teaching Methods II O 2 0 1 3
UČZ315 Mathematics Teaching Methods I O 2 0 0 3
UČZ316 Visual Art Teaching Methods II O 1 0 1 3
UČZ317 Music Culture Teaching Methods II O 1 0 1 3
UČZ318
Croatian Language and Literature Teaching
Methods I
O 2 0 1 4
UČZ319 Kinesiology Teaching Methods II O 1 0 1 3
UČZ320 Pedagogy for Children with Special Needs O 2 1 0 4
UČZ321
Recent Croatian Literature - Pre-realism and
Realism
E 1 1 0 3
UČZ322 General History of the 20 th Century E 1 1 0 3
UČZ323 Sport Workshop I E 1 0 1 4
UČZ324 Theatre Workshop II E 1 0 1 4
UČZ325 Psychology of Family and Parenthood E 1 1 0 4
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UČZ326 Informatics III E 1 0 1 4
UČZ401
VII SEMESTER
Nature and Society Teaching Methods III O 1 0 1 4
UČZ402 Mathematics Teaching Methods II O 1 0 2 4
UČZ403 Visual Art Teaching Methods III O 1 0 1 3
UČZ404 Music Culture Teaching Methods III O 1 0 1 3
UČZ405
Croatian Language and Literature Teaching
Methods II
O 1 0 2 4
UČZ406 Kinesiology Teaching Methods III O 1 0 1 3
UČZ409 Kinesiology O 0 0 2 1
UČZ407
Recent Croatian Literature - from Moderna
until Today
E 2 1 0 4
UČZ408 Croatian History of the 20 th Century E 2 1 0 4
UČZ410 Sports Workshop II E 1 0 1 4
UČZ411 Heritage E 1 1 0 4
UČZ412
Prevention of Addictions in Elementary
School
VIII SEMESTER
E 1 1 0 4
UČZ415 Nature and Society Teaching Methods IV O 1 0 2 4
UČZ416 Visual Art Teaching Methods IV O 1 0 1 4
UČZ417 Music Culture Teaching Methods IV O 1 0 1 4
UČZ418 Kinesiology Teaching Methods IV O 2 0 2 4
UČZ419 Mathematics Teaching Methods III O 1 0 2 3
UČZ420
Croatian Language and Literature Teaching
Methods III
O 1 0 1 3
UČZ421 Croatian Literature in Diaspora E 2 1 0 4
UČZ422 Homeland History E 2 1 0 4
UČZ423 Stylogenetics of the Language Systems E 1 1 0 4
UČZ424 Integrative Pedagogy E 1 1 0 4
UČZ425 Ethics and Human Rights E 1 1 0 4
UČZ501
IX SEMESTER
Mathematics Teaching Methods IV O 1 0 2 7
UČZ502
Croatian Language and Literature Teaching
Methods IV
O 1 0 2 7
UČZ503 Culture of Spirit O 2 1 0 5
UČZ504 Media Culture O 1 1 0 3
UČZ507 Kinesiology O 0 0 4 1
UČZ505
Optional Module Courses Teaching Methods
A1
E 1 1 0 4
UČZ506
Methods of the Courses from Optional
Module A2
E 1 1 0 4
UČZ508 Children with Specific Learning Difficulties E 1 1 0 4
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UČZ509 Croatian Literature in European Context E 1 1 0 4
UČZ510 Ecology E 1 1 0 4
X SEMESTER
UČZ515 Research Methods in Education O 2 1 0 4
UČZ516 M.A. thesis - research O 0 0 0 26
Professional undergraduate study of Preschool Education
(single-major)
Duration of the study: 6 semesters.
Admission requirements: Completed four-year high school and passed state graduation
exam.
Competencies acquired upon finishing the study programme:
Professional title acquired upon finishing the study programme: Professional bachelor
(baccalaureus) of Preschool Education.
Course list by semesters:
Course unit
code
I SEMESTER Status
8
Hours per week ECTS
L S E
PDŠ101 Philosophy of Education O 2 1 0 3
PDŠ102 Foreign Language I O 0 0 2 3
PDŠ103 Spiritual Culture O 2 0 1 4
PDŠ104 Fundamental Pedagogy O 2 1 0 4
PDŠ105 Preschool Pedagogy I O 2 1 0 4
PDŠ106 Introduction to the Developmental Psychology O 1 1 0 4
PDŠ107 Croatian Language I O 2 1 0 5
PDŠ108 Music Workshop E 1 0 1 3
PDŠ109 Ecology E 1 0 1 3
PDŠ110 Informatics E 1 0 1 3
II SEMESTER
PDŠ113 Foreign Language II O 0 0 2 2
PDŠ114 Preschool Pedagogy II O 2 0 1 4
PDŠ115 Children Psychology O 1 1 0 3
PDŠ116 Health Care and Preschool Child Care O 2 1 0 4
PDŠ117 Croatian Language II O 2 1 0 4
PDŠ118 Fundamental Kinesiology O 2 0 1 4
PDŠ119 Genres in Children’s Literature O 2 1 0 4
PDŠ120 Music Practicum I O 0 0 1 2

PDŠ121 Workshop of Creativity in Movement E 1 0 1 3
PDŠ308 Communication Skills E 1 0 1 3
PDŠ122 Visual Literacy I E 1 0 1 3
III SEMESTER
PDŠ 201 Informatics O 1 0 2 3
PDŠ 202 Psychology of Learning and Studying O 1 1 0 2
PDŠ 203 Pedagogy for the Children with Special Needs O 2 1 0 3
PDŠ 204 Croatian Children’s Literature O 1 1 0 3
PDŠ 205 Preschool Education Methods I O 2 0 1 4
PDŠ 206 Visual Art Culture and Methods I O 1 0 1 4
PDŠ 207 Music Culture and Methods I O 1 0 1 4
PDŠ 208 Kinesiology Methods I O 1 0 1 4
PDŠ 209 Pedagogy of Family I E 1 0 1 3
PDŠ 210 Visual Literacy II E 1 0 1 3
PDŠ 211 Visual Art Culture Workshop A E 1 0 1 3
IV SEMESTER
PDŠ 214 Puppet Theatre and Scenic Culture I O 2 0 1 4
PDŠ 215 Music Practicum II O 0 0 2 2
PDŠ 216 Research Methodology in Preschool Education O 1 0 2 4
PDŠ 217 Preschool Education Methods II O 1 0 2 5
PDŠ 218 Visual Art Culture and Methods II O 1 0 2 4
PDŠ 219 Music Culture and Methods II O 1 0 2 4
PDŠ 220 Kinesiology Methods II O 1 0 2 4
PDŠ 221 Croatian Oral Literature E 1 0 1 3
PDŠ 222 Theatre Workshop E 1 0 1 3
PDŠ 223 Pedagogy of Family II E 1 0 1 3
PDŠ224 Visual Art Culture Workshop B E 1 0 1 3
PDŠ301
V SEMESTER
Alternative Concepts in Preschool Education O 2 1 0 4
PDŠ302 Music Practicum III O 0 0 2 3
PDŠ303 Preschool Education Methods III O 2 0 2 5
PDŠ304 Visual Art Culture and Methods III O 1 0 2 5
PDŠ305 Music Culture and Methods III O 1 0 2 5
PDŠ306 Kinesiology Methods III E 1 0 2 5
PDŠ123 Psychology of Family and Parenthood E 1 0 1 3
PDŠ307 Heritage and Preschool Child E 1 1 0 3
PDŠ308 Communication Skills E 1 0 1 3
PDŠ309
Cooperation between Family and Preschool
Institution
VI SEMESTER
E 1 0 1 3
PDŠ312 Puppet Theatre and Scenic Culture II O 0 0 1 2
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PDŠ313 Media Culture O 2 0 1 3
PDŠ314 Integrated Preschool Curriculum O 1 0 1 2
PDŠ315 Preschool Education Methods IV O 1 0 1 3
PDŠ316 Visual Art Culture and Methods IV O 1 0 2 4
PDŠ317 Music Culture and Methods IV O 1 0 2 4
PDŠ318 Kinesiology Methods IV O 1 0 2 4
PDŠ319 Final Paper O 2 1 0 5
PDŠ320 Music Workshop II E 1 0 1 3
PDŠ321 Foreign Language – English Language E 1 0 1 3
PDŠ322 Ethics and Human Rights E 1 0 1 3
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