Noema: Journal for Humanities and Social Thought

OPINION FROM STUDENTS OF EDUCATION ABOUT CHOOSING FUTURE PROFESSION

Marija Bukorović — 2024-09-02

In the recent years we can hear society talking about Educators profession. Small percentage of people understands how being a teacher is responsible and demanding and it often comes down to “playing with the children “. The purpose of this review is perception of different opinions the students of Education in pre-school institutions have about future profession. The method that was used in the research is descriptive and the technique was surveying. In the online survey there were 200 students from Faculty of Pedagogy in Belgrade, all undergraduate studies included, from which the majority of students were the ones from the Third year (almost 40%). For data processing, besides frequencies and percentages, the χ² test was also used, and with it we were able to test the difference in answers from students from different years of the studies, while the quantitive data processing implied categorizing answers based of open-ended questions. The results show that for the majority of students of the Faculty of Pedagogy, this university was the only option and it fulfilled their expectations. Majority of students considers Pedagogy to be under valued in today’s society, with students of the last two years (third and forth) of the study being more aware of it, compared to their younger students (first and second year). In the second part of the questionnaire about the different values of educators, the students pointed out that they remember very well their teachers and especially those teachers that were warm and caring and were expressing love towards children. Looking at the results of research, the things that students point out the most about pedagogy is: love for the pedagogy, pedagogy as profession not being valued enough in the society, and motivation to make changes and make pedagogy calling better.

THE QUALITY OF COOPERATION BETWEEN A PRESCHOOL INSTITUTION AND A FAMILY

Sandra Nikolić — 2024-09-03

The quality of cooperation between a preschool institution and a family implies the involvement of parents in educational activities in the family context. Numerous studies indicate the importance of cooperation between teachers and parents for the development of preschool children. The aim of this paper is to review the experience and opinions of parents and teachers about their mutual cooperation. The descriptive method and survey technique were applied. Two online questionnaires with multiple choice and open-ended questions were constructed, which were used to compare the views of teachers and parents. Quantitative data processing was applied, which referred to the basic measures of descriptive statistics (f, %), while qualitative processing involved categorizing the answers to open-ended questions. The research sample consisted of 107 parents and 47 teachers of preschool institutions in Serbia. The results indicate that most parents and teachers most often cooperate through individual conversations. It was determined that workshops are established in kindergartens in which parents are active participants in planning and implementation. Most respondents point out that live communication is better, more honest and more relaxed than online communication. Comparing the proposals for improving mutual cooperation, which was mentioned in the last question, teachers and parents mostly mentioned the need to organize more frequent individual conversations, as well as a larger number of joint workshops. It is concluded that positive communication has a significant role in establishing quality cooperation between parents and teachers.

WHAT DO STUDENTS VALUE IN TEACHERS AND WHAT THEY DON’T?

Jovana Marković — 2024-09-03

The specificity of the teacher’s vocation differs from most other professions, because the qualities of a teacher have an important function in his work. The teacher has a great influence on shaping the personality of the students, but also on their attitude towards learning and school. The characteristics of an ideal teacher were the domain of research and pedagogical direction of pedeutology, which we described in more detail in this paper. The aim of the conducted empirical research was to assess students’ attitudes about desirable and undesirable characteristics of teachers. Data were collected by surveying 137 students, third and fourth grade, from two elementary schools in Serbia, from Belgrade and Prijepolje. The survey questionnaire contained a total of eight questions, the majority of which were open-ended questions, with the aim of finding out which characteristics of their teachers the respondents value positively and which they would like to change, as well as how they imagine good and bad teachers. The obtained results show that the most appreciated quality of teachers among children is approachability, and that students do not like it when teachers are strict. The largest number of answers related to the fact that students would like teachers not to be too demanding, and that they imagine good teachers as understanding and bad teachers as strict. Considerable differences in the perception of teachers’ characteristics between genders were highlighted. Accessibility proved to be important for girls, while a large number of boys singled out the teacher’s professional abilities as important. Students of both genders stated that they would like their teachers to be younger, fulfill their promises, and love them.

MOTIVATING STUDENTS TO READ AND ANALYZE A DRAMATIC TEXT

Aleksandar N. Ilić — 2024-09-03

The subject of this paper concerns the methodology of teaching Serbian language and literature in secondary education with special emphasis on dramatic literature. The paper states and explains the possibilities of motivating students to read dramatic texts by Marin Držić (Novel by Stance and Uncle Maroja), which, according to the curriculum, are processed in the first grade of high school. Different types of motivation are analyzed in detail: motivation by passage, motivation by opposition, motivation by theater and film performances, and motivation by humor. Starting from the fact that each activity has its own goals, including the teaching of literature, educational, educational and functional goals are explained in detail, but the levels of processing of these texts are stated, as well as outcomes, which are elements of educational standards that should define knowledge, skills and abilities of students. By processing dramatic texts, reading habits are successfully developed, students’ conscious activity is strengthened and interest in performing arts is encouraged. The aim of this paper is to present a problem - based and research approach to literary text in the teaching of literature. The paper will clearly point out what is the task of the teacher and what is the task of the student during the processing of the dramatic text, and special attention will be paid to the educational role of teaching literature.

HEIDEGGERIAN HERMENEUTICS AND SERBIAN LITTERATURE: OVERVIEW AND PERSPECTIVES

Tamara Babić — 2024-09-03

The aim of this paper is to consider how we can use the basic ideas of Heidegger’s philosophy of literature in the interpretations of Serbian literature which we understand as all that is written on Serbian language in all it’s variations. Firstly, we mark off and define five fundamental terms of Heidegger’s hermeneutics (metaphysics, subject, poet, poetry, language) and then we search for appropriate examples in various literary epochs (medieval literature, baroque, romantism, symbolism) so we can show it’s complementarity. In the context of that discussion, we tend to show and describe the connection between the hermeneutics, rhetorics and poetry and how it can be understood and used in the humanities. As a result, we have a wider and consistent look on possibilites of implementations of such a hermeneutics in european litterature, and further more, a discovery of various new directions in the interpretations of Serbian literature.

THEME OF MOTHERHOOD AND EXILE IN OCEAN VUONG NOVEL ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS

Rajna Racz — 2024-09-03

This paper deals with the writing of the theme of motherhood and exile in the novel On Earth we’re briefly gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. The key theoretical authors on whom the paper relies are: Edward Said, Jacqueline Rose, Arjun Appaudrai and Michel Foucault. In his first novel On Earth we’re briefly gorgeous, Ocean Vuong writes about the complex relationship of grandmother, mother and son and about the generational heritage inscribed in his body. The mother is the central face around which the novel is structured and in this paper Vuong’s concept of motherhood and the legacy of exile is analyzed according to the motifs: writing, space and body. Based on the analysis of the novel, the problems of exiled mothers in the new country and how their trauma is transmitted to the child are discussed. Analyzing his relationship with his mother, the concept-author of the alien that Ocean Vuong wrote in his novel is described.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY

Iva Patricia Davidoski — 2024-09-03

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) encompass stressful life events (during the first 18 years of life) with the potential to transform into trauma. They include various types of abuse, neglect, and family dysfunction. Previous research has shown that ACE-s are associated with many psychophysical disorders in adulthood. This research examines the relationship between the categories of adverse childhood experiences on the one hand, and depression and anxiety in students, on the other. The sample includes 115 respondents from the student population (80 girls) aged 19 to 29 years. This research examines the correlation of ACE with depression (PHQ-9) and anxiety (GAD-7). The results showed that the overall ACE score positively correlated with both depression (r = .36, BF10 > 100) and anxiety (r = .36, BF10 > 100). At the level of individual ACE categories, anxiety is most correlated with peer isolation (r = .40, BF10 > 100) and exposure to environmental violence (r = .28, BF10 = 12.12). ACE categories that have the highest correlations with depression are peer isolation (r = .41, BF10 > 100) and substance abuse in the family (r = .28, BF10 > 12.66). These findings show that peer isolation is the best predictor of anxiety and depression scores. Anxiety is more related to adverse factors from the external environment. In the case of depression, there is a combination of adverse factors, both outside and inside the family.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTING STYLES, AND ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION LEVELS

Jelena Bačić — 2024-09-03

Parenting styles represent the sample of parental behaviors and habits that determine the relationship between parents and their children in various situations. Recent researches were focused on three parenting styles. These styles differ in the interaction levels of displayed parental warmth and parental control: authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive parenting style. So far, it has been discovered that the authoritative style was the optimal one, while the authoritarian and the permissive style correlated with various difficulties, including anxiety and depression levels and predispositions. In this research, the aim was to investigate the relationship between parenting styles and parental anxiety and depression levels. The sample comprised 126 parents (86 mothers), who estimated their parenting style (PSDQBHS-S), their depression level (PHQ-9), and their anxiety level (GAD7). Results showed that authoritarian parenting style correlated significantly with the depression levels (r=.25, p=.004), as well as with the anxiety levels (r=.24, p=.005); permissive style correlated significantly only with the depression levels (r=.26, p=.003), while authoritative style correlated with neither of them. Obtained results indicated that there were correlations between authoritarian style and some aspects of permissive style with various affective difficulties, i.e., it is more probable that parents with these parenting styles will develop higher depression and anxiety levels.

THE FIRST BALKAN WAR IN THE SERBIAN DIGITALIZED PERIODICAL LITERATURE AND MULTIMEDIA CONTENT

Maja Vidović — 2024-09-03

The paper presents, by a comparative method, Serbian digitalized periodical literature on the beginning of the First Balkan War in Serbia, for the years of 1912 and 2012, focusing on October 6th. How did the Serbian newspapers inform the public about the beginning of the First Balkan War in Serbia? Also, we have presented what is written in today’s newspaper, on the same date, a hundred years after the First Balkan War. How journalists from the beginning of the 20th century reported on the war, and what kind of “image” journalists have today? The paper used accessible and digitalized press, such as “Politika”, “Pravda”, “Pijemont”, and “Srpske novine” from the war period, as well as today’s newspapers, such as “Politika” “Vreme” and “Danas”. Apart from the press, how much could be heard about the centenary of the First Balkan War, through multimedia content, as well as about the documentary shows dedicated to the war, which are available today? Using a comparative method, we tried to see how the media presented the problem of the First Balkan War. We tried to get an answer to the question: “How much did the Balkan War affect the consciousness of the Serbs?”. Why is it important to talk about the First Balkan War, to the same extent as we do with the First World War? So, we will have a general “picture” of the historical content and the way the First Balkan War was presented in the digitalized periodical literature available to us from the beginning of the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as in other media, in today’s public information.

PERICLES AND ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY

Sindi Ivanković — 2024-09-03

The fifth century BC was very turbulent in the history of Ancient Greece. Two great wars took place - Greco-Persian and Peloponnesian - and the rise and fall of Athens took place on the wings of these war events. The statesman Pericles was responsible for the rise of Athens. In this paper, the politics of Pericles will be analyzed. We will especially look at the development of the Athenian democracy and what kind of influence Pericles himself had on it, and in what way it reached its greatest heights. In addition, we will use the sources of Plutarch and Aristotle, in order to give a clearer picture of the political position.