University of Zadar Department of  Teacher  and Preschool Teacher Education Assoc. Prof. Smiljana Zrilić, PhD Assoc. Prof. Robert Bacalja, PhD Sen. Research Assist. Tamara Kisovar-Ivanda, PhD Norrkoping, 2015.

Geographical position of Zadar and Croatia

Zadar Zadar is a city in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea. It is the centre of Zadar county and the wider northern Dalmatian region. Zadar faces the islands of Ugljan and Pašman.

History The district of present day Zadar has been populated since prehistoric times.

History The earliest evidence of human life comes from the Late Stone Age, while numerous settlements have been dated as early as the Neolithic.

History Between the 4th and 2nd millennium BC - a we can notice new ethnical unity, that of the Liburnians. Zadar was a Liburnian settlement.

From the early days of Roman domination, Zadar gained its Roman urban character and developed into the one of the most flourishing centers on the eastern Adriatic coast, which lasted for several hundred years.

From the beginning of 7th century when Salona was destroyed till 1918 Zadar was the capital of Dalmatia.

9th century medivial Church of St. Donat symbol of the city

11th century Church of St. Mary

The Permanent Exhibition of Church Art Testimony of the rich medieval culture of Zadar

Testimony of the rich medieval culture of Zadar in the Archaeological Museum in Zadar

The first university in Croatia was founded in Zadar in 1396 in the monastery of St. Dominic.

From 15th to 18th century 1409. Venice obtained control over Zadar. Zadar remained the administrative seat of Dalmatia, but this time under the rule of Venice. The Venetians restrained the political and economical autonomy of Zadar but the town remained a prosperous city.

19th and 20th century After the fall of Venice (1797) Zadar come under the Austrian crown and once again became united with the rest of Croatia. 1809 it was added to the French Illyrian Provinces. In 1813, all of Dalmatia was reconquered and brought back under the control of the Austrian Empire.

Urban life and culture in Austrian Empire period

The collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy led to the renewal of national conflicts in the city. With the arrival of an Italian army of occupation in the city on 4 November 1918, the Italian faction gradually assumed control.

World War II The city became the centre of a new Italian territorial entity, called Governorship of Dalmatia, including the provinces of Zadar, Split and Kotor. Under the Italian rulement the Croatian population was subjected to a policy of forced assimilation.

The bombing of Zadar 1943rd

This city has been destroyed so many times, but we always come back stronger. 1991.-1995.

Zadar today

Famous Sea Organ in Zadar

The Greeting to the Sun

The first meeting of the Senate was held on 25 March 2003 when the Statute of the University of Zadar was accepted.

24 departments and 5500 students ARCHAEOLOGY PEDAGOGY CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY CROATIAN AND SLAVIC STUDIES ENGLISH STUDIES FRENCH AND IBEROROMANCE STUDIES GEOGRAPHY GERMAN STUDIES HISTORY HISTORY OF ART LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES LINGUISTICS ITALIAN STUDIES PHILOSOPHY PSYCHOLOGY SOCIOLOGY TEACHERS´ AND PRESCHOOL TEACHERS´ EDUCATION ECONOMICS ETHNOLOGY and cultural anthropology TOURISM AND COMMUNICATION SCIENCES TRAFFIC & MARITIME STUDIES HEALTH STUDIES TEACHERS´ AND PRESCHOOL TEACHERS´ EDUCATION IN GOSPIĆ ECOLOGY, AGRONOMY AND AQUACULTURE

Dept. of English Dept. of German Studies Dept. of French and Iberoromance Studies (Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portugues) Dept. of Croatian and Slavic Studies Dept. of Italian Studies Dept. of Archaeology (Ph.D. Archaeology of Eastern Adriatic) Dept. of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology Dept. of Agriculture and Mediterranean Aquaculture

Dept. of Linguistics Dept. of History Dept. of History of Arts Dept. of Classical Philology Dept. of Philosophy Dept. of Pedagogy Dept. of Psychology Dept. of Teachers' and Pre- school Teachers' Education Dept. Information Sciences (Ph.D. Knowledge Society and Information Transfer)

Dept. of Sociology (Ph.D. Sociology of Regional Development) Dept. of Geography Dept. of Traffic and Maritime Studies Dept. of Sociology (Ph.D. Sociology of Regional Development) Dept. of Tourism and Communication Sciences Dept. of Health Studies  More information about each departments could be found at: http://www.unizd.hr/InternationalRe lationsOffice/CourseCatalogue/Cours eCataloguebyDepartments/tabid/3216 /Default.aspx

New Campus Department of Teachers Education

Project of New Campus in Future

Department of Teachers and Preschool Educators 28 members of scientific and teaching stuff: 14 scientific and teaching oriented teachers with PhD degree 8 lecturers with teaching focused tasks 6 teaching assistants preparing their PhD dissertations

Programs Program for early childhood educators baccalaureate degree 3 years, 180 ECTS Program for primary education teachers master's degree (bachelors+MA degree integated) 5 years, 300 ECTS

Department of Teacher and Pre-school Teacher Education 2 main programs Pre-school Teachers Study BA (3.0 ) 180 ECTS Teachers’ Study program MA (5.0) 300 ECTS

Pre-school Teachers Study BA (3.0 ) 180 ECTS The acquisition of competencies to work in: nursery schools and kindergartens, preschools, programs of pedagogical and psychological education of parents, various educational, cultural, artistic, sporting, religious and other special, shorter and occasional programs.

Future program MA degree 3 + 2 model, 300ECTS Planed additional competencies Contribute to a qualitatively higher level in the complex demands of work in the field of early and pre-school education Develop and test new strategies to design an integrated curriculum that will be the answer to the present knowledge on child development Participate in the development of programs for children with disabilities and gifted children of early and preschool age

Additional competencies Develop the ability of administration and management of institutions of early and pre-school education and to organize their optimal functioning Connect and show knowledge and understanding of educational practice at the level of scientific work

Some of new additional courses at the MA level Croatian linguistic heritage The new paradigm of early and pre-school education Inclusive education Psychology of family and parenting Instructional leadership and management of pre-school institutions The curriculum of pre-school Museum Pedagogy Early media literacy

Some of new additional courses at the MA level Statistics Academic writing and communication Academic discourse in English Action research in early and pre-school education The lifelong professional education Professional Practice II etc.

International cooperation

International cooperation

Erasmus students from different countries in kindergarten