Title of the doctoral study:

Language, Literature and Culture in the Context of Early Childhood, Preschool, and Primary Education

Scientific area: Interdisciplinary sciences

Field: Educational sciences

Duration of the study: 3 years

Academic title: Doctor of educational sciences

Head:           Associate Professor Katarina Aladrović Slovaček, PhD
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Deputy head:          Prof. Antonija Balić, PhD
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The Doctoral/Postgraduate Specialist Study Council:

 

Prof. Siniša Opić, PhD

Prof. Damir Velički, PhD

Prof. Lidija Cvikić, PhD

Prof. Antonija Balić, PhD

Associate Professor Višnja Rajič, PhD

Associate Professor Kristina Cergol, PhD

Associate Professor Katarina Aladrović Slovaček, PhD

Duration of the postgraduate doctoral study Language, Literature and Cultural Context of Early Childhood, Preschool, and Primary Education is three years, i.e., six semesters. The total load is 180 ECTS points. This is an interdisciplinary doctoral study without specific course programmes or modules, but its diversity lies in the choice of diverse obligatory, obligatory elective and elective courses in the fields of social sciences, humanities and the science of arts. The first two semesters are designed as a programme comprising a total of four general education courses through which students acquire theoretical, scientific, methodological and epistemological competencies. In the first semester, there are two obligatory courses for all students (Language, literature, and culture from the educational perspective – 10 ECTS points and Research methodology in social sciences and humanities – 10 ECTS points). In the second semester, there is the third obligatory course (Theory of education curricula in early childhood development period – 10 ECTS points). Apart from that, out of 7 offered obligatory elective courses, students choose one (10 ECTS points), depending on their area of research. Obligatory courses and obligatory elective courses earn students 40 ECTS points – 20 points in the first and 20 points in the second semester. Doctoral students can earn the remaining 10 points in each semester (a total of 20 ECTS points) by taking part in additional activities (e.g. workshops, round tables, thematic discussions, etc.). From the third to the sixth semester, the structure of the programme includes a sequence of elective courses and additional activities for students, in which they engage in independent research work. In the third semester, out of 22 offered elective courses, doctoral students choose two courses (each earning them 7 ECTS points), depending on their personal and research interests and the topic of their future doctoral dissertation. In this way, they earn 14 ECTS points. The remaining 16 points are earned by participating in additional activities, such as workshops and round tables, writing literature reviews or scientific papers, or by participating in scientific conferences. The fourth semester is planned for finishing and defending the doctoral dissertation proposal, which amounts to 20 ECTS points. The remaining 10 points are earned by conducting research related to the topic of the doctoral dissertation. In the fifth and sixth semesters, doctoral students perform intense individual work with the program advisor and mentor, in the form of a mentorship course. Upon enrolment, each doctoral student is assigned a program advisor, depending on the student’s stated research interests. In the fifth semester, doctoral students are expected to complete their research and to write and structure their doctoral dissertation, supported by regular face-to-face or online consultations with the mentor or co-mentor. During the sixth semester, doctoral students are expected to defend their doctoral dissertation. The total workload planned for writing the doctoral dissertation is 60 ECTS points. Throughout the study, various additional activities are organized for doctoral students: workshops, lectures, symposia, and round tables, which provide them with opportunities for scientific development and exchange of opinions, new knowledge, and research results. This provides them with an insight into and helps them integrate into the world of science.

Enrolment conditions:

Enrolment is possible for the candidates who have previously completed one of the following studies and earned a minimum of 300 ECTS points:

  1. integrated undergraduate and graduate study Primary Teacher Education
  2. graduate university study Early Childhood and Preschool Education
  3. graduate university study with the teaching module
  4. four-year graduate study with the teaching module carried out according to the previous programme of study, which is equivalent to the academic titles acquired by the new programme of study.

This postgraduate doctoral study is also open to all other experts who have completed study programmes without the teaching modules, provided they have also taken and passed differential exams. The Committee for Enrolment in Doctoral Studies will compare the study programmes that candidates have completed and decide on the content, number, and mode of taking differential exams.

Tuition fee per semester: 1,461.00 EUR (11,000.00 HRK)