Sub-department of musical arts

Head of the sub-department:

Lidija Nikolić, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.

Name and surname	Lidija Nikolić, Ph.D.
Title	Assistant Professor
e-mail	lnikolic@foozos.hr
Office Nr.	60
Research interests	Her research work focuses on the musical competence of primary education teachers, the development of the model of music education of future teachers, musical abilities, the method of teaching music in school and the method of teaching music in a teacher's study, the influence of music on the general development of the child, teaching vocal and instrumental music, music performance, and the psychological factors of acquisition and development of music competencies.
	Lidija Nikolić graduated Music pedagogy study program at the Faculty of pedagogy, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, in 1996. In 2016 she acquired PhD at the doctorall studies of Science of music art - module of Music pedagogy in the Faculty of music art, University of art in Belgrade. Since 1996, she has been a music teacher for studies for future primary school teachers and preschool teachers at the Faculty of pedagogy, and today at the Faculty of education, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek in the position of a senior lecturer. She teaches on subjects: Playing the music, Choir, Singing and playing, Music theory, Music culture, Music teaching methodology, Music listening, Music culture and methodology, Children's music creativity, Music with practice, Music in an integrated curriculum, Acquiring music literacy skills.She is an author of positively reviewed and adopted curricula of compulsory musical subjects in the teacher study in 1998, 2003 and 2005 and in 2002 and 2005 in the study for preschool teachers. She exhibits papers at international scientific conferences in the field of music pedagogy and publishes scientific papers in Croatia and abroad.
List of publications (link to CROSBI)	CROSBI Lidija Nikolić

Members of the sub-department:

Vesna Svalina, Associate Professor, Ph.D.

Name and surname	Vesna Svalina, Ph.D.
Profession	Associate professor
e-mail	vsvalina@foozos.hr, vesna.svalina@gmail.com
Office number	52
Research interests	Social Sciences; Educational Sciences; Music Education
	Vesna Svalina, PhD (1968) is an associate professor for music education at Faculty of Teacher Education (Department of Art, Music Subdepartment), University of Josip JurajStrossmayer in Osijek. She graduated from the study programme of music pedagogy of the University of Osijek (Faculty of Education) in 1991. She holds a Master of Music Education degree from the University of Zagreb (Music Academy, 2009) and a doctoral degree in early education and compulsory education from Faculty of Teacher Education of the University of Zagreb (2013). She is the author of the nineteen scientific papers and one book. She participated in numerous international scientific conferences at home and abroad. She is the managing editor of the journal Life and School (one of the leading pedagogical journals in Croatia) and head of the scientific research project Listening to music as an important subject area in the primary music curriculum. From 2009 to 2013 she was involved in the project Development of creativity in life-long teacher education. She has also given numerious concerts with the choirs, both in Croatia and abroad (Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland). She won numerous prizes, both nationally and internationally, at different choir competitions (11 at national and 7 at international competitions). She also won three special prizes: for the best performance of the compulsory song, for best interpretation of song composed by Croatian composer and for the artistically most convincing conductor.
List of publications (link to CROSBI)	CROSBI Vesna Svalina

Ana Popović, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.

Gordana Ercegovac-Jagnjić, Senior lecturer

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Education
Cara Hadrijana 10, PP 330
31000 Osijek

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IBAN: HR18 2500 0091 1020 44575
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Name and surname	Gordana Ercegovac-Jagnjić
Vocation	Senior lecturer
e-mail	gordana.ercegovac@htnet.hr
Number of offices	60
Research interests	Music and music pedagogy
	1989. graduated from the Music Culture 1995. graduated from the Croatian Language and Literature studies 1989th to1991st a high school professor in Osijek 1989 employed at the Pedagogical Faculty, which grew into today's Faculty of Educational and Educational Sciences in Osijek Courses: Theory of music Music culture Music with Practice Music in Integrated Curriculum Integrated Preschool Curriculum III
List of publications (link to CROSBI)	Gordana Ercegovac-Jagnjić

Name and surname	Ana Popović, Ph.D
Title	Assistant Professor
e-mail	apopovic@foozos.hr
Office Nr.	59
Research interests	Musicology, Sociology of Music, Psychology of Music, Music Pedagogy
	Ana Popović is a young scientist (musicology), a performing artist (trombone) and an experienced educator with almost 10 years of teaching experience. She worked with children of all ages, from preschool children to senior high school graduates, teaching various subjects: history of music, music forms, solfeggio, harmony studies, choir, piano, music appreciation. She is a professional associate and is taking part in miscellaneous music subjects at Faculty of Education, J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek. Her field of expertise includes sociology of music, psychology of music, music history and music pedagogy. She is a PhD candidate at Doctoral School at J. J. Strossmayer University in Osijek.
List of publications (link to CROSBI)	CROSBI Ana Popović