Head of the sub-department:
Vesna Svalina, Associate professor. Ph.D.
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First and last name |
Vesna Svalina, Ph.D. |
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Profession |
Associate Professor |
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Office number |
52 |
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Research interests |
Music education in primary and secondary schools, musical giftedness, creativity in music education, music therapy and inclusive education, application of technology in music education, development of personal and social skills through music, listening to music as a teaching area |
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Curriculum vitae (up to 300 words) |
Vesna Svalina, PhD (1968) is an associate professor in the field of music education and head of the Subdepartment of Musical Arts at the Faculty of Education (FOOZOS), at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. She graduated from the Faculty of Education (now FFOS) in Osijek in 1991, earned her Master's degree in Music Pedagogy from the Music Academy in Zagreb in 2009, and completed her doctorate in Educational Sciences at the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb, in 2013. Dr. Svalina has published her scientific work in journals and conference proceedings, both nationally and internationally. She is the author of two books in the field of music pedagogy, has published over forty scientific papers, and has participated in numerous national and international scientific conferences (Cambridge – UK; Paris – France; Rostock – Germany; Cetinje – Montenegro; Ljubljana, Ruše – Slovenia; Beograd, Kragujevac – Serbia; Dubrovnik, Osijek, Pula, Split, Zadar, Zagreb – Croatia). She has led research projects and collaborated on a bilateral project focusing on musical and artistic giftedness. She has actively contributed to the organization of international conferences, including the 6th International Symposium of Music Pedagogues (Osijek, 2019, Faculty of Education) and the First International Conference Creative Approaches to Learning and Teaching - CALT (Osijek, 2023, Faculty of Education). Additionally, she is a member of the editorial boards of several international journals. From 2015 to 2018, she served as the executive editor of the journal Life and School, and since 2021, she has been a member of the editorial boards of the journals SN Social Sciences, International Journal of Psychological and Brain Sciences, and Journal for the Interdisciplinary Art and Education. In addition to her scientific work, she has achieved notable success in artistic activities with choirs, performing in Croatia and abroad (Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and Switzerland). She has received numerous national and international awards, including special recognition for the best performance of a mandatory composition and her exceptional conduct. |
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List of publications (link to CroRIS) |
Personal website: www.vesna-svalina.net |
Members of the sub-department:
Lidija Nikolić, Associate Professor, Ph.D.
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First and last name |
Lidija Nikolić, Ph.D. |
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Profession |
Associate Professor |
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Office number |
60 |
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Research interests |
Her research focuses on music pedagogy and the psychology of music, particularly in the field of higher education in music for future primary school teachers and preschool educators. |
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Curriculum vitae (up to 300 words) |
Lidija Nikolić graduated with a degree in Music Culture Education from the Faculty of Education at Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek in 1996. In 2016, she defended her doctoral dissertation in the university postgraduate program Science of Musical Arts - Music Pedagogy Module at the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade. Since 1996, she has been teaching music courses for future primary school teachers and preschool educators at the Faculty of Education, now the Faculty of Education and Educational Sciences at Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, where she holds the academic title of Associate Professor. The courses she has taught or currently teaches include Playing an Instrument, Choir, Singing and Playing, Music Theory, Music Culture, Music Pedagogy Methodology, Music Listening, Music Culture with Pedagogy Methodology, Children's Music Creativity, Music with Practicum, Music in the Integrated Curriculum, and Understanding the Language of Music. She is the author of positively reviewed and adopted curricula for mandatory music courses in the teacher education program (1998, 2003, and 2005) and the preschool education program (2002 and 2005). She regularly presents her research at international scientific conferences in the field of music pedagogy and publishes scientific papers in Croatia and abroad. |
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List of publications (link to CroRIS) |
CroRIS – Lidija Nikolić (https://www.croris.hr/crosbi/searchByContext/2/33967 ) |
Blanka Gigić Karl, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
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Name and surname |
Blanka Gigić Karl Ph.D. |
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Associate Professor |
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10 |
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Research interests |
cultural management, branding in culture, music therapy, art pedagogy |
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Graduated from the Academy of Music in Pula in 1993 and obtained the title of mag.mus. In 1993, she completed a one-year study program of music therapy at the Academy of Music in Zagreb and the Clinic for Neurology, Psychiatry, Alcoholism and Other Addictions, Vinogradska 29, Zagreb. In 1994, she went to Stuttgart, Germany, where, along with improving the German language at the Benedict Schule, she applied to work in a day psychiatric clinic in Ludwigsburg with qualifications in music therapy. After returning to Croatia in 1997, in addition to working at the Grammar school, she improved her skills in the field of music by attending seminars and music workshops by Klaus Juergen Etzold (Germany, Hannover) "Croatia cantat" in cooperation with the German Music Council (Deutscher Musikrat). In 1999 and 2000, she attended and participated in the seminars and workshops of Richard Frostic, director of the Islington Music Center in London, "Music for all-composing in the classroom". In the academic year 2007/2008 she teaches "Music Methodology" at the Evangelical Faculty. In March 2008, in Opatija, under the auspices of the Education Agency, she improved her skills through music workshops on dance, movement, folk dances and work with children with developmental disabilities. In the period from January to August 2009, she attended the choral workshops of prof. Branko Starc, where she perfects herself in the areas of affective imposition of the voice: psychotechnics and physiotechnics of singing, vocal stylistics, speech of music: expressive analysis of compositions, voice science. In 2012, she graduated from the specialist study of the Faculty of Economics in Osijek, majoring in "Organization and Management" with the final thesis "The Influence of Music on Consumer Behavior". In the academic year 2014/15 she enrolled in the post-graduate university study of Cultural Studies, major: Management in Culture, Art and Education at the Doctoral School of J. J. Strossmayer University in Osijek. She has been teaching for 26 years, working in various schools, from elementary school to art academy. In 2006, she participated in the national piano duo competition as a mentor to two students from the Varaždin Music School and won the third prize. In 2007, at the regional competition in Varaždin, as a mentor, she won III. prize in the first category, piano discipline. Since April 2018, she has been working as a lecturer at the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek. She received her doctorate in September 2020, with the topic "Strategic activities in the branding of the city's cultural identity", and she received the title of assistant professor in March 2024. From July 1, 2024, she is employed at FOOZOS with 50% of the working time. She is the leader of many projects and the executive producer of the series “Dreamers of Croatia” |
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Ana Popović, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
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First and last name |
Ana Popović, Ph.D. |
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Profession |
Assistant Professor |
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apopovic@foozos.hr |
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Office number |
59 |
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Research interests |
Science of Art, Educational Sciences |
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Curriculum vitae (up to 300 words) |
Ana Popović was born in Zagreb in 1984. She graduated from the III Gymnasium in Osijek, the Franjo Kuhač Music School in Osijek (specialization: Music Theorist), and the Vatroslav Lisinski Music School in Zagreb (specialization: Trombonist). She earned her degree in musicology at the Academy of Music in Zagreb.
Since completing her studies, she has primarily worked as a teacher of various music subjects in primary, secondary, and music schools, teaching music history, musical forms, solfeggio, harmony, choir, piano, musical art, and music culture. Since 2017, she has been employed at the Faculty of Education in Osijek, where she teaches various music courses in the integrated undergraduate and graduate university Teacher Education program. She also teaches in the regular and part-time University undergraduate and graduate programs in Early and Preschool Education.
In 2022, she earned her doctorate at the interdisciplinary postgraduate university program in Cultural Studies, specializing in Culture, Art, and Literature in the European Context, at the Doctoral School of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek. Her dissertation, titled The Musical Landscape of Osijek and the Region, was supervised by Prof. Dr. Laura Šakaja.
She regularly publishes scientific, professional, and popular works, as well as music critiques, and performs actively as a trombonist in various ensembles (orchestra, big band). She frequently participates in numerous scientific and professional conferences. She is a member of the Croatian Musicological Society and is also engaged in adult education. |
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Gordana Ercegovac-Jagnjić, Senior Lecturer
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Name and surname |
Gordana Ercegovac-Jagnjić |
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Vocation |
Senior Lecturer |
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Number of offices |
60 |
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Research interests |
Music and music pedagogy |
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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 |
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