Study of andragogy at the University of Belgrade

1. The Study of Andragogy at the Faculty of
Philosophy, University of Belgrade
Katarina Popovic, PhD
Chair of the Department for Andragogy

2. History
 Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade - the oldest university in Serbia
– 1808
 First lectures about popular education in 1934/35 and 1935/36.
 Chair for Pedagogy – 1950 = Department of Pedagogy - 1962
 Adult education in the curriculum - Theory of adult education
with methodic of adult education
 Study Group for Andragogy - 1979
 Further changes of the curriculum
 2004 changes according to the recommendations of the Bologna
declaration
 2009, 2013 onwards – accreditation process, curriculum
changes...

3. Changes in the curriculum
Taking into account:
 adult educators’ job description
 scientific development, new research
findings
 labour market needs
 need for interdisciplinarity

4. Further changes
 Outcome based curriculum
 More students’ activities
 Continuous monitoring
 More practical work
 More optional courses

5. Employees and students
 20 teachers and assistants at the Department – 15
full-time
 About 40 Bachelor students per year
 10-15 MA students per year
 About 3-5 PhD students
 Employment situation

6. Institute for Pedagogy and Andragogy
 Research unit of the Faculty
 Theoretical, fundamental, comparative and
historical researches
 Number of different projects and applied researches
 Connecting of teaching and scientific work
 Publishing
 Strengthening national, regional and international
cooperation

7. Events, activities
 Organizing conferences
 30 years jubile: ADULT EDUCATION: RESPONSE TO
GLOBAL CRISIS. POWER AND STRENGHTS OF THE
PROFESSION 2009
 40 years: ESREA Triennial conference: 19-22 Sept. 2019
 Exchange and cooperation: EMAE (European Master in
Adult Education), ESRALE; ERASMUS
 Projects (e.g. Functional Basic Education of Adults)
 Publications: Journal “Andragogical studies”, books,
conference proceedings

8. Bachelor - I year
 Foreign language
 General Andragogy
 History of Adult
Education
 Basics of Education
 General Psychology
 Introduction to
Personality Psychology
 Statistics in Educational
Research
 Introduction to Philosophy
 Logic with general
methodology

9. Bachelor - II year
 Foreign language
 Comparative Andragogy
 Didactics of Adult
Education
 Basic course in social
psychology
 Psychology of
Learning/Teaching
 Learning strategies and
methods of adult education
 Optional – AN:
 Andragogy of play and
creativity
 Environmental adult
education
 Online Education of
adults
 Optional - other

10. Bachelor - III year
 Methodology of
Educational Research
 Social Andragogy
 Andragogy of Work
 Adult Education Planning
 Adult Learning
 The Policy and System of
Adult Education
 Management in Adult
Education
 Education of Elderly
 Optional – AN:
 Education and
Recreation of Adults
 Career guidance and
development
 Socialization of Adults
 Drama techniques in
adult education
 Counselling skills
 Optional - other

11. Bachelor - IV year
 Human Resource
Development
 Andragogy of
Communication and Media
 Family Adult Education
/Andragogy
 Leisure Andragogy
 Vocational Adult Education
 Functional literacy and key
competences
 Professional practice
 Optional –AN:
 Prison Education
 Recruiting and Selection of
Human Resources
 Andragogy of
Communication and
Media
 Marketing in Adult
Education
 Education and communic.
skills of adults
 Optional - other

12. MASTER STUDY
MA - COMPULSORY:
 Methodology of research in adult education
and learning
 Research study project
 Final Paper

13. MA – Elective courses
 Adult education management’s
models
 Human Resource Management
 Knowledge and Skills Needs
Analysis
 Leisure Adult Education
 Evaluation in Adult Education
 Expressive methods in adult
education
 Communication and Media Adult
Education
 Education of leaders
 Adult education in the social
welfare
 Educational programs for
parenting
 Educational programs for
parenting
 Organizational Learning
 Professional
 Development
 of Teachers in Adult Education
 Curriculum Development in
Adult Education
 Transformative learning
 Training management
 Adult Education and Labour
Market
 Knowledge Management

14. PhD STUDY- COMPULSORY:
 Theoretical–methodological issues of
andragogical researches
 Research study project
 Preparing application of dissertation
 Quantitative and qualitative research
 The defense of the doctoral thesis proposal
 Working on doctoral dissertation
 The defense of the doctoral dissertation

15. PhD – Elective courses
 Education and Communications of
Adults
 Economy of knowledge and adult
education
 Vocational adult education and
training
 Lifelong learning
 Adult education and social policy
 Ecological Andragogy
 History of philosophical ideas,
 Philosophy and special sciences
 Philosophy of psychology and
philosophy of education
 Human Resource Development and
Knowledge Management
 Globalization and adult education
 Research and development of
educational policies
 Leisure Theories and Adult
Education
 Philosophical logic and knowledge
 Management and leadership in adult
education
 Development of adults – implications
for education and learning
 Andragogical aspects of
organizational learning
 Family life education

16. Graduated andragogue is able to work in:
• Institutions of formal education: primary, secondary, higher and
high education
• Regional training centres
• Institutions and organisations of informal education: open and
workers universities, NGO and private institutions and
organisation for education and training
• Cultural institutions and organisations: institutes, libraries,
museums, archives
• Social security institutions: social services, counselling,
institutional protection institutes, social service agencies

17. Graduated andragogue is able to work in:
• Institutions and organisations for leisure, sport, recreation and
tourism
• Mass‐media
• Private companies and associations: employers’ associations,
chambers, sector associations and unions
• State’s institutions, local government institutions, ministries,
governmental organisation and legal, health police army related
agencies
• Organisations and employment agencies on national, regional
and local level
• Scientific/research institutions and organisations

18. Graduated andragogue is able to:
• Investigate problems related to adult education and learning
• Perform scientific and applied projects in area of adult education and
learning
• Investigate the needs of education and learning– market needs
analysis, analysis for institutions, organisations, groups and
individuals
• Design adult education programmes and modules for different target
groups, institutions and organisations
• Develop, promote and implement adult education policy and strategy
on national, regional and local level
• Organise, implement and improve the process of education and
teaching
• Manage organisations for education and culture

19. Graduated andragogue is able to:
• Perform postgraduate education in sectors of human and social
sciences and continuous professional development institutions
• Establish and develop standards and accreditation procedures for
institutions and programmes dealing with education and training
• Evaluate institutional performance, programmes, processes and
results of education
• Perform counselling, mediation and leading in different domains
(work, family and leisure)
• Establish and develop quality system in education
• Plan and organise distance education (electronic and on‐line education
and training)
• Manage the HRD activities

20. web-site
www.f.bg.ac.rs