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Autoethnographic Notes on the Experience of Creating Playgrounds from Leftover Materials in the Process of Initial Preschool Teacher Education

2025-05-19T13:21:41+02:00

Play represents a natural expression of a child's relationship with the world and, as such, forms the basis for the manifestation of all dimensions of children's well-being. However, global trends in scholarisation and the commercialization of play often lead to a reduction in opportunities for open play, particularly for play that is not saturated with materials that have predetermined meanings and purposes. This paper emerged from the research process on the significance of loose parts as play materials among teachers and second-year students in the „Preschool Teacher“ program at the College of Applied Studies for Preschool Teachers and Business Informatics "Sirmium" in Sremska Mitrovica. The aim of the research is to explore, through autoethnographic notes, the experience of researching and creating loose parts playground within the educational process. The findings suggest that the experience of investigating the significance of unstructured play materials and creating loose parts playground in support of open play leads to insights about the implicit pedagogies of teachers and students regarding the child, play, and how it can be supported in the community. Thus, such research has a transformative character concerning approaches in the education of future preschool teachers.

Externalizing and Internalizing behavioral problems in Adolescents

2025-05-19T13:21:44+02:00

Socio-emotional problems and behavioral issues in children and adolescents can pose a risk for the development of more serious disorders later in life. As part of mental health care, it is essential to pay special attention to measuring the overall emotional state and health problems that are becoming increasingly frequent and visible. The prevalence of behavioral problems among youth is a growing concern. These issues are typically categorized into externalizing and internalizing disorders, reflecting the various ways adolescents manifest and cope with internal and external conflicts.

The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of externalizing and internalizing behavioral problems in adolescents, explore potential sociodemographic differences, and investigate the relationship between these two types of behavioral issues. The research applied the YEPS questionnaire to meeasure externalizing problems and the DASS-21 scale to measure internalizing problems. The study sample consisted of 1086 adolescents, aged 14 to 19 years (M = 16.98, SD = 1.58), with the majority being female (678, or 62.4%).

The main findings of the study indicate the presence of both externalizing and internalizing behavioral problems among adolescents, with externalizing issues being more prevalent in males and internalizing problems more common in females. The results indicate moderate symptoms of behavioral problems, while statistically significant intercorrelations were found between externalizing and internalizing behavioral problems.

Integration of sports and initial mathematical concepts in the preparatory group during activities on the basketball court

2025-05-19T13:21:45+02:00

The modern model of preschool education and upbringing "Years of Ascent” requires a holistic approach to working with children, which, among other things, methodologically implies an interactive approach to content, and organizationally a project-based method of work imbued with play and other work methods accessible to children. This paper will describe the situations of learning of length measurement and concepts of meter and centimeter in the preparatory preschool group on the elements of the basketball game and the field. This achieves the integration of initial mathematical concepts and physical education. The activities can be implemented through a wider multi-day project "Sports and Mathematics".

Lifelong Irreplaceability of the "Emeritus"?

2025-05-19T13:21:45+02:00

Erratum: Dimensions of the meaning of law (No. 25, p. 63, 2024)

2025-05-19T13:21:45+02:00

In the review named Dimensions of the Meaning of Law, by Dragan Jakovljević, published in issue 25, https://doi.org/10.5937/sinteze13-50082, due to a technical error by the Editorial Board, pointed out by the author of the text, certain parts of the original manuscript were omitted when the text was prepared for publishing. Due to the specificity of the omission, the complete text of the review is published on this occasion.

We apologize to the author and readers for the error.