Dear readers,

in Volume XXIII following articles are published:

Amir Pušina

Practical Intelligence – an Atypical Empirical Test

Kerima Delibašić, Đenita Tuce

Successful Ageing: Theoretical Concepts, Determinants, and Interventions

Lejla Mustoo Başer

Subjektivna dobrobit štićenica domova za njegu starijih i starijih udovica koje žive s porodicom: Perspektive iz Bosne i Hercegovine

Indira Husić, Amela Dautbegović

Prevalence of Anxiety, Depression and Stress among Students and Differences in Symptom Levels with Respect to Gender and Age

Emina Škorić

Comparative Analysis of Adult Education System in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Southeast European Countries

INTERVIEW

 Social Inclusion in Context of VET Schools

IN MEMORIAM

Prof. Dr. Mujo Slatina (1945-2023)

Dr. Emir Avdagić (1974-2023)

Call for papers for the issue of the Journal Adult Education in 2024.: https://ccu.bkc.ba/

The “Adult Education“ Journal publishes original scientific and professional papers in the field of adult education and learning.

The “Adult Education“ Journal also publishes announcements, displays and reviews, documents and information about the practice and policy of adult education in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region, displays and reviews, current articles from foreign journals, as well as information about significant events from the country, the region, Europe and the world that relate to adult education and learning.

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All submitted articles are first reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief and then undergo a double-blind peer review process by at least two reviewers – one local and the other international. The reviewer cannot be from the same institution as the author of the manuscript. Translations, book reviews, and reports about scientific and professional events are subject to only editor’s review.

Reviewers assess methodology and content of the manuscript, as well as whether it is suitable for publication in the Journal. Anonymized reviewers’ comments are sent to the author, who, if required, sends back the revisions.

Indexing and Abstracting:

DOI: 10.53617/issn.2744-2047
ISSN: 1512-8784 (Print)
ISSN: 2744-2047 (Online)

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IN MEMORIAM

Dr. Emir Avdagić, Ph.D.

With profound sorrow, we bid farewell to our colleague and friend.

Dr. Emir Avdagić, with his expertise and dedication, contributed to the establishment of systemic solutions in the field of adult education in Bosnia and Herzegovina. With rare joy for life and a sense of people, he built bridges among the andragogical communities of the region and beyond. He was one of the initiators of the journal Adult Education in 2001, serving as the chief and responsible editor from 2011 to 2012, and a permanent member of the Editorial Board until today.

We will cherish the memory of our esteemed friend and colleague, grateful for his contribution to andragogy and the journal Adult Education, as well as for the conversations and moments shared in the joy of life.

The Editorial Board of the journal Adult Education

Prisjetit ćemo se članaka koje je dr. Avdagić objavio samostalno ili u koautorstvu u časopisu Adult Education:[1]

• AVDAGIĆ, Emir. IIZ/DVV – Projekt u Bosni i Hercegovini = IZZ/DVV Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina / Adult Education: Journal for Adult Education and Culture. 1–3 (2001), str. 23–27.
• AVDAGIĆ, Emir. Pakt za stabilnost i permanentno obrazovanje = The Stability Pact and Permanent Education / Adult Education: Journal for Adult Education and Culture. 2 (2002), str. 115–118.
• AVDAGIĆ, Emir. Njemački kao strani jezik u obrazovanju odraslih = German as Foreign Language in Adults Education / Adult Education: Journal for Adult Education and Culture. 2 (2003), str. 81–108. 194.
• AVDAGIĆ, Emir. Prvi festival cjeloživotnog učenja u Jugoistočnoj Europi = The First Lifelong Learning Festival in South-Eastern Europe / Adult Education: Journal for Adult Education and Culture. 3(2003), str. 117–120.
• AVDAGIĆ, Emir. Informacija o izradi dokumenta „Strateški pravci razvoja obrazovanja odraslih u BiH” = Information about Making Document „Developing Strategies of Adult Education in B&H”/ Adult Education: Journal for Adult Education and Culture. 2 (2005), str. 107–109.
• AVDAGIĆ, Emir. Obrazovanje odraslih kao podrška pripremi za životnu krizu izazvanu odlaskom u mirovinu = Education of Adults as a Support Considering Preparations for Life Crisis Caused by Retirement / Adult Education: Journal for Adult Education and Culture. 1 (2008), str. 81–102.
• AVDAGIĆ, Emir. CONFINTEA VI = CONFINTEA VI / Adult Education: Journal for Adult Education and Culture. 1 (2009), str. 121–126. 338.
• AVDAGIĆ, Emir. Internacionalna konferencija „Obrazovanje odraslih u Bosni i Hercegovini i Jugoistočnoj Evropi – doprinos miru i razvoju” = International Conference „Adult Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Southeastern Europe – Contribution to Peace and Development” / Adult Education: Journal for Adult Education and Culture. 2 (2010), str. 15–25. 339.
• AVDAGIĆ, Emir. XIII kongres Visokih narodnih škola SR Njemačke = 13th German Adult Education Conference / Adult Education: Journal for Adult Education and Culture. 1 (2011), str. 13–20.
• ALIBABIĆ, Šefika; AVDAGIĆ Emir. Razvojni elementi u strategijama obrazovanja odraslih = Development Elements in the Strategies of Adult Education / Adult Education: Journal for Adult Education and Culture. 1 (2013), str. 33–52. Napomena: Tekst je preuzet iz časopisa „Pedagogija”. 1 (2012), Beograd.
• AVDAGIĆ, Emir. Metodološki pristupi u istraživanju menadžmenta obrazovanja odraslih = Methodological Approaches of Research on Management in Adult Education / Adult Education: Journal for Adult Education and Culture. 1 (2012), str. 25–46. 35.
• AVDAGIĆ, Emir; ELLWANGER, Winfried. Menagement Models in Organisations for Adult Education / Adult Education: Journal for Adult Education and Culture. 1, 2 (2017), str. 11 – 34. Napomena: Tekst je preuzet iz zbornika „International Perspectives in Adult Education (IPE) 78: Adult education centres as a key to development – challenges and success factors”, str. 179–201.
• ČERKEZ, Anes; AVDAGIĆ, Emir. Funkcija marketing menadžmenta u organizacijama za obrazovanje odraslih = Function of Marketing Management in Organizations for Adult Education / Adult Education: Journal for Adult Education and Culture. 1 (2018), str. 49–72.

[1] Taken from Bajrić, Arijana and Hajdarpašić, Lejla, Bibliography of the journal ”Adult Education”: Journal for Adult Education and Culture (2001-2018). Journal of Adult Education, 2, XVIII/2018, 135-196.

The “Adult Education” Journal has been included in the ERIH PLUS database

We are pleased to announce that the “Adult Education” Journal has been included in the ERIH PLUS database (The European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences). This is the result of the standardization and matching of bibliographic elements of the journal with high-quality criteria.

“Adult Education” has been published since 2001 as the only andragogic magazine in Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of several in the region of Southeastern Europe. The magazine publishes original scientific, overview and expert articles, as well as book reviews and conference reports.

We take the opportunity to invite researchers to cooperate by submitting papers for publication in the journal “Adult Education“. The invitation for the autumn edition is available via the link:

https://ccu.bkc.ba/en/pozivno-pismo-casopis-obrazovanje-odraslih-2023/

The editors of the “Adult Education” Journal

Invitation to dear high school graduates to enrol in preparatory classes for taking the matriculation exam in the 2022/2023 school year!

Prices per subject:

BCS Language and Literature – 45KM,

Mathematics – 45KM,

English language – 45KM.

In the case of attending preparatory classes for all three subjects, the price is 115 KM.

Duration: 05/26 – 06/12/2023

Apply until: 05/23/2023

Apply via e-mails: adnana.emirhafizovic@bkc.ba, amina.vanjo@bkc.ba, via phone number: 033 407 654 or directly at the BCC premises.

After two weeks of work of our students and lecturers, the preparatory classes for taking the 2022/23 matriculation exam for enrollment in high school were completed on June 12, 2023. The classes were held as a part of the Centre for Lifelong Learning, organised by the PI Bosnian Cultural Centre SC.

We wish our dear future high school students a lot of success in taking the matriculation exam and their future education!

In order to get acquainted with the basic processes within the adult education system, the organization and programs that are classified into different areas of adult education, as in previous years, on November 23, 2022, accompanied by assistant professor Dr Amina Isanovic Hadziomerovic a visit of students from the Department of Pedagogy of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo was organized and took place in the premises of the Centre for Lifelong Learning of the Bosnian Cultural Centre. The track record, development and work of PI Bosnian Cultural Centre SC were presented by Adnana Emirhafizovic, expert associate for education and science.

The students toured the interior of the institution and visited the photo exhibition entitled “Bruce Dickinson, Live, BCC Sarajevo, December 14, 1994” by Milomir Kovacevic – Strasni.

On the same day, the work of DVV International – Office for Bosnia and Herzegovina was presented to the students in the Centre for Lifelong Learning.

On Monday, May 31, 2021, as in previous years, in order for students to learn as much as possible about practical adult education, the representative of PI BCC SC, Edina Arnautovic, acting director and Adnana Emirhafizovic, expert associate for education and science, at the invitation of Prof Mirjana Mavrak were guests on the course Andragogy and Adult Education. They held a short lecture and presentation via the Zoom platform for 72 second and third-year students of the Department of Pedagogy of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo.

PI Bosnian Cultural Centre of the Sarajevo Canton founded the Centre for Lifelong Learning with the financial and advisory support of the partner DVV-International Office for B&H. The Centre for Lifelong Learning was created as a result of the need to introduce adult education into the legal framework, which implies the registration of the Centre for Lifelong Learning in the Register of Organizers of Adult Education in the Sarajevo Canton, which would be in accordance with the Law on Adult Education of the Sarajevo Canton.

Lifelong learning is the best answer to replacing the concept of a lifelong workplace with the concept of lifelong knowledge, skills and competences. The change in concept is conditioned by the daily increase of new knowledge and the ever-faster obsolescence of the existing one, but also by the need to adapt existing non-specific knowledge, skills and competences to the requirements of changed workplaces. Lifelong learning becomes much more than an economic issue, because a higher level of education and continuous learning, which is accessible to everyone, is an essential prerequisite for reducing inequality and preventing the marginalization of an individual or a group.

Goals:

• To enable citizens to be more competitive in the labour market by organizing various longer and shorter educational programs
• Strengthening the social inclusion of citizens
• Developing the individual potential of each student
• Reducing the marginalization of vulnerable groups in society (unemployed people, third-age people, people with developmental difficulties and disabled people, women, young people, etc.), and improving their economic situation.