INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCIES OF TEACHERS AS A PREDICTOR OF INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION

Scientific paper - Preliminary note / Short communication

• Author: Andrija Kozina
• Editor: Vesnica Mlinarević
• Editor: Maja Brust Nemet
• Editor: Jasmina Husanović Pehar
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; (Croatian Defence Academy "Dr. Franjo Tuđman")
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pedagogy; Specific Pedagogy

Abstract (english)

Nowadays, the Republic of Croatia, as a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN), in accordance with international agreements, sends members of its Armed Forces to crisis areas around the world as part of peace support operations. Our soldiers, non- commissioned officers, and officers participate in the conduct of international military operations in various duties from contingent commanders, staff, and executive officers to soldiers in patrols and checkpoints, so they are expected to possess different competencies in order to carry out the task. Military teachers who conduct training at the Croatian Military Academy "Dr. Franjo Tuđman" to the only higher education institution in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia are most responsible for the education of officers and the acquisition of the necessary competencies. The connection between intercultural competence (through skills, attitudes, awareness, and knowledge) of military teachers and teachers' responsibility towards multiculturalism. The survey was conducted among military teachers of the Croatian Military Academy (N = 60) 51 teachers and 9 female teachers. Research within the paper starts from the hypothesis that knowledge as a part of intercultural competence is the most significant predictor of teachers' responsibility towards interculturalism. The paper uses data from the preparation of the doctoral dissertation "Intercultural Curriculum of Military Schools", which was defended on December 18, 2018, at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb. The analysis of the obtained results clearly showed that the knowledge of interculturalism, of all other predictors, has the greatest impact on the responsibility of military teachers towards interculturalism.

• Keywords (english): Intercultural Education of Officers; Multicultural Structure; Military Culture; Military Environment
• Keywords (croatian): interkulturalno obrazovanje časnika; multikulturalna struktura; vojna kultura; vojno okruženje
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Preliminary note / Short communication
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Publication title: INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION- CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
• Numbering: pp. 187-204, 316.74:37
• p-ISSN: 1849-7209
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:249:508903
• Publication: 2021-01-09
• Conference: Title: 4th Internacional Scientific and Professional Conference INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION; Location: Osijek, Croatia; Organizer: Sveučilištu Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku; Start date: 2020-09-17; End date: 2020-09-18; Assembly type: Lecture
• Document URL: https://education-for-interculturalism.webnode.hr/_files/200000048-d950ed950f/Intercultural%20Education%202020-web-9.pdf
• Type of resource: Text
• Publisher: Zebra
• Publishing place: Vinkovci
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2021-02-23 14:41:54