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Professional Education in Contemporary Serbia:An Examination of the Intellectual Transition from State-Socialism to Post Socialism ` Professional Education in Contemporary Serbia:an examination of the intellectual transition from state-socialism to post socialism Dragoljub Kaurin, B.A., M.A. November 2012 1 | P a g e Professional Education in Contemporary Serbia: an examination of the transition from state-socialism to post- socialism The University of Nottingham School of Education Phd Candidate: Dragoljub Kaurin, B.A. M.A. Supervisors: Professor W.J. Morgan and Professor Simon McGrath 2 | P a g e The Table of Contents: Thesis Title 2 The Table of Contents 3 The List of Abbreviations and Acronyms 4 The List of Serbian Names 9 The List of Interviewees 12 Thesis Abstract 13 Acknowledgements 14 Declaration 15 Chapter 1: Introduction 16 Chapter 2: Serbian Society and the Transition to Post-Socialism 20 Chapter 3: The Literature Review 51 Chapter 4: Methodology and Methods 71 Chapter 5: Documentary Method 89 Chapter 6: Data Presentation from Questionnaires, Interviews, Focus Groups 138 Chapter 7: Combined Data Analysis 170 Chapter 8 Conclusions 182 Bibliography 187 Appendices 226 Ethics Documents and Information for the Study Participants 227 Participant Information and Participant Consent Form in Serbian and English 227 Questionnaire in English 228 3 | P a g e Questionnaire in Serbian 233 Sample Interview Transcript with a lawyer 238 Sample Interview Transcript with a university teacher 242 4 | P a g e The List of Abbreviations and Acronyms (It is my belief that the list of acronyms guides the reader through the thesis and makes the understanding easier and more profound. It offers an overview of key theoretical and practical concepts used in the thesis and it was my intention to make it as accurate and as up-to-date as possible) AAEN-Alternative Academic Educational Network BAFOG-The Federal Law on the Provision of Education-Bundes Ausbildung Forderung Gesetz BERA-British Educational Research Association BOAL-Basic Units of Organized Labour-Organizacija Udruženog Rada CDO-Collateralized Debt Obligation CEU-Central European University CEASER-Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research CEEPUS-Central European Exchange Programme for University Students CERN-European Organisation for Nuclear Research CLUSTER- Consortium Linking of Science and Technology for Education and Research COE-Council of Europe COPERNICUS-Cooperation Programme in Europe for Research on Nature and Industry Coordinated University Studies CPD-Continual Professional Development DAAD-Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst-German Agency for Academic Exchange DOES-Department of Education and Science DFID-Department for International Development DPS-Demokratska Stranka Srbije-Democratic Party of Serbia EBRD-European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 5 | P a g e ECTS-European Credit Transfer Scheme EBP-English for Business Purposes EHEA- European Higher Education Area EIB-European Investment Bank ENQA-European Agency for Quality Assurance in Education ERASMUS-European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students ESEE-Electronic South East Europe ESP-English for Specific Purposes EST-English for Science and Technology ESRC-Economic and Social Research Council EURASHE-European Association of Institutions of Higher Education EURIBOR-European Interbank Offerred Rate EURING-European Engineer FDI-Foreign Direct Investment GP-General Practitioner GDP-Gross Domestic Product NHS-National Health Service ICT-Information and Communication Technology ILO-International Labour Organization IMF-International Monetary Fund INSET-Inservice Education of Teachers ISCED-International Standard Qualification of Education ISCO-International Standard Qualification of Occupations LEA-Local Educational Authority 6 | P a g e LIBOR-London Interbank Offerred Rate LLB-Bachelor of Law NGO-Non Governmental Organisation NEET-Not in Education Employment or Training NCT-New Computer Technologies NIP-National Investment Plan NNS-Non-Native Speakers OECD-Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OJT-On the Job Training OSCE-Organisation for Security Cooperation in Europe OFSTED-Office for Standards in Education QA-Quality Assurance Analysis QNGO-Quasi Non Governmental Organisation RAE-Research Assessment Exercise REGPOT-European Union 7th Framework Regional Potential Programme SEFI-Societe Europeene Por la Formation des Ingenieur-European Society for the Education of Engineers SME-Small and Medium Enterprise SRP-Serbian Radical Party SWOT-Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats TEMPUS-Trans-European Mobility Scheme for University Students TESOL-Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages TUC-Trade Union Congress UCAS-Universities and Colleges Admission Service UNCTAD-United Nations Conference for Trade and Development 7 | P a g e UNDP-United Nations Development Programme UN-United Nations UND-Union Nominated Board of Directors UNESCO-United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation USAID-United States Agency for International Development WDR-World Development Report WFME-World Federation for Medical Education 8 | P a g e The List of Serbian names This list is relevant to the thesis insofar as it represents Serbian policy-makers, intellectuals and historical figures linked with the particular research topic and education policy. In that sense it is not randomly inserted into the thesis and I tried to keep it as accurate and as up-to-date as possible Slobodan Antonić-professor of Sociology at Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade Violeta Arnaudova-professor at the University of Skopje Marko Backović-Dean of the Belgrade School of Economics, professor of economics Aleksandar Belić-professor of Science Dragomir Bondžić-historian and researcher in the Institute of Contemporary History, Belgrade Čedomir Čupić-Serbian sociologist and writer, professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences Belgrade Ljiljana Čolić-Serbian policy-maker Jadranka Dimov-specialist in Psychology Milovan Đilas-Communist Party intellectual Miloš Đurić-Serbian specialist and expert Ljubiša Glišić-specialist and expert Dejan Ilić-Serbian technicist and expert Vesna Gavrilov Jerković-Phd in Psychology, expert Edvard Kardelj-Communist Party representative Boris Kidrič-Communist Party representative Branko Kovačević-Rector of Belgrade University, professor of electrical engineering Jelena Kleut-Serbian educationist Sašo Kjošev-Macedonian analyst 9 | P a g e Todor Kuljić-professor of Sociology Ljiljana Kundaković-Serbian professional and policy maker Mladen Lazić-professor of Sociology at the University of Belgrade Predrag Lažetić-Serbian educationist Branko Milanović-Serbian sociologist Sima Milivojević-professional and expert Slobodan Milošević-Former president of Yugoslavia Danilo Mrkšić-former professor of Sociology Marko Nikezić-Serbian policy-maker Marina Nikolić-professor of Spanish Enes Osmančević-Bosnian professional Dragan Pantić-professor of Psychology Latinka Perović-professor of History Dejan Popović-former Rector of Belgrade University Savo Radošević-analyst Ljubiša Rajić-professor of Modern Languages (deceased) Aleksandar Ranković-Communist Party Representative Ivan Stambolić-journalist (deceased) Fuada Stanković-professor of Economics and Entrepreneurship, Novi Sad University Miodrag Stojković-Serbian geneticist Dejan Šoškić-Serbian economist and policy-maker Sreten Šljivić-professor of Chemistry at the Belgrade University Srbijanka Turajlić-retired professor of Electrical Engineering, Belgrade University Jovan Teokarević-professor of Politics 10 | P a g e Josip Broz Tito-Former president of Yugoslavia Ivan Vejvoda-Serbian intellectual and writer Tamara Valčić Bulić-professor of Novi Sad University Miloš Vasić-Serbian intellectual and writer Nikolaj Velimirović-bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church Martina Vukasović-Serbian educationist 11 | P a g e List of Interviewees Many interviewees wanted to remain anonymous because of the consent and confidentiality issues as well as because they were afraid answering the interview would jeopardize their future job prospects. However, Dalibor Soldatić, a head of the Hispanic studies at the Faculty of Philology and Dean for international cooperation, had no objections to research conduct that is not anonymous and offered generous assistance Anonymous Lawyer from Belgrade Apprentice Lawyer from Belgrade Anonymous Lawyer from Belgrade Anonymous Lawyer from Belgrade Anonymous Lawyer from Belgrade Anonymous Lawyer from Belgrade Anonymous Lawyer from Belgrade Professors of Russian and French from the Faculty of Teacher Training Anonymous Lawyer from Belgrade Anonymous Lawyer from Belgrade Dalibor Soldatić, Dean for International Cooperation at the Faculty of Modern Languages and Chair of Hispanic Studies Student from the Faculty of Organisational Science 12 | P a g e Abstract The thesis, professional education in contemporary Serbia, an examination of the transition from state- socialism to post-socialism tries to answer the question of the changing patterns of professional education in contemporary Serbia in the light of the advent of post-socialism, after a very long period of reign of state- socialism. It does so by employing an in-depth historical analysis. It is argued that the economic problems in post-socialism, blocked transformation, exclusion from the European Community, and other problems impacted on the change in professional education patterns. Post-socialism is distinguished by the growing marketization, globalization and the economic intra-dependence, as well as the stronger influence of the emerging markets. In
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