Branko Anđić
Biographic Data
| ID | 6771139 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Branko Anđić |
| GIVEN NAMES | Branko |
| FAMILY NAME | Anđić |
| SIGNATURE | ANĐIĆ B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johannes Kepler University of Linz |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2691-8357 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Preservice teachers as citizen scientists using iNaturalist
iNaturalist is a growing citizen science (CS) tool with great potential for biology education. Given the urgency of the biodiversity crisis, it is critical to raise awareness among preservice teachers (PT) as they impact future generations. Citizen Science has proven to be an effective educational tool. Activities with the iNaturalist application were conducted with preservice primary school teachers (PST) and biology teachers (BST) in Slovenian …
Pre-service biology teachers as developers of mobile augmented reality teaching materials
Pre-service biology teachers see mAR that they are developing as boosting teachers' creative teaching and collaboration. • Teachers developed mAR to foster immersive, hands-on biology experiments beyond usual classroom limits, students’ creativity, critical thinking and connection with nature. • Pre-service biology teachers are indicating the following challenges in developing mAR limited resources and minimal institutional backing. The benefits …
Empowering Preservice Biology Teachers as Designers of Pedagogical AI Agents
Artificial intelligence (AI) influences learning processes, student activities, and the organization of teaching, both in general and specifically in science education. Research indicates that the way AI will affect science learning primarily depends on how it is implemented in teaching. This study examines the ability of preservice biology teachers (PSBTs) to independently develop pedagogical AI agents (TDP-AI agents), most often in the form of …
Teacher Instructional Support as a Way to Enhance Student Perceptions—Evidence From Direct and Indirect Hands-on Learning
Our study examined how different types of teacher instructional support (direct—DI and indirect—II) during hands-on (HO) learning influence student perceptions towards the understanding of the content, cooperation, and activities in integrated science classes (ISCs). 94 3rd graders were divided into II + HO and DI + HO groups. The results showed that students perceive II as a support that significantly influences the development of content unders…
Relations between teachers’ technology integration within Icap modes with moderation effects
This international study used the Interactive-Constructive-Active-Passive (ICAP) framework to examine the relations between teachers’ integration of technology (TI) within different forms of learning/engaging modes. This study also explores how teacher age, experience, gender, and social background relate to these ICAP modes. Data were collected from 2978 teachers from seven European countries and analysed through Covariance-Based Structural Equa…
Understanding AI dependency among pre-service teachers
AI technologies offer immense opportunities and positive impacts for education, and their early integration is essential to maximize these benefits. However, the potential double-edged effects of AI particularly the risk of AI dependency among preservice teachers warrant careful attention. To date, little research has explored the factors influencing AI dependency in this group, forming the basis of the present study. This study aims to investiga…
Challenges and opportunities of training teachers to develop comics for teaching socio-scientific issues
In education, a crucial aspect of teaching lies in the teacher's ability to create suitable learning media. As society evolves, so does the need to align the content of classroom media with the emerging socio-scientific issues (SSI) garnering attention. Socio-scientific issues are social issues related to science. We initiated a specialized training program to develop comics with SSI content for elementary and junior high school teachers to addre…
Integrating mathematics and science to explain socioscientific issues in educational comics for elementary school students
Integrating socioscientific issues (SSI) into education is gaining widespread adoption in classrooms due to its positive impact on student’s critical thinking, environmental awareness, holistic knowledge and/or the idea of combining science and mathematics. This paper explores the idea of using comics as appropriate media for elementary school students to engage with SSI content. Because of the difficulties in integrating SSI into classrooms, SSI…
Using instructive simulations to teach young students simple science concepts
This research aimed to determine the effectiveness of applying instructive simulation experiments (SE) to the development of deeper conceptual understanding, retention of static electricity contents, and engagement of 4th-grade students. The correlation between student achievements and engagement was examined. 76 4th graders (10–11 years) were assigned to one of the groups: direct – DI + SE (DSE) and indirect instruction – II + SE (ISE) group. Th…
Unveiling Hype Cycle Patterns
Despite numerous studies indicating the positive contribution of 3D modeling and printing (3DMP) in learning settings, its current educational use is still rather limited. For the adoption of 3DMP in classrooms, it is critical to understand the views and perceptions of teachers on such new technology. To better understand how teachers perceive 3DMP, a longitudinal study was conducted with 73 Montenegrin secondary school teachers. The study used t…
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Challenges and opportunities of training teachers to develop comics for teaching socio-scientific issues
In education, a crucial aspect of teaching lies in the teacher's ability to create suitable learning media. As society evolves, so does the need to align the content of classroom media with the emerging socio-scientific issues (SSI) garnering attention. Socio-scientific issues are social issues related to science. We initiated a specialized training program to develop comics with SSI content for elementary and junior high school teachers to addre…
Integrating mathematics and science to explain socioscientific issues in educational comics for elementary school students
Integrating socioscientific issues (SSI) into education is gaining widespread adoption in classrooms due to its positive impact on student’s critical thinking, environmental awareness, holistic knowledge and/or the idea of combining science and mathematics. This paper explores the idea of using comics as appropriate media for elementary school students to engage with SSI content. Because of the difficulties in integrating SSI into classrooms, SSI…
Using instructive simulations to teach young students simple science concepts
This research aimed to determine the effectiveness of applying instructive simulation experiments (SE) to the development of deeper conceptual understanding, retention of static electricity contents, and engagement of 4th-grade students. The correlation between student achievements and engagement was examined. 76 4th graders (10–11 years) were assigned to one of the groups: direct – DI + SE (DSE) and indirect instruction – II + SE (ISE) group. Th…
Unveiling Hype Cycle Patterns
Despite numerous studies indicating the positive contribution of 3D modeling and printing (3DMP) in learning settings, its current educational use is still rather limited. For the adoption of 3DMP in classrooms, it is critical to understand the views and perceptions of teachers on such new technology. To better understand how teachers perceive 3DMP, a longitudinal study was conducted with 73 Montenegrin secondary school teachers. The study used t…
Relations between teachers’ technology integration within Icap modes with moderation effects
This international study used the Interactive-Constructive-Active-Passive (ICAP) framework to examine the relations between teachers’ integration of technology (TI) within different forms of learning/engaging modes. This study also explores how teacher age, experience, gender, and social background relate to these ICAP modes. Data were collected from 2978 teachers from seven European countries and analysed through Covariance-Based Structural Equa…
Understanding AI dependency among pre-service teachers
AI technologies offer immense opportunities and positive impacts for education, and their early integration is essential to maximize these benefits. However, the potential double-edged effects of AI particularly the risk of AI dependency among preservice teachers warrant careful attention. To date, little research has explored the factors influencing AI dependency in this group, forming the basis of the present study. This study aims to investiga…
Preservice teachers as citizen scientists using iNaturalist
iNaturalist is a growing citizen science (CS) tool with great potential for biology education. Given the urgency of the biodiversity crisis, it is critical to raise awareness among preservice teachers (PT) as they impact future generations. Citizen Science has proven to be an effective educational tool. Activities with the iNaturalist application were conducted with preservice primary school teachers (PST) and biology teachers (BST) in Slovenian …
Pre-service biology teachers as developers of mobile augmented reality teaching materials
Pre-service biology teachers see mAR that they are developing as boosting teachers' creative teaching and collaboration. • Teachers developed mAR to foster immersive, hands-on biology experiments beyond usual classroom limits, students’ creativity, critical thinking and connection with nature. • Pre-service biology teachers are indicating the following challenges in developing mAR limited resources and minimal institutional backing. The benefits …
Empowering Preservice Biology Teachers as Designers of Pedagogical AI Agents
Artificial intelligence (AI) influences learning processes, student activities, and the organization of teaching, both in general and specifically in science education. Research indicates that the way AI will affect science learning primarily depends on how it is implemented in teaching. This study examines the ability of preservice biology teachers (PSBTs) to independently develop pedagogical AI agents (TDP-AI agents), most often in the form of …
Teacher Instructional Support as a Way to Enhance Student Perceptions—Evidence From Direct and Indirect Hands-on Learning
Our study examined how different types of teacher instructional support (direct—DI and indirect—II) during hands-on (HO) learning influence student perceptions towards the understanding of the content, cooperation, and activities in integrated science classes (ISCs). 94 3rd graders were divided into II + HO and DI + HO groups. The results showed that students perceive II as a support that significantly influences the development of content unders…
Mathematics education (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Perception (3 works) · Science education (3 works) · Augmented Reality Applications (2 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Comics (2 works) · Creativity (2 works)