CURRICULUM VITAE

DIJANA PLUT

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
September 1, 1954, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citizenship: FR Yugoslavia

PRESENT POSITION:
Senior researcher on projects on developmental and pedagogical psychology
Chief editor of "Psiholoska istrazivanja" (Psychological Research)
Chief editor of "Psiholoskih monografija" (Psychological Monographs)
Member of editorial board of magazine "Psihologija" (Psychology)
Member of Institute for Psychology Council
Member of NGO MOST executive board
Member od expert group Educational Forum
Member of expert group for Assesssment of quality in education (established by
Ministry of education and sport)
Member of expert group for national strategy in publishing educational material

EDUCATION:
1973-75. Study of philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of
Philosophy in Belgrade (FR Yugoslavia) and Faculty of Philosophy in Ljubljana (FR Slovenia)
1982 Bachelor of psychology , Faculty of Philosophy, Beograd (in the field of early child creativity)
1991. M.A. in developmental psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Beograd (in the field of pedagogical anthropology)
2000. Ph.D. in developmental psychology (in the field of cultural psychology)

PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
1982. Assistant at the Institute of Psychology (at the Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade).
1982-1995. Researcher -assistant at the Institute of Psychology (working on projects in developmental and educational psychology).
1995-2000. Researcher at the Institute of Psychology.
2000-present. Senior researcher at the Institute of Psychology.

PROJECTS THAT I WAS ENGAGED ON:

Coordinator or head of project at following projects:
1981-1985. In project Psychological-pedagogical analysis of textbooks , researcher and, later, coordinator for theme Content analysis and values of textbooks for elementary school.
1992-1998. Coordinator for theme Cultural tools in school textbooks, within the wider project "Mladi u
Srbiji" (The Young in Serbia")
1995-1997. Coordinator in program: Cultural support program for students from Croatia, in wider project
Support programs for refugees from Croatia, NGO Group 484.
1996-1999. Coordinator for theme Content analysis in history and mother tongue textbooks for elementary schools, within the wider international project: Democracy in School, School for Democracy (financed by SIDA/SAREC foundation).
1999-present. Head of project (with Dragica Pavlovic) The culture of critical thinking , and project leader
(with Radmila Gasovic) of Applied program in teaching philosophy.
1999-present. Head of program (with Marina Bogdanovic) Goodwill classrom: Program for non-violent
communication (in the role of participant in project, since 1995).
2000-present. Head of project Education of refugeee children in the war-disturbed environment: Problems and actions, (UNESCO participation project).

Researcher at following projects:
1981-1985. In project Development, socialization and education of children, adolescents, adults and olders, researcher for the subproject Bibliography in developmental and educational psychology.
1982-1986. In project JESI/IDEO (Language, emotional, social and intelectual development in early
childhood), researcher for the problem Interactive patterns in child-parent relationship.
1986-1990. In the project The effects of elementary education, engaged to construct criteria tests for
physics, chemistry and biology.
1992. In socio-psychological study of a mass social youth movement in Serbia 1992, content analysis (with Dragica Pavlovic) of students massages (Student protest 92).
1992 - 1999. As a personal response to the deep crisis in country, involvement in psychology of conflicts
and intervening programs supporting the strategies of non-violent conflict resolution. (Goodwill classroom).
1990-present. Jedan od trajnih oblika profesionalnog angazmana je work on the popular science for the
children as the book writer in this area, reviewer of relevant books and the president (in period 1995-1999) of the awarding board for the popularization of science awarded by Society of Friends of Serbian Children (award NEVEN).
2000-and in future. As a member of NGO Educational Forum, project Racionalizacija mreze skola u Srbiji.
2000. As a local researcher in OSI- IEP project, participation in project Teacher education overview:
comparative study for teacher preparation - education and current policies considering teacher education and current policies in several countries in the region where OSI works.
2000. As a researcher, participation in UNICEF project Evaluation of Elementary Education system in
Serbia (as constructor of criterion tests in the field of science).
2000-2001. As a researcher, participation in project Functioning of the social protection system for children without parental care, (as an author for theme: Problemi prirodnih roditelja dece na institucionalnom smestaju). SAVE THE CHILDREN foundation.

SELECTED BOOKS AND PAPERS
l980. (with Vuletic, LJ.). S kim, gde i sta rade deca u bloku 45. Predskolsko dete 11. str. 27 - 41.
1980. (with Pesikan,A.) Moc i nemoc jednog naseg udzbenika. Psihologija, 1, str. 114-127 (in Serbian).
l984. Knjiga koju je napisalo jedno dete. Anthropos 2, str.11 - 27.
1988. (with Ignjatovic-Savic and others): Social Interaction in Early Childhood and its Developmental Effects. In J. Valsiner, (Ed.). Child Development within Culturally Structured Environments. New Jersey: Ablex, p. 88-153 (in English).
1988. Psychological Analysis of Early Childhood Creativity. In I.Ivic (Ed.). Symbolic Play and Creativity.
Beograd: Zavod. p. 127-235 (in Serbian).
1989. (with Danicic,N. and Tadic,B.). The Value System of Elementary School Textbooks. Beograd:
Psiholoska istrazivanja 4. p. 141-204 (in Serbian).
1990. (koautorstvo sa Litvinovic,G.). Obrazovna postignuca na kriterijskim testovima za prirodno-naucno
podrucje. In Havelka,N. and others. The effects of elementary education. Beograd: Institut za psihologiju. Psiholoske monografije I.
1991. Socialization patterns of elementary school textbooks. MA thesis defended at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, str. 370.
1993. (with Pavlovic, D.). Who Has Set the Grain on Fire: Content Analysis of the Students Messages. In
Kuzmanovic,B. (Ed.). Student Revolt 1992. Beograd: Institute of Psychology (in Serbian).
1993. The Quality of the Textbook Writing. Nastava i vaspitanje, 3-4 (in Serbian).
1993. Culturaly-antropological Analysis of Elementary School Textbooks. Psihologija, 3-4, p 313-335. 1994. Socialization Patterns of Elementary School Textbooks. In R.Rosandic and V.Pesic (Eds.). Warfare, Patriotism, Patriarchy:The Analysis of Elementary School Textbooks. Beograd: CAA, p 13-40 (in English).
1994. (with Marinkovic,Lj.). Conflicts and what to do with them. Beograd: Kreativni centar (in Serbian,
reprinted 1996, 1998, 2000 and translated recently in Croatian).
1995. The Basic Assumptions of Conflict Resolution in Intervening Programs. In T.Kovac-Cerovic, R.
Rosandic and D.Popadic (Eds.). Goodwill Classroom, Part I. Beograd: MOST. p. 21-35 (in S erbian).
2000. Psychological-pedagogical assumptions for a theory of textbook. Ph.D. thesis, defendede at the
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, str. 281.
2000. Istrazivanja udzbenika kao osnov za aktivne i smislene strategije nastave. Ucitelj, 67-68.
2000. u zborniku radova Holger Daun, Ivic and collaborators: Democracy in Education, Education for
Democracy, koautorstvo u glavi 7: What is democracy in textbooks and Curricula in the Four Countries (in press).
2001. (with collaborators) The culture of critical thinking: Basic assumptions , Institute of Psychology (in
press).
2001. (with collaborators) Goodwill Classroom Part II (Manual for elementary school teachers), revised edition ), MOST and UNICEF, in press.
2001. Problemi prirodnih roditelja dece koja su na smestaju. U Kuzmanovic i saradnici, deca bez
roditeljskog staranja. Save the Children (in press).

CONTACT ADDRESSES:

Home Address:
Omladinskih brigada, 70, apt.8,
11070 Novi Beograd, Yugoslavia

Office Address:
Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy,University of Belgrade,
Cika Ljubina 18-20,
11 000 Beograd, Yugoslavia

Group MOST ,
Karadjordjeva 23, 11 000 Beograd

Communications:
Telephone: + 381 11 185 301,
fax: + 381 11 639 724, + 381 11 639 356
(Home):+ 381 11 141 656
e-mail: dplut@eunet.yu