Study Methods and Acquired Competencies from a Student Perspective

Abstract

The paper discusses the issue of developing professional competencies and study activities at the university level. It's aim was to find out how students in Belgrade in the first and third year of study of Pedagogy and those from Ljubljana in the Educational Sciences track assess the quality of their study programmes and what their opinions on its specific contents are. We were interested in students' attitudes towards the content and structure of the study, forms of education, study materials, and how they assess their ability to perform their potential future profession. The survey results show that students of both universities recognized practical training and exercises as crucial for the development of professional competencies. Among academic activities that can contribute to the development of their competences, students from Slovenia marked lectures, self-study, and classroom observations higher than students from Serbia. Serbian students, on the other hand, assessed the relevance of research to the development of their professional competencies statistically significantly higher.