Surname(s) / First name(s)

Milić Saša

E-mail(s)

sasamilic@ucg.ac.me

Nationality(-ies)

Montenegrin

Date of birth

August 14th, 1966.

Gender

Male

Work experience

Dates

2002 – 2015… Full Professor, Senator and Member of Committee for Doctoral Studies

Occupation or position held

University Professor

Main activities and responsibilities

- Teaching at Departments for: Primary School Teahcers, Preschool Teachers, Pedagoges, Psychologists, Albanian Primary School Teachers);

- Teaching at Master and Doctoral studies (Comparative education policy, Contemporary tendencies in pedagogy, Research in Inclusion);

- Teaching at Faculty of Fine Arts and Music Academy;

- Teaching at Faculty for Montenegrin Language and Literature;

- Chair of Department for Preschool Education (2004-2008);

- Chair of Department for General Pedagogy (2008-2017);

- Teaching following subjects/course: General Pedagogy, Contemporary Education Systems, Interactive Teaching, Intercultural Pedagogy, Comparative Pedagogy, Contemporary Pedagogical Theories, Experimental Programs for Early Childhood Education, Evaluation of School;

Name and address of employer

University of Montenegro – Faculty of Philosophy

Danila Bojovica bb – 81400 Niksic – MONTENEGRO

Type of business or sector

Higher Education

Dates

2001 – 2002

Occupation or position held

Executive Director

Main activities and responsibilities

Leadership and Implementation of following Innovative Projects: “Step by Step”, “Inclusive education”, Holistic Approach in Early Childhood Education”, “Roma Education Initiative”, “Professional Development of Human Capacities for In-service in Ed. System of Montenegro”

Name and address of employer

Pedagogical Center of Montenegro

Bulevar Svetog Petra Cetinjskog 25/V – 81000 Podgorica - MONTENEGRO

Type of business or sector

NGO

Dates

1996 – 2001

Occupation or position held

Program Coordinator

Main activities and responsibilities

Program Coordinator of following Programs:

- Program for Children and Youth; - Humanitarian Program;

- Medical program; - Scholarship Program;  

Name and address of employer

Open Society Institute Montenegro

Njegoseva 26 – 81000 Podgorica – MONTENEGRO 

Type of business or sector

Foundation – Charity

Dates

1994 – 1995

Occupation or position held

Social Worker

Main activities and responsibilities

Psycho-social Support to Women and Children War Victims

Name and address of employer

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent

Njegoseva 6 – 81000 Podgorica – Montenegro                          

Type of business or sector

Humanitarian Organisation

Dates

1990 – 1994

Occupation or position held

Librarian

Main activities and responsibilities

Creation of bibliographies, catalogues, Universal decimal clasification of books etc.

Name and address of employer

National Library of Montenegro “DurdjeCrnojevic” (1990 – 1991)

Bulevar Crnogorskih junaka 163 – 81250 Cetinje – Montenegro

National Library “Radosav Ljumovic” (1991 – 1994)

Njegoseva 22 – 81000 Podgorica - Montenegro

Type of business or sector

Culture

Dates

1989 – 1990

Occupation or position held

Director

Main activities and responsibilities

Trade

Name and address of employer

Opus – Poslovni centar “Krusevac” – Cetinjski put bb – 81000 Podgorica – MONTENEGRO

Type of business or sector

Enterprise

Education and training

Dates

2002 - 2004

Title of qualification awarded

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences

Principal subjects/Occupational skills covered

General Pedagogy and Methodology

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

University of Novi Sad – Faculty of Philosophy

Level in national or international classification

PhD

Dates

2000 – 2002

Title of qualification awarded

Master of Pedagogical Sciences

Principal subjects/Occupational skills covered

General Pedagogy and Methodology

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

University of Belgrade – Faculty of Philosophy

Level in national or international classification

MA

Dates

1985 – 1989

Title of qualification awarded

Bachelor

Principal subjects/Occupational skills covered

General Pedagogy and Methodology

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

University of Belgrade – Faculty of Philosophy

Level in national or international classification

BA

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue(s)

Montenegrin/Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian

Other language(s)

Self-assessment

Understanding

Speaking

Writing

 European level ^(*)

Listening

Reading

Spoken interaction

Spoken production

English Language

C 1

C 1

C 1

C1

C 1

Italian Language

A 2

A 2

A 1

A 1

A 1

^(*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level

Social skills and competences

Effective Mentoring – Open Society Institute New York

Team Work – Open Society Institute Montenegro

Organisational skills and competences

Business Strategic Planning – Open Society Institute Budapest

Effective Presentation Skills – Open Society Institute New York

Organisational Standards of NGO – Civil Society development Foundation (CSDF) – Hungary

Social Enterprise Inititatives – Non-Profit Enterprise and Self-sustainability Team (NESsT)– Hungary

Computer skills and competences

Word, Excel, Internet,

Artistic skills and competences

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Other skills and competences

POLICY MAKING COMPETENCIES:

- Member of National Council for General Education of Montenegro (two mandates: 2002-2010);

- Member of National Task force for establishing of System of Licensing of Teachers (2010);

- Member of a Program Committee for Development Quality Standards for Teachers’ Trainers and Mentors (2006-2010);

- Member of Montenegrin Committee for Child Rights (2006);

- Expert for Development of University Strategy of Life-long Learning (2010-2011);

- Coordinator of a Project “Education Policy in Montenegro” – TEMPUS Project of establishing Master Studies of Education Policy at University of Montenegro (2010-2012);

- Board of Directors Member of International Step by Step Association – (OSI) – Amsterdam – The Netherlands (2002-2004); 

- Short Term Expert of the World Bank – created »Needs Assessment Study for Roma Education in Montenegro« - Washington DC (2005-2006);

- Member of Advisory Committee of National Association for Education of Young Children – Washington DC (2010-2012);

- International expert - engaged by Ministry of Education of Republic of Serbia and UNICEF to create “Analysis of Intercultural Competencies in National Curriculum Framework (Serbia) and Comparison with National Curriculum Frameworks of Relevant Countries (Region, EU, non-EU)” (2015);

- Expert at Montenegrin National List of Experts for Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions – National Council for Higher Education;

- Expert at Bosnian National List of Experts for Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions – HEI Bosnia and Herzegovina;

- Authorised Expert for External Evaluation of Higher Education Institutions and Programmes – EACEA.

- UNICEF Expert for Needs Analysis and Development on Professional Development of Preschool Teachers (2018);

- Member of UNICEF Ethical Committee for Research (2018);

RESEARCH COMPETENCIES:

- Leader Researcher – “Indicators of Intercultural and Civic Education in Montenegrin Education System” (national research project supported by Montenegrin Ministry of Higher Education) 2010-2012;

- Leader Researcher – “Reasons of School Failure of Roma Students in Montenegrin Education System (national research project supported by Montenegrin Ministry of Science) 2012-2014;

- Main Researcher – “Evaluation of Reform of Preschool Education in Montenegro (national research project supported by Montenegrin Ministry of Science) 2012-2014;

- Project Coordinator – “Evaluation of Reform of Montenegrin Education System”  (national research project supported by Open Society Institute New York) 2011-2013;

- Leader Researcher – “Evaluation of Implementation of Inclusive Education in Montenegrin Education System” (national research project supported by Open Society Institute Montenegro) 2011-2012;

- Key Researcher of the project “Improvement of Holocaust and anti-Semitism issues in Montenegrin Education System” OSCE-ODIHR )2018);

TRAINING SKILLS:

- Master Teacher Trainer for Project »Child Centered Teaching – Step by Step Program« – Georgetown University USA

- Master Teacher Trainer for Project »Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking« - International Reading Association USA

- Trainer for Project “Individualized Teaching Approach” – Children's Resources International USA

- Applied Research in Education – Pedagogical Institute of Slovenia

- Acitivism of Youth in Local Community – University of Jonkoping – Sweden

- Trainer for Project »Education for Social Justice – Anti-bias in Education« - Open Society Institute

- Trainer for Project »Efective Teaching and learning for minority-language children in Preschool and Primary School« - International Step by Step Association Amsterdam – The Netherlands

- Trainer for Project »Inclusive Education« - University of Jyvaskula – Finland

- Supervisor of Trainers of National Bureau for Education (2008-2011);

Driving licence(s)

Category B – car; Category C – truck; Category E – long vehicle;

Additional information

References:

Professional books:

§    Individualized Approach in Educational Process .-Podgorica: Montenegrin Pedagogical Center, 2002, 253. pages; (WB-Western Balkans)

§    Cooperative Learning – Theory and Practice .-Podgorica: Bureau for Textbooks and Teaching Material, 2004, XV, 354 pages; (WB)

§    Contemporary Education Systems .-Podgorica: Univeristy of Montenegro, 2008, 250 pages);

§    In line with the time« - Development of up-bringing and education in Montenegro (Podgorica: JPU »Ljubica Popović«, 2009, 160 pages; (WB)

§    Indicators of Development of Multiculturalism and Civic Counsions in Early Childhood Education .-Nikšić: Faculty of Philosophy, 2011, 219 pages; (WB)

§    Basic elements of implementation of a concept of inclusive education .- Saarbrücken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2014, 212 pages; (EU)

§    Preparing Teachers for Diversity – The Role of Initial Teacher Education: Final Report – Country Fiche: Montenegro. Brussels: European Commission, ISBN 978-92-79-63797-1, DOI 10.2766/637002, 2017, pp. 103-106;

Articles Published in Web of Science – Thomson Reuters SSCI:

§    The twenty-first century university and the concept of lifelong learning, In: Australian Journal of Adult Learning .- Melbourne: Adult Learning Australia (Vol. 53, No.1, Aprils 2013), pp. 159-179, ISSN 1443-1394 (SSCI Thomson-Reuters list);  (AUS)

§    Place and role of children’s interests in contemporary educational process, In: Croatian Journal of Education .- Zagreb: Teachers’ Faculty (Vol.17/2/2015; DOI: 10.15516/ cje.v17i2.1050), pp. 481-506, ISSN: 1848-5189. (EU)

§    Ličnost i prosvjetiteljski rad Svetog Petra Cetinjskog, in ACTA HISTRIAE. – Koper: Zgodovinsko društvo za južno Primorsko / Società storica del Litoral (Vol. 24, No. 3, 2016), p.p. 491 – 511, ISSN 1318 – 0815;

§    Habermas and Freire in Dialoque – Pedagogical Reading of Habermas / Habermas i Freire u dijalogu – pedagoško čitanje Habermasa.  Croatian Journal of Education. Vol. 19; No. 2/2017, pp. 605-635 ISSN 1848-5189;

Articles Published in International and Domestic Professional Magazines:

§    Arranging a Child-Centered Classroom, Vaspitanje i obrazovanje, Podgorica, Bureau for Textbooks and Teaching Material, no. 3, 1999, pp. 211-217. (WB)

§    Psychological Aspects of Personality and Education, Vaspitanje i obrazovanje, Podgorica, Bureau for Textbooks and Teaching Material, no. 3, 2001, pp. 113-231. (WB)

§    Starting Points and Sources of Principles on which Changes Are Going to Be Based; The Principle of Equal Opportunities, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Montenegro, Podgorica, 2001, pp. 23-29. (WB)

§    Forms of Individualization of Teaching within the Movement ‘New School’ and their Ranges, Vaspitanje i obrazovanje, Podgorica, Bureau for Textbooks and Teaching Material, no. 1, 2002, pp. 161-191. (WB)

§    Learning Styles and the Teaching Process, Obrazovni magazin, Montenegrin Pedagogical Centre, Podgorica, no. 2, 2002, pp. 4-6. (WB)

§    Effectiveness of Child Centered Programs in Primary Schools in Montenegro, Educating Children for Democracy, Washington, Georgetown University, 4/2002. (USA)

§    Innovations in Educational Systems in Countries in Transition, Olney, MD: Childhood Education International, Vol 79, no. 6, pp. 351-355. (USA)

§    Action Research in Pedagogy, Vaspitanje i obrazovanje, Podgorica, Bureau for Textbooks and Teaching Material, no. 4, 2002, pp. 49-41. (WB)

§    Current Operative Model for Early Education – Center for Care of Children Reggio Emilia, Italy, Obrazovni magazin, Montenegrin Pedagogical Center, Podgorica, no. 5, 2002, PP. 21-24. (WB)

§    Particular Aspects of Educational Work with Gifted Children, Vaspitanje i obrazovanje, Podgorica, Bureau for Textbooks and Teaching Material, no. 3, 2003, pp. 89-99. (WB)

§    High Score Program, Prosvjetni rad, Podgorica, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Montenegro, anniversary issue, January 2004. (WB)

§    Hyperactivity in Early Childhood – Problems with Care and Hyperactivity, Obrazovni magazin, Montenegrin Pedagogical Centre, Podgorica, no. 9, 2003. (WB)      

§    Communication in a Teaching Process, Vaspitanje i obrazovanje, Podgorica, Bureau for Textbooks and Teaching Material, no. 4, 2004. (WB)

§    Modern Educational Systems, Vaspitanje i obrazovanje, Podgorica, Bureau for Textbooks and Teaching Material, no. 1, 2005. (WB)

§    Waldorf Pedagogy in Education Practice, Vaspitanje i obrazovanje, Podgorica, Bureau for Textbooks and Teaching Material, no. 4, 2007. (WB)

§    Creative Curriculum in Education Process, Vaspitanje i obrazovanje, Podgorica, Bureau for Textbooks and Teaching Material, no. 1, 2008. (WB)

§    Development of Creative Curriculum, Metodicki ogledi, Zagreb – Croatia, no. 1, 2008. (WB)

§    Dynamic of Interactive Teaching Process”, 007: International Magazine for Education Theory and Practice .- Helsinki: Finnish Consultative Group, 1, 2008.  (EU)

§    Importance and Specific Role of Early Childhood Education, in “Montenegro in XXI Century – in the era of competitiveness” – Montenegrin Academy of Science and Art, 2010, pp. 45-62; (WB)

§    Initial Education of Teaching Staff in Montenegro, in “Montenegro in XXI Century – in the era of competitiveness” – Montenegrin Academy of Science and Art, 2010, pp. 221-238; (WB)

§    Reforms of Educational Systems on the Balkan – Montenegro, Education Sciences, University of Crete – Greece, 2009; (EU)

§    Basic Elements of Interculturalism in Education System , in Collection of proceedings from scientific conference – University of Montenegro – Faculty of Philosophy Nikšić, 2009, pp. 5-17; (WB)

§    Intercultural Dimension of Teachers’ Training , in Collection of proceedings from scientific conference – University of Montenegro – Faculty of Philosophy Nikšić, 2011, pp. 57-73; (WB)

§    Roma Education Initiative in Montenegro , in Collection of proceedings from scientific conference – University of Montenegro – Faculty of Philosophy Nikšić, 2011, pp. 143-199; (WB)

§    Professional Development of Roma Teachers’ Assistants , in Collection of proceedings from scientific conference – University of Montenegro – Faculty of Philosophy Nikšić, 2011, pp. 227-232; (WB)

§    Montenegro in PISA study, Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, University of Ljubljana – Faculty of Education, Vol.1, no.3, 2011; (EU)

§    Implementation of child right concept in Montenegrin education system .- Zagreb: Pedagogijsko društvo Hrvatske (Vol.11, No.1, 2014), pp. 127-138); ISSN: 1334-7888. (EU)