Erasmus+ teaching staff mobility

During the summer semester of the 2025/2026 academic year, associate professor dr. Vida Manfreda Kolar from the Faculty of Education of the University of Ljubljana will be staying at our faculty as part of the Erasmus+ teaching staff mobility programme. Within the course Mathematics Teaching Methods I, prof. Manfreda Kolar held an interactive lecture for 3 rd year students titled Types of Knowledge in Mathematics - Gagné's Classification of Knowledge. The lecture was stimulating and dynamic, with active participation of the students who, through discussion and problem solving, analysed different levels of knowledge - from basic and procedural to conceptual and problem-based. The importance of recognizing conceptual errors in pupils and designing tasks that go beyond routine solving was emphasized. Through concrete examples, it was shown how tasks can be transformed from procedural to conceptual and problem-based, which encourages the development of mathematical thinking, connections and reasoning.
A week earlier, as part of the courses Mathematics Teaching Methods I and II, prof. Manfreda Kolar held a workshop for 3 rd and 4 th year students dedicated to teaching aids and tools in mathematics teaching. Through activities such as working with pentominoes and mathematical games (detective, ladder), the students explored the possibilities of their application in elementary mathematics teaching. We are especially pleased that the students successfully applied new ideas and presented them at 2 nd Mathematics Street Festival.