Zrinka Ristić Dedić
Senior scientist
- Researcher’s unique code: 264042
- Job title: Senior scientist
- Field of interest: educational sciences, psychology
Qualifications, scientific advancement and education
Senior Scientist
Senior Research Associate
Research Associate in Institute for Social Research in Zagreb
Research Associate (interdisciplinary field of educational science)
Higher Research Assistant
Research Assistant
Ph.D. in Psychology (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb)
B.Sc. in Psychology (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb)
Research projects
National monitoring of COVID-19 pandemic effects on Croatian education system (Ministry of Science and Education)
Educational aspirations of pupils at transitional periods of Croatian elementary education: nature, determinants and change (COBRAS), follow up in 2019 and 2020 (IDIZ)
Educational aspirations of pupils at transitional periods of Croatian elementary education: nature, determinants and change (COBRAS), (Croatian Science Foundation)
Situation analysis and needs assessment of upper-secondary education related to information systems and procedures for enrolment into tertiary education programmes through the National Information System for Admission to Higher Education Institutions (Agency for Science and Higher Education)
On Learning – Development of learning to learn competence in primary and lower-secondary pupils in four Croatian counties (Expert Councils of School Pedagogues in Zagrebačka, Krapinsko-Zagorska, Varaždinska i Međimurska county)
On Learning – Development of learning to learn competence in primary and lower-secondary pupils in the City of Zagreb (Expert Councils of School Pedagogues in Zagreb)
Regional support for Inclusive Education in South East Europe (Joint project of the European Union and Council of Europe, London School of Economics)
Adoption of biological concepts during primary and secondary education (IDIZ, Faculty of Science, Education and Teacher Training Agency)
Analysis of entrance to study programmes of tertiary education in Republic of Croatia based on the results of State Matura 2009/10 – 2012/13 (Agency of Science and Higher Education)
The development of instruments for evaluation of school teaching (Education and Teacher Training Agency)
Analysis of content and results of State Matura exams in mathematics 2009/10 – 2011/12 (National Centre for External Evaluation of Education)
Analysis of content and results of State Matura exams in biology, chemistry and physics 2009/10 (National Centre for External Evaluation of Education)
Analysis of conditions, means and procedures for pronouncing disciplinary measures and estimation of their effectiveness from the perspective of primary school pupils and staff in Republic of Croatia (Ministry of Science, Education and Sport)
Development of analytic framework for development and promotion of peace education in formal educational system of Republic of Croatia (Center for peace studies)
Analysis of final grades of Croatian primary school pupils (Ministry of Science, Education and Sport)
Compatibility of some education quality indicators with Croatian Pedagogical standards and EU benchmarks (Ministry of Science, Education and Sport)
Analysis of truancy in Croatian primary schools (Ministry of Science, Education and Sport)
Equalising and improving the quality of Croatian primary education (Ministry of Science, Education and Sport)
Private Tutoring Phenomenon: Developing Policy Options (Network of Educational Policy Centers)
School self-evaluation in Croatian elementary schools – The first experiences of schools (Education and Teacher Training Agency)
Evaluation of program Towns and districts – friends of children from children’s perspective (Union „Our Children“ and Croatian Society for Preventive and Social Pediatrics)
International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
Use of national assessment results for school self-evaluation (National Centre for External Evaluation of Education)
Development of the methodology of preschool self-evaluation: Quality assurance in preschool education (IDIZ)
Key competences ‘Learning to learn’ and ‘Entrepreneurship’ in Croatian elementary education (European Training Foundation)
Monitoring of private tutoring phenomenon in secondary education (Open Society Institute– Education Support Programme)
Introducing secondary school-leaving exam (State Matura) into Croatian school system (Ministry of Science, Education and Sport)
Analysis of conditions for introducing secondary school-leaving exam into Croatian school system (Ministry of Science and Technology)
School self-evaluation as the means of educational quality improvement (Ministry of Science and Technology)
Selected bibliography
Authored Books
Jokić, B., Ristić Dedić, Z., Erceg, I., Košutić, I., Kuterovac Jagodić, G., Marušić, I., Matić Bojić, J. i Šabić, J. (2019). Obrazovanje kao cilj, želja i nada. Završno izvješće znanstveno-istraživačkog projekta Obrazovne aspiracije učenika u prijelaznim razdobljima hrvatskog osnovnoškolskog obrazovanja: priroda, odrednice i promjene (COBRAS). Zagreb: Institut za društvena istraživanja u Zagrebu. ISBN 978-953-6218-82-0
Jokić, B. i Ristić Dedić, Z. (2018). Cjelovita kurikularna reforma: Izvorne ideje i procesi. Zagreb: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. ISBN 978-953-7043-78-0
Jokić, B. i Ristić Dedić, Z. (2018). Metodološki priručnik za izradu kurikuluma: područja kurikuluma, međupredmetne teme, predmeti. Zagreb: Institut za društvena istraživanja u Zagrebu. ISBN 978-953-8218-80-6
Jokić, B. i Ristić Dedić, Z. (2014). Postati student u Hrvatskoj. Zagreb: Agencija za znanost i visoko obrazovanje. ISBN 978–953–7584–10-8
Bezinović, P., Marušić, I. & Ristić Dedić, Z. (2012). Opažanje i unapređivanje školske nastave [Classroom Observation and Improvement of School Teaching]. Zagreb: Agencija za odgoj i obrazovanje i Institut za društvena istraživanja.
Ristić Dedić, Z. Jokić, B. & Šabić, J. (2011). Analiza sadržaja i rezultata ispita državne mature iz biologije. [Analysis of Content and Results of State Matura Exam in Biology]. Zagreb: Nacionalni centar za vanjsko vrednovanje obrazovanja i Institut za društvena istraživanja.
Jokić, B., Ristić Dedić, Z. & Šabić, J. (2011). Analiza sadržaja i rezultata ispita državne mature iz fizike. [Analysis of Content and Results of State Matura Exam in Physics]. Zagreb: Nacionalni centar za vanjsko vrednovanje obrazovanja i Institut za društvena istraživanja.
Jokić, B. & Ristić Dedić, Z (2007). U sjeni: privatne instrukcije u obrazovanju Republike Hrvatske. Zagreb: Institut za društvena istraživanja.
Edited Books
Ristić Dedić, Z. i B. Jokić (Ed.), (2019). Što nakon srednje? Želje, planovi i stavovi hrvatskih srednjoškolaca. Zagreb: Agencija za znanost i visoko obrazovanje.
Book Chapters
Ristić Dedić, Z. (2019). Metakognitivni aspekti samoregulacije učenja. In: V.Vizek Vidović i I.Marušić (Ed.), Kompetencija Učiti kako učiti – teorijske osnove i istraživanja u hrvatskom kontekstu (pp. 89-110). Zagreb: Institut za društvena istraživanja u Zagrebu.
Ristić Dedić, Z. (2019). Pristupi mjerenju samoregulacije učenja. In: V.Vizek Vidović i I.Marušić (Ed.), Kompetencija Učiti kako učiti – teorijske osnove i istraživanja u hrvatskom kontekstu (pp. 153-165). Zagreb: Institut za društvena istraživanja u Zagrebu.
Jokić, B. i Ristić Dedić, Z. (2019). Vrijedi li učiti (u Hrvatskoj) – učenička perspektiva instrumentalnosti obrazovanja i Hrvatske kao okružja za učenje i obrazovanje. In: V.Vizek Vidović i I.Marušić (Ed.), Kompetencija Učiti kako učiti – teorijske osnove i istraživanja u hrvatskom kontekstu (pp. 221-236). Zagreb: Institut za društvena istraživanja u Zagrebu.
Jokić, B. i Ristić Dedić, Z. (2018). Celovita kurikularna reforma na hrvaškem. In: S. Gaber i V. Tašner (Ed.), Misliti socijalne inovacije (pp. 287-293). Ljubljana: Pedagoška fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani. ISBN 978-961-253-236-9
Jokić, B., Soldo, A. & Ristić Dedić, Z. (2013). Private Tutoring and Social Equity in Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina: A Comparative Qualitative Study. In: M. Bray, A.E. Malawi & R. Sultana (Ed.), Private Tutoring across the Mediterranean: Power Dynamics and Implications for Learning and Equity (pp. 11-27). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers and Euro-Mediterannean Centre for Educational Research. ISBN 978-94-6209-235-8 meko izdanje, ISBN 978-94-6209-236-5 print, ISBN 978-94-6209-237-2 e-book
Ristić Dedić, Z. & Jokić, B. (2013). Equity issues related to the use of private tutoring services. In: B. Jokić (Ed.), Emerging from the Shadow: A Comparative Qualitative Exploration of Private Tutoring in Eurasia (pp. 265-301). Zagreb: Network of Education Policy Centers (NEPC).
Ristić Dedić, Z., Jokić, B. & Kazimzade, E. (2013). Wider societal sphere and the decision concerning the use of private tutoring. In: B. Jokić (Ed.), Emerging from the Shadow: A Comparative Qualitative Exploration of Private Tutoring in Eurasia (pp. 239-263). Zagreb: Network of Education Policy Centers (NEPC).
Jokić, B. & Ristić Dedić, Z. (2013). Conceptual framework of the decision concerning the use of private tutoring services. In: B. Jokić (Ed.), Emerging from the Shadow: A Comparative Qualitative Exploration of Private Tutoring in Eurasia (pp. 21-32). Zagreb: Network of Education Policy Centers (NEPC).
Jokić, B., Soldo, A. & Ristić Dedić, Z. (2013). Private Tutoring and Social Equity in Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina: A Comparative Qualitative Study. In: M. Bray, A.E. Malawi & R. Sultana (Ed.), Private Tutoring across the Mediterranean: Power Dynamics and Implications for Learning and Equity (pp. 11-27). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Ristić Dedić, Z. (2013). Istraživačko učenje kao sredstvo i cilj prirodoznanstvenog obrazovanja: psihologijska perspektiva. [Inquiry learning as a means and a goal in science education: A Psychological Perspective]. In: D. Milanović, A. Bežen i V. Domović (Ed.), Metodike u suvremenom odgojno-obrazovnom sustavu (pp. 258 – 275). Zagreb: Akademija odgojno-obrazovnih znanosti Hrvatske.
Ristić Dedić, Z., Bezinović, P., Odak, I. & Rister. D. (2010). Analiza prednosti, nedostataka, mogućnosti i zapreka u radu škola. [Analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and treats in schools functioning]. In: P. Bezinović (Ed.), Samovrednovanje škola: Prva iskustva u osnovnim školama (pp. 97-108).[Self-evaluation of schools: the First Experiences in Primary Schools] Zagreb: Agencija za odgoj i obrazovanje i Institut za društvena istraživanja.
Ristić Dedić, Z., Jokić, B. & Jurko, L. (2006). Private Tutoring in Croatia. In: I. Silova, V. Budiene i M. Bray (Ed.), Education in a Hidden Marketplace: Monitoring of Private Tutoring (pp. 169-191). New York: Open Society Institute.
Journal Articles
Ristić Dedić Z. i Jokić, B. (2021). Changes to Pupils Competence Beliefs in the Visual Arts in Lower Secondary Education: A Longitudinal Perspective. Croatian Education Journal (Hrvatski časopis za odgoj i obrazovanje), Sp.Ed.No.2/2021, 49-65.
Ristić Dedić Z. i Jokić, B. (2021). Croatian pupils' perspectives on remote teaching and learning during the covid-19 pandemic. Društvena istraživanja, 30(2), 227-247.
Ristić Dedić Z. i Jokić, B. (2020) Roditeljske srednjoškolske aspiracije za djecu iz perspektive učenika pri kraju osnovnog obrazovanja. Revija za sociologiju, 50(2), 161-188.
Baketa, N., Ristić Dedić, Z. i Jokić, B. (2020). Jednaki i jednakiji: perspektive ravnatelja o državnoj maturi i mogućnostima ostvarivanja visokoškolskih aspiracija učenika strukovnih i gimnazijskih programa u Hrvatskoj. Revija za sociologiju, 50(2), 223-251.
Ristić Dedić, Z. (2014). Metacognitive Knowledge in Relation to Inquiry Skills and Knowledge Acquisition Within a Computer-Supported Inquiry Learning Environment, Psihologijske teme, 23(1), 115-141.
Jokić, B. & Ristić Dedić, Z. (2010). Razlike u školskom uspjehu učenika trećih i sedmih razreda osnovnih škola u Republici Hrvatskoj s obzirom na spol učenika i obrazovanje roditelja: populacijska perspektiva. [Differences in Educational Attainment of Third and Seventh Grade Pupils in Croatia with Respect to Gender and Parents’ educational Level: A Population Perspective]. Revija za socijalnu politiku, 17(3), 345–362.
Bezinović, P., Marušić, I. & Ristić Dedić, Z. (2010). Razvoj kratke ljestvice učeničkih iskustava s učenjem i nastavom. [Development of the Short Scale of Student Experiences with Learning and Teaching]. Odgojne znanosti, 12(1), 29–44.
Ristić Dedić, Z. (2009). Prikaz metodoloških i analitičkih pristupa u mikrorazvojnim istraživanjima. [Review of Methodological and Analytical Approaches in Microgenetic Researches]. Psihologijske teme, 18(1), 1–20.
Dissertation
Ristić Dedić, Z. (2010). Ispitivanje motivacijskih i metakognitivnih čimbenika procesa istraživačkog učenja u računalno podržanom okruženju. [An Examination of motivational and metacognitive processes in inquiry learning within a computer-supported learning environment]. Zagreb: Odsjek za psihologiju, Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagreb.