Mirjana Segedinac, PhD

Full Professor

Chair of Chemistry Teaching Methodology

CONTACT

University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection

Office: 17/V

Adress: Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3

21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Tel:+ 381 21 485 2735

e-mail: mirjana.segedinac@dh.uns.ac.rs

SCOPUS Author ID: 18042651400

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9495-8452

EDUCATION

  • 1992. PhD in Chemistry Teaching Methods, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 1982. MSc in Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 1974. BSc in Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia.

SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • 2003: Full Professor, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 1998-2003. Associate Professor, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 1993-1998. Assistant Professsor, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 1975-1993. Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia.

TEACHING

  • History of natural sciences
  • History of chemistry
  • Special chemical experiments in teaching
  • Chemistry didactics
  • Didactics of higher education of chemistry
  • Selected chapters of chemistry didactics
  • Selected chapters of the history of chemistry
  • Selected chapters of the history of natural sciences
  • Methods of university chemistry teaching
  • Selected experiments in chemistry teaching
  • Selected special experiments in chemistry teaching.

TEXTBOOKS

  • Cvjetićanin, S., Segedinac, M. Natural sciences III, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Education, Sombor, 2011. (In Serbian)
  • Cvjetićanin, S., Segedinac, M. Models of ecochemical education of workers in the chemical industry, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Education, Sombor, 2008. (In Serbian).
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RESEARCH FIELDS

  • Triplet model of knowledge representation
  • Systemic approach to teaching and learning
  • Cognitive complexity.

SELECTED PROJECTS

  • The quality of education system in Serbia from European perspective, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2011-2019)
  • Infrastructure for electronically supported learning in Serbia, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2011-2019)
  • European dimensions of the reform of the education system, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (2006-2010).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Segedinac, M., Horvat, S., Rodić, D., Rončević, T., Savić, G. (2018): Using knowledge space theory to compare expected and real knowledge spaces in learning stoichiometry. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 19: 670–680.
  2. Hrin, T., Milenković, D., Segedinac, M.  (2018): Diagnosing the quality of high school students’ and pre-service chemistry teachers’ cognitive structures in organic chemistry by using students’ generated systemic synthesis questions. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 19: 305–318.
  3. Milenković, D., Hrin, T., Segedinac, M., Horvat, S. (2016): Development of a three-tier test as a valid diagnostic tool for identification of misconceptions related to carbohydrates. Journal of Chemical Education. 93: 1514–1520.
  4. Hrin, T., Milenković, D., Segedinac, M. (2016): The effect of systemic synthesis questions [SSynQs] on students’ performance and meaningful learning in secondary organic chemistry teaching. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 14: 805–824.
  5. Milenković, D., Segedinac, M., Hrin, T. (2014): Increasing high school students’ performance and reducing cognitive load through an instructional strategy based on the interaction of multiple levels of knowledge representation. Journal of Chemical Education. 91: 1409–1416.

additional information

  • Editorial board member of the Journal of Subject Didactics
  • Member of the Serbian chemical society
  • Chief of the chemistry education section of the Serbian society of subject didacticians.