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Saša Horvat, PhD

Assistant 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: sasa.horvat@dh.uns.ac.rs

SCOPUS Author ID: 55331619700

ORCID: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-4744-0375

EDUCATION

  • 2018. PhD in Teaching Methods, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2011. MSc in Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2009. BSc in Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad, Serbia.

SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • 2019: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  • 2009-2018. Senior technician for organization of teaching, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia.

TEACHING

  • School experiments in chemistry teaching
  • Special chemical experiments in teaching
  • History of natural sciences
  • History of chemistry.

RESEARCH FIELDS

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

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Horvat, S., Mihajlović, J., Rončević, T.,Rodić, D. (2021). Procedure for the assessment of cognitive complexity: Development and implementation in the topic “Hydrolysis of Salts”. Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 40(1), 119–130.
  2. Horvat, S. (2020) The role of complexity in teaching. Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 78(6), 881-883. DOI: /10.33225/pec/20.78.881
  3. Horvat, S., Rončević, T., Arsenović, D., Rodić, D., Segedinac, M. (2020). Validation of the Procedure for the Assessment of Cognitive Complexity of Chemical Technology Problem Tasks. Journal of Baltic Science Education, 19(1), 64–75. doi: 10.17344/acsi.2017.4139
  4. 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.
  5. Horvat, S., Rodić, D. D., Segedinac, D. & Rončević,T. N. (2017). Evaluation of Cognitive Complexity of Tasks for the Topic Hydrogen Exponent in the Solutions of Acids and Bases. Journal of Subject Didactics, 2(1), 33–45

additional information

  • Member of the Serbian chemical society
  • Member of the Serbian society of subject didacticians.