CONTACTS

Research domains

• Early childhood education
• Didactic of social sciences
• Pedagogy
• Inclusive education

Collaboration in associations, editorial boards, commissions, etc.

• Association Sodelujem – to bring culture closer to everyone; 2012 – ; Member
• International conference The role of inclusive pedagogue in education; 2017; Reviewer
• European Early Childhood Education Research Association – EECERA; 2017 – ; EECERA Coordinator for Slovenia
• International Journal of Inclusive Education; 2017 -; Reviewer
• Školski vjesnik; Journal of Pedagogy Theory and Praksu; 2017 -; Reviewer
• Školski vjesnik; Journal of Pedagogy Theory and Praksu; 2020 -; Member of the International editorial board
• Ministry for Education RS – Working Group for the preparation of  action plan to address the shortage of certain profiles of additional expert assistance providers; 2019 -; member
• Ministry of Education RS; Working Group on the Preparation of Documents relating to Working with Special Needs and Special Status Students; 2019 -; member
• University of Maribor; Working Group for Assessment and Improvement of Inclusion of Students with Special Needs in the Study Process at University of Maribor members; 2021 – 2024; member
• Cogent Education; Routledge; 2022; editor
• Ministry of Education RS NPVI Working Group – for Learning and Teaching (2023-2024)
• National Education Institute Slovenia, Group for the Preparation of the Kindergarten Curriculum – Learning domain Social Sciences (2023-2025)
• Ministry of Education RS, Group of the Council of Experts of the Republic of Slovenia for General Education, Commission for Children with Special Needs (2021 to 2026)
• OMEP Slovenia; from 2023; Member of the Management Board

Project work

• Quality for the Future of Education; 2007 – 2010; Coordinator; Slovenian Institute for Quality and Metrology, SIQ
• Social integration of young people in the Slovenian educational system; 2010 – 2012; Associate; FDV UL, CRP code: V5-1028
• National Evaluation Study – Evaluation of different forms of additional professional support granted to children under the Act on Guidance of Children with Special Needs; 2014 – 2016; Associate; MIZŠ, Pedagogical Institute of PEF UM
• Internationalisation; 2016 – 2017; Associate; Ministry of Education and Sport
• Programme for the promotion of family literacy in pre-school age: In the Embrace of Words; 2016-2017; Associate; Ministry of Culture, PEF UM, FF UM, ZPM
• On the creative path to knowledge. A Learning System for Teachers’ Educational Work with Foreigners; 2016 – 2017; Associate; Public Scholarship, Development, Disability and Maintenance Fund of the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Education and Science, ESF
• Student Innovative Projects for Social Benefit – Easy Reading; 2016-2017; Associate; Public Scholarship, Development, Disability and Maintenance Fund of the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Education and Science, ESF
• Development and implementation of innovative learning environments and flexible forms of learning to raise general competences. Literacy and Slovenian language development; 2017 – 2022; Associate; MIZŠ, FF UL, FBE UM, FBE UP, etc.
• Erasmus+ KA2 project EYE – International Learning Module for Early Years Education ; 2017 – 2019; project coordinator 
• Student Innovative Projects for Social Benefit – Development of a programme to support refugee children in their integration into the social environment; 2017-18; Associate; Public Scholarship, Development, Disability and Maintenance Fund of the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, ESF
• On the creative path to knowledge. Didactic materials and methods for working with immigrant children in pre-school ; 2018; Coordinator; Public Scholarship, Development, Disability and Maintenance Fund of the Republic of Slovenia, MIZŠ, ESF
• Student Innovative Projects for Social Benefit – Innovative music-didactic approaches with elements of music therapy in working with children and adolescents with emotional-behavioural problems; 2017-18; Associate; Public Scholarship, Development, Disability and Maintenance Fund of the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Education and Science, ESF
• National evaluation study – Study on the state of regulation of special groups of students in higher education; 2018; Associate; MoEHE
• Erasmus+ project – Keep Educating Yourself (KEY); 2019-2021; Associate
• Erasmus+ project – Algorithmic thinbking skills through pay-based learning for future’s codel literates (AlgoLittle); 2020-2022; Project coordinator for UM PEF
• Erasmus+ project – Learning by doing – attainment of basic competences in ECE – ABC for kidergartens (ABC); 2020-2023; Project coordinator and project team member for UM PEF
• National evaluation study – Identification of problems and good practices in the education of children with special needs with proposals for change, 2020-2022; Associate; MIZŠ, Faculty of Education UL, Faculty of Education UM.
• National evaluation study – Analysis of needs, conditions and possibilities of compulsory inclusion of children in one of the pre-school education programmes from the perspective of reducing social, economic and cultural inequalities, 2021-2023; Coordinator; MIZŠ, Faculty of Education, UM.
• SETCOM – Supporting Environments for the Promotion of Transversal Competences in Education (Artificial Intelligence & Social Emotional Learning), 2022-2024; Associate; SVRK, Faculty of Education UM, NORD University.
• ARRS Basic Research Project – Inclusion in pre-school education: a factor for ensuring equal opportunities for individual and societal development and lifelong learning; 2021-2024; Associate; UP PEF
• Erasmus+ project – DEveloping the COgnitivE Potential of Preschoolers from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (DECODE); 2022-2025; Coordinator
• ARIS Targeted Research Project – Reading Patterns: Reading Habits of Professionals in Kindergartens, Schools and Faculties and General Libraries; 2023-2025; Associate; UM PEF
• National Education Program for the period 2023-2033; 2023-2024; associate; Ministry of Education, EU.
• Curriculum commission for the social studies learning domain; 2023-2024; associate; Slovenian Institute of Education, EU.
• Use of generative artificial intelligence in and for education; 2024-2026; coordinator for the Faculty of Education UM; Ministry of Education, EU.

Bibliography

Original scientific articles

• LICARDO, Marta, OLIVEIRA LEITE, Lais. Collaboration with immigrant parents in early childhood education in Slovenia : how important are environmental conditions and skills of teachers?. Cogent education. 2022, vol. 9, no. 1, str. 1-14, tabele. ISSN 2331-186X. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/2331186X.2022.2034392, DOI: 10.1080/2331186X.2022.2034392. [COBISS.SI-ID 96686595]
• LICARDO, Marta, OLIVEIRA LEITE, Lais. Ecological conditions and interpersonal skills leading to ECE teacher competences in working with immigrant children in Slovenia. European early childhood education research journal. 2021, str. 1-15, ilustr. ISSN 1752-1807. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/1350293X.2021.1980597?needAccess=true, DOI: 10.1080/1350293X.2021.1980597. [COBISS.SI-ID 80015619]
• LICARDO, Marta, VOLČANJK, Nina, HARAMIJA, Dragica. Differences in communication skills among elementary students with mild intellectual disabilities after using easy-to-read texts. The new educational review. 2021, vol. 64, no. 2, str. 236-246, tabele. ISSN 1732-6729. https://tner.polsl.pl/dok/volumes/tner_64_2_2021.pdf, DOI: 10.15804/tner.2021.64.2.19. [COBISS.SI-ID 68083971]
• LICARDO, Marta. The use of methods for learning to learn for students with special needs in Slovenia. European journal of special needs education. 2019, vol. 34, no. 1, str. 66-82. ISSN 0885-6257. DOI: 10.1080/08856257.2018.1451294. [COBISS.SI-ID 23789320]
• LICARDO, Marta. What are the differences in the focus on various domains among professionals who implement additional professional support for students with special needs?. The new educational review. 2018, vol. 51, no. 1, str. 235-245, tabele. ISSN 1732-6729. DOI: 10.15804/tner.2017.50.4.19. [COBISS.SI-ID 23928072]
• LICARDO, Marta, SCHMIDT, Majda. Why is self-determination important for students with and without disabilities in vocational education?. The new educational review. 2016, vol. 46, no. 4, str. 200-210. ISSN 1732-6729. DOI: 10.15804/tner.2016.46.4.17. [COBISS.SI-ID 22891784]
• LICARDO, Marta, SCHMIDT, Majda. Structural differences in the self-determination of upper secondary students with and without disabilities in vocational education = Strukturalne razlike v samoodločanju dijakov s posebnimi potrebami in brez posebnih potreb v srednjem strokovnem in poklicnem izobraževanju. Revija za elementarno izobraževanje. [Tiskana izd.]. jun. 2016, letn. 9, št. 3, str. 35-52, tabele. ISSN 1855-4431. http://www.pef.um.si/content/Zalozba/clanki_2016_letnik9_stev3/REI%209%203%20cl%203.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 22352392]
• KOŠIR, Katja, TEMENT, Sara, LICARDO, Marta, HABE, Katarina. Two sides of the same coin? : the role of rumination and reflection in elementary school teachers’ classroom stress and burnout. Teaching and teacher education : an international journal of research and studies. [Print ed.]. 2015, vol. 47, str. 131-141. ISSN 0742-051X. DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2015.01.006. [COBISS.SI-ID 21087240]
  nagrada: Priznanje Odlični v znanosti s področja družboslovja v letu 2016
• KOŠIR, Katja, LICARDO, Marta, TEMENT, Sara, HABE, Katarina. Doživljanje stresa in izgorelosti, povezanih z delom z učenci s posebnimi potrebami pri učiteljih v osnovni šoli = Stres and burnout related to work with special education needs students in elementary school teachers. Psihološka obzorja : slovenska znanstveno-strokovna psihološka revija. [Spletna izd.]. 2014, [letn.] 23, str. 110-124, tabele. ISSN 2350-5141. http://psiholoska-obzorja.si/arhiv_clanki/2014/kosir_et_al.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 55955042]
• BAKRAČEVIČ, Karin, LICARDO, Marta. Starostne razlike v samoregulaciji učenja = Age differences in self-regulation of learning. Psihološka obzorja. [Tiskana izd.]. 2011, letn. 20, št. 3, str. 59-72, tabele. ISSN 1318-1874. http://psiholoska-obzorja.si/arhiv_clanki/2011_3/bakracevic_licardo.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 18815240]
• BAKRAČEVIČ, Karin, LICARDO, Marta. How cognitive, metacognitive, motivational and emotional self-regulation influence school performance in adolescence and early adulthood. Educational studies. July 2010, vol. 36, no. 3, str. 259-268. ISSN 0305-5698. DOI: 10.1080/03055690903180376. [COBISS.SI-ID 17258248]

Chapters in scientific monographs

• LICARDO, Marta, AGIĆ, Sumedija. Delo z otroki priseljenci v predšolskem obdobju = Working with immigrant children in early childhood. V: LIPAVIC OŠTIR, Alja (ur.), PIŽORN, Karmen (ur.). Več- in raznojezičnost v predšolskem obdobju. 1. izd. Maribor: Univerza v Mariboru, Univerzitetna založba, 2022. Str. 161-193, ilustr. ISBN 978-961-286-608-2. https://press.um.si/index.php/ump/catalog/book/687, DOI: 10.18690/um.ff.5.2022.8. [COBISS.SI-ID 113226755
• LICARDO, Marta. Fenomenološko učenje in poučevanje – didaktična strategija za sodobno izobraževanje. V: VRŠNIK PERŠE, Tina (ur.). Učenje in poučevanje v visokem šolstvu : spoznanja in izzivi. 1. izd. Maribor: Univerza v Mariboru, Univerzitetna založba: Pedagoška fakulteta, 2021. Str. 65-82. ISBN 978-961-286-466-8. https://press.um.si/index.php/ump/catalog/book/568, DOI: 10.18690/978-961-286-466-8.4. [COBISS.SI-ID 89563139]
• LICARDO, Marta. Implementing good practices with migrant children in preschool education in Slovenia. V: KISSNÉ ZSÁMBOKI, Réka (ur.). Clicked : culture, language, inclusion, competencies, knowledge, education : diverse approaches and national perspectives in the field of primary and pre-primary education. Sopron: University Press, University of Sopron, 2020. Str. 57-68, tabele. ISBN 978-963-334-355-5. [COBISS.SI-ID 35649283]
• LICARDO, Marta, KRAJNC IVIČ, Mira. Kritično branje – razvijajoča se veščina bralne pismenosti v vrtcu, osnovni in srednji šoli : 9. gradnik : kritično branje. V: HARAMIJA, Dragica (ur.). Gradniki bralne pismenosti : teoretična izhodišča. 1. izd. Maribor: Univerzitetna založba Univerze: Pedagoška fakulteta; Ljubljana: Zavod Republike Slovenije za šolstvo, 2020. Str. 239-257. ISBN 978-961-286-403-3. https://press.um.si/index.php/ump/catalog/view/515/631/1148-2, DOI: 10.18690/978-961-286-403-3.10. [COBISS.SI-ID 37423363]
• LICARDO, Marta, PURGAJ, Metka. Differences in practices for social-emotional learning among preschool teachers who work in age groups 3 to 6 years. V: LICARDO, Marta (ur.), DIAS, Isabel Simões, ESTÉVEZ, Pablo Ruiz. Contemporary themes in early childhood education and international educational modules. 1st ed. Maribor: University of Maribor Press, 2019. Str. 43-57, tabele. ISBN 978-961-286-270-1. [COBISS.SI-ID 24587784]
• LICARDO, Marta, PURGAJ, Metka. Uporaba dobrih praks za spodbujanje socialno-emocionalnega razvoja pri otrocih prvega starostnega obdobja v vrtcu. V: ČOTAR KONRAD, Sonja (ur.), et al. Vzgoja in izobraževanje predšolskih otrok prvega starostnega obdobja = Early childhood education and care of children under the age of three. Koper: Založba Univerze na Primorskem, 2019. Str. 139-151. Knjižnica Ludus, 19. ISBN 978-961-7055-69-6. ISSN 2536-1937. [COBISS.SI-ID 25019656]
• KOŠIR, Katja, LICARDO, Marta, KALAN, Marko, VRŠNIK PERŠE, Tina. Social relations of special needs students : perceived social support and peer acceptance of students with and without special needs. V: CELEC, Robert (ur.). Challenges of society. Hamburg: Dr. Kovač, 2018. Str. 117-140, tabele. Schriftenreihe Erziehung – Unterricht – Bildung, Band 184. ISBN 978-3-8300-9776-1, ISBN 3-8300-9776-X. ISSN 0945-487X. [COBISS.SI-ID 23653384]
• LICARDO, Marta, KOŠIR, Katja, VRŠNIK PERŠE, Tina. The quality of individualized education plans for students with special needs in inclusive education in Slovenia. V: CELEC, Robert (ur.). Challenges of society. Hamburg: Dr. Kovač, 2018. Str. 173-198, tabele. Schriftenreihe Erziehung – Unterricht – Bildung, Band 184. ISBN 978-3-8300-9776-1, ISBN 3-8300-9776-X. ISSN 0945-487X. [COBISS.SI-ID 23654152]
• VRŠNIK PERŠE, Tina, KOŠIR, Katja, LICARDO, Marta. Cooperation between school staff and parents of students with special educational needs. V: CELEC, Robert (ur.). Challenges of society. Hamburg: Dr. Kovač, 2018. Str. 441-469, tabele. Schriftenreihe Erziehung – Unterricht – Bildung, Band 184. ISBN 978-3-8300-9776-1, ISBN 3-8300-9776-X. ISSN 0945-487X. [COBISS.SI-ID 23654408]
• LICARDO, Marta. Razlike v prepričanjih strokovnih delavk o pomenu družinske pismenosti in predopismenjevalnih veščin. V: HARAMIJA, Dragica (ur.). Bralna pismenost v predšolski vzgoji in izobraževanju. 1. izd. Maribor: Univerzitetna založba Univerze, 2017. Str. 135-157, tabele. ISBN 978-961-286-101-8. [COBISS.SI-ID 23504392]
• LICARDO, Marta, HMELAK, Maja, VRŠNIK PERŠE, Tina, KOŠIR, Katja. Družinska pismenost kot pomemben dejavnik za področja otrokovega razvoja. V: HARAMIJA, Dragica (ur.). V objemu besed : razvijanje družinske pismenosti. Maribor: Univerzitetna založba Univerze, 2017. Str. 9-19. ISBN 978-961-286-079-0. [COBISS.SI-ID 23420936]

Chapters in professional monographs

• LICARDO, Marta. Didactical materials and methods for work with migrant children in preschool education for didactics of social sciences. V: LICARDO, Marta (ur.), DIAS, Isabel Simões, ESTÉVEZ, Pablo Ruiz. Contemporary themes in early childhood education and international educational modules. 1st ed. Maribor: University of Maribor Press, 2019. Str. 147-149. ISBN 978-961-286-270-1. [COBISS.SI-ID 24591880]
• LICARDO, Marta, HARAMIJA, Dragica. Kako uporabljati pripovedovalne kocke : navodila za pedagoške delavce in starše. V: LICARDO, Marta (ur.), HARAMIJA, Dragica (ur.). Kako razvijati družinsko pismenost v predšolskem obdobju. 1. izd. Maribor: Univerzitetna založba Univerze, 2017. Str. 63-67. ISBN 978-961-286-095-0. [COBISS.SI-ID 23454216]
• LICARDO, Marta, SENICA, Tadeja. Dejavniki, pomembni za uspešno delo z otroki, ki prihajajo iz drugih kulturnih okolij. V: LICARDO, Marta (ur.), GOLOB, Nika (ur.). Priložnosti za uspeh : priročnik za vzgojitelje in učitelje pri delu z otroki in mladostniki priseljenci : z didaktičnimi primeri iz naravoslovja. 1. izd. [V Mariboru]: Pedagoška fakulteta, 2017. Str. 16-24. http://itms.b2bcenter.si/course/259/priro%C4%8Dnik. [COBISS.SI-ID 23264264]
• LICARDO, Marta, SENICA, Tadeja. Katere težave se najpogosteje pojavljajo pri delu z otroki, ki prihajajo iz drugih kulturnih okolij?. V: LICARDO, Marta (ur.), GOLOB, Nika (ur.). Priložnosti za uspeh : priročnik za vzgojitelje in učitelje pri delu z otroki in mladostniki priseljenci : z didaktičnimi primeri iz naravoslovja. 1. izd. [V Mariboru]: Pedagoška fakulteta, 2017. Str. 10-16. http://itms.b2bcenter.si/course/259/priro%C4%8Dnik. [COBISS.SI-ID 23264008]
• LICARDO, Marta, MURKO, Julija, BREZNIK, Kristina. Smernice za učitelje v osnovni šoli. V: LICARDO, Marta (ur.), GOLOB, Nika (ur.). Priložnosti za uspeh : priročnik za vzgojitelje in učitelje pri delu z otroki in mladostniki priseljenci : z didaktičnimi primeri iz naravoslovja. 1. izd. [V Mariboru]: Pedagoška fakulteta, 2017. Str. 40-65, ilustr. http://itms.b2bcenter.si/course/259/priro%C4%8Dnik. [COBISS.SI-ID 23264776]
• LICARDO, Marta, TOPLER, Sašo, BABIČ, Nejc. Smernice za učitelje v srednji šoli. V: LICARDO, Marta (ur.), GOLOB, Nika (ur.). Priložnosti za uspeh : priročnik za vzgojitelje in učitelje pri delu z otroki in mladostniki priseljenci : z didaktičnimi primeri iz naravoslovja. 1. izd. [V Mariboru]: Pedagoška fakulteta, 2017. Str. 66-93. http://itms.b2bcenter.si/course/259/priro%C4%8Dnik. [COBISS.SI-ID 23265032]
• LICARDO, Marta, BRUNŠEK, Matej. Smernice za vzgojitelje v vrtcih. V: LICARDO, Marta (ur.), GOLOB, Nika (ur.). Priložnosti za uspeh : priročnik za vzgojitelje in učitelje pri delu z otroki in mladostniki priseljenci : z didaktičnimi primeri iz naravoslovja. 1. izd. [V Mariboru]: Pedagoška fakulteta, 2017. Str. 25-39. http://itms.b2bcenter.si/course/259/priro%C4%8Dnik. [COBISS.SI-ID 23264520]