Biography
Dr. sc. Renata Šimunović is an associate professor at the University of Mostar, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Educational Sciences. She deals with pedagogy and didactics, with a special emphasis on teacher competences. She has published several scientific papers in this field and participated in many international scientific conferences. She is a co-author of the Higher Education Teaching Manual, where she discusses the competences of higher education teachers. She is also the author of the scientific university textbook "The Modern Teacher and His Competencies", which is a scientific overview of the fundamental components of modern teaching: pedagogue, teacher, his competencies, modern school, and lifelong learning of teachers, educators and teachers.
Conference contributions 1
EXPOSURE TO ELECTRONIC MEDIA IN CHILDHOOD - ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
In the time we live in, it is impossible not to expose a child to electronic media because they are part of our everyday life. The media can equally be useful, but also harm the child's development through inadequate use. For this reason, their use should be subject to certain rules, time limits, and it is definitely necessary to pay close attention to the choice of content to which the child is exposed. The goal of this research was to examine as many people as possible, in order to get a total and complete impression of their experience related to the topic being studied. The results of the research conducted on 32 people showed that most of them (59.4%) were exposed to electronic media in childhood. Also, 53.1% do not have an opinion on the acceptability of children's exposure to electronic media. Almost 72% of respondents encountered the positive influence of the media on children, while almost 50% of them saw violence in the media as a child.