ENTEP Questionnaire
Bologna process and initial teacher education structures in SLOVENIJA
1. Is a higher level degree generally required to qualify as a teacher in your country? (Degree here
means completing a special course with some years of duration, also called the concurrent model).
State YES or NO as appropriate, in the columns below
Pre-primary school teachers
YES (3 years)
Primary school teachers
YES (4 years)
2. Does your country offer as an alternative pathway the possibility to qualify as a teacher by
attending a special training course of a shorter duration than a degree (also called the consecutive
model)? State YES or NO as appropriate, in the columns below and give training course duration
in number of months, semesters or terms
Pre-primary school teachers
Duration: YES, for some graduate studies, 30
ECTS (1 year part time study)
Primary school teachers
Duration: NO
3. What proportion of students/teachers take the concurrent and the consecutive model of initial
teacher training? If unknown, give a rough estimate.
Pre-primary school teachers
Concurrent
98%
Primary school teachers
Consecutive
2%
Concurrent
Consecutive
100%
A. Questions about the concurrent model of initial teacher training
1. Minimum years of study currently required to qualify as a teacher in your country
Pre-primary school teachers
3 years (after upper-secondary)
Primary school teachers
4 years (after upper-secondary)
2. Is initial teacher training based in university type institutions or other higher level specialised
institutions? (university-type here means research-based institutions). State in the columns below
as appropriate
Pre-primary school teachers
University- type (Faculty of Education)
Primary school teachers
University – type (Faculty of Education)
2a. If NOT based in university type institutions please describe relationship of teacher training
institutions with universities (if any).
Pre-primary school teachers
Primary school teachers
3. Give year of last reform of teacher education degree structure, e.g. 2001
Pre-primary school teachers
1995
Primary school teachers
1987
3a. Describe briefly main changes from past degree structure e.g. from 2 to 3 years or from nonuniversity to university-type institutions etc.
Pre-primary school teachers
From 2 to 3 years, same institution
Primary school teachers
From 2 to 4 years, from non-university to
university-type institution
4. (If applicable) Give name of initial teacher training institutions in your country, before and after
last reform, in your mother tongue
Pre-primary school teachers
Before
After
Pedagoška fakulteta
Pedagoška fakulteta
Primary school teachers
Before
After
Pedagoška akademija Pedagoška fakulteta
5. Has this last reform been connected to Bologna process reforms? Explain briefly how in the
columns below:
Pre-primary school teachers
NO
Primary school teachers
NO
6. (If applicable) Describe briefly current stage of reform implementation e.g. legislation adopted
but not yet implemented, or implementation completed.
Pre-primary school teachers
Current stage: legislation is adopted, faculty is
now preparing new programs.
Primary school teachers
Current stage: legislation is adopted, faculty is
now preparing new programs.
7. If implementation not completed describe briefly what initial teacher training structures in your
country are going to look like after completion of current reforms, e.g. university level 3 years, or
non-university 2 years etc.
Pre-primary school teachers
The structure will be 3 + 2 (university level)
Primary school teachers
The structure will be 4 + 1 (university level)
B. Questions about the consecutive model of initial teacher training
Is a university degree or another higher level qualification a requirement for admission to a special
teacher training course leading to qualified teacher status, (i.e. the consecutive model)? Give YES
or NO as appropriate in the columns below.
Pre-primary school teachers
University degree
Other higher level
qualification
YES
Primary school teachers
University degree
Other higher level
qualification
No such model
Is special teacher training based in university type institutions or other higher level specialised
institutions? (university-type here means research-based institutions). State in the columns below
as appropriate.
Pre-primary school teachers
YES
Primary school teachers
No such model
C. Bologna process reforms in your country
Has your country restructured higher education degrees in two-cycles as provided in the Bologna
process i.e. first cycle of at least 3 years duration and a second cycle of 1 or 2 years? Explain if
any subject areas (e.g. medicine, engineering, law etc.) have been exempted from the new
structure. Explain stage of implementation of Bologna process degree restructuring in your
country.
The law in Slovenia defined two types of structure: 3 + 2 or 4 + 1. European regulated studies
(medicine, pharmacy, architecture, … ) have been exempted from this structure.
The Bologna degree restructuring in Slovenia is implementing gradually, the dead line is the study
year 2009/2010. Faculty of Education is planning to implement the new structure in 2008/09.