20.500.12556/DiRROS-31143 Men in special education A self-experiential professional development seminar supporting professional identity Moški v specialni pedagogiki This study aimed to describe and evaluate a newly developed self-experiential seminar designed for students of special education at higher education institutions. The seminar was developed in response to the longstanding underrepresentation of men in special education programmes at Charles University and Jan Evangelista Purkyně University. It combined fieldbased learning, mentoring and guided reflection on professional identity, with particular emphasis on gender-sensitive approaches and enhancing the appeal of the field for male students. A mixedmethods design was employed, comprising a questionnaire (N = 115) and focus groups with male participants (N = 11). The results indicated that perceived teaching professionalism, pedagogical responsiveness and course attractiveness were positively associated with students’ confidence in their career choices. Male students reported heightened visibility and pressure linked to their minority status, while valuing support from lecturers and peers. The findings suggest that the methods employed in the seminar strengthen professional identity, motivation and self-efficacy while providing a transferable model that integrates theory with practice and supports diversity in educational professions. Namen raziskave je bil opisati in ovrednotiti novo razviti izkustveni seminar, namenjen študentom Pedagoške fakultete. Seminar je bil zasnovan kot odziv na dolgotrajno podzastopanost moških v programih specialne pedagogike na Karlovi univerzi in Univerzi Jana Evangelista Purkyněja. Združeval je praktično učenje, mentorstvo in vodeno refleksijo o profesionalni identiteti, s posebnim poudarkom na spolno občutljivih pristopih ter povečanju privlačnosti področja za študente. Uporabljen je bil mešani raziskovalni pristop, ki je vključeval vprašalnik (N = 115) in fokusne skupine z moškimi udeleženci (N = 11). Rezultati so pokazali, da so zaznana strokovnost poučevanja, pedagoška odzivnost in privlačnost predmeta pozitivno povezane z zaupanjem študentov v svojo poklicno izbiro. Študenti so poročali o večji izpostavljenosti in pritisku, povezanem z njihovim manjšinskim položajem, hkrati pa so kot pomemben vir podpore poudarili predavatelje in vrstnike. Ugotovitve kažejo, da metode, uporabljene v seminarju, krepijo profesionalno identiteto, motivacijo in občutek lastne učinkovitosti, obenem pa predstavljajo prenosljiv model, ki povezuje teorijo in prakso ter spodbuja raznolikost v vzgojno-izobraževalnih poklicih. pedagogy gender stereotypes career choice experiential seminar mixed-methods design pedagogika spolni stereotipi poklicna izbira izkustveni seminar mešani raziskovalni pristop true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-07-14 18:01:54 2026-07-14 18:01:54 2026-07-15 03:49:19 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 166-188 št. 2 Letn. 77 = 143 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno apc 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-06-30 376 0038-0474 10.63384/spB62z913a 284619779 RAZ_Kadrnozkova_Monika_2026.pdf RAZ_Kadrnozkova_Monika_2026.pdf 1 9104AD5CAD38773E088927F4FE7225E4 8d37e7b7aa222b019d00aceedf1c33e47f784bff7d2fd360975513f582ccd886 816dcdfb-7f9d-11f1-8c42-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=48033 https://www.sodobna-pedagogika.net/en/articles/02-2026_men-in-special-education-a-self-experiential-professional-development-seminar-supporting-professional-identity/ 0 8cb83bae-7f9d-11f1-8c42-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=48034 Zveza društev pedagoških delavcev Slovenije Sodobna pedagogika 0 0 0