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Dropout as A Result of Education With No Space for Diversity

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Traditionally, educational system in Serbia, with prevalence of ex-cathedra teaching methods, focuses on the reproductive level of knowledge, as the results of international assessment studies (TIMSS, PISA) shown (OECD, 2013; Pavlović, Babić, & Baucal, 2013; Martin et al., 2012).

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Krstić, K., Lazarević, L.B., Ilić, I.S. (2016). Dropout as A Result of Education With No Space for Diversity. In: Surian, A. (eds) Open Spaces for Interactions and Learning Diversities. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-340-7_9

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