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Valerija Vendramin, PhD in Women’s Studies, is a senior research associ­ ate at the Educational Research Institute in Ljubljana. Among her current 
fields of interest are educational studies, women’s studies and feminist 
theory, cultural studies (predominantly, but not exclusively, in connec­ tion to the issues concerning the conceptualization of sexual difference, 
curriculum and feminist critiques of science together with epistemolog­ ical issues.). 
Maša Vidmar 
Je raziskovalka na Pedagoškem inštitutu (Ljubljana, Slovenija) in docent­ ka psihologije na Univerzi v Mariboru. Raziskovalno delo, ki ga opravlja, 
se uvršča na področji pedagoške in razvojne psihologije. Njena strokovna 
znanja zajemajo predvsem socialne in čustvene vidike učenje in poučevan­ ja, vključno z odnosno kompetenco in njenim merjenjem ter odnosom 
med socialnim vedenjem in učnimi dosežki. Njeni raziskovalni intere­ si segajo tudi na področje predšolske vzgoje. Trenutno je vključena v več 
nacionalnih in mednarodnih projektov. Redno objavlja članke, poglavja, 
knjige in predstavlja prispevke na konferencah.
Maša Vidmar is a researcher at the Educational Research Institute and a 
docent (assistant professor) of psychology at the University of Maribor. 
Her research work is grounded in educational and developmental psy­ chology. Her expertise lay in social and emotional aspects of learning and 
teaching, including relational competence and its measurement, relations 
of social behaviour with academic achievement. Her research interests in­ clude also early childhood education and care. She is currently involved in 
several national and international projects. She regularly publishes jour­ nal articles, book chapters, books and conference papers.
Manja Veldin
Je raziskovalka na Pedagoškem inštitutu. Je univerzitetna diplomira­ na psihologinja in doktorska študentka eksperimentalne psihologije na 
Filozofski fakulteti. Sodelovala je s Centrom za psihodiagnostična sred­ stva, Svetovalnico Kameleon, v študiji »Kvaliteta življenja bolnikov po 
presaditvi ledvice« in slovenskemu projektu: Pojasnjevanje učinkovitosti 
reševanja problemov s področja trojne narave predstavitev naravoslovnih 
pojmov. Trenutno je aktivna na več EU projektih (HAND in HAND, 
BRAVEdu, ETTECEC).
Manja Veldin is a researcher at the Educational Research Institute. She 
holds a BA in Psychology and is a PhD candidate in Experimental psy­ chology at the Faculty of arts. She used to cooperate with the Centre for 
Psycho­ diagnostic Assessment, Chameleon consulting and participated