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Karmen Osterc Kokotovič
Mag. Karmen Osterc Kokotovič je zaposlena na Nacionalnem inštitutu za 
javno zdravje. Ima delovne izkušnje na področju poučevanja in svetoval­ nega dela v osnovni in srednji šoli, največ delovnih izkušenj pa ima na po­ dročju preventivnega dela predvsem z mladimi uživalci psihoaktivnih 
snovi in njihovimi starši. Raziskovalno se je usmerila v proučevanje pre­ ventivnih dejavnikov v družini za neposeganje mladih po psihoaktivnih 
snoveh.
Mag. Karmen Osterc Kokotovič works at the National Institute of Public 
Health. She has work experience in the field of teaching and counseling 
in primary and secondary school, however most experience, she has in 
the field of preventive work, particularly with young users of psychoac­ tive substances and their parents. Her research is focused on studying the 
preventive factors in the family for young not to interfere with psychoac­ tive substances.
Mateja Pšunder
Dr. Mateja Pšunder je redna profesorica za pedagogiko na Filozofski 
fakulteti Univerze v Mariboru. Njeno znanstvenoraziskovalno delo je 
usmerjeno na področje vzgoje in izobraževanja, kjer pozornost namen­ ja raziskovanju aktualnih pedagoških vprašanj kot so disciplinska prob­ lematika, nasilje, vzgojni pristopi, strategije in uporaba informacijsko ko­ munikacijske tehnologije v izobraževanju.
Dr. Mateja Pšunder is currently Professor of Pedagogy at the University of 
Maribor. Her research work is focused on the area of education, where at­ tention is paid to the research of current pedagogical issues such as disci­ plinary problems, violence, educational approaches, strategies and the use 
of ICT in education.
Mitja Sardoč
Mitja Sardoč (PhD) is a senior research associate at the Educational 
Research Institute in Ljubljana (Slovenia) where he is member of the 
‘Social Contract in the 21
st
 Century’ research programme. He is author 
of scholarly articles and editor of a number of journal special issues on 
citizenship education, multiculturalism, toleration, equality of opportu­ nity and patriotism. He is Managing Editor of Theory and Research in 
Education [http://tre.sagepub.com/] and member of the editorial board 
of Educational Philosophy and Theory and the Open Review of Educational 
Research. He edited two books published by Wiley (Citizenship, Inclusion 
and Democracy and Toleration, Respect and Recognition in Education). He 
is also a contributing author to the SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational