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Velibor Bobo Kovac

Velibor Bobo Kovac

Professor

Department of Education >

 

+47 38 14 23 74

+47 975 64 931

Office:
E1202 ( Universitetsveien 25, Kristiansand )

List of publications: klikk her

Scientific publications

  • Cameron, David Lansing; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2024). Parents’ Perspectives on their Child’s Involvement in Bullying in Preschool. Child Care in Practice. ISSN: 1357-5279. s 1 - 16. doi:10.1080/13575279.2024.2371375.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2024). “Us” vs. “Them”: a systematic analysis of history textbooks in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina across three ethnic educational programmes. Journal of Curriculum Studies. ISSN: 0022-0272. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2024.2436353.
  • Kostøl, Elin Marie Frivold; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2023). Co-regulation in dyadic parent–child relationships: a video analysis of well-functioning interactions. Early Child Development and Care. ISSN: 0300-4430. doi:10.1080/03004430.2023.2282357.
  • Pardede, Saga; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2023). Distinguishing the Need to Belong and Sense of Belongingness: The Relation between Need to Belong and Personal Appraisals under Two Different Belongingness–Conditions. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education. ISSN: 2174-8144. 13 (2). s 331 - 344. doi:10.3390/ejihpe13020025.
  • Cameron, David Lansing; Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Horverak, May Olaug (2023). Online chat-support for bullying prevention and follow-up: an analysis of the characteristics of chat-users and their experiences. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. ISSN: 0267-3843. 28 (1). s 831 - 843. doi:10.1080/02673843.2023.2292060.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Nome, Dag Øystein; Jensen, Andreas Reier; Skreland, Lisbeth Ljosdal (2023). The why, what and how of deep learning: critical analysis and additional concerns. Education Inquiry. ISSN: 2000-4508. doi:10.1080/20004508.2023.2194502.
  • Haraldstad, Åse; Tveit, Anne Dorthe; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2021). Democracy in schools: qualitative analysis of pupils’ experiences of democracy in the context of the Norwegian school. Cambridge Journal of Education. ISSN: 0305-764X. 52 (1). s 73 - 89. doi:10.1080/0305764X.2021.1935738.
  • Andreasen, Johan Kristian; Tømte, Cathrine Edelhard; Bergan, Ingvild; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2022). Professional digital competence in initial teacher education: An examination of differences in two cohorts of pre-service teachers. Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy. ISSN: 1891-943X. 17 (1). s 61 - 74. doi:10.18261/njdl.17.1.5.
  • Kovač, V.B.; Cameron, David Lansing (2021). Are We Talking about the Same Thing? A Survey of Preschool Workers’ Attitudes and Beliefs about Bullying. Child Care in Practice. ISSN: 1357-5279. doi:10.1080/13575279.2021.1951167.
  • Jortveit, Maryann; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2021). Co-teaching that works; Special and General Educators’ Perspectives on Collaboration. Teaching Education. ISSN: 1047-6210. doi:10.1080/10476210.2021.1895105.
  • Andreasen, Johan Kristian; Andreasen, Eva Mari; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2020). Emosjonell kompetanse i gruppeveiledning. NORDVEI: Nordisk tidsskrift i veiledningspedagogikk. ISSN: 2535-3047. 5 (1). doi:10.15845/ntvp.v5i1.3049.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Kostøl, Elin Marie Frivold (2020). Helping children in bullying situations: The role of intersubjective understanding and co-regulation. School Psychology International. ISSN: 0143-0343. 41 (3). s 295 - 309. doi:10.1177/0143034320903789.
  • Tveit, Anne Dorthe; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2020). Organisational Challenges for School Development and Improvement: The Obstructing Role of Sub-Groups and an Overly Positive School Culture. International Journal of Management, Knowledge and Learning. ISSN: 2232-5107. 9 (1). s 27 - 42.
  • Andreasen, Johan Kristian; Bjørndal, Cato R. P.; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2019). Being a teacher and teacher educator: The antecedents of teacher educator identity among mentor teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education : An International Journal of Research and Studies. ISSN: 0742-051X. 85s 281 - 291. doi:10.1016/j.tate.2019.05.011.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Vaala, Lene Birgit (2019). Educational inclusion and belonging: a conceptual analysis and implications for practice. International Journal of Inclusive Education. ISSN: 1360-3116. doi:10.1080/13603116.2019.1603330.
  • Tveit, Anne Dorthe; Cameron, David Lansing; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2019). Teoretisk og praktisk forståelse av systemrettet arbeid i PPT. PPTs systemrettede arbeid i barnehagen. ISBN: 9788215030418. Universitetsforlaget. Kapittel 5.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Tveit, Anne Dorthe; Omdal, Heidi; Lund, Ingrid (2018). Directional motion: An empirically based model of development in educational institutions. Improving Schools. ISSN: 1365-4802. 21 (2). s 127 - 140. doi:10.1177/1365480218772637.
  • Olsen, Anne Karin Vikstøl; Spieler, Kristin; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2018). The role of individual processes and learning environment in the prediction of grades in a sample of Norwegian students. Cogent Education. ISSN: 2331-186X. 5 (1). s 1 - 16. doi:10.1080/2331186X.2018.1542954.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2018). “Schooling through democracy”: Limitations and possibilities. Education. ISSN: 0013-1172. 139 (1). s 1 - 14.
  • Spieler, Kristin; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2017). Individual, Technological, and Organizational Predictors of Knowledge Sharing in the Norwegian Context. International Journal of Management, Knowledge and Learning. ISSN: 2232-5107. 6 (1). s 5 - 26.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2017). Metacognitive habits: Contradiction in terms or valid theoretical concept? The role of metacognition in habitual behavior. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. ISSN: 0197-3533. 39 (3). s 167 - 175. doi:10.1080/01973533.2017.1307195.
  • Cameron, David Lansing; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2017). Parents and preschool workers’ perceptions of competence, collaboration, and strategies for addressing bullying in early childhood. Child Care in Practice. ISSN: 1357-5279. 23 (2). s 126 - 140. doi:10.1080/13575279.2016.1259156.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Olsen, Anne Karin Vikstøl; Spieler, Kristin (2017). Prediction of college grades in the sample of Norwegian students. Proceedings of the3rd International Conference on Higher Education Advances. ISBN: 978-84-9048-590-3. ITACA - Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. Kapittel. s 399 - 404.
  • Lund, Ingrid; Helgeland, Anne; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2017). På vei mot en ny forståelse av mobbing i et folkehelseperspektiv. Acta Didactica Norge. ISSN: 1504-9922. 11 (3). s 19. doi:10.5617/adno.4691.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Tveit, Anne Dorthe; Cameron, David Lansing; Jortveit, Maryann (2017). “Bridging old relations”: the (de)construction of ethnic identity in the educational context of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the teachers' point of view. Journal of Language, Identity & Education. ISSN: 1534-8458. 16 (1). s 32 - 44. doi:10.1080/15348458.2016.1260456.
  • Cameron, David Lansing; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2016). An examination of parents’ and preschool workers’ perspectives on bullying in preschool. Early Child Development and Care. ISSN: 0300-4430. 186 (12). s 1961 - 1971. doi:10.1080/03004430.2016.1138290.
  • Lund, Ingrid; Helgeland, Anne; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2015). Empirically based analysis of methodological and ethical challenges in research with children as participants: the case of bullying in kindergarten. Early Child Development and Care. ISSN: 0300-4430. 186 (10). s 1531 - 1543. doi:10.1080/03004430.2015.1110817.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Lund, Ingrid; Omdal, Heidi (2016). Learning Environment in Light of Positional, Institutional, and Cultural Interpretations: An Empirically-Based Conceptual Analysis. Educational Studies. ISSN: 0013-1946. 53 (1). s 78 - 94. doi:10.1080/00131946.2016.1264400.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Nesmann, Mats (2016). Privatister hvem er de, og hva motiverer dem til å lykkes på eksamen? Kartlegging av bakgrunnsvariabler og deres intensjon i lys av en utvidet versjon av teorien om planlagt atferd.. Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk. ISSN: 2387-5739. 2s 53 - 71.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Cameron, David Lansing; Høigaard, Rune (2016). The extended Theory of Planned Behaviour and college grades: the role of cognition and past behaviour in the prediction of students’ academic intentions and achievements. Educational Psychology. ISSN: 0144-3410. 36 (4). s 792 - 811. doi:10.1080/01443410.2014.923557.
  • Høigaard, Rune; Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Øverby, Nina Cecilie; Haugen, Tommy (2014). Academic self-efficacy mediates the effects of school psychological climate on academic achievement. School psychology quarterly. ISSN: 1045-3830. 30 (1). s 64 - 74. doi:10.1037/spq0000056.
  • Rise, Jostein; Halkjelsvik, Torleif; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2015). Mental States of Addiction: Conceptions in the Adult Norwegian Population. Contemporary Drug Problems. ISSN: 0091-4509. 42 (4). s 289 - 298. doi:10.1177/0091450915608446.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2015). Transition: A conceptual analysis and integrative model. Transitions in the field of special education. Theoretical perspectives and implications for practice. ISBN: 978-3-8309-3117-1. Waxmann Verlag. Kapittel 2. s 19 - 33.
  • Hukkelberg, Silje Sommer; Hagtvet, Knut Arne; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2014). Latent interaction effects in the Theory of Planned Behavior applied to quitting smoking. British Journal of Health Psychology. ISSN: 1359-107X. 19 (1). s 83 - 100. doi:10.1111/bjhp.12034.
  • Rise, Jostein; Aarø, Leif Edvard; Halkjelsvik, Torleif; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2013). The distribution and role of causal beliefs, inferences of responsibility, and moral emotions on willingness to help addicts among Norwegian adults. Addiction Research and Theory. ISSN: 1606-6359. 22 (2). s 117 - 125. doi:10.3109/16066359.2013.785532.
  • Tveit, Anne Dorthe; Cameron, David Lansing; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2014). “Two Schools under one Roof” in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Exploring the Challenges of Group Identity and deliberative Values among Bosniak and Croat Students. International Journal of Educational Research. ISSN: 0883-0355. 66s 103 - 112. doi:10.1016/j.ijer.2014.03.004.
  • Skogseid, Elisabet; Skogseid, Ernst Martin; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2013). "Jeg vil, jeg vil, men hva skal til?" Kvalitativ studie av frafall på yrkesfag. FoU i praksis. ISSN: 1504-6893. 7 (3). s 105 - 124.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2013). The more the 'Merrier': A multi-sourced model of addiction. Addiction Research and Theory. ISSN: 1606-6359. 21 (1). s 19 - 32. doi:10.3109/16066359.2012.691581.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2012). Evolve or perish: A theoretical propositon for development of Bildung concept. Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi. ISSN: 1303-5134. 9 (1). s 585 - 607.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2012). Pairing Incompatibles: The Cooperative Contributions of Desires, Automaticity, and Explicit Cognitions in Self-Regulatory Failures of Addictive Behaviors. Advances in Psychology Research, Volume 94. ISBN: 978-1-62081-696-7. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.. Kapittel 2. s 55 - 79.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Rise, Jostein (2012). “Fuelling” cognitive judgments: Worry as a mediator between risk perceptions and intentions to quit smoking. Europe's Journal of Psychology. ISSN: 1841-0413. 8 (3). s 391 - 401. doi:10.5964/ejop.v8i3.479.
  • Tveit, Anne Dorthe; Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Cameron, David Lansing (2012). “Ja takk, begge deler” PPTs individ- og systemrettede arbeid i barnehagen. Spesialpedagogikk. ISSN: 0332-8457. 77 (4). s 43 - 56.
  • Thygesen, Ragnar; Briseid, Lars Gunnar; Tveit, Anne Dorthe; Cameron, David Lansing; Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2011). Er generell pedagogisk kompetanse tilstrekkelig for å sikre en inkluderende skole?. Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift. ISSN: 0029-2052. (2). s 104 - 114.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Rise, Jostein (2011). Predicting the Intention to Quit Smoking in a Norwegian Sample: An Extended Theory of Planned Behaviour in Light of Construal Level Theory. Nordic Psychology. ISSN: 1901-2276. 63 (3). s 68 - 82. doi:10.1027/1901-2276/a000040.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Jortveit, Maryann (2011). The "Why, What, and How" of inclusion from the practitioner's point of view: inclusion of immigrant children in the Norwegian educational system. Power and Education. ISSN: 1757-7438. 3 (3). s 291 - 305. doi:10.2304/power.2011.3.3.289.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Rise, Jostein (2011). The Role of Desire in The Prediction of Intention: The Case of Smoking Behavior. Swiss Journal of Psychology. ISSN: 1421-0185. 70 (3). s 141 - 148. doi:10.1024/1421-0185/a000049.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Langfeldt, Gjert (2010). Educational evaluation in the light of construal level theory: The case of cognitive tuning. Studies in Educational Evaluation. ISSN: 0191-491X. 36 (3). s 93 - 100. doi:10.1016/j.stueduc.2011.01.001.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Rise, Jostein; Moan, Inger Synnøve (2010). From Intentions to Quit to the Actual Quitting Process: The Case of Smoking Behavior in Light of the TPB. Journal of applied biobehavioral research. ISSN: 1071-2089. 14 (4). s 181 - 197. doi:10.1111/j.1751-9861.2010.00048.x.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Rise, Jostein; Moan, Inger Synnøve (2010). Premeditated automaticity: the role of explicit cognition in the development of obsessive smoking. Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi. ISSN: 1303-5134. 7 (2). s 971 - 984.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Kristiansen, Aslaug (2010). Trusting Trust in the Context of Higher Education: the potential limits of the trust concept. Power and Education. ISSN: 1757-7438. 2 (3). s 276 - 287.
  • Rise, Jostein; Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Kraft, Pål; Moan, Inger Synnøve (2008). Predicting the intention to quit smoking and quitting behaviour: Extending the theory of planned behaviour. British Journal of Health Psychology. ISSN: 1359-107X. 13doi:10.1027/1901-2276/a000040.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Rise, Jostein (2008). The role of explicit cognition in addiction: development of the Mental Representations scale. Addiction Research and Theory. ISSN: 1058-6989. 16 (6). s 595 - 606. doi:10.1080/16066350801896263.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo; Rise, Jostein (2007). The relation between past behavior, intention, planning, and quitting smoking: the moderating effect of future orientation. Journal of applied biobehavioral research. ISSN: 1071-2089. 12 (2). s 18. doi:10.1111/j.1751-9861.2007.00015.x.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2022). Hvordan vet du det? : vitenskapelig tenkning og forskningsmetoder. ISBN: 9788245045413. Fagbokforlaget. s 234.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2016). Basic motivation and human behaviour: Control, affiliation and self-expression. ISBN: 978-1-137-47055-3. Palgrave Macmillan. s 249.
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2024). “Us” vs. “Them”: A systematic analysis of history textbooks in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina across three ethnic educational programs..
  • Kovac, Velibor Bobo (2022). Rollen av eget ståsted i inkludering.

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