Pedagogical context of learning and teaching

They relate to higher education pedagogy and the competencies of teachers who have completed non-teaching studies. Knowledge of higher education pedagogy concerns the laws governing education and upbringing in work with full-time students. The pedagogical competencies of higher education teachers are associated with carrying out educational tasks with full-time students enrolled in university and professional study programs, while andragogical competencies relate to educational work with adults or part-time students who pursue their studies alongside employment or in accordance with personal needs (Petričević et al. 2017). According to Vukasović (1990), higher education pedagogy is a scientific and pedagogical discipline that examines the laws of educational work under the specific conditions of higher education. More precisely, it studies the laws of educational processes in higher education and the key participants in those processes: higher education teachers and full-time students.