Rona Bušljeta Kardum is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb.
She was born in 1980 in Slavonski Brod, where she completed her general secondary education. She enrolled in the History program at Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, in 1998 and graduated in 2003.
From 2003 to 2007, she worked as a history teacher at the Third Gymnasium in Zagreb, and since 2007 she has been employed at the Faculty of Croatian Studies.
She defended her doctoral dissertation, entitled “Reception of Didactic and Methodological Innovations in Croatian Secondary School History Textbooks (2003–2008),” in 2012.
Her scientific and teaching activities focus on the interdisciplinary field of educational sciences, with particular emphasis on pedagogical disciplines and the didactic-methodological aspects of textbooks.
She has completed professional training programs on several occasions at the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research in Braunschweig and in Freiburg, Germany.
As a co-author, she has participated in preparing history textbooks and workbooks for primary and secondary schools approved by the competent ministry, as well as educational materials for several publishing houses.
She was a member of the national expert working group for curriculum development and, since 2017, with short interruptions, has served on the examination board for professional certification examinations for trainee history teachers in nine Croatian counties.
She actively participates in national projects, particularly those related to Croatian education abroad.
She is currently a member of the Croatian Science Foundation research project Early Disciplinary Literacy in Croatian: Characteristics of Textbook Discourse (RAPID) (IP-2024-05).
She has participated in the development and implementation of two lifelong learning programs and, within the framework of an international project, contributed to the development of the Occupational Standard and Qualification Standard for Higher Education Teachers.
She has received several institutional awards for publications of high international visibility and, in 2025, the Dean’s Recognition Award in the International Visibility category.
She has published more than thirty scientific papers in Croatian and international journals, co-authored a university handbook and two scientific monographs, and regularly participates in international and national scientific conferences.
Since 2023, she has been an Associate Professor at the Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb.