Department of Education
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Contact: e-mail: nevtud@tok.elte.hu

Hungarian homepage: https://www.tok.elte.hu/tanszek/nevelestudomany
 

Main professional activities of the Department:

Teaching activities:

Primary School Teacher’s Training offers the training of future professionals who possess theoretically based knowledge, skills, and competences of pedagogy to complete teaching and education service concerning all compulsory subjects in the first four classes of the primary school.

Pre-School Teacher’s Training: offers the training of future professionals who possess theoretically based knowledge, skills, and competences of pedagogy to complete the tasks of pre-school education.

Infant and Early Childhood Education: offers the training of future professionals who can apply the proper methods of development and education when they look after and take care of 0–3-year-old infants and children; have competences in complex care, pedagogy, psychology to improve children’s mental, emotional, social and communication abilities.

Research activities:

  • transition to school

  • teacher education and teacher roles, teacher training, pre-, and in-service teachers' thinking, continuous professional development,

  • mental health and well-being at the early childhood

  • hospital education

  • methodology and research of children- and playing culture, childhood, education through arts in connection with mental health/health promotion

  • sexual development and education in early childhood – sex, gender, gender roles and stereotypes

  • family and institutional education

  • social competencies, social entrepreneurship

  • special educational needs

  • history of childhood and early childhood education

International Research and Development Projects

Additional activities:

  • active participation in the realization of different conferences and professional events; regular publication

  • organization of further training programs

  • active participation in the management of students’ research activities and academic progress

 

Staff:

NAME

TITLE/POSITION

E-MAIL

MAIN PROFESSIONAL FIELDS AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES/INTERESTS

Klein, ÁgnesDocent, head of departmentklein.agnes@tok.elte.huLinguistics, education
Aggné Pirka, VeronikaAssistant Professorpirka.veronika@tok.elte.huLife reform movements, history of childhood, reform pedagogy, alternative education in Hungary

Biró,

Rita

Assistant Lecturerbiro.rita@tok.elte.huEarly intervention
Bíró, ViolettaAssistant Professorbiro.violetta@tok.elte.huPsychology
Böddi, ZsófiaAssistant Professorboddi.zsofia@tok.elte.huDevelopmental psychological characteristics of children (e.g., aspects of play); Professionalization of preschool teacher candidates
F. Lassú, ZsuzsaDocentf.lassu.zsuzsa@tok.elte.huPsychology of sexuality and gender (e.g., gender stereotypes, gender ideologies and the image of women in fairy tales; sex education and prevention of sexual abuse); Resilience and mental vulnerability
Flick-Takács, NikolettAssistant Professortakacs.nikolett@tok.elte.hulaying the foundation for lifelong learning in preschool and primary school
Golyán, SzilviaDocentgolyan.szilvia@tok.elte.huHospital education (e.g., the effect of learning on healing); Pedagogy of transitions (e.g., from family to institutions, from kindergarten to school); History of preschool teacher training in Hungary
Gyöngy, KingaAssistant Professorgyongy.kinga@tok.elte.huInteractions of creche early childhood education; Training and career development of early childhood educators
Kerekes, ValériaExpert teacherkerekes.valeria@tok.elte.huResearch on early childhood play and tale; Teacher training methodologies
Kolosai, NeddaDocentkolosai.nedda@tok.elte.huMethodology and research of children- and playing culture; Children's culture; constructive forms of learning (e.g., peer-to-peer education; museum learning)
Sándor, MónikaAssistant Professorsandor.monika@tok.elte.huDevelopment of social competences - prosocial behaviour; Communication conflict management; Contention in childhood
Tóth, BrigittaAssistant Lecturertoth.brigitta@tok.elte.huFemale roles, female characters in fairy tales
Zala, MártonAssistant Lecturerzala.marton@tok.elte.huPsychology of sexuality and gender

 

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