PhD Students

Mgr. Bianka Katreníková pôsobí ako interná doktorandka na Katedre umenia a kultúry - oddelenie výtvarnej výchovy. Na katedre zabezpečuje výučbu niektorých predmetov s didaktickým zameraním. Vo svojej dizertačnej práci pod vedením prof. PaedDr. Daniely Valachovej, PhD., sa zameriava na výskum rozvoja kritického myslenia a emocionálnej inteligencie prostredníctvom kolaboratívnych výtvarných aktivít. Popri vysokoškolskej činnosti pôsobí od roku 2024 aj na Súkromnej základnej škole Felix, kde v rámci výučby využíva projektové a kolaboratívne formy vyučovania zamerané na rozvoj tvorivého a kritického myslenia žiakov.

Svoje vysokoškolské štúdium absolvovala na Pedagogickej fakulte Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave v študijnom programe Učiteľstvo slovenského jazyka a literatúry a výtvarnej edukácie.

 

E-mail: pokusova5uniba.sk

Mgr. et Mgr. Eva S. Kotláriková

Eva S. Kotláriková graduated from the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava, where she studied History and Italian Language, as well as Art History. Her professional background spans museology, curatorial practice, gallery education and the wider education sector.

 

She worked at the Slovak National Museum from 2007 to 2010 and then, from 2010 to 2025, as a curator of the Old Masters Collection at the Slovak National Gallery. She has authored and co-authored a number of exhibition and educational projects.

 

Her work has long focused on bridging curatorial practice, education and visitor engagement. She currently works at EDULAB, a non-profit organisation, where she helps develop educational programmes for teachers and school leaders. She is a member of the Board of ICOM Slovakia.

 

Since 2025, she has been a PhD student at the Faculty of Education, Comenius University Bratislava. Her research explores exhibitions as learning environments and ways of integrating curatorial and educational strategies.

 

E-mail: kotlarikova4uniba.sk

Mgr. Sandra Plischkeová is a full-time PhD. student at the Department of Arts and Culture, Section of Fine Arts Education, at the Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava. She is enrolled in the doctoral study programme Didactics of Art-Educational Subjects under the supervision of doc. Mgr. art. Xénia Bergerová, ArtD.

Her dissertation thesis Application and Possibilities of New Technical and Technological Methods, Including the Use of AI in Painting and Drawing in the Teaching Process, focuses on the potential of new technical and technological methods, including artificial intelligence, in the teaching of painting and drawing.

Her master’s thesis, entitled Deconstruction of a Work of Art Using Artificial Intelligence, supervised by Mgr. Miroslava Repiská, PhD., explored the possibilities of integrating generative AI models into art education, particularly in the formal and content analysis of artworks. Her doctoral research builds on these findings, broadening the focus from the use of AI to the wider application of new technical and technological methods in the educational process, with particular emphasis on the teaching of painting and drawing.

She completed her university studies at the Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava, in the study programme Teaching of English Language and Literature and Art Education (2021–2026).

 

Mgr. Viktória Kucherková

 

PhD Student

 

Mgr. Viktória Kucherková is a PhD student at the Department of Art and Culture, Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava, in the study programme Didactics of Art Education Subjects under the supervision of prof. PaedDr. Daniela Valachová, PhD. In her dissertation, titled Art Education as a Tool for Developing Creativity in Students of the First and Second Cycles of Primary School in the Context of Curriculum Reform, she looks at the role of art education in the new curriculum reform, which sees art education as a way to develop key skills and highlights its links to other subjects.

 

She completed her university studies at the Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava, first in the bachelor’s study programme Pre-school and Elementary Pedagogy (2021 – 2024) and then in the master's study programme Teacher Training for Primary Education (2024 – 2026). During her studies, she took part in an Erasmus+ mobility programme in Ljubljana (Slovenia). She also has practical experience working with pre-school and young school-age children. Before university, she attended Gymnázium Vavrinca Benedikta Nedožerského in Prievidza (2017 – 2021).

 

She has long been interested in children's creativity and motivation in art activities. In her bachelor's thesis, Motivating child for Artwork in the School children's clubs, she focused on the role of the educator as a motivator and on activities that stimulate children's creative thinking. Her master's thesis, Creativity and Motivation of Pupils in Art Education, looked at the methods teachers use to support pupils' creativity in primary school. Both theses became the basis for her current research.

 

Her current research focuses on connecting art education with other school subjects. She explores whether and how this connection helps pupils understand the subject matter better, become more engaged in lessons, and develop creative and critical thinking. She works together with primary school teachers, and her aim is to bring new knowledge about how art education can connect different areas of learning.

 

Office:

Department of Art and Culture

Faculty of Education, Comenius University in Bratislava

Šoltésovej 4, 811 08 Bratislava, Slovakia

Room: Š-257

E-mail: kucherkova1uniba.sk

 

Dissertation topic:

Art Education as a Tool for Developing Creativity in Students of the First and Second Cycles of Primary School in the Context of Curriculum Reform

 

Supervisor:
prof. PaedDr. Daniela Valachová, PhD.