Staff
PaedDr. Krisztina Czakóová, PhD.
Consultation hours
Tuesday: 01:00 – 02:30 p.m. hod. /online
Thursday: 08:30 – 10:00 a.m. /in person
(consultations must be arranged in advance by email)
(Room: Š-405; mail: krisztina.czakoovafedu.uniba.sk)
Current projects
KEGA 014TTU-4/2024: Inteligentné animačno-simulačné modely, prostriedky a prostredia pre deep learning (hlavný riešiteľ za spolupracujúce pracovisko /do 31.08.2026/, spoluriešiteľ /od 01.09.2026/)
Completed projects
ITMS2014+: 312011Z205 "Poďme sa učiť lepšie učiť" (odborný pracovník 12)
KEGA 013TTU-4/2021: Interaktívne animačno-simulačné modely pre deep learning (hlavný riešiteľ za spolupracujúce pracovisko)
KEGA 012TTU-4/2018: Interaktívne animačno-simulačné modely vo vzdelávaní (hlavný riešiteľ za spolupracujúce pracovisko)
KEGA 010UJS-4/2014: Modelovanie, simulácia a animácia vo vzdelávaní (spoluriešiteľ, zástupca hlavného riešiteľa, hlavný riešiteľ za spolupracujúce pracovisko)
KEGA 004UJS-4/2011: Modelovanie a animačno-simulačné modely v elektronickom vzdelávaní (spoluriešiteľ, zástupca hlavného riešiteľa)
KEGA 3/7027/09: Vyučovanie matematiky a prírodovedy na 1. st. ZŠ pomocou interaktívnej tabule (spoluriešiteľ)
KEGA 3/7519/09: Terminologická kultúra v oblasti elektronického vzdelávania (spoluriešiteľ)
KEGA 3/6365/08: Elektronická podpora vyučovania programovania (spoluriešiteľ)
OPV − 2012/1.2/05-SORO: Zvyšovanie kvality vzdelávania tvorbou a inováciou študijných programov, rozvojom ľudských zdrojov a podporou kariérneho poradenstva (expert 5, 6)
Profile
PaedDr. Krisztina Czakóová, PhD. pôsobí na Pedagogickej fakulte Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave, na Katedre didaktiky matematiky a prírodovedných predmetov, kde zastáva pozíciu docentky. Vyštudovala Učiteľstvo všeobecnovzdelávacích predmetov: matematika – informatika. 7 rokov pôsobila ako stredoškolská učiteľka predmetov matematika a informatika, a v tom čase 4 roky zastávala aj rolu triednej učiteľky, a svoju triedu úspešne doviedla k maturitám na strednej poľnohospodárskej škole. Následne viac než 21 rokov pôsobila na Pedagogickej Fakulte resp. na Fakulte ekonómie a informatiky Univerzity J. Selyeho v Komárne, kde zatávala pozíciu odbornej asistentky, a svoju výskumnú, publikačnú ako aj pedagogickú činnosť venovala najmä propedeutike programovania a didaktike informatiky, ako aj tvorbe pedagogického softvéru a využitiu moderných technológií v edukácií, v rámci prípravy budúcich učiteľov informatiky. Od začiatku pôsobenia na danej univerzite bola zodpovedná vedúca pedagogickej praxe pre budúcich učiteľov z predmetu Informatika. Bola spoluorganizátorkou ako aj predsedkyňou Organizačného výboru viacerých medzinárodných vedeckých konferencií série Didmattech (domácich aj zahraničných), ako aj členkou Programového výboru konferencie v roku 2025. K danej konferencií sa viaže aj zostavovateľská a editorská práca na vedeckom Zborníku abstraktov ako aj Zborníku príspevkov. Bola viackrát menovanou členkou odborných komisií súťaží ŠVOČ, ako aj posudzovateľkou dvoch záverečných (končiacich) projektov a dvoch novopodaných projektov KEGA. Pod jej odborným vedením boli doteraz úspešne obhájené záverečné práce v počte 80 (Bc./Mgr./PaedDr.). V súčasnosti sa venuje teórií vyučovania informatiky a príprave budúcich učiteľov pre predprimárne a primárne vzdelávanie. Je externou členkou verejného orgánu Maďarskej akadémie vied, MTA (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia). Pedagogická a vedecko-výskumná činnosť autorky je zameraná na Teóriu vyučovania informatiky, s využitím detských programovacích jazykov a programovateľných robotov, v znamení STEAM edukácie.
Mgr. Martin Droščák, PhD.
Consultation hours
Monday: 09:30 – 11:00 a.m. /in person
Wednesday: 09:30 – 11:00 a.m. /online
(consultations must be arranged in advance by email) (Room: Š-406, e-mail: martin.droscak@uniba.sk)
Current projects
KA220-NW-25-36-361721 Advancing Mathematics Education in Europe Through Al-Driven Customizable Escape Game
VEGA 1/0033/22 Bádateľský orientovaná výučba v matematickom, prírodovednom a technickom vzdelávaní (zodpovedná riešiteľka prof. Kožuchová, M. Droščák – spoluriešiteľ).
KEGA 026UK-4/2022 Koncepcia konštrukcionizmu a rozšírenej reality v STEM vzdelávaní (CEPENSAR) (zodpovedná riešiteľka doc. L. Koreňová, M. Droščák – spoluriešiteľ)
KEGA 077UK-4/2025 Edu-Steam laboratórium v učiteľstve primárneho vzdelávania (zodpovedná riešiteľka prof. K. Žilková, M. Droščák – spoluriešiteľ)
Profile
Mgr. Martin Droščák, PhD., has been working as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Education of Comenius University in Bratislava since 2022. He graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava in the field of study Teaching of General Education Subjects, specialization: geology – chemistry (Mgr.). Pedagogy, he completed his doctoral studies in 2013 at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava. Since completing his Master's degree, he has worked as a teacher in primary school and gymnasium, which enhances his practical experience, which he applies in his lectures, seminars and exercises at the university. His research and publishing activity is focused on the field of general didactics, pedagogical diagnostics, school management and the work of the class teacher. He has written a scientific monograph entitled: Activating Teaching Methods in Secondary School Teaching Practice (2014) and a university textbook: Introduction to General Didactics for Teacher Education Students (2015).
Assoc. Prof. Mária Fuchsová, PhD.
Consultation hours
Tuesday: 03:00 – 04:30 p.m. /in person
Wednesday: 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. /online
(consultations must be arranged in advance by email)
(Room: Š-406, e-mail: maria.fuchsovauniba.sk)
Current projects
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KEGA 077UK-4/2025 Edu-Steam laboratory in primary education teaching (Assistant Project Manager)
KEGA 026UK-4/2022 The concept of constructionism and augmented reality in STEM education (co-author)
VEGA 1/0033/22 Research-oriented teaching in mathematics, science and technology education (co-author)
Profile
Assoc. Prof. Mgr. Mária Fuchsová, PhD., has held the position of Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education, Comenius University Bratislava, since 2025, working at the Department of Mathematics and Science Education. From 2010 to 2025, she worked as an Assistant Professor at various times at the Department of Biology, the Centre for Special Education Research, and the Department of Science Education in Primary Education. She studied at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava, major – biology, specialization - anthropology, extended by additional pedagogical studies. At both bachelor’s and master’s levels, she teaches courses in human biology, developmental biology, clinical anthropology, and primary science education. Her research and publishing activities are focused on educating students of pre-primary and primary education in the field of natural sciences with an emphasis on their biological part and the use of research activities. More recently, she has focused on developing technological literacy and integrating modern digital technologies with inquiry-based learning in the teaching of science subjects to pupils and university students.
Publikačný profil v CREPČ (PETRA, UK): https://petra.uniba.sk/?fn=ResultFormChildM2JQD&seo=PETRA-Zoznam-z%C3%A1znamov
Mgr. Angelika Schmid, PhD.
Consultation hours
Tuesday: 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. / in person
Wednesday: 11:00 – 12:30 p.m. / online
(consultations must be arranged in advance by email angelika.schmidfedu.uniba.sk)
(Room: Š-402)
Current projects
KA220-NW-25-36-361721 Advancing Mathematics Education in Europe Through Al-Driven Customizable Escape Game (co-author)
KEGA 077UK-4/2025 Edu-Steam laboratory in primary education teaching (co-author)
Profile
Mgr. Angelika Schmid, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Didactics of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Education, Comenius University Bratislava. In 2007, she graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Comenius University Bratislava with a degree in teaching general education subjects, specialising in Mathematics and Descriptive Geometry. She completed her doctoral studies in ICT in Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Ostrava, where she received her PhD in 2025. Her teaching focuses on the preparation of pre-service teachers for pre-primary and primary education, with an emphasis on mathematics and geometry education. Her research focuses primarily on the development of spatial reasoning and algorithmic thinking and on ways to support these through inquiry-based learning. She combines digital, physical, and manipulative approaches to learning geometry within the context of STEAM education and investigates the didactic potential of different forms of visualisation and representation of geometric objects, including GeoGebra, augmented and virtual reality, 3D modelling, and 3D printing.
Assoc. Prof. PaedDr. Ján Gunčaga, PhD.
Consultation hours
(Room: Š-403, e-mail: guncagafedu.uniba.sk)
Current projects
KEGA 004KU-4/2022 Personalities of Slovak mathematics II – life models for future generations (Chief Investigator for the collaborating institution)
VEGA 1/0592/20 Gender aspect of mathematical anxiety in children of younger school age (co-author)
VEGA 1/0079/19 Analysis of critical points in school mathematics and identification of factors influencing pupils' attitudes towards mathematics (co-author)
Profile
Assoc. Prof. PaedDr. Ján Gunčaga, PhD. works at the Faculty of Education of Comenius University in Bratislava. He graduated in 1997 as a teacher of general-educational subjects, mathematics – physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Comenius University in Bratislava. In 2004 he successfully completed his doctoral studies in Theory of Mathematics Teaching at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. In 2010 he received his PhD in Mathematics and Computer Science at the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Debrecen, Hungary. He is currently working on Didactics of Mathematics and History of Mathematics Education. His teaching and research activities are focused on the Theory of Mathematics Teaching in Primary and Lower Secondary Education. He is a member of the Union of Slovak Mathematicians and Physicists as well as the German scientific society Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik.
Assoc. Prof. PaedDr. Lilla Koreňová, PhD. – appointed head of department
Consultation hours
Monday: 03:00 – 04:30 p.m. / in person
Wednesday: 12:00 – 01:30 p.m. / online
(consultations must be arranged in advance by email)
(Room: Š-402, e-mail: lilla.korenovafedu.uniba.sk)
Current projects
KA220-NW-25-36-361721 Advancing Mathematics Education in Europe Through Al-Driven Customizable Escape Game
Erasmus+ KA2, Accelerating STEAM-related Knowledge and Skills via 3D Modelling and 3D Printing; Registration no. 2023-1-CZ01-KA220-HED-000160664
KEGA 026UK-4/2022 The concept of constructionism and augmented reality in STEM education (CEPENSAR) (Chief Investigator of the project)
012UK-4/2018 The concept of constructionism and augmented reality in science and technology in primary education (CEPENSAR) (Chief Investigator of the project) https://cepensar.fmph.uniba.sk/publications-sk.php
VEGA 1/0443/18 An analysis of the self-regulated learning styles of students majoring in early childhood and elementary education (co-author)
VEGA 1/0079/19 Analysis of critical points in school mathematics and identification of factors influencing students' attitudes towards mathematics (co-author)
Erasmus+, 2021-1-LU01-KA220-SCH-000034433 project for Co-creating Transdisciplinary STEM-to-STEAM Pedagogical Innovations through Connecting International Learning Communities, 2022 – 2024 https://steamconnect.education/
VEGA 1/0033/22 Research-oriented teaching in mathematics, science and technology education (co-author)
Profile
Assoc. Prof. PaedDr. Lilla Koreňová, PhD. works at the Faculty of Education of Comenius University in Bratislava. She graduated in Teaching of General Education Subjects, Mathematics – Fundamentals of Technology at UPJŠ in Košice, and completed her doctoral studies in Theory of Mathematics Teaching at FMFI UK in Bratislava. Habilitated in Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. In her publishing and research activities she is interested in didactics of mathematics, digital technologies in teaching and learning mathematics, theory of tests and testing, e-testing, e-learning and statistical methods in quantitative research. For more than 20 years she has worked (also externally) as a teacher of mathematics and computer science in primary and secondary schools. She has experience in lecturing and supervising several programmes of further education of teachers of Comenius University in Bratislava and MPC, she was a supervisor in the national project of NUCEM "Improving the quality of education in primary and secondary schools using e-testing", she was also an expert in mathematics and a lecturer in the national project of UIPŠ "Modernization of the educational process in secondary schools". She was the author and principal investigator of an EU-funded (ESF) project, submitted to the MPC in Bratislava, within which several hundred teachers were trained in Slovakia by e-learning in 2005 – 2007. She was also the author and principal investigator of the EU (ESF) funded project "EMATIK" submitted by FMFI UK in Bratislava, where more than 1000 mathematics teachers from all over Slovakia were retrained by e-learning in 2007 – 2009. She was the principal investigator of the international project for UK Bratislava DQME II- Developing Quality in Mathematics Education – A European Network (2007 – 2010). Within the international GEOMATTECH project she was a lecturer in many teacher training courses in Hungary. She is the chairperson of the MPC Bratislava attestation committee for the first and second attestation for the subject of mathematics and a member of the MPC Bratislava continuing education committee. She is a member of the editorial board of several international professional journals. He is a member of the national doctoral committee for the doctoral study programme in Mathematics and Computer Science in Hungary (Hungarian Doctoral Council), supervisor of doctoral study programmes in Pre-school and Elementary Pedagogy (PdF Comenius University in Bratislava) and a member of the doctoral committee and supervisor of doctoral studies in the field of Theory of Mathematics Teaching (Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra).
PaedDr. Martina Totkovičová, PhD.
Consultation hours
Monday: 06:00 – 07:00 p.m. /in person
Wednesday: 03:00 – 04:00 p.m. /in person
(consultations must be arranged in advance by email)
(Room: Š-405, e-mail: martina.totkovicovafedu.uniba.sk)
Current projects
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KEGA 004KU-4/2022 Personalities of Slovak mathematics II – life models for future generations (co-author)
VEGA 1/0033/22 Research-oriented teaching in mathematics, science and technology education (co-author)
Profile
PaedDr. Martina Totkovičová, PhD., works as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Education of Comenius University in Bratislava. She graduated in 1999 as a teacher of general-educational subjects, mathematics – physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Comenius University in Bratislava. In 2010 she successfully completed her doctoral studies in Theory of Mathematics Teaching at the Faculty of Education of Comenius University in Bratislava. Since completing her Master's degree she has been working almost continuously as a teacher at an eight-year grammar school, which allows her to connect the academic world with practice. Since 2011, she has been publishing mainly mathematics workbooks for both 1st and 2nd grade of primary school, where she is the author of the concept and co-author of the popular mathematics helpers. Since 2019, she is the author and co-author of many didactic aids oriented to teaching at the 1st level of primary school. Her pedagogical and scientific research activity is focused on the Theory of Teaching Mathematics in Primary and Lower Secondary Education.
Assoc. Prof. PaedDr. Ján Záhorec, PhD.
Consultation hours
Monday: 02:00 – 03:30 p.m. /in person
Tuesday: 02:00 – 03:30 p.m. /online
(consultations must be arranged in advance by email)
(Room: Š-406, e-mail: jan.zahorecfedu.uniba.sk)
Current projects
APVV-24-0439 Change in teachers' cognition due to their participation in the implementation of the curriculum reform (co-author)
KEGA 077UK-4/2025 Edu-Steam laboratory in primary education teaching (co-author)
Completed Projects
KEGA 066UK-4/2021 Educational support for undergraduate teacher education students in the field of classroom management – development of a web portal and a university textbook (co-author)
KEGA 004TTU-4/2021 Teaching mathematics and computer science using electronic interactive components (co-author)
VEGA 1/0033/22 Research-oriented teaching in mathematics, science and technology education (co-author)
KEGA 041UK-4/2017 Inovation of the pregraduate teacher training aimed at the didactic technological competence development
KEGA 049UKF-4/2011 An International Comparison of the Strengths and Weaknesses of Computer Science and Programming Instruction in Schools in Slovakia and the Czech Republic (lead researcher)
Profile
Assoc. Prof. Ján Záhorec, PaedDr., PhD., works at the Faculty of Education of Comenius University Bratislava, in the Department of Didactics of Mathematics and Science, where he holds the position of Associate Professor in the field of subject didactics. His teaching and research activities systematically focus on the education, training and assessment of teachers’ professional didactic and technological competences. His professional interests also encompass the didactic aspects of implementing innovative digital solutions in the educational process, with particular emphasis on the natural sciences, as well as the development of digital learning environments and methodologies for their application within the Slovak Republic’s regional education system.
He devotes particular attention to the innovation of teaching practice in the context of the digital transformation of education. In this area, he also serves as an author and expert guarantor of accredited authorisations and programmes for innovation and refresher training designed to support the continuing professional development of teaching and specialist staff in regional education, in accordance with Act No. 138/2019 Coll. In developing these programmes, he consistently takes account of the current requirements and needs of educational practice.
His long-term research activities also address the optimisation of the development of foundational school informatics education at primary and secondary schools. Associate Professor Záhorec’s teaching profile is closely linked to academic disciplines concerned with developing the didactic and technological competences of future teachers, which are essential to the successful performance of their profession.
He systematically publishes the results of both his theoretical and practical work in scholarly outputs indexed in the internationally recognised Web of Science and Scopus databases, and his publications have received significant scholarly citations. As part of his research activities, he has served as principal investigator and co-investigator on several VEGA and KEGA projects, primarily focused on quantitative educational research and supported by the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic. He has also participated in a number of national and development projects, as well as projects funded by the European Social Fund.
Publication profile in CREPČ (PETRA, UK): https://petra.uniba.sk/?fn=detailAutorForm&sid=7E1593013027695E6A1F6786
Prof. PaedDr. Katarína Žilková, PhD.
Consultation hours
Tuesday: 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. /in person
Friday: 09:30 – 11:00 a.m. /online
(consultations must be arranged in advance by email)
(Room: Š-405, e-mail: katarina.zilkovafedu.uniba.sk)
Current projects
KEGA 077UK-4/2025 Edu-Steam laboratory in primary education teaching (co-author)
KEGA 004TTU-4/2021 Teaching mathematics and computer science using electronic interactive components (Chief Investigator for the collaborating institution)
Profile
Prof. PaedDr. Katarína Žilková, PhD. works at the Faculty of Education of Comenius University in Bratislava. She graduated in Teaching of General Education Subjects, Aprobation in Mathematics – Computing. For more than 10 years she worked as a secondary school teacher of mathematics and computer science at a grammar school. Currently she is engaged in Didactics of elementary mathematics and preparation of future teachers for pre-primary and primary education. She is a member of the Committee of the Union of Slovak Mathematicians and Physicists and the Slovak Mathematical Society. The author's pedagogical and scientific research activity is focused on the Theory of Mathematics Teaching and Preschool and Elementary Pedagogy.