Where to find me
Department of Geography and Geology
- Office: F300
- Phone: +421 48 446 7300
- Email: [email protected]
Professional characteristics
Education
September 2008 – June 2012
PhD study | University of Presov
(Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, Dpt. of Geography and Applied Geoinformatics)
Specialisation: Regional Geography and Regional Development
September 2001 – June 2006
Master study in Geography and History | Matej Bel University
(Faculty of Natural Sciences)
Work History (Job positions)
Jun 2017 – September 2023
Head of department, Department of Geography and Geology, Matej Bel University | Faculty of Natural Sciences
March 2024 – present
Associate Professor | Matej Bel University
(Faculty of Natural Sciences, Dpt. of Geography and Geology)
September 2006 – March 2024
Assistant professor | Matej Bel University
(Faculty of Natural Sciences, Dpt. of Geography and Geology)
Expertise
- Wide experience in designing activities for students using ICT tools and technologies (e.g. softwares MapMaker, Google Earth, Mapire, Marble, MapMe, Knight lab, ArcGIS online).
- Experience in designing experimental (Geography) activities for students (Exploratory Learning, Discovery Learning, Problem-solving Learning).
- Experience in designing teaching materials (strategies) for primary and secondary school pupils (focused on controversial issues using Atlas of European Values).
- Experience in organising educational and extracurricular Science activities for primary and secondary school pupils (e.g. Summer Schools of Science, European Researchers' Night).
- Experience in designing educational activities for senior students – University of the Third Age (experiments, excursions).
- Experience in designing educational activities for university students during landscape teaching and excursions
- Experience in designing courses focused on environmental education for primary and secondary school teachers (inc. experiments, measurements).
- Expertise in using e-learning platform Chamilo (Learning Management System) for organising educational process and analysing the outcomes to identify good practices.
Teaching experience
- Geography of tourism
- Cultural landscape
- Landscape perception
- Regional Geography of Slovakia
- Digital Technologies in Geography Education
- History of Geography
Languages
- ENGLISH: Fluent
- GERMAN: Basic
- POLISH: Basic
- SLOVAK: Mother tongue
Skills
IT SKILLS:
MS Office | Adobe Photoshop
Corel Draw | ArcGIS
VISIO
SOCIAL SKILLS:
Collaborative Skills
Communication skills
Ability to work in Team
Problem-solving Skills