Lectures and seminars

Application of scientific methods in biology teaching

Special didactics of biology 1

Special didactics of biology 2

Pedagogical practice

 

Education

M.Sc. (2021); Faculty of education, Trnava university; Study program: Biology – Chemistry

Dr. (2024); Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice; Study program: Biology

PhD. (2024); Faculty of education, Trnava university; Study program: Theory of science education

Research projects

VEGA 1/0003/21 (2021 – 2024): Abundance and toxicity of nickel in the environment and organisms; co-worker

Publications

Vydra, M., Kováčik, J. 2024. The use of image analysis in improving knowledge and skills on the example of teaching the biology of algae and fungi. Educ. Inf. Technol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-024-13004-3

Kováčik, J., Dresler, S., Vydra, M., Sowa, I., Babula, P. 2024. Interaction of nickel with oxidative and antioxidative molecules in Cichorioideae species. Chemosphere. 359. 142358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142358

Vydra, M., Kováčik, J. 2024. Visual plant anatomy: From science to education and vice versa. J. Biosci. 49, 48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-024-00436-9

Kováčik, J., Vydra, M. 2023. Let’s Ask the Other Side: Teaching Gymnasium Plant Biology from a Teacher’s Perspective. Educ. Sci. 2023, 13, 1140. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13111140

Kováčik J., Husáková L., Vlassa M., Piroutková M., Vydra M., Patočka J., Filip M. 2023. Elemental profile identifies metallurgical pollution in epiphytic lichen Xanthoria parietina and (hypo)xanthine correlates with metals. Sci. Total. Environ. 883:163527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163527

Kováčik J., Husáková L., Graziani G., Patočka J., Vydra M., Rouphael Y. 2022. Nickel uptake in hydroponics and elemental profile in relation to cultivation reveal variability in three Hypericum species. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 185:357-367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.06.009