Ildikó Szabó
Researcher
Field of Research: Literacy, Teaching English as a Foreing Language
Subject Taught: English Grammar, Anglo-Saxon Civilisation, English as a Foreign Language, Methodology to Teach Mother Tongue
Years of Experience: 23
PROFILE
She took part as an expert in the following relevant projects: a) INTACT project that aimed to support primary and secondary school teachers towards more effective pedagogical use of interactive technology devices in the classroom. She participated in developing cooperative and collaborative teaching and learning resources that can be applied for content-integrated-language-learning (CLIL) instruction and, through the use of an online platform, were made available over cultural borders. b) ISIT (Implementation Strategies for Innovations in Teachers' Professional Development) aimed at supporting the introduction of cross literary training into in-service teacher training in a blended learning course where structures of teacher education integrated digital learning opportunities into teachers’ professional development. c) “BleTeach - Blended-Learning in Teachers´ Professional Development” an international consortium developed an advanced professional development course enabling secondary teachers of all school subjects to integrate content-specific literacy skills into their subject classes in a „blended learning“ format. d) AduLeT project provide lecturers an environment with helpful information for their teaching. Therefore, the project developed a Community of practice: a support system is to be implemented as a community of practice (CoP) providing the possibility to get into contact with other lecturers and to share experiences about teaching with TEL. The project also collected teaching methods that can be used with TEL tools in higher education. Case studies were also collected including existing strategies, support concepts and facts about TEL linked on the CoP to provide the lecturer with further information.
UNIVERSITY
NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY
Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
FACULTY / DEPARTMENT
Teacher Training Faculty Department of Linguistics, Literature and Foreign Languages
COUNTRY
Hungary
STUDENTS INVOLVED
10