Csonka Éva
I graduated as a secondary school teacher majoring in Hungarian history at the University of Debrecen, in 2009, and in 2015 I obtained a professional examination for public education management. I am currently still working as a secondary school teacher, and from the academic year of 2021 I am a doctoral student at the Institute of Education and Cultural Studies of the University of Debrecen. My research area is the investigation of the influence of secondary school teachers on the motivations of graduate students related to the teaching career, as well as on career choice. Examining both church and secular secondary schools, focusing mainly on the North-Eastern Hungarian region.
Dorogi Alexandra
My BA degree is in economics (tourism-hospitality), which I obtained at the University of Debrecen in 2017, and I received my MA in economics (hospitality-tourism) at the Budapest University of Economics in 2019. During my studies, I won a TDK special award in 2018, and in 2020 I applied to the Doctoral School of Human Sciences of the University of Debrecen. I am currently a full-time teacher of vocational subjects at the Kállay Rudolf Vocational Training School in Mátészalka. Vocational training schools are at the center of my research, I examine the recruitment of students based on the results of the National Competence Measurement.
In 2017, I graduated from the Nyíregyháza University as a teacher of vocal music and history. Since September 2018, I have been working at the Biharkeresztes Primary School, where I teach both my majors and am also a class teacher. In 2019, I was admitted to the Education Program of the Doctoral School of Human Sciences of the University of Debrecen, and I am currently a third-year PhD student. The focus of my research is the appearance of horizontal gender segregation in elementary schools, as well as the effects of the hidden curriculum and the projection of gender differences on education.
Hornyák Ágnes
I graduated from the University of Debrecen in 2004, majoring in Hungarian language and literature-pedagogy. I work as a practicing teacher, work community leader, and student mentor in secondary school. In advanced and intermediate-level baccalaureate exams, I perform examiner and chairman duties for both my majors. I carry out teaching and examining activities in adult education. As of 2018, I am a student at the Doctoral School of Human Sciences. My research area is the investigation of educational innovations, within which my interest is focused on monitoring their mid-term effectiveness by analyzing OKM databases and exploratory interviews among the teachers who registered the innovations. On this topic, I have published and appeared at conferences. At the moment, I teach teacher candidates in teacher training and BA and MA students in pedagogy at the University of Debrecen.
Dr. Polgáriné Szilágyi Edit
She graduated from the University of Miskolc as a German language teacher, as well as a translator of economic and social sciences, after which he obtained a diploma in English language teaching at the University of Debrecen. In 2020, he applied to the Doctoral School of Human Sciences of the University of Debrecen. He is a full-time teacher of English language, motion picture culture and media knowledge at KOSZISZ Szent István High School in Újfehértó. The focus of his research is the development of foreign language text comprehension, the types of text types used during language transfer, including the method of using literary texts. In his research, he also examines the influence of the student's social background and the type of educational institution on the development of foreign language comprehension.