Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum vitae

Person Identification

• Tomáš Janík, Professor of Education
  
  Tomáš Janík is a Primary School Teacher Training graduate (specialising in German as a foreign language) at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, as well as an Educational Management Master’s degree holder from the University of Derby. In addition, he participated in a further education course, Lehrgang Reformpädagogik, at Pädagogische Akademie des Bundes in Vienna in the course of the year 2001. Between 2001–2004 he studied in the Educational Sciences doctoral programme at the Faculty of Education, MU, and taught part-time at a basic school at the same time. In the year 2008 he habilitated, and in 2018 he was appointed as Professor in the field of Educational Sciences at the Faculty of Education, MU, where he works as a Head of the Institute for Research in School Education and serves as a Vice-Dean for Research and Academic Affairs at present. Between the years 2009–2011 he worked in parallel at the Institute for Education Research in Prague where he led the national research into curricular reform. Between 2007–2014 he acted as an Editor-in-Chief of Pedagogická orientace journal. From 2010 to 2016 he was a member of the Education, Psychology and Sport Studies working group of the Accreditation Commission; furthermore, he has been a head of the Subject Didactics working group of the Accreditation Commission since 2014 (acting as an Editor-in-Chief of the Subject Didactics: Review and Prospects monograph as well as The Framework Concept of Basic and Higher-Secondary School Teacher Education). He participated in processing the results of the 2014 TALIS international comparative research. Since 2015 he has been a member of the Minister of Education’s advisory board. He aims his professional focus on the issues of educational reforms, teacher professionalization, curriculum, and teaching and learning. Regarding research methodology, he concentrates predominantly on research based on video recording analysis. At the Faculty of Education of Masaryk University he teaches Research Methodology, Comparative Pedagogy and Didactics
  
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Workplace

• Institute for Research in School Education
  Faculty of Education
  Masaryk University
  Porici 31a
  603 00 Brno
  Czech Republic

Employment Position

• Vice-Dean for Research and Academic Affairs
• Head of the Institute for Research in School Education

Education and Academic Qualifications

• 2018: Professor of Education, Masaryk University
• 2008: habilitation in Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University
• 2004: Ph.D. in Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University
• 2003: M.Ed. in Educational Management, University of Derby
• 2001: PhDr. in Educational Sciences; Faculty of Education, Masaryk University
• 2001: Mgr. in Teacher Training for Primary School; Faculty of Education, Masaryk University

Employment Summary

• 2015-: Vice-Dean for Research and Academic Affairs at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University
• 2008-: Head of the Institute for Research in School Education at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University
• 2009-2011: Research Manager - Research Institute of Education in Prague
• 2004-2007: Researcher - Educational Research Centre, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University
• 2001-2004: Ph.D. student - Department of Educational Science, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University
• 2000-2002: Teacher - Primary school in Vranovice

Teaching

• Lectures and seminars for Ph.D. students: Methodology of Educational Research, School Pedagogy
• Lectures and seminars for Mgr. (M.A.) students: Didactics, School Pedagogy, Comparative Education

Research Activities - Fields and Projects

• Principal investigator GA20-13038S Productive culture of teaching and learning (2020-2022)
• Co-investigator: TA ČR TL02000368 Learning Hyperspace for Formative Assessment and Inquiry Based Science Teaching (2019-2022)
• Principal Investigator: GA15-05122S Between Acceptance and Resistance: Teachers’ Perceptions of Curricular Changes 10 Years into the Reform Implementation (2015-2017)
• Principal Investigator: GA13-21961S Exploring Professional Vision and Its Development Through Video-Based Analysis from the Perspective of Teachers of EFL (2013-2015)
• Principal Investigator: GA CR 407/11/0262 Quality of Curriculum and Instruction Across School Subjects (2011-2013)
• Principal Investigator: GA CR 406/06/P037 Pedagogical Content Knowledge as a Key Issue in Curricular Reform (2006-2008)
• Research Team Member: GA 17-15467S Professional Vision of EFL/ESL Teachers in/after Action in Communication Activities from Eye-Tracking Perspective (2017–2019)
• Research Team Member: 15-12956S What is the Purpose of Context: Objective Determinants of Novice Teachers’ Socialisation (2015–2017)
• Research Team Member: GA 14-06480S Producing Pedagogical Knowledge for Improvement: Altering Teaching Situations for the Better (2014-2016)
• Research Team Member: MSMT CR LC06046 Centre for Basic Research on Schooling (2006-2011)

Academical Stays

• 2017: Norway – Institutt for pedagogikk, Universitetet i Agder (2 months)
• 2007: Leibnitz Institute for Science Education in Kiel (4 months)
• 2014: Austria – Institut für Schulentwicklung an der Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt (1 week)
• 2012: Germany – Lehrstuhl für Schulpädagogik und Unterrichtsforschung an der Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften an der Fridrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (1 week)
• 2010: Germany – IPN: Leibniz-Institut für die Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik an der Universität Kiel (1 week)
• 2009: Austria – Institut für Sportwissenschaften der Universität Salzburg (1 week)
• 2008: Germany – Lehrstuhl für Schulpädagogik und Unterrichtsforschung an der Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften an der Fridrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (1 week)
• 2006: Austria – Pädagogische Akademie des Bundes in Wien (1 week)
• 2005: Germany – IPN: Leibniz-Institut für die Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik an der Universität Kiel (1 week)
• 2005: Italy – Pädagogisches Institut Bozen (1 week)
• 2004: Germany – Institut für Sportwissenschaften der University of Greifswald (1 week)
• 2004: Germany – IPN: Leibniz-Institut für die Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik an der Universität Kiel (1 week)
• 2004: Slovakia – Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Komenského v Bratislavě (1 week)
• 2001: Austria – Pädagogische Akademie des Bundes in Wien (1 week)
• 2001: Netherlands – Interfacultair centrum voor lerarenopleiding, onderwijsontwikkeling en nascholing van de Universiteit Leiden (1 week)

University Activities

• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Vice-Rector of Masaryk University (2013+)
• Coordinator for Erasmus/Socrates Programme at the Department of Education, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University (2002-2009)
• Vice Chairman of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University (1998-1999)
• Member of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University (1996-2000)

Extrauniversity Activities

• Member of the Palacký University Scientific Council, Olomouc (2022+)
• Member of the Matej Bel University Scientific Council, Banská Bystrica (2019+)
• Member of the Charles University Scientific Council, Prague (2011-2014)
• Member of the Faculty of Education Scientific Council, UKF, Nitra (2019-2022)
• Member of the Faculty of Education Scientific Council, OU, Ostrava (2019+)
• Member of the Faculty of Education Scientific Council, Palacky University, Olomouc (2014+)
• Member of the Faculty of Education Scientific Council, Masaryk University, Brno (2011+)
• Member of the Faculty of Education Scientific Council, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice (2011+)
• Member of the Faculty of Education Scientific Council, Charles University Prague (2009+2018)
• Member of Working Group for Education, Psychology and Sport Studies of Accreditation Commission (2010-2016)
• Leader of Working Group for Subject Matter Didactics of Accreditation Commission (2014-2016)
• Pedagogická orientace Journal (Editor-in-Chief 2007-2014, member of Editorial Board 2015+)
• Pedagogika Journal (member of Editorial Board 2015-2018)
• Orbis scholae Journal (member of Editorial Board 2007+)
• Journal of Pedagogy (member of International Editorial Board 2011+)
• European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (member 2012+)
• Österreichische Gesellschaft für Forschung und Entwicklung im Bildungswesen (member 2004+)
• Czech Educational Society (member of Steering Committee 2007-2014)
• Czech Educational Research Association (member of Steering Committee 2009-2012)
• Member of Doctoral Boards - Charles University in Prague and Masaryk University

Appreciation of Science Community

• 2020: MUNI Scientist Award 2016: Czech Educational Research Association Award for outstanding research-oriented publication in the monograph category (between 2014–2015) Stuchlíková, I., & Janík, T. et al. (2015). Oborové didaktiky: vývoj – stav – perspektivy [Field didactics: development – state of the art – perspectives]. Brno: Masaryk University
• 2015: University of South Bohemia Rector’s Award for dissemination/review work by Stuchlíková, I., & Janík, T. et al. (2015). Oborové didaktiky: vývoj – stav – perspektivy [Field didactics: development – state of the art – perspectives]. Brno: Masaryk University
• 2014: Czech Educational Research Association Award for outstanding synthesis of collective research – monograph by Janík, T. et al. (2013). Kvalita (ve) vzdělávání: obsahově zaměřený přístup ke zkoumání a zlepšování výuky [Quality in education: content focused approach to analysing and improving instruction]. Brno: Masaryk University
• 2013: Czech Educational Research Association Award for the design and coordination of the Curriculum G project – Supporting Grammar Schools as Pillars of Higher-Secondary Comprehensive Education (MEYS project, 2009–2011) as well as for publishing papers on its state-of-the-art, methodology and results
• 2004: Masaryk University Rector’s Award for best doctoral students’ award for excellent study results and outstanding research and pedagogical profiling

Selected Publications

• GÖTTLICHER, Wilfried and Tomáš JANÍK. Politische Zäsur und Wandel des Bildungssystems. Drei Dekaden nach dem Fall des Eisernen Vorhangs – Bilanzen und Perspektiven (Political Change and Change in Educational Systems: Three Decades after the Fall of Iron Curtain). 1st ed. LIT Verlag, 2023, 270 pp. Pädagogik in Forschung - Theorie - Geschichte. ISBN 978-3-643-91656-3. info
• JANÍK, Tomáš. Schul-, Curriculum- und Unterrichtsentwicklungen im Bildungssystem Tschechiens. 30 Jahre nach dem Fall des Eisernen Vorhangs (Changes of school, curriculum and instruction in the Czech educational system: Three decades after the fall of Iron Curtain). In Göttlicher, W.; Janík, T. GÖTTLICHER, Wilfried and Tomáš JANÍK. Politische Zäsur und Wandel des Bildungssystems. Drei Dekaden nach dem Fall des Eisernen Vorhangs - Bilanzen und Perspektiven. 1st ed. Wien: LIT Verlag, 2023, p. 33-58. Pädagogik in Forschung - Theorie - Geschichte, Band 3. ISBN 978-3-643-91656-3. info
• GÖTTLICHER, Wilfried and Tomáš JANÍK. Einleitung: Schule und Bildung in den postkommunistischen Demokratien Europas dreißig Jahre nach dem Fall des Eisernen Vorhangs (Introduction: School and Education in Post-Communist Democratic Countries of Europe: Thirty Years after the Fall of the Iron Curtain). In Göttlicher W.; Janík T. GÖTTLICHER, Wilfried and Tomáš JANÍK. Politische Zäsur und Wandel des Bildungssystems. Drei Dekaden nach dem Fall des Eisernen Vorhangs - Bilanzen und Perspektiven. 1st ed. Wien: LIT Verlag, 2023, p. 7-12. Pädagogik in Forschung - Theorie - Geschichte, Band 3. ISBN 978-3-643-91656-3. URL info
• JANÍK, Tomáš and Eva MINAŘÍKOVÁ. School in the Czech Republic: Three decades after the fall of communism. In Marius Harring, Carsten Rohlfs, Michaela Gläser-Zikuda. Handbuch Schulpädagogik. 2nd ed. Münster: Waxmann, 2022, p. 271-281. ohne Reihe. ISBN 978-3-8252-8796-2. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.36198/9783838587967. URL info
• JINJIN, Lu, Han FEIFEI and Tomáš JANÍK. Exploring social media technologies for novice EFL school teachers to collaborate and communicate: A case in the Czech Republic. Frontiers in Psychology. LAUSANNE: FRONTIERS MEDIA, 2022, vol. 13, article number 1010686, p. 1-13. ISSN 1664-1078. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1010686. URL info
• ŠVEC, Vlastimil, Petra BARANOVÁ, Tereza DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Lenka ĎULÍKOVÁ, Tomáš JANÍK, Jan EGERLE, Ivana JŮZOVÁ, Alena PAROUBKOVÁ and Valentýna VESELÁ. Podoby profesní spolupráce ve škole: případové studie (Interprofessional collaboration in school: a collection of case studies). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2022, 116 pp. Pedagogický výzkum v teorii a praxi (sv. 49). ISBN 978-80-280-0253-4. info
• JANÍK, Tomáš and Marcela JANÍKOVÁ. Der Fall des Eisernen Vorhangs 1989 und die Folgen für das Schulsystem Tschechiens (The Fall of Iron Curtain in 1989: Consequences for the School System in the Czech Republic). In H. Schluss, H. Holzapfel, Ch. Andersen, H. Ganser (Hg.). Der Fall des Eisernen Vorhangs 1989 und die Folgen - Europäische pädagogische Perspektiven. 1st ed. Münster / Wien: LIT Verlag, 2021, p. 113-123. Pädagogik in Forschung - Theorie - Geschichte, Band 2. ISBN 978-3-643-50993-2. info
• BUDÍNOVÁ, Irena and Tomáš JANÍK. Children with reduced cognitive efficiency and addition of natural numbers up to 20. A case study. Revija za elementarno izobraževanje / Journal of Elementary Education. Maribor: University of Maribor Press, 2021, vol. 14, No 2, p. 125-148. ISSN 1855-4431. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.18690/rei.14.2.125-148.2021. URL info
• JANÍK, Tomáš. Vše pro výchovu. Lekce z pedagogiky (Everything for Education. Lessons in Pedagogy). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2021, 125 pp. Munice, svazek č. 6. ISBN 978-80-210-9768-1. info
• JANÍK, Miroslav, Eva MINAŘÍKOVÁ, Tomáš JANÍK and Zuzana JUŘÍKOVÁ. On the Language of Student Teachers’ Professional Vision: How Do Pre-Service EFL Teachers Comment on Classroom Videos of Pupil Engagement? Orbis Scholae. Praha: Karolinum, 2021, vol. 15, No 3, p. 43-60. ISSN 1802-4637. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.14712/23363177.2022.14. URL info
• HANUŠOVÁ, Světlana, Michaela PÍŠOVÁ, Tomáš KOHOUTEK, Eva MINAŘÍKOVÁ, Stanislav JEŽEK, Tomáš JANÍK, Jan MAREŠ and Miroslav JANÍK. Novice teachers in the Czech Republic and their drop-out intentions. European Journal of Education. Hoboken , NJ USA: John Wiley & Sons, 2020, vol. 55, No 2, p. 275- 291. ISSN 0141-8211. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12373. URL info
• JANÍK, Tomáš, Štefan PORUBSKÝ, Magdolna CHRAPPÁN, Kinga KUSZAK, Eliška WALTEROVÁ, Rita BENCZE, Katarzyna SADOWSKA, Natalia KLYSZ-SOKALSKA, Agnieszka BOJARCZUK-TÜNCER, Karolína DUNDÁLKOVÁ, Jan TUPÝ, Beata KOSOVÁ and Petra FRIDRICHOVÁ. Curriculum changes in Visegrád four: three decades after the fall of communism. Münster: Waxmann, 2020, 162 pp. ISBN 978-3-8309-4162-0. info
• JANÍK, Tomáš, Jan SLAVÍK, Petr NAJVAR and Darina JIROTKOVÁ. The Same and the Different: On Semantization and Instrumentalization Practices in the (Maths) Classroom. SAGE open. 2020, vol. 10, No 3, p. 1-12. ISSN 2158-2440. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244020950380. URL info
• JANÍK, Tomáš, Jan SLAVÍK, Petr NAJVAR and Marcela JANÍKOVÁ. Shedding the content: semantics of teaching burdened by didactic formalisms. Journal of Curriculum Studies. Oxon, England: Routledge Journals, 2019, vol. 51, No 2, p. 185-201. ISSN 0022-0272. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2018.1552719. URL info
• JANÍK, Tomáš, Inger Marie DALEHEFTE and Stefan ZEHETMEIER, ET AL. Supporting Teachers: Improving Instruction - Examples of Research-based Teacher Education (Supporting Teachers: Improving Instruction - Examples of Research-based Teacher Educatio). Münster: Waxmann, 2019, 186 pp. ISBN 978-3-8309-4029-6. info

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