Teacher Training Institute

PedPsi - Research Centre of the Teacher Training Institute of Sapientia University

The PedPsi Research Centre, established in 2022 within the Teacher Training Institute, is the youngest of the University's research centres, and its operation is regulated by Resolution no. 2022/2596 of the University Senate. The research centre conducts pedagogical, psychological, methodological and interdisciplinary research. The primary aim of the research is to analyse the relevant and current issues of public and higher education in Transylvania and Szeklerland and discuss them within a Carpathian-Basin context.

According to the European Council’s conclusions on education policy, pedagogical discourses - innovative teaching, pre-service teacher training or professional development for teachers - should be based on equitable pedagogical research. Consequently, another declared aim of the research centre is to transmit research results to experts, policy-makers and professional institutions of Hungarian public education in Romania, to implicate these actors, stakeholders and institutions in the activities of the research centre, and to approach research problems from a practical perspective.

Board:

Chair: HARANGUS Katalin, PhD, associate professor

Director: TÓDOR Imre, PhD, senior lecturer

Member of the board: TÓDOR Erika-Mária, PhD, professor

Honorary members:

1. BODÓ Barna, PhD, associate professor, Sapientia University
2. CSERNOCH Mária, PhD,  associate professor, University of Debrecen, Hungary
3. FODOR László, associate professor, Sapientia University
4. Petteri LAIHONEN, PhD, Habil., researcher, Research Fellow at the Academy of Sciences of Finland, instructor at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland
5. PLETL Rita, PhD, Habil., professor, Sapientia University 
6. PUSZTAI Gabriella, PhD, Habil., professor, University of Debrecen, Hungary
7. SÁNTHA Kálmán, PhD, Habil., conferențiar universitar, associate professor, Kodolányi J., Székesfehérvár, Hungary

Advisory Board:

1. BARABÁS Andrea, director, Csutak Vilmos Pedagógusok Háza, [Csutak Vilmos House of Educators] Covasna (Kovászna) county
2. BURUS-SIKLÓDI Botond, president of Hungarian Teacher’s Association of Romania (RMPSZ)
3. DEMETER Levente, chief inspector, Harghita (Hargita) county
4. FERENCZ-SALAMON Alpár-László, director, Apáczai Csere János Pedagógusok Háza [Apáczai Csere János House of Educators], Harghita (Hargita) county
5. FODOR Sándor-József, director, House of Educators, Mureș (Maros) county
6. KISS Imre, chief inspector, Covasna (Kovászna) county
7. TAMÁSI Zsolt-József, PhD, member of the local council, principal, Roman Catholic Theological High School, Târgu Mureș (Marosvásárhely)

Founding members:

• BÁLINT Emese-Éva, PhD, senior lecturer
• BODÓ Barna, PhD, associate professor
• DÉGI Zsuzsanna, PhD, senior lecturer
• HARANGUS Katalin, PhD, associate professor
• HORVÁTH Zsófia, PhD, senior lecturer
• KÁTAI Zoltán, PhD, associate professor
• KENTELKY Endre, PhD, associate professor
• KOVÁCS Gabriella, PhD, senior lecturer
• PÁL Enikő, PhD, senior lecturer 
• SZENTES Erzsébet, PhD, senior lecturer
• TOMONICSKA Ingrid, PhD, senior lecturer
• TÓDOR Erika-Mária, PhD, professor
• TÓDOR Imre, PhD, senior lecturer

The research centre organises the Teachers' Academy online lecture series on a monthly basis, as well as an annual conference. Over the past period, members of the centre have been involved in various individual and joint research projects as research leaders or members.