Mgr. Helena Kafková, Ph.D. ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Affiliation: Department of Art Education, Faculty of Education, Charles University, Prague e-mail: Helena.kafkova(zavinac)pedf.cuni.cz [ MAIL "Helena.kafkova(zavinac)pedf.cuni.cz"] Current position: Assistant professor Researcher – Project of visual literacy Teacher – BC, MA and Ph.D. programs, Erasmus+program, international students Research field: visual literacy, subject integration, Visual Arts Education in pre-school, of Bauhaus in Arts Education´s didactics, Reflections of Hegel´s Aesthetics in Bauhaus and Education in the Czech Republic, Theorizing of the Grounded Theory in the context of Arts Helena Kafková focuses in her research on theorizing the modernistic conception of Visual Education and the problematics of its integration with Second Language Acquisition. She po this didactical conception of Visual Arts Education is connected with Bauhaus pedagogy and studies theoretical grounding of Bauhaus in Hegel´s theory. She has published articles nat internationally (Výtvarná výchova, Dialogos com Arte, etc.). She delivers speeches at nati international conferences (iJADE, InSEA). She has supervised numerous bachelor and master currently supervises one doctoral thesis. The topics of the thesis are concerned with rece estimated potentialities of developing visual literacy and creative thinking in Visual Art and on describing and analysing how specific misconceptions stand in the way of developing children, both in pre-school, elementary school, and extracurricular education. She collab different cultural institutions and partner universities (e.g. The Museum of Decorative Ar Grants and research projects: 2012-2014 Creative Connections 517844-LLP-2011-UK-Comenius-CMP, funded by EACEA. http:// creativeconnexions.eu/cs/about/" http://creativeconnexions.eu/cs/about/ [ URL "http:// creativeconnexions.eu/cs/about/" http://creativeconnexions.eu/cs/about/ "] 2017-2021 PROGRES Q17, Příprava učitele a učitelská profese v kontextu vědy a výzkumu/Teacher Preparation and Prefession in the Context of Science and Research. Sub- theme: Visual Literacy. Funded by Charles University. 2018-2019 Project OPVV „Zvýšení kvality vzdělávání na UK a jeho relevance pro potřeby trhu dílčí projekt „Podpora rozvoje oborově didaktických magisterských studijních programů“. Re CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/16_015/0002362 Editorial boards: Výtvarná výchova (editor) Administrative agenda: Erasmus coordinator and coordinator for international affairs of Arts Education Dept., coo Visual Arts study programmes for Pre-School Education, coordinator of visual literacy´s en Pre-School Education Selected publications: Kafková, H.: Příručka pro stavitele v libovolné substantivní oblasti. In: Výtvarná výchova 17. ISSN 1210-3691 KAFKOVÁ, H.: How to Build a House in Substantive Area and in the “Middleground”? In: GAUL A., PATAKY G., ILLÉS A. szerk.: A MŰVÉSZETOKTATÁS TEREI. Tanulmányok a vizuális nevelés ne szakirodalmából. (SPACES OF ART EDUCATION. International Studies In Art Education). Nemzet (National Publishing House for Education), Budapest, 2012, s. 35-40. ISBN 978-963-08-7415- Kafková, H.: Reflexe Hegelovy estetiky v klasické umělecké moderně. In: Pelcová, N., Hogen Smysl, cíl a účel ve výchově, umění a sportu. UK Praha, 2012, s. 172-178. ISBN: 978-80-7290-605-5 Kafková, H.: Institutionalized Significations and Creativity. In: Revista Diálogos com a a Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Centro de Estudos da Criança do Instituto de Educaç?o, 20 249-260. ISSN: 2183-1726 Available on: http://www.ese.ipvc.pt/revistadialogoscomaarte" http://www.ese.ipvc.pt/ revistadialogoscomaarte [ URL "http://www.ese.ipvc.pt/revistadialogoscomaarte" http://www. revistadialogoscomaarte"] Fulková, M., Kafková, H.: Nové trendy ve výtvarné výchově. In: Kohnová, J. (Ed.): Sborník z konference Profesní rozvoj učitelů. Praha, UK, 2012, s. 41-48. ISBN 978-80-7290-548-5 Available on: http://tarantula.ruk.cuni.cz/UPRPS-1-version1SBORNIK_CD_Profesni_rozvoj_ucit http://tarantula.ruk.cuni.cz/UPRPS-1-version1SBORNIK_CD_Profesni_rozvoj_ucitelu.pdf [ URL tarantula.ruk.cuni.cz/UPRPS-1-version1SBORNIK_CD_Profesni_rozvoj_ucitelu.pdf" http://taran UPRPS-1-version1SBORNIK_CD_Profesni_rozvoj_ucitelu.pdf"] Kafková, H.: Proč bychom se nebavili - Schéma masové kultury a Výtvarná výchova. In: Pelco A (Eds.): Čas ve výchově, umění a sportu. UK Praha, 2014, s. 169-175. ISBN: 978-80-7290-77