Martin Bílek

Personal information:

I like traveling, getting to know new regions, both with my family and within my profession. I am interested in sports and music, including playing the guitar occasionally. I am still adding to my collection of beer coasters, which already includes several thousand traditional and non-traditional shapes from almost forty countries.

Education and academic degrees

• Teaching of general education subjects for grades 5-12 – chemistry and physics at the Faculty of Education in Hradec Králové (Mgr., 1988, 1999),
• doctoral studies in the field of pedagogy with a focus on didactic technology at the Faculty of Pedagogy of the Charles University (PhDr. and Ph.D., 1996)
• habilitation in the field of Theory of teaching general-educational and professional subjects – specialization: chemistry at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica (doc., 1999)
• professor in the field of Theory of teaching general-educational and professional subjects – specialization: theory of teaching chemistry at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica (prof., 2006).

International experience

• University of Erlangen/Nuremberg (DE),
• University of Paderborn (DE),
• Children’s Resources International New York (in Keszthely, Hungary),
• Jagiellonian University, Krakow (PL),
• University of Opole (PL),
• University of Maribor (SLO),
• University of Siauliai (LT),
• Pedagogical University in Krakow (PL),
• University of Jaen (ESP),
• Riga Teachers and Educational Management Academy in Riga (LAT),
• Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (PL),
• UNILA Foz de Iguacu (BRA),
• University of Gdańsk (PL),
• National Chiayi University, Chiayi (TWN)

Expertise

• didactics of chemistry and the didactics of science and technical subjects (curriculum aspects, learning from graphic representation, science literacy, research-oriented teaching, environmental education, etc.)
• implementation of ICT in science and technology education (computer supported school experiment, interaction of real and virtual environments in science education, use of the Internet in education, application of didactic software, etc.).

Work Experience

• Department of chemistry PřF (PdF) UHK

  (1988 – 2017)

• Department of pedagogy UJEP

  (2001 – 2010)

• Deepartment of chemistry FPV UKF Nitra

  (2008 – 2014)

• Department of chemistry FPV UMB Banská Bystrica

  (2016 – 2017)

• Vice Dean for Research

  (2018 – 2020)

• Vice Dean for lifelong and distance learning

  (2020 – 2024)

• The head of the department (Department of chemistry and chemical education, Faculty of Education, Charles University) 
• (2024 – now)

International Experience (research stay):

University of Erlangen/Nuremberg (DE), – University of Paderborn (DE), – Children’s Resources International New York (in Keszthely, Hungary), – Jagiellonian University, Krakow (PL), – University of Opole (PL), – University of Maribor (SLO), – University of Siauliai (LT), – Pedagogical University in Krakow (PL), – University of Jaen (ESP), – Riga Teachers and Educational Management Academy in Riga (LAT), – Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (PL), – UNILA Foz de Iguacu (BRA), – University of Gdańsk (PL), – National Chiayi University, Chiayi (TWN)