Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Mgr. Zlatica Zacharová, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Zacharová
I.2 - Name
Zlatica
I.3 - Degrees
doc. Mgr. PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1978
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Departament of Psychology and Phatopsychology, Faculty of Education
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Račianska 59, 813 34 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
zacharova@fedu.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/20923
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Psychology, Teaching and Educational Sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4950-3381

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Education
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
Education of German language and literature and of psychology
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Art
II.b - Year
2006
II.c - Study field and programme
Psychology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Education
II.b - Year
2013
II.c - Study field and programme
Preschool and elementary education
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Education
II.b - Year
2022
II.c - Study field and programme
Preschool and elementary education
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Associate Professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Education 2022 untill now
Assistant professor, university teacher Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Education 2018-2022
Researcher Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Education 2013-2018
Independent State Counsellor - Psychologist Centre for International Legal Protection of Children and Youth, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs 2006-2013

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Long-term 5,5, year therapeutic training from 2021- 2027 Process-oriented psychotherapy 2021
Global education for university teachers Živica 2018
Emotion Focus Therapy for Couples EFT Slovakia 2025
Summer School - Couple Counseling/Summer School of Individual Psychology - Couple Counseling Slovak Association of Individual Psychology 2019
Glottodidattica Infantile/Childhood language teaching Unviersita della Sapienza Roma, D.I.T.I. 2011

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Developmental psychology Preschool and elementary pedagogy Bc. Preschool and elementary pedagogy
Educational and school psychology Speech therapy Mgr. Speech therapy
Educational and school psychology Special Education Mgr. Special Education
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Teaching Psychology (in Combination) I. Teacher Training and Education Science
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
5
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
37
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
13
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Educational and school psychology Speech and Language Therapy Master's Degree Speech therapy and therapeutic education
Educational and school psychology Special Education Master's Degree Special Education Teacher Training and Education Science
Developmental psychology Pre-school and Elementary School Education Bachelor's degree Teacher Training and Education Science
Cognitive Psychology and Neurolinguistics Common social-scientific, pedagogical and psychological basis of teaching Master's Degree Teacher Training and Education Science
Cognitive and behavioral theories for social work Social work Master's Degree Social work
Narrative Therapy for Social Workers Social work Master's Degree Social work
New trends in psychology III.

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
117
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
47
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
16
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
9
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
96
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
67
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
21
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
6
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
1
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

AEC Pirchio, Sabine (25%) - Taeschner, Traute (15%) - Colibaba, Anca Cristina (20%) - Gheorghiu, Elza (25%) - Jursová Zacharová, Zlatica [UKOPDPS] (15%) : Family involvement in second language learning : the Bilfam project. In: Early years second language education : International perspectives on theory and practice. – Abingdon : Routledge, 2015. - S. 204-217. - ISBN 978-0-415-70527-1 Edícia: Routledge Research in Early Childhood Education. SCOPUS

Citation (10).

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V3 Ferková, Štefánia [Autor, UKOPDPED, 50%] ; Zacharová, Zlatica [Autor, UKOPDPS, 50%].- Implementation of moral education by teachers of foreign languages.In: Journal of Language and Cultural Education [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Nitra (Slovensko) : SlovakEdu. – ISSN 1339-4045. – ISSN (online) 1339-4584. – Roč. 11, č. 3 (2023), s. 67-75 [tlačená forma] [online]. – AIS: 0.179 ; IF: 0.099

DOI 10.2478/jolace-2023-0028. – SIGN-UKO PD PS/24. – WOS CC.

3

AAB Sokolová, Lenka [UKOPDPS] (34%) - Lemešová, Miroslava [UKOPDPS] (33%) - Jursová Zacharová, Zlatica [UKOPDPS] (33%) : Psychologická príprava budúcich učiteľov a učiteliek : inovatívne prístupy. - 1. vyd. - Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského, 2014. - 136 s.

AAB Sokolová, Lenka [UKOPDPS] (34%) - Lemešová, Miroslava [UKOPDPS] (33%) - Jursová Zacharová, Zlatica [UKOPDPS] (33%) : Psychological preparation of future teachers : innovative approaches - 1st ed. - Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského, 2014. - 136 s.

Citation (21). 

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AAB Jursova Zacharová, Zlatica [UKOPDPS] (100%) : Naratívny formát v škole od metódy k výskumu Podpora naratívnej kompetencie v slovenskom jazyku u detí z marginalizovaného jazykového prostredia. Bratislava : Havava, 2019. - 124 s. ISBN 978-80-89932-11-5. Literatúra (6).

AAB Jursova Zacharová, Zlatica [UKOPDPS] (100%) : Narrative format in school from method to research Supporting narrative competence in Slovak language among children from marginalized language backgrounds. Bratislava : Havava, 2019. - 124 p. ISBN 978-80-89932-11-5 References (6).

5

AAB Jursová Zacharová, Zlatica [UKOPDPS] (50%)- Lemešová, Miroslava [UKOPDPS] (15%) - Miškolci, Jozef [UKOPDEOV] (15%) - Cabanová, Katarína [UKOPDPS] (5%), Horváthová, Ľubica [UKOPDSJL] 10% - Sokolová, Lenka [UKOPDPS] (5%) : Postoje, inklúzia a predsudky v slovenských školách. - 1. vyd. – Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave, 2019. - 199 s. ISBN 978-80-223-4814-0 Ohlasy (10).

AAB Jursová Zacharová, Zlatica [UKOPDPS] (50%)- Lemešová, Miroslava [UKOPDPS] (15%) - Miškolci, Jozef [UKOPDEOV] (15%) - Cabanová, Katarína [UKOPDPS] (5%), Horváthová, Ľubica [UKOPDSJL] 10% - Sokolová, Lenka [UKOPDPS] (5%) : Attitudes, inclusion and prejudice in Slovak schools. - 1st ed. - Bratislava : Publishing House of Comenius University in Bratislava, 2019. - 199 s. ISBN 978-80-223-4814-0 Responses (10).

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Ferková, Štefánia (Autor) [UKOPDPED] (50%) - Zacharová, Zlatica (Autor) [UKOPDPS] (50%): Implementation of moral education by teachers of foreign languages In: Journal of Language and Cultural Education [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Nitra (Slovensko) : SlovakEdu. – ISSN 1339-4045. – ISSN (online) 1339-4584. – Roč. 11, č. 3 (2023), s. 67-75 [tlačená forma] [online]. – DOI 10.2478/jolace-2023-0028. – OA ; WOS CC ; ERIH PLUS.

Indikátor časopisu:

IF: 0.099 - 2023

AIS: 0.179 - 2023

2

AAB Jursova Zacharová, Zlatica [UKOPDPS] (100%) : Naratívny formát v škole od metódy k výskumu : podpora naratívnej kompetencie v slovenskom jazyku u detí z marginalizovaného jazykového prostredia. - 1. vyd. - Bratislava : Havava, 2019. - 124 s. ISBN 978-80-89932-11-5 Ohlasy (7).

3

O2 Zacharová, Z., Kostrub, D., & Basaliukov, V. (2023). Implicit perceptions of teenagers regarding communication with the NAO robot [Poster session]. In I. Roceanu, M. Blaga, C. Holotescu, A. C. Colibaba, M. Stanescu, C. Corciova, F. Nitu, & C. Radu (Eds.), Shifting from macro to micro (micro-learning & micro-credentials) (Vol. 1, pp. 302–311). Carol I National Defence University. https://doi.org/10.12753/2066-026X-23-027 – SCO.

4

O2 Zacharová, Z. (2023). Using interactive e-textbook tools. In I. Roceanu, M. Blaga, C. Holotescu, A. C. Colibaba, M. Stanescu, C. Corciova, F. Nitu, & C. Radu (Eds.), Shifting from macro to micro (micro-learning & micro-credentials) (Vol. 1, pp. 294–301). Carol I National Defence University. https://doi.org/10.12753/2066-026X-23-026 – SCO.

5

O2 Jursová Zacharová, Zlatica [UKOPDPS] (50%)- Zamborová, Katarína, Miroslava [UKOPDPSautor (15%)- Cross-national achievement surveys and educational monitoring in Slovakia. - Cross-national achievement surveys for monitoring educational outcomes : policies, practices and political reforms within the European Union. - : 1. vyd. ISBN 978-92-76-22353-5. - Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union, 2022. - S. 208-228 ((EUR - Scientific and Technical Research series, ISSN 1018-5593 ; Nordic List 2022 = 1))

https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/2eefff1b-e21a-11ec-a534-01aa75ed71a1

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

AEC Pirchio, Sabine (25%) - Taeschner, Traute (15%) - Colibaba, Anca Cristina (20%) - Gheorghiu, Elza (25%) - Jursová Zacharová, Zlatica [UKOPDPS] (15%) : Family involvement in second language learning : the Bilfam project. In: Early years second language education : International perspectives on theory and practice. – Abingdon : Routledge, 2015. - S. 204-217. - ISBN 978-0-415-70527-1 Edícia: Routledge Research in Early Childhood Education. SCOPUS

Ohlasy (10).  

2017 (01) Rollo, D., Longobardi, E., Spataro, P., & Sulla, F. (2017). The construction of self in relationships: Narratives and references to mental states during picture-book reading interactions between mothers and children. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 2060, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02060

2017 (01) Caputo, A. (2017). A brief scale on attitude toward learning of scientific subjects (ATLoSS) for middle school students = Una scala breve sull’atteggiamento verso l’apprendimento delle materie scientifiche (ATLoSS) per gli studenti di scuola secondaria di primo grado. Journal of Educational Cultural and Psychological Studies, 16, 57–76. https://doi.org/10.7358/ecps-2017-016-capu

2017 (01) Cortina-Pérez, B., & Andúgar, A. (2017). An exploratory study on English teachers' opinions in multicultural preschools. In Education, Health and ICT for a Transcultural World (pp. 334–340). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2017.02.011

2018 (01) Lockiewicz, M., Sarzala-Przybylska, Z., & Lipowska, M. (2018). Early predictors of learning a foreign language in pre-school - Polish as a first language, English as a foreign language. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, Article 1813, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01813

2019 (01) Mourao, S. (2019). Research into the teaching of English as a foreign language in early childhood education and care. In S. Garton & F. Copland (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of teaching English to young learners (pp. 425–440). Routledge.

2021 (02) Cortina-Pérez, B., & Andúgar, A. (2021). Teaching EFL at Spanish preschools: A comparative analysis from two different teachers’ perspectives. Research Papers in Language Teaching and Learning, 11(1), 30–52.

2022 (02) Cortina-Pérez, B., Andúgar, A., & Corral, S. (2022). The Lexei project: Designing a new foreign language teacher profile for early childhood education in the Spanish context. In B. Cortina-Pérez, A. Andúgar, Á. Álvarez-Cofiño, S. Corral, N. Martínez León, & A. Otto (Eds.), Addressing future challenges in early language learning and multilingual education (pp. 313–322). Dykinson.

2023 (01) Fabjanski, M., Carrus, G., & Tiberio, L. (2023). Presence-centered flourishing: A proposal of alternative strategies to promote sustainable living = una proposta di strategie alternative per la promozione di una vita sostenibile = Flourishing centrato sul presente. Journal of Educational Cultural and Psychological Studies, 27(suppl.), 121–136. https://doi.org/10.7358/ecps-2023-027-fabj

2023 (01) Otto, A., & Cortina-Pérez, B. (2023). CLIL-ing pre-primary education: Towards a holistic approach to implement CLIL in early childhood education. In A. Otto & B. Cortina-Pérez (Eds.), Handbook of CLIL in pre-primary education (pp. 1–13). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04768-8_1

2024 (01) Shi, X., & Yeung, S. S.-S. (2024). A mixed method study of EFL teacher knowledge and practice in Chinese kindergartens. Journal of Education for Teaching, 50(4), 674–690. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2024.2358039

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AAB Sokolová, Lenka [UKOPDPS] (34%), Lemešová, Miroslava [UKOPDPS] (33%), Jursová Zacharová, Zlatica [UKOPDPS] (33%) : Psychologická príprava budúcich učiteľov a učiteliek : inovatívne prístupy. - 1. vyd. - Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského, 2014. - 136 s. ISBN 978-80-223-36567                                   

Ohlasy (21)                                                    

[o1] 2017 - Stranovská, Eva - Lalinská, Mária : Assessment of teachers' professional competences in consideration of motivation factor. - In: 8th International conference on education and educational psychology - ICEEPSY . - Nicosia : Future Academy, 2017 ; S. 271-279 ; BKCI-SSH                                                                                  

[o1] 2017 Stranovská, Eva - Lalinská, Mária - Boboňová, Ivana: Perception of the degree of importance of teacher‘s professional competences from the perspective of teacher and head teacher in the evaluation process of educational efficiency. In: Pedagogika, vol. 127, no. 3, 2017, s. 7 - SCOPUS  

 [o1] 2018 - Stranovská, Eva - Lalinská, Mária - Boboňová, Ivana : Teachers motivation towards assessment of their professional competences. - In: Problems of education in the 21 st century, vol. 76, no. 4, 2018 ; s. 562 ; WOS CC ; SCO ; ESCI

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AFC Jursová Zacharová, Zlatica [UKOPDPS] 100% : Digital support of developing narrative competence among children from excluded rural communities in Slovakia 

New technologies and redesigning learning spaces : Roč. 2. - : 1. vyd. Bucuresti : Carol 1 National Defence University, 2019. - S. 85-92. Web of Science Core Collection WOS CCConference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities CPCI-SSHSCOPUS SCO.- ISSN 2066-026X

 Ohlasy(4)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

 [n2] 2022 zz ~ Andari, Rosita Novi. : A bibliometric analysis of digital competency studies in rural areas - In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Social Science 2022 . -Paríž : Springer Nature. Atlantis Press, 2022 ; S. 10, 14

[n1] 2023 zz ~ Zamborová, Katarína - Klímová, Blanka. : The utilization of a reading app in business English classes in higher education - In: Contemporary Educational Technology, roč. 15, č. 3, 2023 ; s. 6 ;SCOPUS

[n2] 2023 zz ~ Ascenzi, Anna - Girotti, Elena. : Children's literature and technology to promote motivation and inclusion in nursery schools : the case study of Babalibri's Storie da ascoltare - In: Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction (Part 2) : UAHCI 2023 . -Cham : Springer Nature, 2023 ; s. 201, 204, 207

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ADC01 Sokolová, Lenka [UKOPDPS] (50%) - Brozmanová, Elena [UKOPDPS] (10%) - Harvanová, Silvia [UKOPDPS] (10%) - Jursová Zacharová, Zlatica [UKOPDPS] (10%) - Lemešová, Miroslava [UKOPDPS] (10%) - Minarovičová, Katarína [UKOPDEOV] (10%): Teachers' empathy: a cross-sectional study

Lit. In. 63, no. 1 (2019), pp. 13-25. - ISSN (print) 0009-062X

Registered in: wos, scopus

Journal Index: SJR (SCOPUS) 2019=0,197 SNIP (SCOPUS) 2019=0,26 CiteScore (SCOPUS) 2019=0,7

[o3] 2019 ~ Salamatina, J. V.. : Faktory, vlijajuščie na uroveň empatijnoj kuľtury prepodavatelej vuzov v usloviach polikuľturnogo obrazovateľnogo prostranstva - In: Čelovečeskij kapital i professionaľnoje obrazovanije, Roč. 12, č. 132, 2019 ; s. 176-182

[n2] 2023 zz ~ Sapartayeva, L. E.. : The level of research into the formation of a professional personality - In: Bulletin of the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, roč. 142, č. 1, 2023 ; s. 249, 252

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Zacharová, Z., Lemešová, M., & Sokolová, L. (2019). Analysis of pre-service teachers' cognitive profiles. In V. Lubkina, S. Ušča, & A. Zvaigzne (Eds.), School pedagogy - preschool pedagogy (Vol. 2, pp. 629–638). Rezeknes Tehnologiju akademija. (Society. Integration. Education: Proceedings of the international scientific conference).

Ohlasy (5)                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

2024 (01)

Ballová Mikušková, E., Verešová, M., & Gatial, V. (2024). Antecedents of teachers' professional competencies. Cogent Education, 11(1), Article 2286813. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2023.2286813  – WOS CC ; SCO ; ESCI.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

KEGA 032UK-4/2025 A return to ancient myth-telling in education: the podcast as an effective vehicle for spoken myth. Co-investigator

2

VEGA 1/0694/24 Physical and sport education as a means of inclusion of pupils with autism spectrum disorders

3

KA2 - 2022-1-BE02-KA220-SCH-000089287, Inclusion through interprofessional COllaboration in a Community Of Practice in Education, Sept. 2023 - Dec. 2026, international project (Belgium, Portugal, Austria, Slovakia) 

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KEGA 046UK-4/2021 Supporting the implementation of moral education in primary school: applied research and methodological material for teachers - Co-researcher

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KEGA 035UK-4/2022 Psychological education for non-psychological professions: methodological and content support - co-investigator

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2020/2021 YOUTH AND A.I. (UN)LEARNING WITH ROBOTS / NAO in cooperation with Goethe Institute, Slovak Design Centre and Sensorium - co-investigator

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Country coordinator European Early Childhood Education Research Association 2017 - until now
Researcher REYLL - Research into Early Years Language Learning - Multilingual Childhoods 2017 - until now

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2025-05-20