06D9D285117EACC25BA022A418B9D8CA5ADF3B60 prof. RNDr. Ivan Kalaš, PhD. kalas1@uniba.sk true 0.00 61 Profesors FMFI.KDMFI Department of Didactics in Mathematics, Physics and Informatics https://fmph.uniba.sk/pracoviska/katedra-didaktiky-matematiky-fyziky-a-informatiky// FMFI Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics 0.00 27 Externí učitelia PriF.DiTEdu Katedra didaktiky prírodných vied, psychológie a pedagogiky https://fns.uniba.sk/kdp/ PriF Faculty of Natural Sciences Faculty of Natural Sciences -1 true I. Basic information -2 true I.1 Surname Kalaš -3 true I.2 Name Ivan -4 true I.3 Degrees prof. RNDr., PhD. -5 true I.4 Year of birth 1957 -6 true I.5 Name of the workplace Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius university, Bratislava, Department of Education -7 true I.6 Address of the workplace Mlynská dolina, 842 48 Bratislava -8 true I.7 Position Professor, Vice head of Department -9 true I.8 E-mail address ivan.kalas@fmph.uniba.sk -10 true I.9 Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4602?do=filterForm-submit&name=Ivan&surname=Kala%C5%A1&university=701000000&faculty=701090000&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5 -11 true I.10 Name of the study field in which a person works at the university Informatics, Theory of Informatics Education -12 true I.11 ORCID iD 0000-0003-4597-3028 -13 true II. Higher education and further qualification growth -14 true II.1 First degree of higher education -15 true II.a Name of the university or institution Comenius University Bratislava -16 true II.b Year 1981 -17 true II.c Study field and programme Mathematics: Theoretical Cybernetics -18 true II.2 Second degree of higher education -19 true II.a Name of the university or institution Mathematics: Theoretical Cybernetics -20 true II.b Year 1981 -21 true II.c Study field and programme Mathematics: Theoretical Cybernetics -22 true II.3 Third degree of higher education -23 true II.a Name of the university or institution Comenius University Bratislava -24 true II.b Year 1985 -25 true II.c Study field and programme Doctor of Physics and Mathematics Sciences -26 true II.4 Associate professor -27 true II.a Name of the university or institution Comenius University Bratislava -28 true II.b Year 1995 -29 true II.c Study field and programme Theory of Education -30 true II.5 Professor -31 true II.a Name of the university or institution Comenius University Bratislava -32 true II.b Year 2006 -33 true II.c Study field and programme Informatics -34 true II.6 Doctor of Science (DrSc.) -35 true II.a Name of the university or institution -36 true II.b Year -37 true II.c Study field and programme -38 true III. Current and previous employment -39 true III.a Occupation-position Assistant -40 true III.b Institution Comenius University Bratislava -41 true III.c Duration 1985 - 1995 -39 true III.a Occupation-position Assistant Professor -40 true III.b Institution Comenius University Bratislava -41 true III.c Duration 1995 - 2006 -39 true III.a Occupation-position Professor -40 true III.b Institution Comenius University Bratislava -41 true III.c Duration 2006 - -39 true III.a Occupation-position Head of Department -40 true III.b Institution Comenius University Bratislava -41 true III.c Duration 1995 - 2012, 2017 - 2025 -39 true III.a Occupation-position Vice Head of Department -40 true III.b Institution Comenius University Bratislava -41 true III.c Duration 2025 - -42 true IV. Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills -43 true IV.a Activity description, course name, other foreign languages -44 true IV.b Name of the institution schools in Slovakia and England -45 true IV.c Year always -43 true IV.a Activity description, course name, other digital competencies -44 true IV.b Name of the institution Comenius University, Bratislava -45 true IV.c Year always -43 true IV.a Activity description, course name, other pedagogical and professional competences, see sections II and III -44 true IV.b Name of the institution my professional profile -45 true IV.c Year always -46 true V. Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university -47 true V.1 Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes -48 true V.1.a Name of the profile course Dissertation Project and Its Implementation 1 -49 true V.1.b Study programme Informatics, Theory of Informatics Education -50 true V.1.c Degree III. -51 true V.1.d Field of study -48 true V.1.a Name of the profile course Selected Chapters in Theory of Informatics Education 1 -49 true V.1.b Study programme Informatics, Theory of Informatics Education -50 true V.1.c Degree III. -51 true V.1.d Field of study Informatics, Theory of Informatics Education -48 true V.1.a Name of the profile course Computational Curiosity -49 true V.1.b Study programme Applied Informatics -50 true V.1.c Degree II. -51 true V.1.d Field of study Computer Science -48 true V.1.a Name of the profile course Didactics of Informatics 1, 2 -49 true V.1.b Study programme Informatics Teacher Training in Combinations -50 true V.1.c Degree II. -51 true V.1.d Field of study Teacher Training and Education Science -48 true V.1.a Name of the profile course Programming 1 -49 true V.1.b Study programme Informatics Teacher Training in Combinations -50 true V.1.c Degree I. -51 true V.1.d Field of study Teacher Training and Education Science -48 true V.1.a Name of the profile course 1-UXX-932 B.Sc. thesis seminar (2) -49 true V.1.b Study programme Teacher Training, common study block for combinations physics - biology, mathematics - PE, mathematics - physics -50 true V.1.c Degree I. -51 true V.1.d Field of study Teacher Training and Education Science -48 true V.1.a Name of the profile course 2-UXX-939 - M.Sc. thesis seminar -49 true V.1.b Study programme Teacher Training, common study block for combinations physics - biology, mathematics - PE, mathematics - physics -50 true V.1.c Degree II. -51 true V.1.d Field of study Teacher Training and Education Science -52 true 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 -53 true V.2.a Name of the study programme Informatics, Theory of Informatics Education, guarantor -54 true V.2.b Degree III. -55 true V.2.c Field of study Computer Science -53 true V.2.a Name of the study programme Teacher Training, common study block for combinations physics - biology, mathematics - PE, mathematics - physics, guarantor -54 true V.2.b Degree II. -55 true V.2.c Field of study Teacher Training and Education Science -53 true V.2.a Name of the study programme Teacher Training, common study block for combinations physics - biology, mathematics - PE, mathematics - physics, guarantor -54 true V.2.b Degree I. -55 true V.2.c Field of study Teacher Training and Education Science -56 true 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 -57 true V.3.a Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure Informatics -58 true V.3.b Study field to which it is assigned Computer Science -59 true V.4 Overview of supervised final theses -60 true V.4.1 Number of currently supervised theses -61 true V.4.a Bachelor's (first degree) 0 -62 true V.4.b Diploma (second degree) 1 -63 true V.4.c Dissertation (third degree) 1 -64 true V.4.2 Number of defended theses -65 true V.4.a Bachelor's (first degree) 5 -66 true V.4.b Diploma (second degree) 12 -67 true V.4.c Dissertation (third degree) 21 -68 true V.5 Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes -69 true V.5.a Name of the course Dissertation Project and Its Implementation 2 -70 true V.5.b Study programme Informatics, Theory of Informatics Education -71 true V.5.c Degree III. -72 true V.5.d Field of study Computer Science -69 true V.5.a Name of the course Selected Chapters in Theory of Informatics Education 2, 3 -70 true V.5.b Study programme Informatics, Theory of Informatics Education -71 true V.5.c Degree III. -72 true V.5.d Field of study Computer Science -73 true VI. Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs -74 true VI.1 Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations -75 true VI.1.1 Number of the research/artistic/other outputs -76 true VI.1.a Overall 232 -77 true VI.1.b Over the last six years 29 -78 true VI.1.2 Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases -79 true VI.1.a Overall 17 -80 true VI.1.b Over the last six years 6 -81 true VI.1.3 Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs -82 true VI.1.a Overall 891 -83 true VI.1.b Over the last six years 239 -84 true VI.1.4 Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases -85 true VI.1.a Overall 361 -86 true VI.1.b Over the last six years 225 -87 true VI.1.5 Number of invited lectures at the international, national level -88 true VI.1.a Overall 36 -89 true VI.1.b Over the last six years 11 -90 true VI.2 The most significant research/artistic/other outputs -91 true Kalas, I., Horvathova, K. (2021). Programming Concepts in Lower Primary Years and Their Cognitive Demands. In: Digital Transformation of Education and Learning - Past, Present and Future, OCCE 2021. Cham, Springer Nature, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, pp. 28-40. -91 true Kalas, I., Blaho, A., Moravcik, M. (2018). Exploring control in early computing education. Informatics in Schools. Fundamentals of Computer Science and Software Engineering. ISSEP 2018. LNCS, vol 11169, pp. 3–16. Springer, Cham. -91 true Benton, L., Saunders, P., Kalaš, I., Hoyles, C., Noss, R. (2018). Designing for learning mathematics through programming: A case study of pupils engaging with place value, International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction. Vol. 16, p. 68-76. -91 true Kalas, I. (2010). Recognizing the potential of ICT in early childhood education. UNESCO IITE, 148 s. -91 true Mária Čujdíková, Ivan Kalaš, Tables and the Development of Computational Thinking in Programming with Emil for Primary School, Informatics in Education 24(2025), no. 3, 471-502, DOI 10.15388/infedu.2025.15. -92 true VI.3 The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years -93 true Kalas, I., Blaho, A. and Moravcik, M. (2022). Programming in Year 4: An Analysis of the Design Research Process. In Proc of the 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU 2022) - Volume 2, pp. 425-433 -93 true Kalas, I., Hrusecka, A. (2023). Levels of Control in Primary Robotics. In: Keane, T., Lewin, C., Brinda, T., Bottino, R. (eds) Towards a Collaborative Society Through Creative Learning. WCCE 2022. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 685. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43393-1_23 -93 true Mária Čujdíková, Ivan Kalaš, Tables and the Development of Computational Thinking in Programming with Emil for Primary School, Informatics in Education 24(2025), no. 3, 471-502, DOI 10.15388/infedu.2025.15. -93 true Kalas, I., Horvathova, K. (2021). Programming Concepts in Lower Primary Years and Their Cognitive Demands. In: Digital Transformation of Education and Learning - Past, Present and Future, OCCE 2021. Cham, Springer Nature, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, pp. 28-40 -93 true Noss, R., Hoyles, C., Saunders, P., Clark-Wilson, A., Benton, L., Kalas, I. (2020).  Making Constructionism Work at Scale: The Story of ScratchMaths, In: Holbert, N., Berland, M., Kafai, Y. B. (Eds.) Designing Constructionist Futures: The Art, Theory, and Practice of Learning Designs. Cambridge, MIT Press, 2020. pp. 39-52 -94 true VI.4 The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs -95 true na VTC Kalas, I. et al.: ICT in Primary Education, UNESCO, 2012, 136. s, 16 evidovaných ohlasov - Laurillard, D.: The educational problem that MOOCs could solve: Professional development for teachers of disadvantaged students. In: Research in Learning Technology, Vol. 24, 2016, Art. No. 29369 - SCI ; SCOPUS -95 true na VTC uvedené v VI.3 (4), ktoré má 49 evidovaných ohlasov - Dohn, N. B.: Students interest in Scratch coding in lower secondary mathematics. In: British Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 51, No. 1, 2020, s. 71-83 - SSCI ; SCOPUS -95 true na VTC uvedené v VI.2 (5), 104 evidovaných ohlasov - Romero-Tena, R. - Lopez-Lozano, L. - Gutierrez, M. P.: Types of use of technologies by Spanish early childhood teachers. In: European Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2020, s. 511-522 ; SCOPUS -95 true na VTC Kalas, I., Tomcsanyiova, M.: Student's attitude to programming in modern informatics, World Conference on Computers in Education. 9th, Bento Goncalves, 2009, 26 evidovaných citácií - Delal, H. - Oner, D.: Developing middle school students' computational thinking skills using unplugged computing activities. In: Informatics in Education, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2020, s. 1-13 - SCI ; SCOPUS -95 true na VTC Goldstein, R., Kalas, I., Noss, R., Pratt, D.: Building rules. In Cognitive Technology: Instruments of Mind, Springer, 2001, 22 evidovaných ohlasov - Weintrop, D. - Holbert, N. - Horn, M. S. - Wilensky, U.: Computational thinking in constructionist video games. In: International Journal of Game-Based Learning, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2016, s. 1-17 - ESCI ; SCOPUS -96 true VI.5 Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years -97 true APVV-20-0353 (2021-2025) Research on Student Motivation in an Adaptive Personalized Environment with Collaborative Tools (Principal Investigator) -97 true VEGA 1/0602/20 (2020 – 2022, Slovak Scientific Grant Agency) Productive gradation of computational concepts in programming in primary school – Head of Project. The aim of the project is to expand knowledge in the field of planning and analysis of the systematic cognitive process of primary school pupils in programming, focusing on the granularity of the system of computational concepts and also to develop a system of criteria and a systematic methodology to assess the capabilities and developmental appropriateness of software and hardware environments for computational thinking (Principal Investigator) -97 true VEGA 1/0407/25 (2025 - 2028) STRIPS: Structural Thinking and its Development in Primary School - Principal Investigator. In our project we search for a unifying framework that would allow us to take a comprehensive approach to assessing the cognitive demand of informatics concepts and structures in data, programming, representations, control, and other school informatics domains. -97 true Digital Transformation of Education and Schools (2023 – 2028) Project financed by European Structural Funds through the Slovakia Program. The National Institute for Education and Youth (NIVaM) became the beneficiary of the NFP in cooperation with partners from Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (UPJŠ), Comenius University in Bratislava (UK) and the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Youth of the Slovak Republic (MŠVVaM). (co-author of the concept, co-researcher). -97 true IT Academy, national project (2016-2021) Creating a model of education and development of young people for the current and prospective needs of the knowledge society and the labour market with a focus on informatics and digital technologies (co-author of the concept, co-author of the educational content, lecturer) -98 true VII. Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities -99 true VII.a Activity, position garantor for the Habilitation and Inauguration promotions in the field of Theory of Informatics Education -100 true VII.b Name of the institution, board Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava -101 true VII.c Duration 2014 - -99 true VII.a Activity, position head, since 2025 vice head of the Department of Education, formerly the Department of Informatics Education -100 true VII.b Name of the institution, board Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava -101 true VII.c Duration 1995 - 2012, 2017 - -99 true VII.a Activity, position Member of The Scientific Board -100 true VII.b Name of the institution, board Faculty of Education, Charles University, Prague -101 true VII.c Duration 2020 - -99 true VII.a Activity, position member of the Editorial Board of a journal -100 true VII.b Name of the institution, board Informatic in Education, ETH and University of Vilnius -101 true VII.c Duration 2002 - -99 true VII.a Activity, position Member of The Scientific Board -100 true VII.b Name of the institution, board Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava -101 true VII.c Duration 2003 - -99 true VII.a Activity, position Representative of Slovakia in IFIP Technicl Committee for Education, TC3; Vice-Chair of IFIT TC3 WG 3.1 for DT in Education -100 true VII.b Name of the institution, board IFIP Technical Committee for Education -101 true VII.c Duration 1998 - -99 true VII.a Activity, position Member of The Scientific Board -100 true VII.b Name of the institution, board Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Košice -101 true VII.c Duration 2023 - -99 true VII.a Activity, position International Board, chair -100 true VII.b Name of the institution, board Faculty of Education, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice -101 true VII.c Duration 2024 - -102 true VIII. Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study -103 true VIII.a Name of the institution London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education -104 true VIII.b Address of the institution London, UK -105 true VIII.c Duration (indicate the duration of stay) 2014 - 2016 -106 true VIII.d Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe) Visiting Researcher -103 true VIII.a Name of the institution Institute of Education, Hong Kong -104 true VIII.b Address of the institution Hong Kong -105 true VIII.c Duration (indicate the duration of stay) 2013, 10 days -106 true VIII.d Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe) Visiting Professor -103 true VIII.a Name of the institution UCL Institute of Education -104 true VIII.b Address of the institution London, UK -105 true VIII.c Duration (indicate the duration of stay) 2013 - 2015, 2016 - 2023, 10 rokov -106 true VIII.d Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe) Visiting Professor -107 true IX. Other relevant facts -108 true IX.a If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned As a researcher, co-investigator or principal investigator I have participated in several European and national projects in the Inco Copernicus, Esprit, Socrates Minerva, Kaleidoscope schemes; in UNESCO IITE I have led two global research projects: ICT in Early Childhood Education (we have involved a network of 17 kindergartens from 10 countries around the world in the research) and ICT in Primary Education. The outputs of these projects are four monographs, which I wrote either as an author (in one case) or with a group of co-authors (in three cases). I am a member of the supervisory board of the National Center for Digital Transformation of Education. I am a member of various committees in Slovakia and abroad. Between 2008 and 2012 I was a member of the international team of Microsoft advisors for the Partners in Learning programme. From 2017 to 2021, I was an advisor in a national project to implement modern computing education in Hong Kong. Since 2017, I am the guarantor of the Informatics with Emil project, which the faculty is working on with the non-profit organization Indícia. -109 true Date of last update 2026-03-02