The Future of Education
István Zsigmond
Institution: Sapientia - Hungarian University of Transylvania
Country: Romania
István Zsigmond, PhD is assistant professor at Sapientia – Hungarian University of Romania, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences
István Zsigmond graduated in Psychology from in 1998 and Special Psychopedagogy in 1997 from Babes-Bolyai University (Romania). He also has an MD in Institutional Communication and Educational Management from National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (Romania) in 2009. Mr. Zsigmond has received his PhD degree in cognitive psychology from Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary) in 2005.
Since graduation, the research activity of Mr. Zsigmond is oriented toward developing and testing new educational methods, aimed at improving learning-centred communication in classroom settings. He has 15 years of experience in teaching psychology and related disciplines like educational psychology and developmental psychology. He has also experience in elaborating and accrediting training courses for in-service teachers. He has worked as a monitoring and facilitating expert in several school-development programs in Hungary and Romania. He also has five years’ experience in monitoring national-level EU projects (PHARE program) working as Local Implementation Agent for external monitoring companies contracted by the Romanian Ministry of Education.
István assistant professor, at higher education level, in the field Communication Psychology and Marketing Communication at Sapientia – Hungarian University of Transylvania. For 15 year he was college associate professor at Károli Gáspár University, Teacher Training Faculty, and John von Neumann University, Hungary.
He is the author of 3 books, editor of 1 book, 4 book chapters and 34 scientific articles. He participated with presentations in 36 international conferences.
Areas of expertise: Transnational cooperation, international project planning and management, assessment and evaluation, higher education, school education, adult education, vocational training, e-learning, metacognitive development, institutional communication
István Zsigmond graduated in Psychology from in 1998 and Special Psychopedagogy in 1997 from Babes-Bolyai University (Romania). He also has an MD in Institutional Communication and Educational Management from National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (Romania) in 2009. Mr. Zsigmond has received his PhD degree in cognitive psychology from Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary) in 2005.
Since graduation, the research activity of Mr. Zsigmond is oriented toward developing and testing new educational methods, aimed at improving learning-centred communication in classroom settings. He has 15 years of experience in teaching psychology and related disciplines like educational psychology and developmental psychology. He has also experience in elaborating and accrediting training courses for in-service teachers. He has worked as a monitoring and facilitating expert in several school-development programs in Hungary and Romania. He also has five years’ experience in monitoring national-level EU projects (PHARE program) working as Local Implementation Agent for external monitoring companies contracted by the Romanian Ministry of Education.
István assistant professor, at higher education level, in the field Communication Psychology and Marketing Communication at Sapientia – Hungarian University of Transylvania. For 15 year he was college associate professor at Károli Gáspár University, Teacher Training Faculty, and John von Neumann University, Hungary.
He is the author of 3 books, editor of 1 book, 4 book chapters and 34 scientific articles. He participated with presentations in 36 international conferences.
Areas of expertise: Transnational cooperation, international project planning and management, assessment and evaluation, higher education, school education, adult education, vocational training, e-learning, metacognitive development, institutional communication
