Position: assistant profesor

Institute: Institute of Pedagogy

Unit : Department of Social Pedagogy

Contact

E-mail: kheland[at]aps.edu.pl

Social media: Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Academia.edu

Main research areas

• Early childhood, Early Childhood Education and Care, Childcare worker, parent-childcare worker cooperation, nursery-parent cooperation

Publications, conferences, events

• Knowledge Base

Biography

• Doctor of Social Sciences in the field of pedagogy, Master in the field of pedagogy and theology. In her research on children's spirituality, she developed narrative research categories that reflect children's experiences, her their creation, but also a reflection of intersubjective knowledge.

  Currently, her interests lie around the professionalization and professional identity of caregivers in nurseries, on which she conducted research as part of a grant funded by The Maria Grzegorzewska University.

  She participates in the work of an international research team from England, Croatia, Spain and Israel, where, as a representative from Poland, she conducts research on communication between parents and carers in nurseries before, during and after the Covid-19 crisis.

  Since 2018, he has been working permanently at The Maria Grzegorzewska University, being a member of the Institute of Social Pedagogy, and at the same time a member of a research team that focuses on issues related to the recognition of environmental cooperation networks between various social institutions and environments.

  Her interests are spaces where educators and parents meet, with particular emphasis on researching them in the qualitative method.