prof. PaedDr. Ondrej Kaščák, PhD.

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  Ondrej Kaščák, PhD., Assoc. Prof., is the head of the department of School Pedagogy at Trnava university (Slovakia) and the senior research fellow at Centre for Research in Education at Institute for Research in Social Communication of Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. He is the lead editor of the Journal of Pedagogy (http://www.​degruyter.​com/​view/​j/​jped opened in a new window
(usually regards external link)). His research interests cover the school and education policy (focusing on neoliberal governmentality), school ethnography, sociology of childhood and sociology of education.

Education and Qualification Growth

Academic Degree: Ph.D., Pedagogy, Comenius University in Bratislava, 2005
M.Ed., Pedagogy and German language and literature, Comenius University in Bratislava, 2001
The Scientific‑pedagogical Degree: Associate professorship, Pedagogy, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, 2009

Selected Publications

  • Communists, Humboldtians, neoliberals and dissidents: or the path to a post­‑communist homo oeconomicus / Ondrej Kaščák. In Journal of Education Policy. ISSN 0268­‑0939. Vol. 32, no. 2 (2017), p. 159–175.
  • Topography of power relations in Slovak preschool sector based on Bourdieu’s field theory. / Kaščák, O., Pupala, B. In Journal of Pedagogy, vol. 8, no. 2 (2017), p. 57–76.
  • Teachers’ voice, power and agency: (un)professionalisation of the early years workforce / Marek Tesar et al. In Early Years. ISSN 0957­‑5146. Vol. 37, no. 2 (2017), p. 189–201.
  • Transgressionen: Zum diskursiven Rekonfigurieren von institutionalisierten (frühen) Kindheiten. Ein slowakisch­‑deutscher Vergleich von curricularen Dokumenten / Anna Fangmeyer, Ondrej Kaščák. In Forschung in der Frühpädagogik 9. Freiburg : FEL, 2016. ISBN 978­‑3­‑932650­‑80­‑2. S. 141–172.
  • Learning how to do up buttons: Professionalism, teacher identity and bureaucratic subjectivities in early years settings / Branislav Pupala, Ondrej Kaščák, Marek Tesar. In Policy Futures in Education. ISSN 1478­‑2103. Vol. 14, no. 6 (2016), p. 655–665.
  • Slovak Preschool Curriculum Reform and Teachers’ Emotions: An Analysis of Facebook Posts / Ondrej Kaščák, Branislav Pupala, Tata J. Mbugua. In Early childhood education journal. ISSN 1082­‑3301. Vol. 44, no. 6 (2016), p. 573–580.
  • Re­‑negotiating an ethics of care in Kenyan childhoods / Sonja Arndt et al. In Human Affairs. ISSN 1210­‑3055. Vol. 26, no. 3 (2016), p. 288–303.
  • Predškolská a elementárna pedagogika a jej medzinárodná akceptácia: Portrét jednej slovenskej slabosti/ Kaščák, O., Pupala, B., Lehotská, V., Zápotočná, O. In Orbis Scholae. Vol. 9, no. 1 (2015), p. 119−138.
  • Vzdelávanie a školovanie v ranom veku v sociálne diferencovanej perspektíve matiek. / Kaščák, O., Betáková, E. In Sociológia – Slovak Sociological Review, vol. 46, no. 1 (2014), p. 5–24.
  • Buttoning up the gold collar — The child in neoliberal visions of early education and care. / Kaščák, O., Pupala, B. In Human Affairs, vol. 23, no. 2 (2013), p. 319–337.
  • Ora et labora – the use of prayer in schooling. / Kaščák, O., Gajňáková, S. In Pedagogy, Culture & Society, vol. 20, no. 3 (2012), p. 377–392.
  • Školská etnografia tela, jej východiská, podoby a potenciály. / Kaščák, O., Obertová, Z. In Český lid : Etnologický časopis, vol. 9, no. 1 (2012), p. 1–22.
  • Škola zlatých golierov : vzdelávanie v ére neoliberalizmu / Ondrej Kaščák, Branislav Pupala; Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2012.
  • School culture at risk of political and methodological expropriation / Ondrej Kaščák a kol. In Human Affairs. ISSN 1210­‑3055. Vol. 22, no. 4 (2012), p. 524–538.
  • „Das bin ich…“: Corporeality and Early German Language Education in (Slovak) Kindergarten. / Kaščák, O., Pupala, B., Kovalčíková, I. In Human Affairs, vol. 22, no. 1 (2012), p. 56–68.
  • Governmentality – Neoliberalism – Education: The Risk Perspective. / Kaščák, O., Pupala, B. In Journal of Pedagogy, vol. 2, no. 2 (2011), p. 145–158.
  • Humanism and autonomy in the neoliberal reform of teacher training. / Kascak, O., Pupala, B., Petrova, Z. In Education, Knowledge and Economy, vol. 5, no. 1–2 (2011), p. 71–88.
  • PISA v kritickej perspektíve. / Kaščák, O., Pupala, B. In Orbis scholae, vol. 5, no. 1 (2011), p. 53–70.
  • Neoliberálna guvernmentalita v sociálnom projektovaní vzdelávania. / Kaščák, O., Pupala, B. In Sociologický časopis – Czech Sociological Review, vol. 6, no. 5 (2010), p. 771–799.

Other Scientific and Technical Activities

Ondrej Kascak, PhD., Assoc. Prof.

Head of the Department of School Education 
Faculty of Education 
Trnava University 
Trnava, Slovak Republic

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