PhDr.

Veronika Laufková

Ph.D.

deputy head of department, vice-dean for communication and educational development

Consultations by prior arrangement via email or phone (WhatsApp).

For the academic years 2025/2026 and 2026/2027, thesis topics have been assigned:
• Formative assessment in Czech language and literature teaching
• Development of reading skills in primary school grades 1 and 2
• Development of leisure reading habits
• Children’s literature as a tool for emotional literacy
• Volunteering in education and upbringing
• The teacher’s role in developing metacognitive strategies
• Creation and analysis of didactic lessons with literature for children and youth
• Use of contemporary children’s literature in teaching
• Case studies on implementing feedback in schools
• Student self-assessment
• Participatory strategies in literature education
• Portfolio as a tool for professional growth

Brief Biography:

  • 2012 – Master’s studies in Teaching Czech Language and Social Sciences, Faculty of Education, Charles University
  • 2013 – Degree PhDr.
  • 2016 – Degree Ph.D. (Pedagogy), dissertation: formative assessment
  • 2014 – 2021 – Institute for Research and Development of Education, Faculty of Education, Charles University
  • 2021 – present – Assistant Professor, Department of Czech Literature, Faculty of Education, Charles University; Deputy Head of Department
  • since 2022 – Vice-Dean without Portfolio, Faculty of Education, Charles University
  • International stays: Utrecht and Ljubljana (Erasmus+ program)

 

Taught Courses:

Teaching the common core: General didactics and school pedagogy; Student assessment at school; Volunteer practice with reflection

Teaching in the Primary Education study program (full-time, combined studies, lifelong learning): course guarantor and lecturer for Theory of Literature, Literature for Children I, Literature for Children II, Literary Education and Reading with Practice I, II

Teaching in the Kindergarten Teacher Education study program: teaching and co-teaching within the course Development of Language, Communication, and Pre-literacy; Didactics of Language Development, Communication, and Pre-literacy

Teaching in the Preschool Pedagogy study program: Literature for Children and Media

Teaching and course guarantor in the Educator study program: Development of Reading Skills

Professional Focus:

reading literacy, children’s literature, didactics of literary education, formative assessment, feedback, reading literacy, pre-literacy, teaching practice and its reflection

 

Projects funded by the European Social Fund within the Operational Programme Research, Development and Education:

  • OP JAK: Support for the Development of Teaching Competences | 2024 – present | Leader of Key Activity No. 2 and No. 5 (Faculty of Education, Charles University)
  • Educational Platform for Safe Online Teaching | 2021 – 2023 | Researcher
  • Implementation of Formative Assessment in Primary Schools | 2019 – 2022 | Expert Supervisor of the Educational Program

Selected Publications:

  • Koželuhová, E. & Laufková, V. (2024). Rozvoj porozumění předčítanému textu v preprimárním vzdělávání v České republice: přehledová studie. Gramotnost, pregramotnost a vzdělávání, 2(1), 23–38.
  • Komberec, F. & Laufková, V. (2024). Jak rozumí studenti primární pedagogiky věcným rysům pohádkového žánru? O dieťati, jazyku, literatúre, 12(1), 41–55.
  • Starý, K., Stará, J., & Laufková, V. (2024). How do young people understand the meaning of the assassination of Heydrich? Citizenship Teaching & Learning, 19(3), 305–324.
  • Komberec, F. & Laufková, V. (2022). Didaktická narativní transformace: potenciál tvořivého psaní při poznávání literárního díla. O dieťati, jazyku, literatúre, 10, 31–
  • Kucharská, A., Laufková, V., Kadrnožková, M., & Šťastný, V. (2022). Dobrovolnictví jako prostředek edukace v pomáhajících profesích. Diagnostika a poradenství v pomáhajících profesích, 6, s. 6–
  • Laufková, V. (2017). Formativní hodnocení v praxi základní školy. Pedagogika, 67(2), 104–124.  DOI: 10.14712/23362189.2017.000

Teaching texts that transfer the latest scientific findings into practice and make them accessible to students, graduates, and practicing teachers, selected examples:

  • Starý, K., Chvál, M., Laufková, V., Šmejkalová, M., Voňková, H., Mikuláš, M., Němec, Z., Kučerová, O., Klinka, T., Janda, D., Novotná, G., Svobodová, Z., Novotná, M., & Gajdošíková, P. (2023). Hodnocení pro učení. Praha: Future Books.
  • Laufková, V., Neumann, L., Komberec, F., Soukupová, K. (2023). Současná literatura pro děti, mládež a dospělé. Praha: Future Books.

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