Martin Kaleja

Doc. PhDr. et PhDr. Martin Kaleja, Ph.D., MBA, works as an academic worker in AMBIS UNIVERSITY, in the past we worked as: a) head of Research Centre for Social Inclusion at Silesian University in Opava (2017-2021), and Associate Professor, project manager, both coordinator and Vice-Dean of Faculty of Public Policy, furthermore head Academic Senate of university, at the same time Academic Senate of Faculty; b) head of Department od Special Education at University of Ostrava (2021-2023), in 2006 till 2019 on different positions such as assistant Professor (2006-2015), Associate Professor (2015-2019), or a project manager, expert for student with SENS, researcher, member of various staff unit etc. He also worked as Associate Professor at University of Prešov in Slovakia, and a University Professor at Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa in Poland. In past he obtained qualification of special educational needs teacher, and social pedagogue. In 2001, he started teaching at primary school as a Roma teaching assistant, becoming a teacher in 2002. He managed several projects focusing on school inclusion in a few of Czech cities, with including provision of support in education, building teams, cooperation with families and connecting them with school establishment by a good communication mode, making school environment socially fair for the marginalized students in their education. His academic, research, pedagogical, lecturing and other professional activities concentrate on the following areas: inclusive approaches at school and social contexts, special educational needs of people with conduct disorder, manifestations of risk behaviour; social justice in education and multi and inter-cultural, and plurilingvism in education.

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