Curriculum vitae (Dr. Zoltán Tóth)

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Curriculum vitae

(Dr. Zoltán Tóth)

Family name: Tóth First name: Zoltán Sex: male

Date of birth: March 19, 1952 Place of birth: Debrecen, Hungary Nationality: Hungarian

Marital status: married, two children

Education: special high school of chemistry and biology, Debrecen, 1966-1970

graduated from chemistry at Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen, 1971-1976

graduated from teacher of chemistry at Kossuth Lajos University,

Debrecen, 1990-1992

Language: Hungarian (mother tongue) English (intermediate level) Russian (intermediate level)

Awards: Praise of Ministry (MKM, 1988, 1990)

Széchenyi István Fellowship (OM, 2001-2004)

Life Achievement Award Teacher “Rátz” (AMTO, 2005) Working place: University of Debrecen (former Kossuth Lajos University)

Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry Addresses: H-4028 Debrecen, Ember Pál str. 4/A, Hungary (home)

H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem sq. 1, Hungary (office) Mailing address: H-4010 Debrecen, P.O.Box 66, Hungary

Phone: +36 30 989 2526 Fax: +36 52 512 915

E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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Teaching activity: Status:

Junior research fellow,

Kossuth Lajos University, Institute of Physical Chemistry, 1976-1978 Assistant lecturer,

Kossuth Lajos University, Institute of Physical Chemistry, 1979-1982 Assistant professor (lecturer),

Kossuth Lajos University, Institute of Physical Chemistry, 1982-1992 Associate professor (senior lecturer, docent),

Kossuth Lajos University, Institute of Physical Chemistry, 1992-1995 Kossuth Lajos University, Team of Chemical Methodology, 1995-1999 University of Debrecen, Team of Chemical Methodology, 2000-

Subjects taught:

- undergraduate lecture courses, problem solving seminars and laboratory practices in physical chemistry;

- undergraduate problem solving seminar for beginners;

- undergraduate compulsory and optional lecture courses, problem solving seminars and laboratory practices in methodology of chemical education;

- PhD lecture courses in didactics of chemistry teaching and research methodology in didactics of chemistry;

Selected educational publications:

- Tóth, Z.: Introductory chemistry: laboratory practices in physical chemistry for students of biology (in Hungarian). Kossuth University Publisher, Debrecen, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002. 89 pages.

- Tóth, Z.: Chemical calculations using balance method (in Hungarian). Pedellus Publisher, Debrecen, 1996. 99 pages.

- Tóth, Z.: Dynamic models in chemical education (in Hungarian), Kossuth University Publisher, Debrecen, 1998. 70 pages.

- Tóth, Z. (editor): Methods and practices, Vol. 9, 10, 11, 12. (in Hungarian), Debrecen, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002.

Others:

- head of the Chemical Methodology Group; - supervisor of teacher training in chemistry;

- local founding member in the “Chemistry” PhD program; - active PhD supervisor.

Scientific activity: PhD thesis:

“Formation and catalytic properties of water-soluble ruthenium-phosphine complexes”, Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen, 1979.

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CSc thesis:

“Preparation and investigation of some cyanogen- and thiocyanogen-based inorganic polymers”, Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen, 1991.

Current research areas:

- misconceptions in chemistry;

- numerical chemical problems in chemical education; - concept maps in chemical education;

- dynamic models in chemical education; - constructivism in chemical education;

- conceptual development and conceptual change in chemistry; - small scale experiments in chemical education.

Research grants received as project leader:

- Numerical chemical problems in improving students’ chemical view and problem solving thinking and in preparing chemistry teachers. Hungarian Research Fund, 1997-2000.

- Concept maps in chemistry textbook in Hungary. Hungarian Research Fund, 1998-2001.

- Misconceptions in chemistry. Hungarian Research Fund, 2001-2004.

- Students’ conceptual development and conceptual change in chemical education. Hungarian Research Fund, 2005-2009.

- Scientific and technological learning in elementary schools, MÖB-DAAD, 2005-2006. - Scientific learning in grades 3 and 4 in elementary schools, MÖB-DAAD, 2007-2008. Cumulative data of research activity:

- number of referred articles: 51

- published in English: 35 - published in Hungarian: 16 - number of non-referenced articles: 90

- number of citations: 350 (approx.) - lectures at international conferences: 14

- posters at international conferences: 41 - lectures at Hungarian conferences: 75 - posters at Hungarian conferences: 42 Functions:

- president, Chemistry Education Division, Debrecen Section of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, from 1996;

- member, Editorial Board, A Kémia Tanítása (“Teaching in Chemistry”), from 1996; - member, Editorial Board, Középiskolai Kémiai Lapok (“Periodical of Chemistry for

Grammar School Students”), from 2004;

- member, Advisory Board, Chemistry Education: Research and Practice, 2001-2005; from 2008

- member, Advisory Board, Journal of Science Education, from 2004; - member, Organising Committee, 16th ICCE, Budapest, 2000;

- member, Council of Chemistry Teachers’ Division, Hungarian Chemical Society, from 2002;

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- member, Organising Committee, 8th ECRICE, Budapest, 2006;

- member, Council of the Division of Chemical Education, European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences, from 2005;

- member, Editorial Board, Practice and Theory in Systems of Education, from 2008; - member, Editorial Board, Eurasian Journal of Physics and Chemistry Education, from

2008.

Selected publications: 1. Tóth Z.:

Demonstration of Wöhler’s experiment

Journal of Chemical Education, 73 (6) 539-540 (1996) 2. Tóth Z.:

Double redox reactions

Journal of Chemical Education, 74 (7) 744 (1997) 3. Tóth Z.:

On balancing „Redox Challenges” by unconventional oxidation numbers

Balancing chemical equations by inspection

Journal of Chemical Education, 74 (11) 1363-1364 (1997) 5. Tóth Z.:

Chemical calculations – the industrialists’ way

Education in Chemistry, 36 (2) 38, 52 (1999) 6. Tóth Z.:

Limiting reactant (An alternative analogy)

Egy kémiai tévképzet nyomában. Az egyensúlyi állandó bevezetésének lehetőségei és problémái

Iskolakultúra, 9 (2) 108-112 (1999) 8. Tóth Z.:

A reakcióegyenletek rendezésének módszerei és problémái

Magyar Kémiai Folyóirat, 105 (6) 207-219 (1999) 9. Tóth Z.:

A kémia tankönyvek, mint a tévképzetek forrásai

Demonstrating ethanoic acid dimers

Education in Chemistry, 36 (6) 151 (1999) 11. Tóth Z.:

A conversion map for binary mixtures

Colourful solutions to misconceptions

„Bermuda-háromszögek” a kémiában

A kémiai fogalmak természete

Iskolakultúra, 12 (4) 92-95 (2002) 15. Tóth Z., Kiss E., Barke H-D.:

Egy kémiatanításban használható térszemléleti teszt hazai adaptációja

Magyar Pedagógia, 103 (4) 459-479 (2003) 16. Tóth Z.:

Exploring students ideas on particles

Education in Chemistry, 41 (1) 10 (2004) 17. Tóth Z., Bodnár M.:

Kísérletek a kémia tankönyvekben

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Students’ strategies and errors in balancing chemical equations

Journal of Science Education, 5 (1) 33-37 (2004) 19. Tóth Z.:

Additional comments on problem solving with pathways

Journal of Chemical Education, 81 (6) 804 (2004) 20. Tóth Z., Kiss E.:

Hungarian secondary school students’ strategies in solving stoichiometric problems

Journal of Science Education, 6 (1) 47-49 (2005) 21. Tóth Z.:

A tudásszerkezet és a tudás szerveződésének vizsgálata a tudástér-elmélet alapján

Magyar Pedagógia, 105 (1) 59-82 (2005) 22. Tóth Z., Ludányi L.:

A new ’challenge’ in balancing redox equations

Education in Chemistry, 43 (2) 38 (2006) 23. Tóth Z., Kiss E.:

Using particulate drawings to study 13-17 year olds’ understanding of physical and chemical composition of matter as well as the state of matter

Practice and Theory in Systems of Education, 1 (1) 109-125 (2006) 24. Schneider I.K., Oberländer F., Tóth Z., Dobó-Tarai É., Revák-Markóczi I.:

Natural scientific learning in primary schools: The Rostock Model

Practice and Theory in Systems of Education, 1 (2) 1-23 (2006) 25. Tóth Z., Kiss E.:

A fizikai és kémiai változások azonosításával kapcsolatos tudásszerkezet

Iskolakultúra, 17 (1) 19-30 (2007) 26. Tóth Z., Dobó-Tarai É., Revák-Markóczi I., Schneider I.K., Oberländer F.:

1st graders prior knowledge about water: knowledge space theory applied to interview data

Journal of Science Education, 8 (2) 116-119 (2007) 27. Tóth Z., Ludányi L.:

Combination of phenomenography with knowledge space theory to study students’ thinking patterns in describing an atom

Chemistry Education: Research and Practice, 8 (3) 327-336 (2007) 28. Tóth Z.:

Mapping students’ knowledge structure in understanding density, mass percent, molar mass, molar volume and their application in calculations by the use of the knowledge space theory

Chemistry Education: Research and Practice, 8 (4) 376-389 (2007) 29. Tóth Z., Ludányi L.:

Using phenomenography combined with knowledge space theory to study students’ thinking patterns in describing an ion

Journal of Baltic Science Education, 6 (3) 27-33 (2007)

30. Tóth Z., Revák-Markóczi I., Schneider I.K., Oberländer F., Dobó-Tarai É.:

Effect of instruction on 1st_{graders’ thinking patterns regarding the description of water with}

every day and scientific concepts

Practice and Theory in Systems of Education, 3 (1) 45-54 (2008) 31. Tóth Z., Kiss E.:

Modelling students’ thinking patterns in describing chemical change at macroscopic and sub-microscopic levels

Journal of Science Education, 10 (1) 24-26 (2009)