Elena UNGUREANU

Lecturer
Department for Teacher Training
Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences

Contact:

Nicolae Bălcescu 56, Brașov, Romania
Building K
Phone/Fax: +40 268 416184
E-mail: elena.v.ungureanu@unitbv.ro

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Research interests:

  • Participatory qualitative research in education, with a focus on dialogic approaches, critical pedagogy, and social justice
  • Analysis of discourses on educational knowledge and competences in both pre-university and higher education contexts
  • Posthumanist perspectives and sustainability, in connection with the transformation of educational practices and curriculum

Publications (selection)

  • Ungureanu, E. (2025). First-year Students’ Knowledge Understandings During the Transition From High School to University. Revista de Pedagogie, 2025(1). (forthcoming)
  • Ungureanu, E. (2024). Constructing Ability in the Classroom: A Descriptive Analysis of Pedagogical Practices in Primary Education. Journal of Educational Sciences, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.3592/JES.2024.1.11
  • Ungureanu, E. (2024). Literacy as a Social Practice: Exploring Teacher Representations. Journal of Educational Sciences, 25(2). https://doi.org/10.35923/JES.2024.2.06
  • Ungureanu, E. (2020). A Discourse Analysis of Interactions in the Classroom. Revista de Pedagogie, 2020(2), 49–69. https://doi.org/10.26755/RevPed/2020.2/49
  • Ungureanu, E. (2022). A Reading of the Concept of Educational Knowledge from the Perspective of Sustainable Development. In E. Păun (Ed.), The School of the Future or the Future of School: Perspectives on Post-pandemic Education (pp. 191–216). Polirom. ISBN: 978-973-46-8934-7