Zoltán Márton and Márk Baross’s joint research wins first place at OTDK!
In the “Learning and Teaching Methodology – Knowledge Technology” section of the 37th National Scientific Students’ Council Conference (OTDK), specifically in the “Vocational Subject Pedagogy” division, Zoltán Márton, Head of the STEAM Office at Obuda University, Director of the Hungarian STEAM Platform, and PhD student at the Doctoral School on Safety and Security Sciences, together with Márk Baross, Assistant Lecturer at the Kandó Kálmán Faculty of Electrical Engineering and fellow PhD candidate, achieved first place with their joint research.
Their professional collaboration began in February 2023 during a study trip to Denmark as part of the CiSTEM2 Erasmus+ project. This meeting evolved into a long-term partnership, during which they worked together on developing a modern, STEM-based curriculum and methodology.
Their research—titled “Developing STEM-based Competencies for Vocational Students Using Modern Information Technology Methods”—not only found success in international environments, such as at KU Leuven University and before Danish teacher educators, but also performed outstandingly at the Scientific Students’ Council (TDK) conference of Obuda University’s Kandó Kálmán Faculty of Electrical Engineering. There, they secured 2nd place in the educational science and energy section, which qualified them for the national finals.
Since then, both have pursued their doctoral studies, and the gold medal achieved at OTDK serves as a prestigious recognition of their professional work and research direction to date. Their supervisors were Dr. habil. Ildikó Holik and Prof. Dr. György Molnár.
Representing Obuda University, they returned home with gold from the “city of pedagogy.”
