Dr. Zsuzsa Buzás Csontosné PhD
Subjects taught: Kodály’s Philosophy of Music Education as Main Subject (Methodology); Introduction to Kodály-based Music Education; School observation and Discussion
Dr Zsuzsa Buzás Csontosné is a recognized expert in Hungarian music pedagogy and educational sciences. In 2017, she earned her PhD in Educational Sciences from the University of Szeged for her dissertation, 'Testing the Music Reading Skills of 10- to 14-Year-Old Students'. In 2005, she received two Master of Arts degrees from the University of Debrecen: one in Music Teaching and Choral Conducting and one in Music Theory and Teaching. She also holds a BA in Music Theory, Solfège Teaching and Choral Conducting, and a BA in English Language Teaching, both from the University of Szeged.
She has received two long-term research scholarships at the University of Luxembourg, as well as a one-month research scholarship at Ball State University in Indiana, USA. She has also received several Erasmus teaching scholarships at the University of Luxembourg and the Kirchliche Pädagogische Hochschule Edith Stein in Stams, Austria.
Her research focuses on musical ability and music reading, as well as educational methodologies based on the Kodály concept. She led the Eye Movement, Reading and Educational Methodology Research Workshop and was a member of the MTA-SZTE Music Pedagogy Research Group. She has participated in numerous national and international educational conferences and research projects, including online measurements of musical ability, eye-tracking studies of music reading and investigations into the development of musical skills.
She has published books, book chapters, journal articles and conference abstracts on music education. Her main research interests include assessing musical and reading skills, the use of ICT tools in music education, and the relationship between musical and linguistic abilities, as well as the transfer effects of Kodály-based music education.
She is an active member of several professional organizations, e.g. the International Kodály Society, The American Hungarian Educators Association (AHEA), International Society for the Research and Promotion of Wind Music (IGEB), the Hungarian Pedagogical Society and the Liszt Ferenc Society. She is the secretary of the Subject Pedagogy Subcommittee at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
She has extensive experience in music pedagogy, ranging from early childhood education to university-level teaching. She organizes music education conferences and concerts and regularly serves as a jury member at all levels of education as well as member of doctoral committees.
Her students have achieved outstanding results in various music competitions and excelled in music pedagogy research at the National Scientific Students' Associations Conference (OTDK) in Hungary, the country's largest higher education scientific event where the most talented university students present their research and artistic achievements.