Innovative approaches to contemporary trends in education

Biographical notes

Alina Roman (Volume editor) Evelina Balaș (Volume editor) Tiberiu Dughi (Volume editor) Dana Rad (Volume editor) Alina Costin (Volume editor) Henrietta Torkos (Volume editor) Editha Coșarbă (Volume editor)

Evelina Balas, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Psychology and Social Sciences at Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania and Head of the Sociopsychopedagogical Research Center for Promoting Excellence in the Profession. Evelina is an educational and pedagogy specialist and a principal investigator in multiple European Union-funded projects on the topic of education for all ages. Alina Roman, Ph.D., is a professor habil. at Faculty of Educational Sciences, Psychology and Social Sciences at Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania and Dean of the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Psychology and Social Sciences. Her areas of interest include digital wellbeing, educational assessment, interactive strategies in the teaching and learning process and the efficiency of didactic activities outdoor. Dana Rad, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania and the head of the Center of Research, Development and Innovation in Psychology. Her areas of interest include digital wellbeing, organizational psychology, psychoinformatics and cognitive systems engineering. Tiberiu DUGHI, Ph.D., is an associate professor and the Vice dean at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Psychology and Social Sciences, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania. His research and applied interests include educational psychology, personality psychology, and professional and vocational counseling. He is a psychologist supervisor in educational psychology and member of the Romanian and Belgium Psychologists Collegium. Alina COSTIN, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at "Aurel Vlaicu" University of Arad, Department of Pedagogy, Psychology and Social Work. She teaches in the areas of direct practice, in case management in child protection, the social work system in Romania. She has coordinated several volumes of work resulting from regionally funded projects and her research and interests include child protection, case management, social work in school, theories in social work. Henrietta TORKOS, Ph.D., is a university lecturer at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Psychology and Social work, at Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania. She is currently involved in the development of projects which main purpose is the promotion of the Educational Sciences study program, but also the development of effective academic relations with the students of the Aurel Vlaicu University, in order to provide a quality education, by creating learning situations novelties/workshops/projects, which lead to the development of the necessary skills in the academic environment, at the workplace and in society. Her research interest is in various fields within the Educational Sciences, disseminating the results in the national and international conferences he participates in, and by publishing scientific papers. Editha COȘARBĂ, is a university lecturer at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Psychology and Social work, at Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania, and also a speech therapist at Arad county resource center and educational assistance. Her interests are centered on the organization, implementation and carrying out of non-formal activities, social competence development and educational management.