Georgeta Ion receives the Spiru Haret Award for Education and Environment
Georgeta Ion, professor in the Department of Applied Pedagogy at the UAB and vice-dean of Students and Internationalisation at the Faculty of Education, was awarded the Spiru Haret Award for Education and Environment at the thirteenth edition of the National Grand Lodge of Romania awards.
Ion, who is also associate professor at the West University of Timișoara, received this distinction for her article "Beyond formal research knowledge and skills: how do teachers grow and evolve as teacher-researchers," published in the journal Professional Development in Education in 2025. The study focuses on the continuous professional development of teacher-researchers and the development of academic research competencies.
The awards ceremony took place on 21 June, at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest. This event was jointly organised by the Romanian Academy, the Ministry for Education and Research, the Ministry for Culture, the National Council of Rectors, and twelve Romanian universities: Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, University of Bucharest, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, West University of Timișoara, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Carol Davila Medical University of Bucharest, the National School of Political and Administrative Studies, the Constantin Brâncuși National University of Arts, the Transylvanian University of Brașov, the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, and the University of Craiova.