Karolina Kilar

I am a PhD student in the field of social sciences in the discipline of pedagogy at the University of the National Education Commission in Kraków.

I graduated from the University of Education of the National Commission in Kraków with a bachelor’s degree in special education and a master’s degree in special education. I am also a preschool and elementary school teacher.

For several years, I have been working as a teacher at one of the Kraków special schools. My research interests include the functioning of people with intellectual disabilities, the impact of the family environment and the school environment on their future choices, and the support of the development of people with intellectual disabilities and their families. The subject of my doctoral dissertation is the understanding of the sense of life and one’s own value of students with mild intellectual disabilities from dysfunctional families.