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The power of the powerless teachers: discipline in the contemporary schoolArticles

Anna Páchová

e-Pedagogium 2023, 23(3):7-29  

Discipline in school has historically been an integral part of educational practice. However, with the emergence of alternative teaching trends and the emphasis on constructivist teaching the call to weaken the power of the school and the authority of the teacher emerge. The text focuses on the issue of qualitative paradigm shifts in the issue of pupil discipline. The analysis of discipline in the Czech environment was based on a comparison of the traditional approach to teaching mathematics with the approach of teaching according to the so-called Hejný method, which is characterized by a paradigm of lower teacher authority. The text answers how disciplinary...

9th graders' perspectives on distance learningArticles

Hana Urbanová

e-Pedagogium 2023, 23(3):30-42  

The paper presents an insight into the life of one class during one academic year. The presented qualitative study uses the unique situation of repeated school closures in 2020 and 2021 and monitors the immediate impressions and development of the attitudes of eighth and ninth graders towards distance learning. The research took place in three phases, of which the first monitored the pupils' expectations and next their experience with distance learning after the repeated closure of the school. Written narratives, focus groups and semi-structured interviews with pupils were used to obtain data. The results show that there are changes in the attitudes...

IntroductionEditorial

e-Pedagogium 2023, 23(2)  

Although the Czech educational system is continuously undergoing serious changes, the direction of education policy remains unclear, the previously defi ned problems still persist and currently bear signs of systemic failure. New ideas are constantly emerging with which teachers are confronted and, in fact, already overwhelmed, new topics suffer from the lack of proper systematisation, the proposals for change are random and sometimes cannot even be applied in the Czech school environment.

Challenges of Educational Research in the Age of Networking and Emerging Artificial IntelligenceReviews and short reports

e-Pedagogium 2023, 23(2)  

The Institute of Pedagogy and Social Studies, Faculty of Education, Palacký University in Olomouc cordially invites you to the annual 19th International Scientifi c Conference called  Current Problems of Pedagogy in the Research of Doctoral Students “Challenges of Educational Research in the Age of Networking and Emerging Artifi cial Intelligence”

A Lack of Qualitative Leap in EFLArticles

Steve Morris, Václav Řeřicha

e-Pedagogium 2023, 23(2):5-23 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2023.006  

In tertiary education a lack of a qualitative leap in the learning of some Czech students of English has been a phenomenon noted by the authors of the article. This trend has been confirmed by a survey the results of which are presented below. Most students seem to reach a plateau of their spoken and written English (approximately of B2 proficiency level) at the start of their university studies. This article considers the limitations of the prevailing methods of instructions and suggests a change in the approach engaging the processes of confidence, creativity and experimentation. The impact of such changes can be observed to some extent in the students´...

The Profile of a Teaching Assistant in the Context of Personality Traits in the Olomouc RegionArticles

Justýna Dočkalová, Jana Kvintová, Radka Hájková, Simona Dobešová Cakirpaloglu

e-Pedagogium 2023, 23(2):24-36 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2023.005  

The paper focuses on teaching assistants and their profile in the context of personality traits. The aim of the study is to describe and examine the distribution of personality traits among teaching assistants in the Olomouc Region. Their personality traits were examined using the NEO Personality Inventory. The inventory was part of an online battery which was sent by email to all elementary schools in the Olomouc Region. We obtained a research sample of 159 respondents. The result is a description of personality traits among teaching assistants in the Olomouc Region. Compared with the standard, a statistically significant difference was confirmed...

English for Educators study text analysis, methods and MaterialsArticles

Linda Valešová

e-Pedagogium 2023, 23(2):37-54 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2023.010  

The paper delineates major methods of teaching English used throughout the history of English methodology, describes their application in the teaching process and generally shows how they have been reflected in study materials. On the basis of this theoretical survey it further deals with an analysis of a specific study material designed for a course called English for Educators 1,2. The course is intended for future teachers (not majoring in English as a foreign language) to enhance their English competences within the education, specifically pedagogy, psychology and social studies. The paper analyses particular techniques in a selected worksheet...

Perception of Digital Competences of Future Teachers at the Faculty of Science of Palacký University in OlomoucArticles

Jana Slezáková

e-Pedagogium 2023, 23(2):55-67 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2023.011  

The paper deals with the importance of the development of digital competencies during the pedagogical training of future science teachers at the Faculty of Science of Palacký University in Olomouc. It emphasizes the issue of information thinking, which is increasingly required by professions. One of the questions for IT students related to algorithms and programming was included in the questionnaire survey. This is due to the fact that these are the two main pillars of IT concepts in the context of changes in education in the Czech Republic. The results of the survey led to a clear conclusion regarding the use of educational robotics. This tool is...

Úvodem

Alena Jůvová, Michaela Tomášková

e-Pedagogium 2023, 23(1):5-6  

Indiscipline and its reflection by teachers and pupils of a particular classArticles

Jaroslava Ševčíková, Jitka Plischke, Tereza Buchtová

e-Pedagogium 2023, 23(1):7-20 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2023.004  

Indiscipline in school is a constantly discussed topic. In practice, teachers encounter the phenomenon of indiscipline on a daily basis. It is necessary for them to be able to recognize, diagnose and solve its specific manifestations. The aim of this empirical study is to describe how teachers and pupils of a specific class characterize indiscipline, or manifestations of unruly behavior in teaching, and through targeted reflections and self-reflections to achieve a verbal description of perceived indiscipline. A partial goal is to compare their views on indiscipline and its manifestations and to find common or different features. Then open a discussion...

Building, persistence and denial of the cult of P. O. Hviezdoslav in school booksArticles

Vladimíra Vrajová

e-Pedagogium 2023, 23(1):21-33 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2022.021  

The study focuses on the reflection of P. O. Hviezdoslav in the school books, noting the building of the cult of Hviezdoslav as the greatest Slovak poet. The material base consists of thirty-two didactic publications for primary and secondary schools published between 1954 and 2021. The aim of the paper is to find out, on the basis of a content-motivic analysis (supplemented by a stylistic analysis of references), to what extent the myth of the greatest Slovak writer is supported and created by school practice. In its focus, the research falls within the area of general linguistics (stylistics). The results have shown that in the second half of the...

Happier second graders: How to achieve this on the basis of school documentsArticles

Nikola Kallová

e-Pedagogium 2023, 23(1):34-45 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2023.002  

According to research studies and international student assessments, happy students have better academic performance and overall educational results. The happiness of school members, especially pupils, should be a priority for founders, school management and school policy actors, not only for pragmatic and academic reasons. From the point of view of moral theories, the positive mental experience of pupils is an important autotelic value. Despite the initiatives of several sectors in the practical aspect of increasing the happiness of students, there is a lack of theoretical anchoring of conditioning processes in scientific studies that would navigate...

WAVE-IT: Projekt pro rozvoj kompetencí evropských učitelůReviews and short reports

Alena Jůvová

e-Pedagogium 2023, 23(1):46-48