e-Pedagogium, 2025 (vol. 25), issue 2
Editorial
Editors
e-Pedagogium 2025, 25(2) 
This issue of our journal presents two articles that, although thematically distinct, together offer valuable insights into current challenges in education. The first addresses the widely discussed topic of burnout and introduces the adaptation and validation of the Slovak version of the Burnout Assessment Tool. The second focuses on issues of language education.
The Slovak Version of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) - Adaptation and Validation: A Pilot Study
Katarína Kohútová, Júlia Bačkorová
e-Pedagogium 2025, 25(2):7-23 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2025.006
The objective of the study is the pilot adaptation and validation of the Slovak version of the Burnout Assessment Tool. The adaptation process included three independent translations, a back translation, a meeting of the research team to synthesize it into its final form, and validation of the back translation by the authors of the questionnaire. The research sample consisted of 266 Slovak teachers. Three models were tested for their factor structure using confirmatory factor analysis. The results showed that the most appropriate model (combining model quality and theoretical underpinnings) is the second-order model, with four primary factors that...
Concept of verbal attribute as a Didactic Challenge: Applying the Theory of Generic Models in Language Education
Patricie Šinkovičová
e-Pedagogium 2025, 25(2):24-37 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2026.001
This study examines students' conceptualization of the syntactic function traditionally referred to as doplněk (the Czech equivalent of the verbal attribute). The primary aim was to determine the extent to which an eighth-grade student can grasp the nature of this linguistic phenomenon through an isolated model, a method based on the Theory of Generic Models, originally developed in mathematics education. A qualitative case study approach was employed, focusing on the cognitive processes of a single student, which were explored via a semi-structured interview centred on sentences containing doplněk. Data were analysed using open coding. The findings...