e-Pedagogium, 2009 (vol. 9), issue 3

Are Information and Communication Technologies a Male Domain?

Jana Fančovičová

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):7-15  

The report deals with the attitudes of university students - future biology teachers - towards using information - communication technology in education. We were interested if using ICT is a male domain. We found out that males are more interested in ICT than females.

Analysis of Relations and Attitudes of Students with Hearing Disorders towards Tercial Education

Michaela Jirotková

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):16-29  

The contribution is aimed at the problems of aurally handicapped university students, especially at the factors affecting their choices of their fields of studies. Further, the author was interested in the relation and attitude of students to the possibility to gain university degree itself. In conclusion, some of the research results are presented.

Project "Close-to" and Its Implementation in Education

Miroslava Horáková

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):30-38  

The article deals with the project Close-to. This project is funded by the E.U. and its goal is to influence the group of young drivers (increase of traffic safety). Young drivers at driving schools or secondary schools listen to a story of an accident from someone (= peer mentor) who had experienced an accident (offender, victim etc.). These meetings should lead young drivers to more responsible driving. The effect of this method is measured by a questionnaire survey.

Effectiveness of Teaching Applied Mathematics in Economics

Jitka Janová

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):39-49  

The paper presents an alternative approach to mathematical lessons for students of economical universities. The suggested approach aims to improve the students' skills in identification of a managerial problem and suggestion of relevant mathematical techniques for its solution. The method is based on an alternative conception of mathematical lessons and it is demonstrated on the case study in which the traditional approach is compared to the alternative one. The differences between both approaches and related advantages and disadvantages of the method suggested are discussed and some practical experiences from the application of the method in the lessons...

Hidden Curriculum: Space not Only for Experiential Education

Ivo Jirásek

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):50-59  

The paper considers possibilities which experiential education offers for curricular reform and it concentrates on the sphere of hidden curriculum. The introduction is about basic understanding of the term "experiential education" and its interconnection with education. After that the paper analyzes hidden curriculum as the educative sphere which acts in a shape of verbal non-formulative culture of the school. School environment with the possibility to act and positive social phenomena, as well as social pathologic ones, is put as an example of such working. The closing part accentuates possibilities of intentional use of hidden curriculum which is,...

The Term Ethos

Věra Jirásková

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):60-73  

The paper focuses on identifying the term ethos. In this article the concept of this term which is used in philosophy, philosophical ethics and in professional ethics is employed on two levels: philosophical and pedagogical. In the philosophical reflection it refers to the sources of the term and a broader context of its meaning: 1. ethos as a tradition, 2. ethos as the good, 3. ethos as integrity, 4. ethos as an experience, 5. ethos as a spiritual exercise. On the pedagogical level the article traces the way in which semantic connotations of the term are revealed and elucidated in a particular teaching experience that is specific in virtue of the...

Relationships between Generations of Teachers: Views from the Opposite Stages of the Career

Bohumíra Lazarová, Vladimír Jůva

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):74-90  

The topic of the paper is intergenerational relationships among elementary schools teachers. The first part of the text deals with the position of teachers in the late stage of their career at schools and selected trends in the European school system focused on their support and motivation. In the second part of the text we present results of a qualitative investigation examining the position of teachers in the late stage of their career and identification of risks in intergenerational relationships.

Social Background of Quality of Life of Citizens with Disabilities in the Czech Republic

Jan Michalík

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):91-111  

The article presents the author's view on the present situation in the field of quality of life of people with disabilities and their careers, which will be taken into account when carrying out future research in this field. The author considers particularly the general situation of these citizens in the social (legal, economic, socio-political) framework of the Czech Republic. The purpose of this paper is to describe the situation at the beginning of the 21st century, and thus create conditions for further development of the outlined areas, especially in order to develop future tools that will enable appropriate measurement and evaluation in this field.

Reminiscence and Its Role in the Care of Elderly People with Alzheimer Disease

Oldřich Müller

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):112-124  

The text deals with the position of reminiscence in the life and support of elderly people. A special attention is paid to seniors with Alzheimer disease. Ther significance of the involutionary and morbidly conditional memory decrease is distinguished. Attention is also paid to possibile use of reminiscence in institutional care provided by special educators and focused on prevention and therapy (reminiscence therapy).

Geoinformation Literacy for Children and Seniors - the Simplification and Playfulness to Help Understand the Applied ICT

Vilém Pechanec, Helena Kilianová, Zdena Dobešová

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):125-139  

Information and communication technologies (ICT) have great influence on didactics and forms of education, nowadays. Applied informatics becomes a part of everyday life more and more. One of the most dynamically expanding areas is geoinformatics as a connection of information technologies and spatial relations of objects on earth surface. Many people today use "maps on the web", GPS navigation or search their residences on aerial photos. If we want to use these technologies effectively in education and ordinary life, targeted and spontaneous education of all groups must be done.Education forms of geoinformatics are accredited as study programs...

Approach to Creation of Multimedia Applications for Educational Purposes

Katarína Senderská, Albert Mareš

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):140-148  

The multimedia applications bring into the education process new possibilities of information presentation and their transfer to the students. By suitable combination of different kind of information (video, sound, text, picture) they let us create a study material that can help students easily understand and accept the discussed problems. Especially useful is their using in the subjects of mechanical engineering study-lines where it is necessary to inform the students of a great deal of technical principles and practice applications. So processed information broadens the theoretical knowledge and at the same time let us intermediate more information...

Educators' Opinions of Ethical Education. Selected Outcomes of a Research Survey

Jarmila Šťastná, Stanislava Hoferková

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):149-165  

This paper deals with ethical education, created by profesor Robert Roche Olivar from the university in Barcelona at the beginning of the 1980s. It defines the term "prosociality", it briefly deals with its beginning; it covers the methods and principles used in the programme of ethical education.It brings a part of a research, in which educators who passed a course ethical education from the whole Czech Republic took part. The research deals with opinions of participants and their attitudes towards the subject.

Specific Educational Strategies of Parents with Children with Disability Who Were Not Provided With Professional Support in Children's Early Age

Erika Tichá

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):166-177  

Educational strategies of parents with children with disability gained by a qualitative research are presented in this article. Research subjects were parents of children with disability who were not provided with professional support during their child's early age. Observation and interview were the basic research methods.

Specifics and Changes in Adult Education

Helena Vychová

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):178-203  

This article focuses on issues of adult education. Adult students show significant differences in comparison with young students. To respect and take into account these differences in teaching adults is necessary for effective educational process. In addition to time constraints particularly different is the knowledge base of adult learners based on existing job skills and life experience. The use of traditional teaching methods in adult education, without being adjusted in conjunction with the different demands on teaching adults, definitely does not support higher interest of adults and a proactive approach to the development of their knowledge and...

Gender and Its Influence on the Girls' and Boys' Communication in Civics Lessons

Lucie Zormanová

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):204-218  

I compare activity of boys and girls in civic instruction at the second stage of primary school and teacher-pupil interaction and communication of the teacher with boys and girls in the process of school teaching (the influence ofthe teacher on the activity of boys and girls).Activity is understood in term of how many times a pupil (boy or girl) says something in a tuition of civics, how long his/her speech takes and I also describe the contents of the speech.

Můj první slovník českého jazyka

Jana Bartoňová

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):221-222  

Jazyk matematiky

Daniela Blažková

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):223-227  

Kdo je kdo v dějinách české lingvistiky

Kateřina Hurtíková

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):228-230  

Učebnice hry na altovou zobcovou flétnu M. Zimmermanna

Jan Kvapil

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):231-233  

Čítanka pro 9. ročník ZŠ, Josef Soukal

Ivana Rumpelová

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):234-236  

Modularizace a její aplikace v bakalářském studijním oboru učitelství pro mš

Dominika Stolinská

e-Pedagogium 2009, 9(3):237-238