e-Pedagogium, 2011 (vol. 11), issue 1

Editorial

Miroslav Dopita

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):5  

Informal Education - Animation, or Social Work?

Richard Macků

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):9-17 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2011.002  

The work briefly summarizes the objectives and current results of the project focused on mapping the terminology of leisure education. In the next part of the work one of the investigated concepts - informal education - is presented in more detail. It shows the difference between informal learning and informal education and then the concept of informal education is introduced in the way developed in UK. In conclusion, the connection of informal education and animation is suggested.

Participation - the Best Way of Education for Democracy

Michal Kaplánek, Martina Kočerová

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):18-37 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2011.003  

The article covers the participation of children and young people from a pedagogy point of view. Apart from clarification of basic terms it clarifies philosophical reasons of the participation in a context of dynamic social changes and leads into the presentation of the participation forms, whose realization will enable the next generation to adopt the principle of participation as a part of the social and political culture.

Reflection of the Global Development Education from the Perspective of Social Pedagogy

Lenka Hlavičková

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):38-48 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2011.004  

The article results from the diploma thesis of the same title. It introduces the idea of development education and discusses possible relation between development education and social pedagogy. It shows the need for specifying the definition of development education. The article also describes how the changes of society in the era of globalization are reflected by social pedagogy. It highlights the importance of value orientated education and culture pedagogy today.

Educational Tendencies in Parents Toward a Child with Disability in Early Age in the Context of Care in the Field of Helping Professions

Erika Tichá

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):49-59 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2011.005  

The results of a qualitative research focused on educational tendencies of parents with children with disability, which were provided by early professional help, are presented in this article. The research data were collected by observation and interview and then analyzed by qualitative methodology.

The Production of a Tool for Evaluation of Pre-school Aged Children in the Area of Communicative Competences

Eliška Zajitzová

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):60-77 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2011.006  

In the paper the author describes the construction of a diagnostic tool for evaluation of the development of pre-school aged children's communicative competences in compliance with the pre-school curriculum. She refers to a possible attitude in creating of tools of educational diagnostic and their aplication into the praxis of nursery school. At the beginning of the paper the author deals with the definition of terms which she uses.

Children in Preschool Age and Their Physical Regime

Ludmila Miklánková, Erik Sigmund, Karel Frömel

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):78-88 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2011.007  

The state of health of the contemporary generation of children and youth is the subject of many analyses. The main objective of this part of the research was to map and evaluate physical activity in preschool children and to compare its level in chosen parts of day and week. The research sample was 200 preschool children (96 girls, 104 boys), average age of 5.71 years, from kindergartens in the Czech Republic. The indicators of physical activity were: active energy outlay (kcal × kg-1 × day-1) and number of steps (steps × day-1). The Pearson correlation coefficient (rp) was used in order to find a relation between the followed variables. The outcomes...

Attitudes Toward and Knowledge of Earthquake in Primary School Pupils in Slovakia

Alžbeta Hornáčková, Radoslav Kvasničák, Silvia Bednáriková

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):89-105 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2011.008  

The objective of this study was to find out attitudes toward and the qualitative level of knowledge of earthquake and seismic activity in Slovakia in pupils of the 8th and 9th grades. We were interested in whether the attitudes and knowledge in pupils residing near the source area of Dobrá Voda differ from the knowledge and attitudes in pupils living outside the seismic source area. The research tool was an attitude questionnaire and knowledge test of high reliability (Crombach alpha α = 0.703). The followed dimensions of attitudes toward earthquake showed, in general, a higher score in the experimental group of pupils in comparison with the...

The State of Conditions for Teaching ICT at Basic Schools in Liberec

Jan Berki

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):106-119 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2011.009  

The first part of the research focused on quality and delivery of education in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in basic schools was aimed at mapping the conditions of teaching. The investigation was carried out in the first half of 2010 at 16 basic schools in Liberec. This paper describes the tools, methodology and results of this investigation. The main source of information for comparing the obtained results is a thematic report of the Czech School Inspection 2009. The investigation established criteria for evaluating quality conditions. This term means hardware, software, staffing and time allocation of teaching ICT subjects....

Analysis of the Use of Inductive and Deductive Approaches in Mathematics Textbooks in Secondary Schools

Jiří Břehovský

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):120-138 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2011.010  

The paper shows inductive and deductive approaches used in Mathematics textbooks for secondary schools. The usage percentage of inductive and deductive approaches is also provided and it is based on the analysis of textbooks.

Classification of Final Essays Written by Students of Health Care Study Majors

Robert Klos, Kateřina Ivanová

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):139-153 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2011.011  

The article describes the analysis of final essays on Ethics by students of the blended form of study (Nursing, Health Care Management) at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University, Olomouc. A part of the blended study was carried out by means of e-learning with the distance study text Nursing Ethics as its main pillar.The basis of evaluation of the final essays was represented by the content analysis method. The results according to each major were processed with the comparison method. On the basis of the results rooted in evaluation and comparison of all the final essays, some changes were made in the distance study text Nursing...

Recenze k projektu "Historie jako lidský příběh" - využívání autentických výpovědí ve výuce

Gabriela Baránková

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):157-166  

Rozvoj grafomotoriky v projektech

Martina Fasnerová

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):167-169  

Pedagogika prožitku

Jaroslava Kunstová

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):170-172  

Správna výslovnosť - predpoklad úspešnej komunikácie

Eva Malá

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):173-174  

E-learning - jedna z podob učení v moderní společnosti

Lubomír Obšnajdr

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):175-177  

Čeština a škola - úryvky skrytých dějin

Stanislav Štěpáník

e-Pedagogium 2011, 11(1):178-180