e-Pedagogium, 2012 (vol. 12), issue 4

Editorial

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e-Pedagogium 2012, 12(4):7-8  

Education of Pupils with Visual Impairment and their Quality of Life

Dita Finková, Libuše Ludíková

e-Pedagogium 2012, 12(4):9-20 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2012.046  

From today's perspective, the right of persons with disabilities to education is considered as standard in developed countries. Each individual can be considered a unique personality, notwithstanding persons with visual impairment. Based on their uniqueness and individuality, each personality is different with regards to their needs from the perspective of education. For persons with visual impairment, we have to consider the scope of education, opt for adequate approaches, forms, etc. Heftiness of caring for such individual is very high, furthermore the subsequent possibilities for development of such persons with respect to future job possibilities...

Quality Standard in Education of Individuals with Visual Impairment

Dita Finková

e-Pedagogium 2012, 12(4):21-31 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2012.047  

In recent years, the importance of education has kept on growing, and therewith also demands for quality of education. It is not only the demands of healthy population that are important, but also demands for the quality of educational process for persons with disabilities, specifically persons with visual impairment. The text is focused on the issue of utilizing "incentive measures" in educational process of pupils with visual impairment. Such incentive measures are considered to be the use of special methods, approaches, forms and means of education, furthermore utilizing assistive and physiotherapeutic equipment, special textbooks and teaching materials,...

The Manifestations of Gifted Children from the Perspective of their Parents

Eva Machů

e-Pedagogium 2012, 12(4):32-43 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2012.048  

The article deals with the problematics of gifted children. It describes the findings of a qualitative research with the aim of describing particular typical manifestations of children' giftedness from the perspective of their parents. The source of data was a group interview with eight parents of gifted children who regularly meet within the Gifted Children Parents Club. The interviews were transcribed and the data gained subsequently elaborated using the cluster analysis. On the basis of similarities between identified units seven semantic categories were created. These categories include particular examples and real stories which illustrate specific...

Cooperation as one of the Characteristic Features of Inclusion

Jiří Havel, Jana Kratochvílová

e-Pedagogium 2012, 12(4):44-58 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2012.049  

We perceive communication, cooperation, application of differentiation and individualization, maximum expectation from pupils and respect among participants of education as characteristic features of inclusive education. In this paper we carry out an qualitative and quantitative analysis of data gained from six selected indicators relating to the cooperation in Czech primary schools, which we perceive as a necessary condition for inclusion. As a research tool we used the Czech version of the questionnaire Framework for Self-evaluation of Conditions of Education 2007 from which we have selected criteria specifying the characteristics of cooperation...

Psychosocial Aspects of Stress in Current University Students

Jana Kvintová, Martin Sigmund

e-Pedagogium 2012, 12(4):59-69 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2012.050  

The presented article deals with current issues of contemporary university students in the context of the effects of psychosocial aspects of stress. University students represent a specific population group, which is influenced by multiple stressors associated with the transition from the high school to university environment, problems of adaptation to the new environment associated with the academic load, the transition from adolescence to adulthood associated with accepting new roles, the anticipation of the future associated with fulfillment of the social expectations, etc. The existing research shows that the student population has poorer health...

Educational Aims as Key Components of Education (A Methateories Concept of Philosophy of Education in the East European Pedagogy)

Štefan Chudý, Alena Jůvová, Pavel Neumeister, Denisa Snopková

e-Pedagogium 2012, 12(4):70-83 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2012.051  

Currently, the most important thing for a young person is to be part of "something", belong to society, be active, competent, keep oneself. The person can set goals to be reached. Education can be one of the goals. Even pedagogy seeks targets to be reached. The general objectives of education represent the norms of social activities. Society determines what should be taught. However, it is not related only to education but also to other scientific disciplines. The article deals with educational goals, their definition, history and development as well as the normative approach - a subject of qualitative research. The research was carried out in the...

Pedagogy and Metanarratives: Educating in the Postmodern Situation

Jan Hábl

e-Pedagogium 2012, 12(4):84-92 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2012.052  

This paper deals with historical-philosophical relationship between the so-called metanarratives and pedagogy, as they consider the typical post-modern crisis of trust. The goal of the paper is to outline possible constructive responses to the paradigm change, from a pedagogical point of view.

Selected Topics of Social Pedagogy by Wojciech Sroczyński

Krzysztof Dziurzyński

e-Pedagogium 2012, 12(4):93-96