e-Pedagogium, 2017 (vol. 17), issue 2

Introduction

Editors

e-Pedagogium 2017, 17(2):5-6  

Values as a Pedagogical Research Topic

Adéla Antlová, Štefan Chudý

e-Pedagogium 2017, 17(2):7-14 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2017.020  

The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the term value as a common research topic and consequently point out how it should be reflected in a research design. There is an outline of such a design in the third part of the paper. The authors do not follow the common understanding of values as central beliefs. Instead, following Brožík's ideas, they consider them the outcome of the evaluation of relationships to different concrete or abstract objects around us. The content of this paper focuses on the values of a person, rather than a general understanding of the term. It offers the notion of values as the result of our everyday...

Comparative Children Literature: Aesthetic and Didactic Context

Imron Wakhid Harits

e-Pedagogium 2017, 17(2):15-24 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2017.021  

Reading children literature is not merely deploying the cognitive activities for the learner's in the class, but reading children literature involves two important aspects to make the learners head on love affairs with reading activities, namely the emotional and intellectual aspects. This paper examines the engagement between the cognitive activities or the didactic process in the reading children literature and the connection between emotional and intellectual aspect or literary engagement. The notion of the comparative children literature is chosen as the reading materials because there are some profound element in it such as the adaptation and...

Exploration and Practice Research of Manchu Art Education in Manchu Primary School from the Multicultural point of view in China

Yao Jia, Jitka Plischke, Huang Zhiyong

e-Pedagogium 2017, 17(2):25-37 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2017.022  

Manchu as China's third largest ethnic group, the population is over 10 million. The history of Manchu culture can be traced back as much as 7,000 years ago, and with a long history and splendid culture. In the modern times, there are not more than 100 people who can speak the Manchu language, the Manchu culture is in jeopardy.This article focused on exploring the current situation of Manchu culture, inheritance and development at the Yongling Manchu Primary School observing how the school fulfills the required functions. The Manchu art is seen as a breakthrough which is the easiest way for pupils to accept, it shows in three aspects such as campus...

Professional vision of future English language teachers: subject-specific noticing and knowledge-based reasoning

Klára Uličná

e-Pedagogium 2017, 17(2):38-49 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2017.023  

The article focuses on future English language teachers' professional vision. Specifically, we explore what important subject-specific moments they notice in a lesson, i.e. noticing or selected attention; and how they reason about these moments, i.e. knowledge-based reasoning. We focus on important moments related to the subject of teaching English/English language teaching methodology at the end of their master studies. Students were asked to write an unstructured reflection based on an observation of videoed English language lesson. The reflections were analysed in comparison to expert analysis of the lesson. Students approximately commented two...

Self-directed learning in later life: motives and learning competences of retired teachers

Salomėja Šatienė

e-Pedagogium 2017, 17(2):50-61 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2017.024  

The purpose of this article is to explore self-directed learning of retired teachers looking into their perceptions of motivation and learning competences. The qualitative research included semi-structured face-to-face interviews with eight retired teachers engaged in their self-directed learning pursuits. The empirical data allows to construct a description of the self-directed learning among retired teachers in a small rural community in Lithuania. Each theme drawn from the analysis of empirical data reflects a range of elements in the construction of subjective learning trajectories based on the participants' experiences perceived as self-directed...

Role of solidarity in social inclusion of children with emotional and behavioral disorders

Karel Červenka

e-Pedagogium 2017, 17(2):62-70 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2017.025  

This paper is focused on educational inclusion of children with emotional and behavioral disorders. The objective aims to emphasize the importance of the social and cultural dimensions of the process of inclusion (not only) in education, especially with regard to the specifics of the situation of these children. Using the role that solidarity plays in the process of inclusion we emphasize the importance of its informal aspect.

Problems of the Roma families: LOCATION ORECHOV DVOR IN NITRA

Denisa Selická, Monika Štrbová, Marcela Šarvajcová

e-Pedagogium 2017, 17(2):71-78 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2017.026  

In our contribution we deal with selected problems of the Roma in the Slovak society on the example of the Roma who live in the segregated location of Orechov Dvor in Nitra. These problems are characteristic for all segregated housing in Slovakia where the Roma live. This is a problem of substandard housing, inadequate education, almost 100 percent unemployment, and from the perspective of the majority inadequate leisure time too.

The Adaptation of the IBQR VSF Questionnaire to the Czech Environment (Adaptace dotazníku IBQR VSF pro české prostředí)

Joy Sade Okoye

e-Pedagogium 2017, 17(2):79-81  

ICT in Innovational K-12 Education in Global Context

Qianjun Tang

e-Pedagogium 2017, 17(2):82-84  

The Personality teaching (Osobnostní učitelství)

Jan Gregar

e-Pedagogium 2017, 17(2):85-87