e-Pedagogium, 2018 (vol. 18), issue 2

Introduction

Editors

e-Pedagogium 2018, 18(2):5-6  

The Relation among IQ, Study Achievements and Motivation to Study Teaching Programmes in the Educational Fields of Study

Radka Skorunková, Klára Svobodová

e-Pedagogium 2018, 18(2):7-20 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2018.016  

This research study deals with the relation between intelligence quotient (IQ), success rate, and motivation for study for students of education at the Faculty of Education at the University of Hradec Králové (UHK). The focus is on the relationship between IQ and study achievements and making the connection to academic requirements of students who have not met these requirements within the first two years of their studies. Furthermore, this study determines the motivation to study teaching programmes and its relation to the measured values of IQ. The results of the research show that study preconditions, based on academic abilities, are not the key...

Inclusive Early Childhood Education, Play and Recreational Activities as Predictors of Social Adjustment of Children with Hearing Impairment in Oyo State, Nigeria

Francesca Uko

e-Pedagogium 2018, 18(2):21-35 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2018.017  

This study investigated inclusive early childhood education, play and recreational activities as predictors of social adjustment of children with hearing impairment in Oyo State, Nigeria. A sample of two hundred and seventy (270) participants comprising of 150 teachers having children with hearing impairment in their classrooms and 120 parents of children with hearing impairment. A ten (30) item questionnaire with a 4-point rating scale and reliability coefficient of 0.71 to 0.77 was used to collect teachers' and parents' opinions on inclusive early childhood education, play and recreational activities as predictors of social adjustment of children...

Factors associated with negative attitudes of teachers towards inclusive education of children with hearing impairment in Uyo, Nigeria

Francesca Uko

e-Pedagogium 2018, 18(2):36-51 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2018.018  

This study investigated factors associated with negative attitudes of teachers towards inclusive education of children with hearing impairment in Uyo, Nigeria. A sample of seventy-five (75) teachers of children with hearing impairment was selected through the purposive sampling technique. A thirty (30) item questionnaire with a five-point rating scale and reliability coefficient of 0.78 to 0.82 was used to collate teachers' opinions of factors associated with negative attitudes towards inclusive education of children with hearing impairment. The data collected were statistically analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation which was also used...

Reading Literacy of Foreign Language Students Commencing Their Tertiary Studies

Pavla Machová, Olga Vraštilová

e-Pedagogium 2018, 18(2):52-63 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2018.019  

Reading is a receptive skill and together with listening it is the main source of information input. Effective mastery of reading skills thus gains more and more importance in the contemporary world deluged with information but also with the growing desire to reach the highest possible degree of education. Our experience is quite opposite though and due to it we designed a project evolving around reading competences of university applicants. It focuses on three areas: reading competence of students when commencing their tertiary studies, their reading experience since their early childhood and the requirements of the subjects and disciplines they should...

The changing role of sociolinguistics and its reflection in ELT

Linda Chmelařová, Ondřej Duda

e-Pedagogium 2018, 18(2):64-73 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2018.020  

The paper deals with the question whether and to what extend the Internet, social media and modern trends in human communication impact the language use of students of English. The authors used a qualitative method of focus group in order to gain relevant data. The results of the inquiry include the comments of teachers of English (native speakers) teaching future English teachers at the Faculty of Education, Palacký University Olomouc on features of the English language the students encounter.

Child's home preparation for school - views of parents. Followed, or unheeded issue in education?

Barbora Petrů Puhrová

e-Pedagogium 2018, 18(2):74-85 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2018.021  

The aim of this article is to address a rarely researched area of home preparation in the Czech environment. The area has a significant role in the education process of the child. The article focuses on the shift in the parent's approach to this joint effort of the child and parent and the research description of strategies parents apply to reach the goals set for home preparation. The theoretical bases for the article are the main subjects of home preparation-parents accenting the social context of their family and the specification of the parent's involvement in home preparation in the context of differences in education, sociocultural environment...

Forensic psychotherapies for curbing offending behaviors among clients with intellectual disability in Nigerian rehabilitation centers

Orim Samuel Orim, Orim Matthew Ashike

e-Pedagogium 2018, 18(2):86-95 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2018.022  

This study investigated forensic psychotherapies for curbing offending behaviors among clients with intellectual disability (ID) in Nigerian rehabilitation centers. A survey of 750 participants comprising of experts in intellectual disability, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and psychiatric nurses, school psychologists, rehabilitators in special centers from South-west and South-south Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria was done through expert sampling technique to select sample for the study. Two research questions were formulated to direct the study. A 45 item questionnaire with a 4 point rating scale and reliability coefficients of 0.84 to 0.85 was used...

Mental Load of Secondary School Students in Educational Process in the Context of School Physical Activity

Radim Žatka, Karel Frömel, Petr Valach, Dorota Groffik, Zbyněk Svozil

e-Pedagogium 2018, 18(2):96-108 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2018.023  

Demands for current school education are increasing, which is a challenge to fundamental changes in school life style in the context of the rise of civilisation diseases in children and youth. The aim of this paper is to point out that the school in the educational process, within the school subjects, also acts on the students as a stressor. Furthermore, the paper aims to highlight the danger of negative impact of mental load on adolescents' physical activity, in particular, among girls of adolescent age. Therefore, it is the responsibility of educators to look for ways to effectively compensate for this psychological burden. The research was conducted...

Reflective Theory and Practice in Teacher Education

Liang Mengjiao

e-Pedagogium 2018, 18(2):109-111  

Danping Peng: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Pedagogical Leadership in Schools Providing Compulsory Education

Markéta Šemberová, Iva Koribská

e-Pedagogium 2018, 18(2):112-114