e-Pedagogium, 2020 (vol. 20), issue 4

Editorial

Introduction

Editors

e-Pedagogium 2020, 20(4)

Articles

Didactic Connotations of Text-book Pictorial Adjuncts

Václav Řeřicha, Libor Práger

e-Pedagogium 2020, 20(4):7-13 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2021.012

The article Didactic Connotations of Text-book Pictorial Adjuncts suggests a theoretical basis for development and assessment of didactic effect of pictorial adjuncts in foreign language textbooks. Barthes's (1977) theoretical interpretation of a press photograph message in three stages, a source of emission, a channel of transmission and a point of reception, is compared to textbook pictorial adjuncts that need to undergo didactic treatment in the first two stages; only then learning effect at the point of reception may be achieved. Comprehensive studies of pictorial adjuncts were written twenty or thirty years ago and the recent preference...

Translation in Context as a Beneficial Teaching Approach

Linda Valešová, Ondřej Duda

e-Pedagogium 2020, 20(4):14-25 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2021.011

The paper deals with translation in context as a tool for enhancing students' language skills. It discusses a role of translation in English language teaching, its suppression caused by the popularity of communicative approach and its recent revival. A focus is put on context which is necessary to convey messages correctly from one language to another respecting linguistic features of both languages and stylistic characteristics of the utterance. The practical part presents a research carried out among English students (future teachers) concerning their experience with translation and its specifics at secondary schools.

Low Socioeconomic School Composition as an Indicator of Low Educational Attainment: Evidence from Slovakia

Tomáš Lintner

e-Pedagogium 2020, 20(4):26-33 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2021.010

This study is first of its kind in Slovakia using large-scale nation-wide government agency data documenting students' destinations after leaving elementary schools with high representation of socially disadvantaged children. Secondary aggregate data obtained from elementary schools and the Ministry of Education covering approximately a quarter of all Slovak socially disadvantaged children in Years 1-9 were compiled into a new dataset. A cross-sectional analysis revealed that, compared to the country average, students leaving elementary schools with high ratios of socially disadvantaged children are more likely to stop attending schools and less likely...

Proactive coping in the teaching profession

Žaneta Miháliková Žitňáková

e-Pedagogium 2020, 20(4):34-51 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2021.001

This article deals with the study of proactive strategies of coping with workload in teaching profession. The main aim was to identify the gender differences in the level of proactive coping with workload using the Proactive Coping Inventory (PCI). Another aim of the paper was to explore the differences in the level of proactive coping of teachers in relation to the length of their teaching practice. Altogether 135 teachers, 112 women (83%) and 23 men (17%) participated in the research. The results of our research showed the presence of differences in the level of seeking emotional support between men and women, as well as differences in strategic...

Teacher interpersonal immediacy in the Czech education environment: Validity and reliability of the IBU questionnaire

Renáta Matušů

e-Pedagogium 2020, 20(4):52-63 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2021.007

This research study looks at the fundamental characteristics of a good measurement of a newly designed research tool to detect a teacher's level of interpersonal immediate behaviour. The aim was to verify the design validity and reliability of the Interpersonal Immediacy of Teacher questionnaire (IBU) intended for lower-secondary level pupils. Using factor analysis, a five-factor solution was adopted, containing student-oriented immediacy factors, teaching of interpersonal immediacy, teacher positivity, sharing an informal framework and absence of inappropriate teacher behaviour. The reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated based on the Cronbach...

Devil's Character and Christian Tradition in European Children's Stories

Imron Wakhid Harits, Muna AlFadlilah

e-Pedagogium 2020, 20(4):64-71 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2020.012

European Fairy tales have spread out and affected other stories in the world. Since 17^th century and 19^th century when Perrault and Grimm released the literary fairy tales, it has been adapted in many versions with their own cultural characteristics. The devil is one of the characters in European tales and it is really unique due to its different perspectives in culture and tradition. This paper examines the character of the devil in three European fairy tales, Kate and the Devil, The Devil and Grandmother, and Billy Duff and the Devil. The focus of study is to probe the character of the devil from European culture and tradition...