e-Pedagogium, 2021 (vol. 21), issue 2

Introduction

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e-Pedagogium 2021, 21(2):5-6  

"They went on the so-called front-line": Headteachers on the importance of teacher assistants supporting Roma students during Covid-19 pandemic

Zbyněk Němec

e-Pedagogium 2021, 21(2):7-17 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2021.022  

Socially disadvantaged Roma students are one of the most vulnerable groups in education. Since the 1990s, one of the effective tools supporting the education of these students has been the job of teacher assistant (TA). The article presents the results of a study focused on the distance education of Roma students during school closures at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The research was based on semi-structured interviews with headteachers and other school staff from six elementary schools attended by socially disadvantaged Roma students. The aim of the study was to describe examples of good practice in distance education; the article focuses...

Emotional intelligence factors helping teachers cope with emotionally tense situations and enhancing effective pedagogical communication

Alena Jůvová, Ondřej Duda

e-Pedagogium 2021, 21(2):18-32 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2021.024  

In this paper, we focus on the relationship between emotional and social intelligence and pedagogical communication, which significantly affects both the effectiveness of pedagogical communication and the atmosphere in the school classroom. These are two important phenomena whose relationship cannot be underestimated. The ability of meaningful and effective communication is a basic requirement for the teacher's personal characteristics as well as for the teaching profession. Equally important for the teacher's work are the emotions from the quality of which the teacher's behaviour towards the students derives. For this reason, the teacher needs to...

Changes of attitudes towards inclusion in the physical education after experiencing the educational programme Paralympic school day

Jakub Řičica, Ladislav Baloun, Ondřej Ješina, Ilona Pavlová, Martin Kudláček

e-Pedagogium 2021, 21(2):33-45 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2021.016  

The aim of the study is to find out to what extent do the cognitive attitudes of selected primary and lower secondary school pupils towards pupils with disabilities and attitudes to the inclusive physical education (PE) change after they experience the educational programme Paralympic school day (PSD). In total, 78 pupils (37 boys and 41 girls) aged from 9 to 14 (mean age 12.72 ± 1.22) participated in the research. In order to perform the presented research, the questionnaires CAIPECZ (attitudes towards the inclusive PE) and ACL (cognitive attitudes towards people with disabilities) were used. The change in the pupils' attitudes was assessed in...

Historical Roots of Czech Sign Language the first half of the 19th century

Lenka Okrouhlíková

e-Pedagogium 2021, 21(2):46-65 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2021.018  

The roots of Czech Sign Language, one of the oldest European sign languages, are closely associated with the establishment of the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb in Prague in 1786. Since then, some information on visual-manual communication of the deaf has emerged in the literature focused on deaf education. The authors of these texts were predominantly educators working in institutes for deaf children; most of them commonly encountered sign language and often had some knowledge of it. Although these texts are non-linguistic, they serve as a rich source of information about the origin and development of sign language - the mother tongue of the deaf....

Preparing individuals to leave the institutional care from the perspective of the directors of the children's homes

Tomáš Čech, Veronika Štenclová

e-Pedagogium 2021, 21(2):66-82 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2021.023  

There are two models of alternative family care in the Czech Republic - foster care is the most suitable when the child grows up in a substitute family. Children who cannot be placed in families are placed in a substitute institutional care, the function of which in the Czech Republic is fulfilled by children's homes intended for children aged 3 to 18 years. The aim of the research is to map the conditions and procedures for preparing children to leave children's homes from the point of view of the directors of these establishments. The basic research sample consisted of 131 directors of state-run children's homes; the selection sample included 98...

Teaching materials used in the teaching of law at grammar schools in the Czech Republic

Zdenka Nováková, Jitka Tržilová

e-Pedagogium 2021, 21(2):83-92 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2021.020  

This article presents the selected results of a research survey on the use of teaching materials for teaching law in grammar schools. Quantitative design was used for the research survey; data obtained through an anonymous online questionnaire on the survio.com server was analysed in relation to the use of teaching materials for teaching law, educators' satisfaction with the textbooks available and their subsequent use in practice.