e-Pedagogium, 2005 (vol. 5), issue 4

Evaluating electro-technical kits

Jiří Dostál

e-Pedagogium 2005, 5(4):7-27  

Technology has entered almost all areas of human activity including education, where it has the form of specialized educational devices. Electro-technical assembly kits are an important educational medium in teaching technical education. The paper attempts to propose a universal tool for the assessment of quality of electro-technical kits for educational purposes.

The effect of informal learning on students' knowledge of and ideas about ecology

Radoslav Kvasničák, Pavol Prokop, Zuzana Pištová

e-Pedagogium 2005, 5(4):28-38  

In this study we investigated the effect of informal learning on students' knowledge of ecology. Children's drawing served as the primary data collection method (with a high reliability coefficient, Cronbach's α = 0.90). An experimental group (with the influence of informal learning) and a control group (without an experimental influence) underwent pretests and posttests. The posttest scores show a significant between-group difference in the expected direction; the experimental group had higher scores on average when compared to the control group. Interestingly, understanding of forest ecosystems was worse in comparison to the understanding of...

Childhood as an important issue in the history of pedagogy - new perspectives

Pavel Neumeister

e-Pedagogium 2005, 5(4):39-46  

The paper discussed childhood and the historical changes of the approaches to it. Childhood is regarded as a socially constructed concept which derives from general knowledge patterns of a particular period. The concept of childhood reflects prominent anthropological viewpoints and its definition in a particular time in history accounts for the historical changes of educational goals.

Vývin schopností klasifikácie vtákov u žiakov základných škôl

Pavol Prokop, Milan Kubiatko

e-Pedagogium 2005, 5(4):47-54  

Previous research indicates that especially younger children have problems with the classification of animals. Children seem to attend primarily to two criteria for animal classification: habitat and manner of locomotion. We tested whether the locomotion criterion would affect children's classification of birds with atypical features and other animals that bear some bird-like features but are not genetically related to birds. We found that children of all ages had serious problems with animal classification and that their success or failure was correlated to what species the animal belonged to.

An assessment of exercises in biology workbooks

Olga Vránová

e-Pedagogium 2005, 5(4):55-66  

The paper reports the results of an assessment of exercises in biology workbooks. Twelve workbooks were evaluated (published by Prodos, Fortuna, Nová škola and Jinan). Tollingerová's classification was implemented to assess the quality of the exercises. Results indicate that the least difficult exercises (groups 1 and 2) prevail in individual workbooks.

Základy pedagogiky mentálne postihnutých

Veronika Stoklasová

e-Pedagogium 2005, 5(4):69-70  

Evropská vzdělávací politika. Programy, principy a cíle

Zuzana Tichá

e-Pedagogium 2005, 5(4):71-73  

Introducing Children's Literature

Milena Vodičková

e-Pedagogium 2005, 5(4):74-76  

Boys and Girls Forever

Milena Vodičková

e-Pedagogium 2005, 5(4):77-79  

Návštěva zahraničních hostů na Katedře primární pedagogiky Pedagogické fakulty Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci

Lenka Melková

e-Pedagogium 2005, 5(4):83-84