e-Pedagogium, 2007 (roč. 7), číslo 1

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Health as a value among pupils

Beata Fedyn, Martina Cichá

e-Pedagogium 2007, 7(1):9-15

The paper deals with the concept of health education that is an integral part of future teachers' professional training. It presents results of a questionnaire survey of 429 elementary school pupils from Raciborz, Poland, who were 10, 13 and 15 years of age. The research focused on children's attitude towards the issue of protection and maintenance of health. It proved that the attitude of elementary school pupils towards their own health changed very little over the years and that they did not attach any particular value to protection and maintenance of their health. It appears that health education provided at elementary schools does not yield desired...

The current legal and factual regulation of school integration of pupils with special needs at elementary schools in the Czech Republic

Jan Michalík, Kateřina Jeřábková

e-Pedagogium 2007, 7(1):16-24

This article deals with the current legislation concerning the education of pupils with a disability. It is primarily aimed at the legislation regulating the so-called integrative education. The new educational legislation valid form the 1st January 2005 is discussed the most - it is the New Education Act and its amendments and also its implementing regulations. The discussion concentrates mostly on some controversial parts of the legislation which are - according to the authors - in contradiction to the declared standards of education and their embodiment in the law.

The concept of values and hearing impairment

Miloň Potměšil

e-Pedagogium 2007, 7(1):25-34

The author is dealing with the system or hierarchy of values in a very specific area - in children and adolescents with hearing impairment. The main goal is to introduce a list of values, which was built up by the author and which is, at the same time, used in practice in a pilot study. To be able to compare the results of Maslow's, Schwartz's and the present author's portraits of values, the aim is to look for larger research focused on this topic.

Jiri Pavlica's Oratorio of reconciliation

Pavel Režný

e-Pedagogium 2007, 7(1):35-48

A textbook in the process of education

Anna Šlégrová

e-Pedagogium 2007, 7(1):49-53

Příspěvek se zaměřuje na postavení učebnice v edukačním procesu. Zabývá se učebnicí jako edukačním médiem a zdůrazňuje především její funkce a složky. Závěrečná část je věnována dnešní práci s učebnicí.

An anthropological measurement of geriatric patients nutrition

Jitka Tomanová

e-Pedagogium 2007, 7(1):54-59

I choose a motto by Hippocrates because human life depends on food. The quality of life depends on good nourishment. If people eat well then they are healthy. If they eat too little they suffer from other diseases, e.g. anorexia. Food is very important for old people.

A hidden curriculum in kindergartens and empathy of preschool teachers

Jurka Lepičnik-Vodopivec

e-Pedagogium 2007, 7(1):60-75

The present article illustrates the problem of a hidden curriculum in kindergartens. It is presented as an important part of the overt curriculum. The empathy of kindergarten teachers is shown within the scope of a hidden curriculum. The second part discusses the results of the research on empathy of preschool teachers as an important element of the hidden curriculum in kindergartens. Four dimensions of empathy were identified: social self-confidence, calmness, sensitivity and non-conformism. Each of these dimensions contributes on its own and together with the others to a better understanding of empathy of kindergarten teachers, which undoubtedly...