e-Pedagogium, 2010 (vol. 10), issue 1

Editorial

Eva Kaněčková, Pavel Neumeister

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):5  

A Hundred Years of Solitude in Moral Education

Bohumil Fiala

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):9-17 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2010.002  

This article deals with the discussion concerning moral education. The paper tries in brief to look at the attitude to moral education at the end of the 19th century and at the present time.

Identification of Mathematically Gifted Pupils of Lower Secondary Schools

Eva Hotová

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):18-27 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2010.003  

The contribution deals with results of the research focused on characteristics of mathematically gifted pupils. The aim of the research was to involve and describe main signs and abilities of mathematically gifted pupils.

Natural Science Textbooks for the Fifth Grade and Their Text Difficulty

Libuše Hrabí

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):28-33 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2010.004  

This article presents knowledge of the text difficulty evaluation of six current Czech natural science textbooks for the fifth grade. The text analysis was carried out by Průcha's modified method. Results indicate that text difficulty is similar in four studied textbooks (28 points). They are books of these publishing companies - Alter, Fortuna, Prodos, SPN, which can be used in fifth grade of education.

The Position of University Graduates in the Labour Market

Michaela Jirotková

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):34-41 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2010.005  

The contribution deals with the situation of university graduates in the labour market, especially of those with hearing impairment.

Women's Education in a Reflection of the "Hasner Act" at the End of the 19th Century

Eva Kaněčková

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):42-47 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2010.006  

The contribution deals with the issue of women's education in the context of the "Hasner Act". The objective of the paper is to outline the social discourse of the19th century and its impact upon the concept of subject matters and forms of women's education. The paper is focused on the representative case of higher women's education realized in the Institution of Earl Pötting in Olomouc, with tradition continuing up to this day.

School Climate Description, Assesment and Measurement

Jana Kantorová

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):48-55 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2010.007  

This paper analyses the quality of the school climate. One of its objectives is to define such basic terms as environment, atmosphere, climate, and selected climate variants, above all the school climate. Attention is also paid to the following five areas of school life, which are in my opinion of significance: 1) the overall attitude to school and the motivation to study 2) teachers' qualities and competence 3) school rules and the discipline in class 4) the solidarity of the class as a social group 5) the architectural, aesthetic and hygienic aspects of the school. The thesis also wants to present new practical methods supported by long experience...

English as a Global Language of Civilization. Educational Dilemmas about the Approach to Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language

Joanna Kapica-Curzytek

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):56-62 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2010.008  

English is the world language. Therefore, English taught and learned as a foreign language has a different status than other languages. Teaching and learning is no more connected to the specific cultural or national values of the English-speaking countries. Instead, they are substituted with the global/universal values. This phenomenon has got many educational consequences, for example it requires the new role of the teacher of English who becomes a broker of the global values. Questions about model of teaching English are also posed here.

Theory of Mind Development in Hearing Impaired Children

Joanna Kossewska

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):63-82 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2010.009  

Theory of mind has been viewed as fundamental for our understanding of the social world. It helps us to make sense of the complex patterns of many social relationships such as the acts of deception, interpersonal conflicts and negotiations. It animates our sense of humour so it is also fundamental for our appreciation of cultural acquisition, such as literature, drama or film.Since the first study in the field of theory of mind in the deaf by Peterson and Siegal (1995) it has been discovered that the majority of the profoundly deaf failed the false belief test. However, more recent research indicates that deaf children are rather not impaired in...

Qualitative Analysis of Resilience in Chinese Families of Children with Hearing Impairment

Liu Shenglin, Zheng Linying

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):83-101 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2010.010  

Children' hearing impairments not only impact on themselves, but also influence all aspects of family life. Family resilience describes the path how family adapts and thrives in the face of stress, including the reality of having a child with hearing impairment. This study adopts semi-structured interview and qualitative analysis methods associated with grounded theory to analyze the experiences of seven resilient Chinese families with hearing-impaired children. It explores themes of the drive force for diagnosis of hearing loss, the families' reactions to the diagnosis, the difficulties families experienced during parenting and the strategies used...

Security Education in the Period of the First Czechoslovak Republic

Janusz Mika

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):102-109 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2010.011  

The article discusses the security education issue concerning in the First Czechoslovak Republic period. The main focus is on security education of adults in the period between 1918-1938. It demonstrates the rich Czechoslovak tradition and its usage for securitology and education for security in the present and future.

Biblical and Non-biblical Time Paradigms in Education and Its Multicultural Environment

Cezary Andrzej Mizia

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):110-118 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2010.012  

Příspěvek chce zachytit historicko-antropologickou změnu ve vnímání času v edukační praxi na území dnešní České republiky. Článek se zabývá také vlivem časových paradigmat na vnímaní lidské existence a její smysluplnosti. Časová paradigmata antického a biblického charakteru ovlivňovaly v dějinách postoje k vyučovaní. Antické termíny Chronos a Kairos spolu s lineárním a cyklickým konceptem času vysvětlují možné varianty vnímaní času ve školství. Monochromní a polychromní pojetí času specifikuje jednotlivé kultury a věkové skupiny. Pochopení rozdílů v chápání časových paradigmat napomáhá v zamezení konfliktů a zefektivnění edukace v multikulturním prostředí.

Munich 1938 and Changes of Education in Czech lands

Lubomír Nenička

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):119-127 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2010.013  

This paper deals with some aspects of the history of Czech education in the post-Munich era. The most attention is paid to the consequences of the Munich Treaty for Czech education. The service to the nation was presented as the key principle of quality of education during the Second Republic. A typical feature of changes in the post-Munich era was the growth of nationalism and growing influence of the Catholic Church.

The Thinking about the Characteristics, Causes and Countermeasures of Adolescent Internet Addiction in China

Yan Peng

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):128-141 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2010.014  

As a new clinic 'disease' or 'disorder', internet addiction has caught attention by more and more researchers. China is a special developing country with the biggest population in the world. This paper focuses on discussing the characteristics and causes of adolescent internet addiction of China. Finally, this paper outlines the predicaments and countermeasures of the treatment of adolescent internet addiction in China.

History of Education - Solid or Unnecessary Part of Pedagogical Knowledge

Roman Tomaszewski

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):142-153 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2010.015  

The process of modernization in the 19th century enabled pedagogy to establish its identity but the fascination of the empirical knowledge of the 20th century was to provide it with an efficiency of technical sciences. History of education as a kind of a cumulated pedagogical experience became an ornament of empirical researches. It does not allow verification of the set of educational reforms between the 19th and 20th centuries or organize the pedagogical researches contemporarily treated as historical creations. As a result of this history of education was reduced in the Polish pedagogical higher education.

Secondary Schools in the Discussions of the First Half of the 20th Century

Jaroslav Vaculík

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):154-160 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2010.016  

The paper deals with the views of proponents and opponents of the introduction of the system of uniform secondary schools in the first half of the 20th century.

Literary Childhoods: Growing up in British and American Literature

Milena Vodičková

e-Pedagogium 2010, 10(1):163-167