Civilia 2025, 16(2):79-87 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.019
Civilia 2025, 16(2):56-78 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.018
This article presents the findings of a quantitative questionnaire survey conducted as part of a doctoral research project focused on the use of oral history in teaching the modern history of Czechoslovakia in the second half of the twentieth century. The study draws on data collected from 308 in-service history teachers at primary and secondary schools and 108 pre-service history teachers enrolled in teacher education programmes. The results highlight opportunities for a more effective integration of the oral history method both into the teaching of history in secondary education and into the preparation of future teachers. At the same time, the findings...
Civilia 2025, 16(2):40-55 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.017
The paper presents the methodological framework of a doctoral research project focused on the strategic construction of the issue of abortion in the communication of Czech pro-life organizations and the Catholic Church on social media. The main aim is to demonstrate the potential of multimodal discourse analysis (MDA) for examining the interplay of textual, visual, and symbolic elements in online campaigns and their impact on shaping emotions and audience attitudes. The theoretical foundation lies in T. van Dijk’s critical discourse theory, complemented by a systematically developed coding book for the categorization of narratives, ideological...
Civilia 2025, 16(2):13-39 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.016
Leadership, as a concept within political science, has not received adequate academic scrutiny. Leaders play a pivotal role in politics, wielding either formal authority derived from their institutional positions or informal authority, such as charisma. The latter is often associated with populist leaders.This paper examines how news media in the Czech Republic frame the concept of populist leadership, with a specific focus on Andrej Babiš, the former prime minister and a prominent populist figure. Babiš's populist leadership is characterized by a technocratic, catch-all approach. The analysis is grounded in framing theory, which asserts that media...
Civilia 2025, 16(2):1-12 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.015
This paper presents the conceptual foundations of future pedagogical research, which explores how civic education teachers at the lower secondary level in the Czech Republic approach the teaching of ethical topics, with an emphasis on pedagogical strategies, reflective practice, and the influence of teachers’ personal value systems. Rooted in virtue ethics and a humanistic understanding of education, the research positions moral development as one of the central components of holistic student growth. Through a qualitative methodology (semi-structured interviews, grounded theory) the project aims to identify, interpret, and evaluate teaching methods...
Civilia 2025, 16(1):53-68 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.014
This text presents a quiz template focused on the recognition of disinformation messages as a specific didactic tool for their diagnosis. This tool is intended for use in educational contexts that encompass disinformation and its communicative and societal consequences, particularly within subjects that include media literacy. It discusses the intention behind the creation of the template, outlines the key theoretical foundations, and provides a guide for analyzing quiz items, including concrete analytical examples.
Civilia 2025, 16(1):69-71 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2026.002
Civilia 2025, 16(1):1 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.013
Civilia 2025, 16(1):34-52 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2026.004
Journalism influences the ways in which people understand the world. Workers in the media industry play an important role in the interpretation of social reality and thus play a crucial role in shaping collective memory. However, their position has been weakening over the last few years, with journalism in crisis and the precarisation of journalistic work becoming more pronounced. While studies examining this phenomenon are increasing, the literature is relatively inconsistent in this area. This article therefore aims to conduct a detailed review of a sample of scholarly papers on the precarization of journalism work in major social science journals...
Civilia 2025, 16(1):17-33 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.012
The aim of the study is to analyse the potential of the book Rajčaťáci a Banáni (2023) for use in educational practice at the second level of primary schools, especially in the field of cross-curricular topics, reading and multicultural education. The text is perceived as a multimodal teaching tool with high aesthetic and pedagogical value. The structure of the interpretation is based on a qualitative methodology, specifically on a descriptive and interpretive analysis of the narrative, characters and linguistic and visual devices. Special attention is paid to cultural contrasts, images of otherness, stereotypes and their possible didactic grasp....
Civilia 2025, 16(1):2-16 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.011
Although bicameral legislatures have been accepted and respected in many countries, historically, second parliamentary chambers have been called into question in many unitary countries. This phenomenon was also evident in the interwar period in Czechoslovakia. The present interpretative case study focuses on analysing the position of the Senate in the political system of the First Czechoslovak Republic (1920–1938), using Russell's three-dimensional approach as the framework for analysis, combining the factors of formal powers, compositional congruence, and perceived legitimacy as sources of power for the second chambers of bicameral parliaments....
Civilia 2024, 15(2):52
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Civilia 2024, 15(2):42-49 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.010
The theoretical study reflects the issue of pedagogical research in the subject didactics of social sciences and its impact on the development of this academic discipline. The introductory part of the study is devoted to a description of the current state of citizenship education in the context of the ongoing revision of curricular documents for primary education. The fact that citizenship education is undergoing its "Copernican turn", which is reflected both in educational practice and in the current RVP ZV, as well as in the draft of the revised curricular document, exposes the problem of the lack of relevant data from pedagogical research on key...
Civilia 2024, 15(2):53
IVth International Scientific Conference of Students of Doctoral Degree Programs in the Field of Social Sciences on the Topic "Trends in Humanities and Social Sciences Research"
Civilia 2024, 15(2):22-41 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.005
This article deals with populism in its various forms and how the Czech academic public perceives this phenomenon. The research, based on a questionnaire survey and content analysis of final theses’, shows which approaches (ideological, political-strategic, discursive...) to populism are most common in the Czech Republic, which topics are most often dealt with by analysts and students, or which authors are considered the most credible in the Czech Republic in relation to the study of populism. Examples of good practice for teaching about populism are also included
Civilia 2024, 15(2):4-21 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.003
The presented text informs the reader about the findings of a study conducted on classroom observation records, acquired by students in the first year of their follow-up master's studies at the Palacký University's Faculty of Education in Olomouc during obligatory student practicum in the academic year 2022/23. By employing predominantly qualitative methods, focusing particularly on content analysis of records, we pinpoint areas of weakness in teacher training. The reoccurring problematic areas found in the class attendance records became far more a testament to the students' degree of preparedness for practice than to the teachers’ performances....
Civilia 2024, 15(1):3
Civilia 2024, 15(1):48-50
The Platform of Departments for Civic Education held the first interdisciplinary conference dedicated to the future of civic education and social science education in the Czech Republic on September 16-18, 2024 at the University Center Telč, which is a workplace of Masaryk University.
Civilia 2024, 15(1):39-46 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.007
The text deals with the development of social democracy in the context of Central Moravia at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, which was one of the most important regions in the Czech lands in terms of the development of civil society and political partisanship. Attention is paid to the development of social democracy itself and its regional structures, including the party's efforts to strengthen its position and influence by participating in elections. Finally, the possibilities of applying the topic in the curriculum are briefly and summarily discussed.
Civilia 2024, 15(1):23-38 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.001
This article examines the formulation and implementation of rules for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the teaching of social science subjects at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University (FSV UK). In the context of the increasing use of AI tools, such as ChatGPT, by both students and teachers, it is important to understand how these rules are formulated and applied. The results of a quantitative survey among FSV UK teachers show that a large proportion of them have not established any rules for the use of AI in their courses, despite general recommendations at the university level. On the other hand, content analysis provides an...
Civilia 2024, 15(1):47
Civilia 2024, 15(1):16-22 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.006
This text deals, in theoretical terms, with the issue of using generative artificial intelligence tools in education, focusing on current limitations, particularly the risks of reinforcing stereotypes and biases within the processes of socialization and enculturation that occur during education. It also seeks to introduce critical perspectives into the cyber-euphoric visions regarding the roles of artificial intelligence tools.
Civilia 2024, 15(1):4-15 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.002
Tato práce zkoumá vývoj konceptu pedagogické kompetence, se specifickým zaměřením na její roli v rámci vzdělávacího systému. Prostřednictvím rozsáhlé literární rešerše, zahrnující díla z období od roku 1945 do roku 2024, analyzujeme původ pojmu kompetence, sledujeme jeho kořeny ve starověkém Řecku a následnou proměnu v klíčový pojem moderní teorie vzdělávání. Důraz je kladen na vývoj a klasifikaci pedagogické kompetence, její vztah k pedagogickým dovednostem a na význam role učitelů ve vzdělávacích procesech. Studie zdůrazňuje nutnost jasného a jednotného uchopení pedagogické kompetence a navrhuje její definici, která zachycuje její multidimenzionální...
