Civilia 2016, 7(2):4-12 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2016.011
The aim of this article is to bring some reflections on contemporary conditions of pedagogical practices being done by students within their teacher professional training. Besides a brief theoretical introduction there are also some perceptions included from the analysis of pedagogical continuous practice of students studying Social Sciences and Civics oriented at education at The Faculty of Education of University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice aimed for teaching at secondary schools and upper primary schools (it contains 160 evaluations of practice in the course of last four academic years 2012-2016).
Civilia 2016, 7(2):13-25 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2016.012
This article deals with the topic of key competences development within the personal and social education at elementary school. The attention is paid to potentially new topic which should be included within the Frame Educational Programme in the Czech Republic as the one of the goals of education policy of Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports - the entrepreneurial education. The experiences with the entrepreneurial education topic at Faculty of Education at Palacky University in Olomouc are described.
Civilia 2016, 7(2):26-37 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2016.013
Historical feature film is a very popular medium. Young people get information about history from this source and still more teachers of history are included this medium into teaching. They should follow rules when working with the source. Including historical feature film in history lessons should be based on detailed analysis of this media. The article presents free methods of this analysis: pedagogical content analysis, content and formal analysis and analysis of movie language.
Civilia 2016, 7(2):38-46 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2016.014
T. G. Masaryk, a philosopher, put accent on humanity as the main idea of sense of Czech history, while J. Pekař, a historian, stressed Czech patriotism in opposition to German expansionism as the above mentioned main idea.
Civilia 2016, 7(2):47-59 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2016.015
This article is a theoretical input to the project focused on research, analysis and opportunities for further development of competencies of history teachers in secondary schools, especially in education of contemporary history with the name " History of education with accent on contemporary history and its reflection from the teachers", the possibility to use available materials and resources through the teaching staff in preparation for teaching process, specifically with an overlap in the legal field in terms of legislative anchoring National Education Program, Framework Education Program and School Education Program, which gives possibilities...
Civilia 2016, 7(2):60-78 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2016.016
Since 2010, the primary school pupils to submit further written draft, under the name Comenia Script. In this connection it was implemented as supporting research aimed at assimilation handwriting model Comenia Script to Czech schools. The chapter will describe the positives and negatives of the new originals written and its adaptation to teaching the Czech language with regard to the development of literacy of primary school pupils. Due to the potential variability of individual graphemes while practicing writing with writing the draft Comenia Script happens that the written text becomes sometimes difficult for students to read backwards. In such...
Civilia 2016, 7(2):79-100 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2016.017
The study presents a partial outcome of two years collaboration with two civics teachers practising at two different second level Prague elementary schools. It intercepts them at the top of professional development (Mareš, 2013, pp. 437-438), therefore, as experienced and expert teachers (Gudmundsdottir & Shulman, 1987; Píšová et al., 2013). The chosen teachers have got certain professional and closer branch insight, teaching in comparable terms (the "inclusive" elementary schools with a strong, publicly known vision). The research was aiming at capturing a portrait of underlying determinants of their actions through contrasting their subjective...
Civilia 2016, 7(2):101-118 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2016.018
The article reacts on the situation in financial education and presents current information on the education system in the Czech Republic and the way how the children are acquainted with the financial education. Nowadays, the financial education is compulsory component of the primary school education (ISCED 1, 2). Moreover, it defines the teaching method framework for teachers of financial literacy. The text also introduces the design and the results of the qualitative research focused on the identification of the teaching methods that are used in the financial literacy education and it evaluates the effectivity of the methods in the educational process....
Civilia 2016, 7(2):119-126 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2016.019
The paper focuses on the contradiction between teaching ethics education in basic schools and ethics. It also offers specific short example how it is possible to overcome this paradoxical phenomenon.
Civilia 2016, 7(2):127-144 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2016.020
The paper deals with the use of film material in the teaching of contemporary history. It focuses on its benefits, but it also draws attention to possible pitfalls. Based on the case study (example němckých-Czech relations after 1945) proposes films that after previous careful selection and didactic presentation, help teachers effectively fulfill the educational goals of contemporary history.
Civilia 2016, 7(2):145-151 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2016.021
The article deals with the issue of toleration, as well as respect for man and humanity-anthropocentric features in European thinking; it refers to its most prominent moments and practical demonstrations in the history of Europe. In relation to the present-day situation of the human, it demonstrates that toleration and tolerance are just as topical today as they were in the past and that toleration can only function if based on a symmetrical relationship, i.e. a relationship based on mutual respect. To understand the above mentioned principles is one of the main task of philosophy.
Civilia 2016, 7(2):152-169 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2016.022
Article compares the ways in which the cross-border co-operation between schools is conducted in all six Euroregions on Czech-Polish borders. The main research methods were based on analysis of the microprojects, which were implemented in these euroregions. Research surprisingly declined initial hypothesis expecting the most frequent use of INTERREG funds in cross-border co-operation of schools in the Euroregion Těšín/Cieszyn Silesia, due to the historical links between both parts of the Euroregion and almost non-existing language barrier. It also expected its lowest intensity and quality in the Euroregions Nisa-Nysa-Neisse. Research showed that certain...
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