Civilia 2022, 13(2):4-26 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2022.007
The study focuses on the evaluation of history and education of citizenship textbooks (civic and social studies) among secondary school students, hight school students and their teachers through a modified questionnaire by Zuzana Sikora (Sikorová, 2007a). According to the conducted research, which this study reflects, the most used textbooks are those from the publishing houses Nová škola, Fraus, Státní pedagogické nakladatelství (hereinafter referred to as SPN), Didaktis and Computer Media. Pupils and students were generally more critical of the textbooks than their teachers (the only exception was the SPN textbook for hight vocational schools, for...
Civilia 2022, 13(2):27-34 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2022.008
In the contribution, we present the possibilities of integrating the artistic narrative Mr. Theodor Mundstock by Ladislav Fuks into the crosscutting theme of the Education of a Democratic Citizen. In our opinion, the amendment is an excellent text that can be used especially within the subtopic Citizen, civil society, and the state. Thanks to the main theme of the amendment, i.e. the preparation of Mundstock for departure to the concentration camp, the narrative is also suitable for the implementation of the issue of minorities and their position in democratic and non-democratic societies. We apply the theoretical concepts presented in the article...
Civilia 2022, 13(2):35-48 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2022.009
Our lives are increasingly moving into an online world that is overflowing with media messages. This is one of the reasons why there is an increasing urgency in the public sphere about the need to increase our media and digital literacy. Attention is particularly focused on the youngest generation, which is considered to be the most vulnerable. At the same time, young people and adolescents spend an enormous amount of time with the media, so it is appropriate to educate them in this regard. This role is most often attributed by society to the schools that pupils attend, and specifically to the teachers there. But for teachers, who themselves are often...
Civilia 2022, 13(2):49-63 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2022.010
This paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of events in the newly established Czechoslovak state in the field of education and the relationship between the state and the Catholic Church. It is an academic study drawing on contemporary journals, speeches by statesmen and official bilateral documents. It outlines new contexts and brings the context of the everydayness into a situation that is perceived as primarily political. The authors' observations from the school environment are then complemented by the reception of the Small Education Act (Malý školský zákon), which introduced compulsory subjects in Czechoslovak schools, one of which is...
