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(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):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):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):79-87 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2025.019
