scholarly journals A Stimulating the Learning of Polish and Czech Students with the Use of e-Learning Resources

2018 ◽  
pp. 213-228
Author(s):  
Ewa Ogrodzka-Mazur ◽  
Anna Szafrańska ◽  
Josef Malach ◽  
Milan Chmura
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Education ◽  
Research Network ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Constructivist Perspective ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Academic Teachers

The article is a result of the collaboration between Polish and Czech scientists who explore academic teachers’ application of resources from the e-learning environment. The presented studies were conducted in 2015-2016 within the IRNet project – International research network for study and development of new tools and methods for advanced pedagogical science in the field of ICT instruments, e-learning and intercultural competences in Poland (University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Ethnology and Educational Science in Cieszyn) and the Czech Republic (University of Ostrava, Pedagogical Faculty). The research was aimed at learning the opinions of academic teachers on their preparation for distance classes and for the stimulation of students’ learning process. The research applied a constructivist perspective, which highlighted the learner’s activity resulting in the subject building their educational reality (in the educational process). Due to the comparative nature of the research, it invoked Harold J. Noah’s model of comparing the quality of University education. The text discusses cases of Poland and the Czech Republic.

VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY: EDUCATION AS A LIFESTYLE

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-50
Author(s):  
Denys Svyrydenko ◽  
Valentyna Kyvliuk
Keyword(s):  
Modal Logic ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
University Education ◽  
Virtual University ◽  
The Social ◽  
Intellectual Abilities ◽  
The Subject

The concept of the virtual university is relatively new and it is necessary to distinguish a number of contradictory points in its verification. Firstly, it is the quality of the education received. The problem of educational process content at the virtual university, organization of control and level of accomplished tasks, issues of intellectual abilities and critical thinking development, reflexivity of consciousness are the subject of heated discussions of both the supporters and opponents of the virtual university idea. Secondly, there is the question of the way of thinking. The virtual space involves a network mode of organization characterized by openness of the structure, poly variability of determination and expediency of modal logic. The phenomenon of virtual university is the result of responding to the needs of social transformation. In such model, the content of the social roles of the teacher and the student changes significantly. The competence of the modern teacher is not limited to knowledge. After all, the most experienced academician is not able to absorb all the information in a certain science, and obviously loses in the volume of assimilated information to any search engine.

scholarly journals Global COVID-19 Pandemic and Indebtedness of Municipalities with Extended Power in the Czech Republic

2021 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 01023
Author(s):  
Eva Lajtkepová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Tax Revenue ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Legal Limit ◽  
Fiscal Rule ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Extended Power

Research background: In theory, indebtedness of municipalities is only ever associated with the acquisition of investments. It is advised that indebtedness should be regulated by the state, but there is a risk of limiting investment in local infrastructure. Purpose of the article: According to Act No. 23/2017 Coll., municipalities must regulate their own indebtedness and comply with the fiscal rule on pain of penalty. The aim of this text is to provide an analysis and examine the prospects of compliance with the fiscal rule in 205 municipalities with extended power. The analysis is carried out between 2017 and 2019, the risks of compliance in the following years mainly relate to the emerging economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Given the subject of the analysis, secondary data was used for the research. Data was taken from the Monitor database operated by the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic. The obtained data had been processed using standard statistical methods. Findings & Value added: To date, the indebtedness of municipalities with extended power is not excessive: the mean and median values are still well below the legal limit. Still, there are some municipalities where the legal limit has been exceeded, or whose indebtedness is nearing the limit. In the event of reduced tax revenue, which is to be expected in the coming years, these municipalities will struggle to comply with the fiscal rule. The consequences will include halting or limiting local investment, and/or reducing the quality of local public goods.

Positive Education: an Inspiration for Improving the Quality of Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-24
Author(s):  
Eva Janštová ◽  
Alena Slezáčková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Positive Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
The Czech Republic

Positive Psychology represents a relatively new trend in contemporary psychology, which brings interesting ideas and useful inspiration into the field of education and school practice. Evidence exists that higher levels of subjective well-being, optimism and positive emotions are closely related to academic success. A positive education movement builds on these findings and aims to practically apply the scientific knowledge of Positive Psychology into the educational process. The objective of this research study is to introduce the theoretical background and arguments for the establishment and development of positive education in the world and the Czech Republic. We present an overview of main positive education programs which focus on development of psychological resilience and character strengths and on increasing subjective well-being and life satisfaction among the individuals at all the levels of the educational process. We focus mainly on the description of those positive education programs, for which the effectiveness has been empirically verified. Finally, we briefly describe the situation in the Czech Republic, which opens a large space for the development and implementation of Positive Psychology methods to improve the quality of education.

scholarly journals Influence of terroir on the concentration of selected stilbenes in wines of the cv. Riesling in the Czech Republic

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 38-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kumšta ◽  
P. Pavloušek ◽  
J. Kupsa
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Phenolic Compounds ◽  
Geographical Origin ◽  
Hplc Method ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Mean Concentration

The relationship between the terroir and the quality of grapes and/or wines is used in wine authenticity determination based on geographical origin. The phenolic compounds in grapes and wines are probably related to the terroir. The subject of the study was the analysis of 43 wines of the cv. Riesling from six wine-growing sub-regions, 16 different localities and four vintages to determine the content of trans-resveratrol, trans-piceid, cis-resveratrol and cis-piceid. The analyses were performed using an HPLC method. A relationship was observed between trans-resveratrol concentration in wines and wine-growing locality. The concentration of trans-resveratrol ranged from 0.04 to 0.82 mg/l with mean concentration of 0.28 mg/l. The highest concentrations of trans-resveratrol were found in wines from the localities Podmolí (0.66 mg/l), Hostěradice (0.64 mg/l and 0.82 mg/l), Mělník (0.59 mg/l) and Litoměřice (0.57 mg/l). Differences were also found in the relationship between trans-resveratrol and wine-growing sub-regions. Relationships between trans-piceid, cis-resveratrol or cis-piceid concentration and wine terroir were not demonstrated. The results of this study demonstrated the capability to differentiate the wine terroir using the trans-resveratrol concentrations.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial propensity index of university students. The case study from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ján Dvorský ◽  
Zora Petráková ◽  
Eliška Zapletalíková ◽  
Zoltán Rózsa
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
University Students ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
University Education ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The Social

Research background: Promotion of the entrepreneurship has an important role in the society, and the direct relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth of the country is proven. Universities education should be one of the pillars to build the business environment and the entrepreneurial propensity of the students in the entrepreneurship. Purpose of the article: The paper aimed to define and quantify significant factors that shape the entrepreneurial propensity of university students and create the entrepreneurial propensity index. A part of this aim was a comparison of defined factors in the Czech Republic (CR), Slovakia (SR) and Poland (PL). Methods: The survey-based research was conducted with students in the last year of their economic studies on the universities. 1,352 students from 25 universities in selected countries were approached during research. A custom Entrepreneurial Propensity Index was created that was implemented separately for CR, SR and PL. Findings & Value added: The research brought interesting findings. The aggregated Entrepreneurial Propensity Index in the Czech Republic reached the value of 0.470, which was higher than that of Slovakia (0.424) and Poland (0.412). The evaluation of the quality of university education is similarly positive in all countries (CR: 0.659, PL: 0.589, SR: 0.592). Czech students gave access to the financial resources and the role of macroeconomic environment got a higher rating than Slovak and Polish students. On the contrary, Poland students gave the social environment and business advantages a higher rating than Czech and Slovak students. The evaluation of the personality traits is more positive in Slovakia. The most positive indicator for all students is that doing business enables to make use of own abilities and own solutions.

scholarly journals Distance learning — a few remarks on the margins of the problem

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 63-74
Author(s):  
Jakub Z. Lichański
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Basic Form ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
And Training ◽  
School Curricula

The problem of the quality of distance learning — or e-learning — has not had much importance attached to it thus far. After all, distance learning is at least 200 years old — if not more — and e-learning is nothing new, either. However, they were a kind of “addition” to the educational process. However, as a result of the current world-wide pandemic, the situation has changed rapidly. From what was in essence an auxiliary form of learning, has suddenly become a basic form. Thus, what has affected both higher education and, above all, secondary, primary and pre-school education is something new. This is due to the suddenness of introducing both methods (techniques) of education, and not because of their technical side. Since this problem has become the subject of a large number of different kinds of statements, and even the first book devoted to this issue has been published — it is worth looking at these issues again and try to present a few more general comments. The main thesis of the article is: the technical help side is basically correct; the problems are: i) preparing teachers for this form of teaching, ii) preparation of full-text databases adapted to secondary school curricula, iii) adaptation (in secondary schools) of e-education programs, e.g. to university syllabuses (with links to specific texts, not entire databases), iv) “Rebuilding” the way of educating teachers so that they learn these technical skills from the university or improve them via additional courses and training.

scholarly journals REFLECTION OF THE ACQUIRED FORMAL EDUCATION OF TEACHERS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THEIR VALUE ORIENTATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 435
Author(s):  
Jiri Kropac ◽  
Iva Koribska
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Value Orientation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
The Czech Republic

The article deals with the value orientation of teachers in the Czech Republic, who attempt to extend their formal education in the process of lifelong learning. The quality of the teacher directly influences the quality of the educational process, therefore the qualification of teachers has become the front theme of the international organisations. Lifelong Learning Centres as parts of the universities offer the programmes for teachers to extend their formal qualification. The primary aim of the article is to analyse teachers’ value orientation reflected by the formal education.

INTERNATIONAL GRANT COOPERATION AS A TOOL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS

2018 ◽  
pp. 4-8
Author(s):  
Milan Chmura
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
European Countries ◽  
International Project ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Education And Development

The education and development of university teachers have its justifcation and its importance is signifcant not only in the Czech Republic but also abroad. This study provides an analysis of further professional education of university teachers in the Czech Republic and in selected European countries. Subsequently, it presents an international project with participants from the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Slovakia and Poland, which, ultimately, plays a role in the improvement of the quality of higher education.

The Development of the Communication Skills of Individuals Living in Homes for People with Disabilities

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-70
Author(s):  
Petr Kopečný
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Speech Therapy ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Educational Support ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Given

This paper concentrates on the area of special educational support provided to individuals living in homes for people with disabilities in the Czech Republic and presents partial research results illustrating the state of the provision of speech therapy to users of social services facilities falling under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The subject of the research is an analysis of support for the development of the communication skills of pupils living in social services facilities. The partial results of the research outline the approaches employed by the managerial staff of the given facilities in implementing special educational procedures, describe forms of speech therapy provision in homes for people with disabilities, and compare the attitudes of teachers and social services staff to the development of communication with the importance attributed to it by speech therapists and demonstrated by the case studies performed.

Review of quality of life studies in the Czech Republic

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (S4) ◽  
pp. 319s-319s
Author(s):  
E. Dragomirecká ◽  
C. Škoda
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
The Czech Republic
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