Publisher: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství

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Council as a part of the school practice

Poradní kruh jako součást školní praxe

Author(s): Petra Banďouchová,Eva Dittingerová,Martina Kurowski / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: Council; education; methodological guide; teachers; pedagogical staff; schools; educational institutions;

The present text serves as a methodological guide for teachers to be and students of other pedagogical disciplines, pedagogical staff of schools and educational institutions for introducing the practice of council in groups of children and youth. The text introduces the importance of sharing stories with each other as a starting point for further academic and social learning. The handbook then briefly describes the characteristics of working in council, providing concrete suggestions and examples from practice. Finally, the experience with advisory circles is presented through the eyes of a practising teacher and students of the Faculty of Education at Masaryk University.

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School, ideas and values in the age of tl;dr: Essay

Škola, ideje a hodnoty ve věku tl;dr: Esej

Author(s): Zdeněk Ježek / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: school education; School; ideas; values; education;

In the world that offers us an abundance of information, opinions or attitudes, what can be trusted to? Does the school education provide any sufficient tools to find a way in this flood of information? Is it possible to use common sense to fight with misinformation? Furthermore, are not the metaphors of a flood and a fight only linguistic devices shifting the meaning of the entire subject matter from rationality to emotionality? The society of the 21st century has to cope with many pitfalls. One of them is the oversaturation with information, in which a nonexpert has no chance to find a correct one – but at the same time, everyone faces not only to the possibility, but rather to the obligation to opt an opinion. In public discussion, a simplification frequently occurs, complex topics are reduced to plain theses, and a profound analysis is substituted with the afterword tl;dr. Too long; didn’t read. This essay deals with the issue of the relation between education and values, using examples of working with literary texts to explore how to develop comprehension, analytical skills and a willingness to avoid simple explanations of complex topics.

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A Set of Tools for (self) Assessment of Students during Teacher Training

Sada nástrojů pro (sebe)hodnocení studentů na souvislé praxi

Author(s): Petra Vystrčilová,Jiří Havel,Petr Najvar / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: preparation; education; teachers; students; pedagogy; schools; professional training;

An integral component of the preparation of teacher students is a well-thought-out system of reflected teacher training. Long-term experience shows that it is not enough just to increase the amount of practice, but also to reflect the gained experience well in practice. The aim of this publication (respectively, a set of tools for student (self) assessment on teacher training) is to contribute to the improvement of the practical professional training of future teachers at the 1st grade of elementary school.

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A Broad Definition and Typology of Elder Abuse: The Phenomenon of Mistreatment, Abuse, Neglect and Other Mistreatment of Elderly Men and Women (EAN): Methodology

Široká definice a typologie seniorského abusu: fenomén týrání, zneužívání, zanedbávání a dalšího nevhodného jednání a zacházení s muži a ženami ve vyšším věku (EAN): Metodika

Author(s): Jan Lorman,Jaroslava Prchalová,Zdeněk Kalvach,Lucie Vidovićová / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: elder abuse; typologies; manifestations; risks of occurrence; procedures; detection; solution; violence; abuse;

The aim of the methodology is to give an understanding of elder abuse, typologies, manifestations, risks of occurrence and procedures for detection and solution. The methodology helps those who regularly come into contact with older people to put knowledge about elder abuse into practice. This can be anyone who is not, or should not be, indifferent to seeing an older person treated inappropriately. The methodology is primarily intended for people working in support services, with recommendations for other relevant actors such as general practitioners and specialists, the police, the social services of local authorities, etc. However, it can also be used by interested members of the public and by non-profit organisations, which also have an essential role to play in dealing with this phenomenon. The procedures and recommendations presented here are based on the research activities of the RESTABUS project, which draw on the findings of other research teams from all over the world and from a wide range of scientific disciplines, as well as on many years of experience in working with older people.

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Synthetic Syntax, Meaning, and Philosophical Questions

Synthetic Syntax, Meaning, and Philosophical Questions

Author(s): Paul Rastall / Language(s): English

Keywords: Syntax; complex linguistic signs; signs; semantics; communicational reality; linguistic perspectives;

Syntax is seen as the synthetic construction of complex linguistic signs bringing together different areas of experience through the sign function, and is integrated with semantics to account for communicational reality and the nature of meaning. The disposing factors at the interface between experience and verbal means in the application of signs are investigated with detailed examples. The analysis of verbal constructs provides linguistic perspectives on a range of philosophical issues, and illuminates the role of language in what it is to be human. The work consists of thematically related papers, and takes a broadly Saussurean/functionalist “European” approach.

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Lectures on the history of Russian-Ukrainian literary relations

Лекции по истории русско-українских литературных связей

Author(s): Vladimir Janovič Zvinjackovskij / Language(s): Russian

Keywords: Russian-Ukrainian literary relations; 19th and 20th centuries; Culture; philology;

The book contains 16 chapters, which in the form of lectures are devoted to various aspects of the history of Russian-Ukrainian literary relations, especially in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some myths still alive in the consciousness of the wider and professional public are set to the right level, and issues of double cultural identity are tehere also discussed, namely on a philosophical, historical and literary level. The book is intended for readers fluent in the Russian language from among students of philological fields focused on the East Slavic area, professional literary scholars and the wider public.

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3A Procedure: Instrument for Reflection and Evaluation of Instruction

Metodika 3A: nástroj pro reflexi výuky a hodnocení její kvality

Author(s): Tomáš Janík,Jan Slavík,Petr Najvar,Tereza Češková / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: teaching; 3A procedure; methodological procedure; reflection; education;

3A procedure - designation for the methodological procedure of reflection and qualitative analysis of teaching, which is associated with the evaluation of the quality of teaching and the proposal of improving changes. The concept of 3A methodology follows the tradition of didactic analysis focused on the content of education as developed in the didactic approach of W. Klafki (1967). The idea here is that the teacher first reflects on the question “what will I teach / what will the pupils learn” and derives the choice of teaching practices, i.e. “how will I teach / how will the pupils go about learning”, from the answer to this question. The method of research on teaching presented here is intended to meet the needs of teachers first and foremost by addressing the questions that teachers actually have to address when they prepare lessons, when they work with pupils in them, and when they reflect on ways to improve them. The book will offer teachers the opportunity to engage with research findings and to put them into practice.

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Preparedness of Teacher Education Students: Self-assessment in Core Teaching Skills

Připravenost studenta učitelství: sebehodnocení v jádrových dovednostech výuky

Author(s): Jana Kratochvílová,Jan Nehyba,Karel Picka,Petr Svojanovský,Barbora Zavadilová / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: teacher; education; evaluation; teaching; professional preparation;

The presented instrument is a contribution to the issue of teacher education evaluation for faculties preparing teachers across disciplines. The purpose of the instrument is to provide teacher educators an simple summative tool to allow them to measure and compare the current state and development of the level of the professional preparation of students and graduates in field of teaching.

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Evaluation of ELT Textbooks: A Handbook for Trainee Teachers

Evaluation of ELT Textbooks: A Handbook for Trainee Teachers

Author(s): Monika Černá / Language(s): English

Keywords: Trainee Teachers; English teachers; textbooks; ELT Textbooks; teacher; education; pedagogy;

Prospective English teachers need to be prepared to evaluate textbooks, they need to be familiar with the theory, methods, techniques, and tools used in evaluation. This handbook aims to provide teacher trainees with a rationale for the design of evaluation instruments for English textbooks in the context of school education This handbook is primarily designed for Czech students in initial English language teacher education in the Czech Republic. Nevertheless, Erasmus students, for example, are encouraged to compare the features of the Czech educational setting with the situation in their own country. and a sample instrument, including guidelines for its use.

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Didactic inspirations for activation teaching in secondary school history

Didaktické inspirace k aktivizační výuce ve středoškolském dějepisu

Author(s): Lukáš Fasora,Pavel Boček,Tomáš Borovský,Tomáš Dvořák,Jiří Hanuš,Václav Kaška,Ludmila Klíčová,Tomáš Knoz,Tomáš Malý,Markéta Melounová,Denisa Nečasová,Lukáš Reitinger,Petr Steiner,Zdeňka Stoklásková / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: secondary school teachers; teaching; education; teachers; history;

The publication serves as a support for secondary school teachers for the development of activation teaching in history.

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Life in Health 2022: Research and Practice: Proceedings of the Conference held on 13–14 October 2022

Život ve zdraví 2022: výzkum a praxe: Sborník anotací příspěvků z konference konané 13.–14. října 2022 konané 13.–14. října 2022

Author(s): / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: education; sports; health; pedagogy; methods; diet; psychology;

The present collection of annotations presents a selection of papers from the international interdisciplinary conference Life in Health 2022, which took place on 13–14 October 2022 in the Czech Republic at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University. The papers focused on general and specific approaches to the protection and promotion of public health in the context of education in the Czech Republic and abroad. The findings presented are supported by research data and are applicable to health education and education for health as well as to current curriculum revisions.

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Mongolian Ritual Texts in Manuscript Collections in the Czech Republic: Part 1

Mongolian Ritual Texts in Manuscript Collections in the Czech Republic: Part 1

Author(s): Ondřej Srba / Language(s): English,Mongolian

Keywords: Mongolian Ritual Texts; Manuscript Collections; Czech collections;

The present book is a critical edition of Mongolian ritual manuscripts preserved in Czech collections. It offers palaeographic descriptions and transcriptions for all the manuscripts, accompanied by English translations and selected facsimiles. The edition includes the majority of popular ritual text categories written in Classical Mongolian (mostly incense offering rituals) commonly circulating in the extramonastic milieu of premodern Mongolia: texts on fire-worship, White Old Man, Offering of the Fox, Geser Khan rituals, hunting rituals, while several texts related to cults of local deities, protection of livestock, as well as popular religious songs and individual prayers are appearing in the scholarly literature for the first time.

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25 years Faculty of Social Studies MU

25 let Fakulty sociálních studií MU

Author(s): Zdeňka Savarová,Michaela Kolková,Veronika Zapletalová / Language(s): English,Czech

Keywords: Faculty of Social Studies; Masaryk University; Twenty-Five Years;

The publication Twenty-Five Years of the Faculty of Social Studies of Masaryk University deals with, as the title suggests, the twenty-five years of existence of one of the MUNI’s ten faculties. The Czech and English texts describe the story of this institution from the very beginning, through the ideas of its founders and the gradual expansion of the faculty to the moving of all the departments under one roof and the modernization of the current seat of the faculty. Last but not least, the publication focuses on the fact that FSS MUNI is not just a place where lectures, scientific research, and cultural or social events are held, but that it is primarily a collection of people who form a unique community. The emphasis is on the visual material. The texts are in Czech and English.

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Towards the Inclusive School: Interaction and Norm

Na cestě k inkluzivní škole: Interakce a norma

Author(s): Radim Šíp,Denisa Denglerová,Miroslav Bielik,Lenka Ďulíková,Lenka Gulová,Jan Kalenda,Markéta Košatková,Martina Kurowski,František Trapl / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: Inclusion; Inclusive School; Education; teaching methods; pedagogy;

Inclusion is not deepening integration. It is a comprehensive response to the transformation of the contemporary world, which takes seriously the fact that diversity is its defining essence. The monograph presents the results of three years of research, from which it follows that well-implemented inclusion positively transforms the atmosphere, teaching methods, and academic outcomes of mainstream schools. Thanks to its principles of inclusion, it frees the educational system from the ideology of the middle class, which, contrary to its own rhetoric, is based on a hierarchical system and favors sameness over the difference. Valuing diversity opens up space for the essential value of a democratic society – the development of the educational potential of each of its members according to their possibilities, needs, and interests while building strong social cohesion and resilience.

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The Black Box Book: Archives and Curatorship in the Age of Transformation of Art Institutions

The Black Box Book: Archives and Curatorship in the Age of Transformation of Art Institutions

Author(s): / Language(s): English

Keywords: art; visual arts; curatorship; AI; ICT; preservation;

The publication is the result of the efforts of an international collective of authors to capture the transformation of exhibition institutions and curation during the Covid 19 pandemic, with a focus on the year 2020. It seeks an answer to the question of how curatorial strategies, communication platforms and the social function of exhibition institutions have changed under the influence of rapid and external circumstances, that forced transition from physical gallery spaces to online. It critically reflects on the exhibition project Černá skříňka/The Black Box (Galerie TIC), in which several curatorial approaches were applied, including the use of artificial intelligence, and places it in the broad context of curatorial projects that were carried out at the same time at home and abroad as well as in the network of terminology apparatus, which is built around the phenomenon of online curation. The research method is a combination of writing the history of presence, mostly from the pen of direct participants, which lends authenticity and engagement to the texts, with theoretical reflection informed by digital and network media theory.

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Productive culture of teaching and learning in didactic case studies

Produktivní kultura vyučování a učení v didaktických kazuistikách

Author(s): / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: education; pedagogy; mathematics; physics; geography; methods;

The book introduces the issue of productive culture of teaching and learning in broader didactical context. In the first part of the book, three areas of productive culture of teaching and learning are as theoretical framework presented: 1. clarity, structure, coherence, 2. cognitive activation, instrumentalization, semantization, 3. Supportive learning environment. The second part of the book presents 17 didactic case studies that have been developed by teams that consisted of researchers and teachers from schools. The aim of didactic case studies is to highlight key areas of productive culture of teaching and learning.

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Connecting the dots: Sector coupling and hydrogen policies in Europe

Connecting the dots: Sector coupling and hydrogen policies in Europe

Author(s): Arina Belova,Tereza Pospíšilová,Tereza Stašáková,Jan Osička / Language(s): English

Keywords: Europe; energy; policy; hydrogen;

Not long ago, energy policy used to be neatly compartmentalized into individual industries. Transportation, power generation, heat production, and so on each had their own distinct material structure, rules, and behavior-governing norms and practices. With rising climate change concerns, energy policy has effectively merged with climate policy and the transition to low-carbon energy has become a priority. This paradigm shift has spurred rapid technological development, introduced new rules and practices and generally redefined the energy landscape. Along the way, the existing borders between industries were disrupted as the decarbonization of one tends to be closely tied with the decarbonization of others. The construction of an all-encompassing integrated energy system is now underway. Conceptually, this process has been understood as “sector coupling”, i.e., bringing individual industries closer together to optimize the energy transition as well as the deployment of enabling technologies such as energy storage and hydrogen. This book is intended to reflect on this process. Specifically, it inquiries what is sector coupling and how is it understood across different political and analytical contexts? What role will hydrogen play in the development of sector coupling? What are the current and expected hydrogen policies in Europe, USA, and China? The results show that the understanding of sector-coupling has evolved over time and varies across policy contexts. The role of hydrogen in sector-coupling is uncertain in the future due to production and utilization issues, with some potential sources of demand being rapidly electrified without an intermediate step of hydrogen production and combustion. Hydrogen technologies are currently being developed primarily in Europe, but this may soon change as the US and China gradually introduce more ambitious targets and more interesting support programs. Finally, the publication presents the development pathways of hydrogen technologies in different national contexts and pins down the future crossroads at which the shape of sector coupling and the hydrogen economy will be decided.

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Impacts of COVID -19 on the Development of Destination Management in the Czech Republic

Dopady COVID-19 na vývoj destinačního managementu v ČR

Author(s): Andrea Holešinská / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: COVID-19; Czech Republic; destination; management; development;

The expert study is the output of a research project that focused on the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on destination management. The study presents findings on how destination management organizations (DMOs) dealt with the covid-19 pandemic and how the destination management process in the Czech Republic changed in 2020-2021. At the same time, the study introduces the trends that arose as a reaction of the DMO to the crisis. In the introduction of the study, the theoretical background of destination management is provided to understand the context and to clarify the findings.

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Design-based Research of an ESP Coursebook

Konstrukční výzkum učebnice pro výuku odborného anglického jazyka

Author(s): Eva Ellederová / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: English language; ESP; coursebook; design-based research;

This book deals with the concept of design-based research which presents a challenge for English for specific purposes (ESP) teachers to deal with complex curriculum issues in dynamic contexts of teaching practice. The development of learning materials seems to be a fact of life for many ESP teachers. Even though there are many empirically grounded studies for the development of English language learning materials, only a few studies deal with ESP materials development that would provide potential authors with instructions on how to proceed with their design. Design-Based Research of an ESP Coursebook offers a solution to this problem since it describes the systematic implementation, evaluation, and development of an ESP coursebook with the aim of producing design principles and empirically grounded theories. It is believed that the design principles presented in this book should provide a basis for adaptation to other situations, that is, they can help teachers to develop ESP coursebooks tailored for their own courses.

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