Publisher: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci

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Communication bridges in supporting the development of people with autism spectrum disorders and other groups of individuals with disabilities

Komunikační mosty v podpoře rozvoje osob s poruchami autistického spektra a jiných skupin jedinců s postižením

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

Keywords: communication; autism; special pedagogy

The publication introduces readers to the service of figitalization of study materials and books for visualy impaired studenty. The specification of the book digitalization service in The Support Centre for Students with Special Needs (Palacky University Olomouc) is mentioned. It continues with illustrative instructions how to create the accessible text for the student with visual impairment. The publication contains pictures that adequately illustrate its content. The text has several thematic lines connected with the solved research project. The project is supported with The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic within the Eta Program. The text focuses on the area of cimmunication of the people with autism spectrum disorders (or rather groups of persons with impairments). The special pedagogical view is connected twith the IT perspective in relation to the development of an intelligeng database of images which supports the communication of the target group. Interdisciplinary cooperation fulfills the current trend and is an integral part of effective research.

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Current Problems of Media Education and Media Literacy of Pupils of 2nd Grade Primary School

Aktuální problémy mediální výchovy a mediální gramotnost žáků 2. stupně ZŠ

Author(s): Klára Mikulcová,Kamil Kopecký / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: media education; 2nd grade of elementary school; social networks; Facebook; disinformation; product placement; hating;

This monograph presents the findings of a research study that examines the selected current media education problems in lower secondary pupils and their relations to said media, with the emphasis on social networks. Specifically, the research focuses on what source of information pupils use the most frequently, whether they verify the veracity of the information, photographs and user profiles on social networks and according to which criteria they decide, whether they are able to recognize, based on real examples, disinformation, hoaxes, false internet profiles and photographs, product placement, sexism in advertisements, surreptitious advertising, media stereotypes, cyberbullying and public service media, whether pupils are affected by influencers they follow on social networks.

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Values and leisure

Hodnoty a volný čas

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

Keywords: leisure; values; sociology; leisure pedagogy; social pedagogy

The book brings the results of a unique longitudinal study of values, leisure, and their interaction, conducted between 2009 and 2021 and is representative of the population of the Czech Republic. The interrelationships between the two phenomena under study are viewed from the perspective of social pedagogy and pedagogy of leisure. Leisure activities are divided into nine categories. For each category, the dependencies on socio-demographic factors as well as its interaction with terminal and instrumental values are examined. The resulting findings for each category are evaluated concerning their pedagogical implications.

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Bohuslav Martinů & Miloslav Bureš: 1955-1959

Bohuslav Martinů & Miloslav Bureš: 1955-1959

Author(s): Vít Zouhar / Language(s): English,Czech

Keywords: music theory; history; correspondence; Bohuslav Martinů

The book describes the creative relationship between the composer Bohuslav Martinů and the poet Miloslav Bureš. It explains their cooperation in the second half of the 1950s, the creation of the cantatas Opening of the Springs, Romance of Dandelions, Legend of the Smoke of potato nati and Mikeš of the Mountains, but also their unrealized plans. It brings a new perspective on the context of the period. The publication is published in a Czech-English mirror edition.

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Safety in the context of people with specific needs

Bezpečnost v kontextu osob se specifickými potřebami

Author(s): Adéla Hanáková,Jana Urbanovská / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: special education; safety intervention

Is it possible to modify or adjust the existing environment, so it is subjectively assessed as safe for people with specific needs? What are the attributes of a safe environment from the point of view of selected students, parents of children with special needs, professionals working with clients with specific needs, or clients with specific needs themselves? Is it possible to find an opportunity for special educational intervention on safety? This publication tries to answer these and many other questions.

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The didactics of electrical engineering

Didaktika elektrotechniky

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

Keywords: didaktika; oborová didaktika; pedagogika elektrotechnika;

The publication is thematically devoted to the field of subject didactics, specifically didactics of electrical engineering, which is of particular importance for vocational technical education, as it forms a key part of both practice and the preparation of teachers in such disciplines.The content of the publication outlines a system of thought that introduces the reader to the defined field of science and provides the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge through the logic of the classification of the material and the insight into the system of its interpretation. In this way, it extends the basis given to the teacher by general didactics to include subject/subject didactics, which draws its insights from general pedagogy and didactics, but above all from the relevant professional dimension of teacher training in electrical subjects. In addition to the analysis of topics related to subject didactics, the publication also includes the results of several years of research in the areas of modern technologies, tools developing technological and digital literacy.The publication is unique in terms of its focus, unparalleled in the Central European region. It is intended primarily for students of teaching vocational subjects, but also for beginning and practicing teachers and all others who are interested in reflecting on their current experience in the field of electrical engineering in the context of educating the next generation within the technological possibilities of the 21st century.The publication is thematically devoted to the field of subject didactics, specifically didactics of electrical engineering, which is of particular importance for vocational technical education, as it forms a key part of both practice and the preparation of teachers in such disciplines. The content of the publication outlines a system of thought that introduces the reader to the defined field of science and provides the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge through the logic of the classification of the material and the insight into the system of its interpretation. In this way, it extends the basis given to the teacher by general didactics to include subject/subject didactics, which draws its insights from general pedagogy and didactics, but above all from the relevant professional dimension of teacher training in electrical subjects. In addition to the analysis of topics related to subject didactics, the publication also includes the results of several years of research in the areas of modern technologies, tools developing technological and digital literacy. The publication is unique in terms of its focus, unparalleled in the Central European region. It is intended primarily for students of teaching vocational subjects, but also for beginning and practicing teachers and all others who are interested in reflecting on their current experience in the field of electrical engineering in the context of educating the next generation within the technological possibilities of the 21st century.

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Dear all IV. Bohuslav Martinů's letters to his family in Polička in 1936 and 1937

Drazí IV. Dopisy Bohuslava Martinů rodině v Poličce z let 1936 a 1937 / Dear all IV. Bohuslav Martinů's letters to his family in Polička in 1936 and 1937

Author(s): Jaromír Synek,Gabriela Všetičková / Language(s): English,Czech

Keywords: Bohuslav Martinů; music history; 20th century

Bohuslav Martinů's extensive correspondence to his family in Polička is an extraordinarily valuable set of historic documents that testifi both to the composer's professional career and to his entirely private life. This fourth volume of the series compries 53 items of his family correspondence. This includes all the extant letters and one postal card that the composer and his wife sent home to Martinů's mother and siblings in Polička in the years 1936 and 1937. It allows the reader to follow a significant period in the lif of this exceptional artistic personality through his authentic personal testimony, supplemented with detailed annotations. The individual letters contain valuable information of his dealings with publishers and politicians, of his correspondence and conversations with colleagues and friends, and of course, of his compositions and the peaks and pitfalls of his efforts to have them performer on stages both at home and abroad. However, more than anywhere else, Bohuslav Martinů appears here as a man "of flesh and blood", with ordinary troubles and joys. His personal correspondence with those closest to him thus helps complete the overall picture of the life and work of the composer and is a metaphorical "umblicial cord" - a unique bridge connecting life abroad with that at home.

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Atlas of Czech dialects - nominative singular feminine

Atlas nářečí českého jazyka – nominativ singuláru feminin

Author(s): Martina Ireinová,Vít Voženílek,Jakub Koníček / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: Dialectology; Czech; dialects; language atlases; geographical linguistics

The Atlas of Czech Dialects - Nominative Singular Feminine is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration between experts from the Dialectology Department of the Institute of Czech Language of the Czech Academy of Sciences and experts from the Department of Geoinformatics of the Faculty of Science of Palacký University in Olomouc. The Atlas presents not only the dialectal phenomena that are declining and disappearing, but also the phenomena that are still alive. The main analytical dialect maps show the morphological differences in the territory of the Czech national language. The accompanying maps of spelling variations illustrate the overall territorial picture of the word form under study. In addition to the dialect maps and brief expert dialectological comments, the atlas contains texts describing the realities of former rural life, farming methods and customs, infographics, links to audiorecords and illustrative images created by artificial intelligence tools. The expert explanations are complemented by rich dialectal material, while the popular format of the texts ensures accessibility to a wide range of people interested in our dialect. Data from the Questionnaire for Research on Czech Dialects, processed into thematic maps, are brought to life by photographs taken by dialectologists half a century ago during field research.

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Evaluation of variable mechanisms of voice, language and speech in the context of speech therapy and neurodevelopmental research

Hodnocení variabilních mechanismů hlasu, jazyka a řeči v kontextu logopedického a neurovývojového bádání

Author(s): Kateřina Vitásková,Jana Mironova Tabachová,Lucie Nohová / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: voice disorders; speech disorders; communicative disorders; speech therapy; psycholinguistics; neurolinguistics; developmental neuropsychology; diagnostic methods

"The collective monograph is focused on the investigation of selected physiological and pathological mechanisms of voice, language and speech in the context of logopedic (speech language therapy), special edcuational and neurodevelopmental, psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic research. These are twelve selected areas of specifics and deviations of communication, including respiration, phonation and resonance, articulation, intelligibility and understanding of speech, phatic functions, lexia and pragmatics of communication, both in the context of their development and acquired and so-called symptomatic (secondary) speech disorders. Individual sub-areas were examined with a primary emphasis on speech therapy and special pedagogical diagnostics and therapy using a mixed methodological research design, using special instrumental, test, registration and specific therapeutic methods, some of which will be adapted or newly created during the project. The publication has a transdisciplinary intersectoral character – it covers both the educational and clinical and counselling environment, uses newly adapted experimental and diagnostic methods and therapeutic materials and extends the current state of knowledge in the field of determinants of development and communication disorders in its individually and situationally variable form. The presented research responds to the long-term pandemic situation, and thus to changes in the assessment of changes and deviations in communication in the context of prevention and impacts of COVID-19, including innovated research methods and its enrichment with a combination of face-to-face field and distance electronic formats."

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Didactics of Czech as a Foreign and Second Language

Didaktika češtiny jako cizího a druhého jazyka

Author(s): Darina Hradilová,Michaela Kopečková,Jindřiška Svobodová / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: Czech as a foreign language; Czech as a second language; didactics; communication competence; communication skills

The publication is intended for teachers of Czech as a foreign/second language, especially for novices or those ask questions about more effective teaching. The authors aim to offer a comprehensive and practical guide to approaching to Czech as a foreign/second language. First, they explain the difference between mother tongue, foreign language and second language, which is the key to why each of them should be approached differently in teaching. Second, they outline the rationale for teaching as it is anchored in curriculum documents and show its relevance to the lesson plans and implementation of teaching. Third, they reflect on practical aspects of language teaching, such as the choice of mediating language, the use of linguistic terminology and the selection of an appropriate method. Above all they describe specifically how to develop the different components of communicative competence, e.g., to practise correct pronunciation, to develop vocabulary, how and in what order to explain specific linguistic phenomena or work with sociolinguistic and pragmatic competence. Last but not least, the authors present their own findings on the development of speech skills, i.e., they define the goals to be met as well as conditions and methods for their achievement. The book also includes a pack of teaching activities that are related to the Czech it UP textbook series. The authors show how the selected teaching methods can be applied to build communicative competence and develop speaking skills.

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Continuity and Change in Asia

Continuity and Change in Asia

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

Keywords: continuity; change; Asia; economy; society; politics; OLAS

The theme of ‘continuity and change’ is generally acknowledged as an important and a highly complex problem. Asia is considered as one of the most dynamically changing parts of the worlds. The quick economic, political and socio-cultural changes are generating interesting topics in those scholarly fields such as anthropology, ethnography, linguistics and literary studies, or in other fields of social, political and economic science. Especially after the years of anti-Covid 19, measures it is important to understand what remains stable or what had been changed and may be lost forever.

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Constructivist Educational Psychology and Systemic Thinking: Principles, Concepts, and Examples

Constructivist Educational Psychology and Systemic Thinking: Principles, Concepts, and Examples

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

Keywords: constructive pedagogy; psychology; cognitive mechanisms

The book provides an overview of basic principles of constructivist pedagogy and constructivist educational psychology involving the examples of their practical applications. Furthermore, the links between constructivist cognitive approach and systemic thinking are described providing the reader with the rich insights into the systemic nature of constructivist approaches to teaching and learning. The main focus is given to cognitive mechanisms and psychological processes that are involved in students' construction of knowledge. The book builds on recent and past research to expand to a more in-depth understanding of constructivist pedagogy and constructivist educational psychology.

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Capita Selecta from Dutch Linguistics

Capita Selecta z nizozemské lingvistiky

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

Keywords: Dutch language; Linguistics; Philology; Language standardization; Language contact; Linguistic phenomena;

This updated edition of the publication provides an insight into Dutch philology with a focus on linguistics, including the latest scholarship on the Dutch language. The introductory chapters provide a summary of current data concerning the use of Dutch in the world and a characterization of Dutch in terms of the genetic classification of languages, including a brief history of the Dutch language with regard to the process of language standardization and developmental trends. Furthermore, the book introduces the selected linguistic disciplines (phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicology and lexicography, pragmalinguistics), mainly on the basis of examples of various linguistic phenomena from contemporary Dutch. The book also includes a discussion of Dutch in contact with other languages and the characteristics of different varieties of contemporary Dutch. The book also includes an overview of the history of non-Dutch studies, both in the Dutch language area and in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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No roof over your head. An Empirical Study of Homelessness in Olomouc

Bez střechy nad hlavou. Empirická studie bezdomovectví v Olomouci

Author(s): Tomáš Lebeda,Helena Kubátová,Pavel Šaradín / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: homeless; homelessness; public; opinions and attitudes; everyday life; socially vulnerable groups; sociological research; field research; cities

The book examines the phenomenon of homelessness in Olomouc from several perspectives. The first is the view of the majority Olomouc society on homelessness and its homeless community. It is based on the analysis of data from previously conducted sociological surveys. The second is the view of the academic community of Palacký University on homelessness in Olomouc, which is based on a representative survey within the university. The third and main one is the view from within the homeless community itself. Based on qualitative interviews, the book presents the inner workings of the Olomouc homeless community, seeking to understand its internal social relations and attitudes towards the majority. The aim of the book is to present and understand how the majority thinks about the homeless, how the homeless community actually functions and how it perceives its surroundings. Without such a deeper understanding, a solution to the homeless problem in the city of Olomouc is hardly possible.

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Current Dance Science Discourse: Turnovers in Contemporary Dance

Aktuální tanečněvědný diskurz: Obraty v současném tanci

Author(s): Jitka Pavlišová,Albina Feofilaktova,Barbora Liška / Language(s): Czech

Keywords: dance; dance history; choreography; performance (art)

This theoretically-analytical publication focuses on the theatrical dance and its transformations during the last decades. Through several individual studies, it targets especially the phenomenon of so-called turns (installative, ecological, posthuman and archival) which define the latest evolution of dance. The research relies on fundamental foreign theoretical concepts which had been absent in the Czech academical dance studies discourse so far. The authors of this publicatin thus aim at establishing and reflecting these concepts in the domestic environment as well.

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Dear All (III): Bohuslav Martinů´s Letters to his Family in Polička in 1934 and 1935

Dear All (III): Dopisy Bohuslava Martinů rodině v Poličce z let 1934 a 1935 / Bohuslav Martinů´s Letters to his Family in Polička in 1934 and 1935

Author(s): Jaromír Synek,Gabriela Všetičková / Language(s): English,Czech

Keywords: composers; musical life; partner and family relationships

The monograph is the third volume of Bohuslav Martinů's correspondence with his family in Polička. It comprises 56 items of correspondence from 1934 and 1935. Although one-sided, as only letters sent by the composer were preserved, the correspondence contains Martinů's unique and authentic remarks on both his personal and his professional life, in which he shared his news, intentions, and opinions both with his closest relatives and, through them, to a broader circle of friends in Polička and Czechoslovakia. The Czech version provides a true diplomatic transcription of Martinů's manuscript letters and includes facsimiles of the correspondence. Comprehensive annotations give historical context. The monograph includes a parallel English translation.

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Dear all II. Bohuslav Martinů´s letters to his family in Polička in 1932 and 1933

Drazí II. Dopisy Bohuslava Martinů rodině v Poličce z let 1932 a 1933. Dear all II. Bohuslav Martinů´s letters to his family in Polička in 1932 and 1933

Author(s): Jaromír Synek,Gabriela Všetičková / Language(s): English,Czech

Keywords: composers; musical life; partner and family relationships

The monograph is the second volume in a series that will encompass the correspondence of the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů with his family in Polička. This volume contains 56 items of correspondence (letters, post card) from the years 1932 and 1933. The correspondence is one-sided as only letters sent by Bohuslav Martinů to his mother and siblings were preserved. Even so, these documents are unique and authentic expressions, in which Martinů remarks on both his personal and his professional life - with the aim to share his news, intentions, and opinions firstly with his closest relatives but secondly also, through them, to a broader circle of his friends in Polička and Czechoslovakia. The Czech version provides an exact diplomatic transcription of Martinů's manuscript letters.

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The history of the near future

Dějiny blízké budoucnosti

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

Keywords: global problems; global environmental change; civilization; globalization; sustainable development; COVID-19; creative destruction; sustainable living; climate change; migration; ecological policies;

History of the Near Future is consisting of articles published in Lidové noviny newspaper in period 2015-2020, covering topics like environment, sustainable development, migration and other global challenges.The article collection explores various contemporary global issues and their potential future impacts. It discusses the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing the need for creative destruction rather than a return to old economic practices. The author highlights the importance of sustainable living and the limitations of traditional economic models that ignore environmental capital. The book addresses topics such as climate change, migration, poverty, and the misuse of natural resources. It also critiques specific projects like the Danube-Oder-Elbe canal, arguing for a shift towards more ecologically sound policies. The text underscores the interconnectedness of global challenges and the necessity for a holistic approach to future development. It calls for a reevaluation of societal values and priorities to ensure long-term sustainability and resilience.

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Czechs will never get lost in the world, even less in America. Medallions from the lives of Czech emigrants

Češi se ve světě neztratí, natož v Americe. Medailonky ze života českých vystěhovalců

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

Keywords: Czechs; celebrities; emigrants; culture and society; immigration; personalities; culture; United States;

In the book, the author presents a panorama of the fates of selected personalities whose roots are in the Czech lands and who achieved extraordinary success in the United States and whose activities significantly influenced the development and growth of the new homeland. It is a saga of ordinary and powerful people whose influence and importance often extended beyond the borders of the United States. However, a large number of the persons mentioned will certainly be completely unknown to the Czech readership, as their Czech origins were generally unknown. The book covers the entire period from the discovery of the New World to the beginning of the 21st century. The individual personalities were chosen solely according to the taste and interest of the author, and the selection was based on their importance, contribution and the interest of their lives, the only condition being that they were either born on Czech territory or were descendants of emigrants from Czech lands.

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Form and Functions in English Grammar

Form and Functions in English Grammar

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

Keywords: English language; morphology (linguistics); syntax

The monograph illustrates the language specific realization of plausibly universal principles of language structure. The study attempts to cover the most basic (regular) parts of English grammar as a whole consistently, within a single compatible framework, but at the same time to present empirically based arguments in favour of specific analyses. She utilizes as often as possible standard scientific argumentation leading to the most generally accepted and best supported analysis of the chosen phenomena. The study is intended for Czech academic audience and therefore it also contains several typologically relevant comparison of English and Czech structures.

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