Journal of Technology and Information Education, 2024 (vol. 16), issue 1
PUPILS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE SUBJECT OF TECHNOLOGY AS A FACTOR INFLUENCING THE CHOICE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL
Danka LUKÁČOVÁ, Gabriel BÁNESZ, Adriana ©TETKOVÁ
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2024, 16(1):1-16 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2024.006 
The present work is aimed at finding out the attitude of 15-year-old pupils towards the subject of Technology and their general attitude towards technical education. In the research, we focused on finding the difference in the attitudes of the pupils towards the subject of Technology in relation to their choice of secondary school or the gender of the pupil. In the research, we used a questionnaire for pupils. The questionnaire is a translation of the 'Pre-inspection survey: pupils (secondary)', recommended to schools by the Welsh Inspectorate. We subjected the data collected to quantitative and qualitative analysis. The Mann-Whitney U-test was used...
THE MINECRAFT EDUCATION - A GAME-BASED PLATFORM AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN GEOLOGY EDUCATION AT LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL (ISCED 2)
Pavel BOKR, Tereza JEDLIČKOVÁ, Vasilis TEODORIDIS
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2024, 16(1):17-50 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2024.004
The aim of the study is to identify mistakes and deviations from natural geological conditions in the standard gaming world of Minecraft Education and to create a geologically realistic model of gaming world within this game. Subsequently, to design a lesson that, through Minecraft, focuses on simulating geological exploration and the work of a geologist, emphasizing the societal importance of geology as an applied science. The proposed lesson was practically verified and assessed through a questionnaire survey involving 51 pupils from two 9th-grade classes at Králův Dvůr Elementary School. Feedback was obtained from the pupils. From the survey results,...
USE OF M-LEARNING IN A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH FOCUSING ON BYOD STRATEGY
Alois GLAZER, Lenka BENEDIKTOVÁ
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2024, 16(1):51-72 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2024.003
Almost every one of us owns a mobile touch device (smartphone or tablet) these days, and children of school age are no exception. In this article we focus on how the BYOD strategy (bring your own device) can be used during lessons in elementary schools. In order to find out how these smart devices are really used in classes, we not only conducted a questionnaire and half-structured interviews, but we also visited several classes personally. From the results of research of available source materials and from the results of our own research, we gathered enough information which helped us come up with 5 suggestions on how to use children's own devices...
SCRATCH SOFTWARE EXTENSION FOR THE LEGO MINDSTORMS ROBOTIC LEARNING TOOL
Patrik KLOFÁČ, Matěj PELIKÁN
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2024, 16(1):73-84 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2024.005
The paper deals with the testing of the extension of the online block programming environment Scratch for Lego Mindstorms EV3 on tasks from the textbook Robotics with Lego Mindstorms for the 2nd grade of primary school created within the PRIM project (Support for the development of computational thinking). The textbook was written for software that is no longer used today. For these reasons, we decided to check whether all these tasks can be programmed in the block programming language Scratch and to present a few selected ones to the reader. We point out the facts how compatible the Scratch extension is with the building block, which commands work...
PREPARING FUTURE PRACTICAL TEACHERS TO SOLVE TEACHING PROBLEM SITUATIONS USING THE SIMULATION METHOD AND MICRO TEACHING
Pavel PECINA, Jan VÁLEK, Kateřina ©MEJKALOVÁ
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2024, 16(1):85-97 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2024.007
The need for quality training of future teachers of practical teaching in the conditions of digital education requires the use of diverse methods of higher education. The contribution is focused on aspects of the use of the simulation method of teaching and micro-teaching within the didactics of professional subjects at the Faculty of Education of the MU in Brno. The results of solving the topic are one of the outputs of the project "Problem situations in teaching at secondary schools". The project was carried out at the Faculty of Education of the MU in Brno in the period 07/01/2023-06/30/2024. The aim of the contribution is to evaluate the possibilities...