Journal of Technology and Information Education, 2020 (vol. 12), issue 1
Theoretical articles
DIVERSIFICATION OF STUDENTS BY SUCCESS PREDICTORS IN INFORMATION SCIENCE ORIENTED SPOC COURSES
Michal MRÁZEK, Jaromír BASLER
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2020, 12(1):5-18 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2020.007 
The present paper describes the results of a research study performed in the context of implementation of SPOC courses in Basics of programming and Information technology and information science as part of university training of future teachers of technical and informatics subjects. The aim of the research was to determine which groups of students could be identified by success predictors in the SPOC course. The design of the research was based on quantitative data collection and assessment methods. The survey was performed by means of a questionnaire designed by the authors and involving 44 respondents. The data obtained were analysed using multidimensional...
TECHNICAL LITERACY OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS, STATUS AND PERSONALITY OF TECHNICAL SUBJECTS TEACHER
Patrik JANÍČEK, Jana DEPE©OVÁ
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2020, 12(1):19-26 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2020.006
The current company is characterized by the use of modern technologies, informatics and upcoming robotics and automation. As a result, technology has spread to all areas of human life and work. It is desirable for the pupil to have technical education, to use the acquired knowledge in the field of machine operation, material processing, physical and chemical properties of individual types of material. Modern technical time requires active computer work. Teaching the subject of technology at elementary school is provided by a knowledgeable teacher with technical education
SUSTAINABILITY OF PROJECT RESULTS WORKSHOPS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CONDITIONS IN SLOVAKIA
Eva FELIXOVÁ, Gabriel BÁNESZ
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2020, 12(1):38-43 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2020.008
The national projects Workshop 1 and Workshop 2 were supposed to support polytechnical education at elementary schools in the Slovak Republic using the supplied material equipment. The aim of the paper is to analyze teaching aids that were distributed to selected elementary schools in terms of their application within the innovative state educational program. The paper presents how the given teaching aids can be applied in individual thematic units and how they meet the criteria set by the state educational program
HOW DOES IT WORK? SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL THINKING OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS
Anna ©MERINGAIOVÁ
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2020, 12(1):61-68 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2020.004
The article is devoted to the development of technical literate society of the 21st century in the context of securing a professionally skilled workforce in promising areas of industry. It is necessary to lay the foundations of technical literacy at pre-school age and to continue throughout all life. In building a relationship to technology, it is necessary to encourage the internal motivation of children, which is based on natural curiosity and the need to know. In addition to teaching technology at primary and secondary levels of primary school, a number of secondary technical and technical colleges, state institutions and the media have an important...
Research articles
EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVITY OF POSTERS IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS
Pavel DOSTÁL
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2020, 12(1):27-37 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2020.010
Posters are traditional teaching aids and have been used in technical education for many years. But do they really have the expected educational effect? Do they still contribute to raising the knowledge level of children, whose perception is determined by digital technologies? The paper presents the results of a quantitative research on the educational effectiveness of posters with technical content, where the sample was represented by approximately 500 pupils of older school age. The main research method was a natural pedagogical experiment, where the application of created posters corresponded to the independent variable and the level of knowledge...
WHO IS DIGITALLY COMPETENT PERSON? EMPIRICAL STUDY PRODUCT STUDY (predominantly) FACULTY OF MASARYK UNIVERSITY
Michal ČERNÝ
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2020, 12(1):44-60 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2020.009
The study aims to describe, based on 92 statements of Masaryk University students, how they imagine a digitally competent person and what their grasp of the concept of competence is. The students included in the research were graduates of courses focusing on the development of digital competences according to the DigComp 2.1 European framework. They are therefore not randomly selected students, but those who have already encountered a digital competence structure and have experience, both practical and theoretical. The research analyzes the conclusions of the questionnaire in both quantitative and qualitative form. It uses coding. The result is a definition...
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS IN THE SUBJECT TECHNIQUE
Jana BILČÍKOVÁ, Ivana TUREKOVÁ, Alexander BILČÍK
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2020, 12(1):69-80 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2020.005
The environmental education is a cross-cutting theme that can be implemented into every educational subject. The aim of the paper was to find out from 123 pupils of the first year of SO©E in Trnava in the school year 2019/2020 the experience with the completed lessons of Technique at their primary school and the environmental topics they met there. The authors also examined the opinions of pupils from the completed Technique lessons at elementary school about working with implements, tools and machines, about developing their creativity by designing and producing/ manufacturing their own products. A questionnaire survey was carried out. A question...