Journal of Technology and Information Education, 2021 (vol. 13), issue 1
Theoretical articles
The role of information literacy in secondary education: a transformative element of society
Michal ČERNÝ
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2021, 13(1):64-81 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2021.009 
The overview study works with 19 papers from the Scopus database, which deal with information literacy in secondary schools. It aims to analyse the essential topics and problems that arise in this area and formulate specific recommendations for educational practice. The importance of information literacy for the university's transition to and success was clear from the analysed papers. Information literacy can thus be understood as an influential element in preventing academic failure. At the same time, however, it has a broader social dimension.
IMPACTS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON DEVELOPING QUALITY OF TEACHING
Avan Aziz
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2021, 13(1):92-102 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2021.010
Information and communication technology (ICT) brings about magnificent improvement in the field of education. It also provides opportunities for innovations in the process of teaching and learning for the sake of achieving the desired learning in students. The approaches of teaching mainly transformed from the teacher-centred class into the student-centred one, with students actively engaging in learning. The teachers who use ICT are expected to effectively employ it in teaching and learning processes to improve not only the students' learning performance but also their own teaching proficiency. First, this study aims at demonstrating the effects...
VIRTUAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Čestmír SERAFÍN
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2021, 13(1):103-115 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2021.011
The presented paper provides an overview of the possibilities of implementing laboratory teaching in the field of electrical engineering and electronics using an online environment of applications that are freely available to users. The teaching of electrical and electronic subjects are based on the acquisition of basic theoretical and practical knowledge and skills, which pupils or students verify on specific examples and especially in practical laboratory tasks. However, thanks to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, these activities have necessitated a relatively fundamental overhaul, not so much in its theoretical basis focused on the practical side,...
PREVALENCE OF ACADEMIC CHEATING IN THE UNIVERSITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC-CAUSED SHIFT TOWARDS ONLINE LEARNING
Jarmila HONZÍKOVÁ, Daniel AICHINGER, Jan KROTKÝ, Ján BAJTOŠ
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2021, 13(1):135-149 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2021.014
Restrictions applied by the government in order to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus claimed a forced transfer to distance learning in a wide range of school levels, including universities preparing future teachers. The research is focused on school cheating during online testing of future teachers - students of Teacher Training for Kindergartens and Teacher Training for Primary Schools. The questionnaire survey examined a relatively narrow range of possibilities how to cheat - the use of the so-called crib or cheat sheet, also in its electronic form. The aim of the research was to compare the possibilities and approaches to cheating by students...
Research articles
STATUT QUO TECHNICAL EDUCATION BY COMPUTER - CONTROLLED MACHINES AT PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Pavel MOC
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2021, 13(1):1-22 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2021.002
The aim of the work is to research the attitudes of students to technical education and their influence by teaching focused on computer-controlled machines (e.g. milling machines, engravers, 3D printers). The prerequisite for the research is the creation of a research study, which will secure an overview of the researched issues at the present moment. The study itself first focuses on defining keywords, both in Czech and in English. Next, appropriate sources are sought and divided into domestic and foreign. The result is an analysis of each source with a short summary of the source. Finally, all sources are summarized in the final report, which points...
AN ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEXTBOOKS FOR 3RD GRADE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL IN SLOVAKIA
Ivana ROCHOVSKÁ, Zlatica HUĽOVÁ
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2021, 13(1):23-40 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2021.006
In the article the three didactic tools (the two textbooks and a workbook) for Technical Education for 3rd grade of Primary school are analysed. The analysis is focused on the various aspects. They were analysed and evaluated from the viewpoint of the extent, content, structural elements, didactic equipment, learning tasks, and illustrations. The Mistrík's measure of the comprehensibility of the text was applied. The research results show that researched textbooks and the workbook were characterized by the variability in each aspect. The authors of the research propose to enrich the current offer of the textbooks. The new textbook would combine the...
BEHAVING OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS DURING SOLVING THE TASKS WITH A ROBOTIC KIT
Jan BAŤKO, Filip FRANK, Lucie ROHLÍKOVÁ
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2021, 13(1):41-63 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2021.007
The aim of our research was to find out how primary school pupils behave during solving the tasks in educational robotics. These tasks include the elements of abstraction which difficulty during the solving increases. A specific set of fifteen tasks, focused on the movement of a mobile robot in space, was created. The testing was done in two classes in the sixth year of primary school. In this article there is only a part of the results gained with direct observation and analysis of video records presented. The process of pupil adaptation on working in programming environment LEGO Mindstorms EV3 without prior knowledge of programming including gender...
TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TECHNICAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND METHODS IN REMOTE LEARNING
Zlatica HUĽOVÁ, Mária KOŽUCHOVÁ
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2021, 13(1):82-91 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2021.008
The technical education at all school levels is currently a very topical issue that is being widely discussed by professionals. It is necessary and imperative to improve the technical literacy of pupils to better prepare them for life in the new societal context. The change and development of technical thinking and skills also require fundamental changes in the pedagogical and psychological approaches in the training of the young generation. The aim of this paper is to present a part of a longitudinal research that studies the technical skills of pupils at the primary school level, the changes in the application of educational methods and strategies...
Metodology of quantitative research application in context of branch didactics
Csilla SAFRANKO, Alena HAŠKOVÁ
Journal of Technology and Information Education 2021, 13(1):116-134 | DOI: 10.5507/jtie.2021.012
The article presents an overview study of the methodology of quantitative research focusing on the research methods most often used in the field of branch/subject didactics. The authors approach to this issue is based on a conceptual analysis of the interconnection branch didactics with general didactics, and on the conceptual analysis of the branch didactics historical development. In this context, the authors' key attention is paid to methodology of descriptive, correlation and causal-comparative research.