Editorial

Vlastimil Chytrý

EduPort 2021, 5(2):i | DOI: 10.21062/edp.2021.007

SUPPORT MEASURES AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION AS A PART OF EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH THE SPECIAL NEEDS

Barbora Lanková, Michal Vostrý, Ladislav Zilcher, Tereza Landová

EduPort 2021, 5(2):1-8 | DOI: 10.21062/edp.2021.011  

Both planned and already implemented changes in legislation require even more complex competences while working with the pupils with support measures. It is required to work with the support measures and to be able to work with diverse methods or forms of tuition in a suitable manner for (if possible) all pupils. That is why it is imperative for all pedagogues to know, how to work effectively with these pupils and which methods and approaches to use during the education. Even though this problematic is not new, we can still meet pedagogues in praxis, who do not guide themselves in a correct manner while working with pupils with special needs....

COMMUNITY CIRCLE AS A TEACHING STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROSOCIAL DIALOGUE IN A FAMILY- TYPE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Michaela Pachelová

EduPort 2021, 5(2):9-18 | DOI: 10.21062/edp.2021.008  

Aims: The case exploratory study, the subject of which are the teaching strategies of four respondents, is focused on the analysis of the activity of the community circle supporting communicative skills at the 1st stage of a family-type primary school in the context of teaching prosociality. The prosociality program according to PROT is compared with the support of the acquisition of communicative skills. The aim of the case study was to characterize how the processes of communication development in the community circle are managed in the school in the teaching of ethical education based on the observations of the 4th and 5th grade and interviews with...

DEMAND FADING AS A TREATMENT FOR ESCAPE-MAINTAINED PROBLEM BEHAVIOR IN A CHILD WITH AUTISM

Karel Pančocha

EduPort 2021, 5(2):19-24 | DOI: 10.21062/edp.2021.009  

The article presents a research focused on problem behavior reduction in a child with autism spectrum disorder. Based on functional assessment, it was hypothesized that the target problem behavior primary function was to stop a demand or task in progress. We used a single subject experimental design to evaluate the effects of a demand fading procedure to reduce the occurrence of tantrums and self-injury during natural environment teaching sessions. The intervention included removal of all instructional demands and their gradual reintroduction based on a set criterion of low levels of problem behavior occurrence. The results show that withdrawing all...

SPECIAL KINDERGARTENS: DOES THE RISK OF BURNOUT DEPEND ON THE PROFESSION?

Zuzana Truhlářová, Jana Marie Havigerová, Tamara Pokorná

EduPort 2021, 5(2):25-34 | DOI: 10.21062/edp.2021.010  

The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of burnout syndrome and analyse professional contexts u professional workers of special kindergartens. Research tool: online survey in the range of  11 + 21 items, the first part of own construction, second part a standardized Burnout Measure questionnaire. Basic sample: there were 6 special kindergartens within Hradec Králové region in January 2021, the basic sample consisted of 51 professional workers. The questionnaire was filled by in a total of N=33 professional workers of special kindergarten schools (returned 64,7 %), special teachers Nsp = 18, teacher´s assistants Nap = 15, at the age of...

EFFECT OF OUTDOOR EDUCATION AND STAY IN NATURE ON PUPILS 'PHYSICAL AND PSYCHICAL HEALTH

Roman Kroufek, Karel Nepraš, Jan Musil, Ladislava Filipová

EduPort 2021, 5(2):35-49 | DOI: 10.21062/edp.2022.001  

Aims The aim of this review study is to present the current state of pedagogical and psychological research in the field of outdoor education of primary school pupils (ISCED 1 & ISCED 2). The study seeks answers to three basic questions: i) What are the common characteristics of published studies devoted to the benefits of outdoor education of primary school pupils? ii) What benefits of outdoor education are monitored in these studies? iii) What conclusions did these studies reach in the context of the observed benefits? Method To create a review study, a widely accepted Prisma 2020 model was used. The articles were searched in the Scopus and Web...