scholarly journals Dynamic assessment and its state of the art in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-214
Author(s):  
Miroslav Bielik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Dynamic Assessment ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Dynamic Test ◽  
Latent Learning ◽  
Learning Abilities ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Current Test

This review introduces dynamic assessment and its state of the art in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Mainstream static diagnostics focus on the current state of abilities. Current test performance can be misleading if an individual’s potential is not fully developed. It also does not provide information about the possibilities of effective intervention. The dynamic assessment focuses on the potential for further development. This text describes the essential characteristics of dynamic assessment and its types of use. Provided is a brief historical context of L. S. Vygotsky, who is, with R. Feuerstein, considered to be the founder of the field of dynamic assessment. The survey of the academic texts in the Czech and Slovak language is included. A substantial section introduces methods available in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: Feuerstein’s Learning Propensity Assessment Device (LPAD), Tzuriel’s methods, Lidz’s Application of Cognitive Functioning Scale (ACFS), Fabio’s Test of Intellectual Potential (TIP), and Džuka’s Dynamic Test of Latent Learning Abilities in 6-8-Year-Old Children (DTLUS 6-8). Dynamic assessment is an evolving and perspective field. Nevertheless, its potential is not entirely fulfilled, and it remains at the periphery of practice.

VALIDITY AND LEGAL EFFECT OF PUBLISHING LICENSE AGREEMENTS ACCORDING TO NEW CZECH LEGISLATION

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydie Tallova
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Private Law ◽  
License Agreement ◽  
Industrial Property ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Legal Norms

"This contribution focuses on the new legislation on the publishing license agreement in the Czech Republic. Given the legislative history and its importance in the copyright obligation area, this type of agreement occupies an essential position. The publishing license agreement is the oldest kind of license agreement. It dates back more than sixty years to earlier of the Czech legislation. Since 1953, it has been embedded in the the copyright law as a special subtype of copyright agreements. After the recent reform of the Czech private law, this legal body underwent a fundamental legislative change consisting of the transfer of this piece of legislation from the copyright law to the New Civil Code in order to unify the duality of the previous license agreement legislation formerly embedded in two legal norms of the Czech legal system. While the license provisions for literary, artistic and scientific works were contained in the copyright law provisions, the legal protection for industrial property objects, including corresponding license provisions, were subject to the commercial code. In connection with the private law reform, the New Civil Code came into effect on 1 January 2014 and its framework provided the lawmakers with a chance to unify the previously fragmented license agreement legislation into a single legal provision, while at the same time respecting the particularities of the license under copyright law. The unified license agreement legislation for commercial and civil relations in connection with the reform of local private law is newly defined in Sec. 2358 and 2389 of New Civil Code (Act No. 89/2012 Sb.), while the publishing license agreement provisions are defined in a special provision in Sec. 2384 and 2386 thereof. The new legislation has adopted the previous legislation from both special acts without any fundamental changes. However, minor changes are introduced to licensing law in the Czech Republic which are further specified in this paper. The issue under review is set in a theoretical framework and simultaneously depicted in a historical context. This paper presents the topic in its complexity by highlighting the overlap of the introduced changes in license agreement legislation with other provisions of the private law."

Lexikální strategie ve výuce němčiny jako druhého cizího jazyka po angličtině

2019 ◽  
pp. 51-74
Author(s):  
Barbora Kousalová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
The State ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Teaching Context ◽  
Vocabulary Learning Strategies

This paper describes the state of the art in the field of learning strategies with an emphasis on the foreign language teaching context. The contribution presents research from both the Czech Republic and abroad concerning the topic of vocabulary learning strategies in German as a second foreign language (L3) after English (L2).

scholarly journals Coppice-with-standards in floodplain forests – a new subject for nature protection

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (No. 7) ◽  
pp. 306-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Machar
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Forest Type ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Floodplain Forests ◽  
Nature Protection ◽  
Final State ◽  
Lowland Forest ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Natural Monument ◽  
Coppice With Standards

: At present, the coppice-with-standards system has become so rare in floodplain forests that it is considered a natural monument. In 1990, the coppice-with-standards system was not recorded in the territory of the Czech Republic. This state contradicts the increasing interest of nature protection organizations in the relict remainders of the coppice-with-standards system, which is to be considered the closest to naturally preserved lowland forest type, and is, therefore, recommended as the final state of the biocentres and biocorridors in today’s floodplain forests. The aim of this paper is to present the results of the inventory dealing with the present occurrence of the coppice-with-standards system in the floodplain forest of the Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area (PLA) in a historical context.

scholarly journals Role of Czech Republic in the Development of Belarus Civil Society

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 54-61
Author(s):  
Mikhail Vedernikov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Support For Democracy ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Integral Feature

The reaction of the Belarusian authorities to the August 2020 demonstrations, drew strong condemnation from the Czech Republic. The article analyzes the reasons for such close attention of the Czech officials to the Belarusian problems. The historical context of the Czech Republic’s support for the Belarusian opposition is outlined; revealed the human rights and value aspects of the foreign policy of Prague, where support for democracy and human rights is an integral feature of Czech diplomacy at its present stage of development. The author examines the «Program of Transformational Cooperation» of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He comes to the conclusion that the Belarusian direction has always been among the priorities and has not disappeared from the agenda. However, the stability of the Belarusian regime led to the fact that the Czechs began to contribute to the development of democracy in other countries, where its «implantation» was more real.

scholarly journals Czeska oral history w perspektywie globalnej. Podobieństwa i różnice

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 161-173
Author(s):  
Miroslav Vaněk
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Historical Interpretation ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
Communist Countries ◽  
First Time

The article aims to highlight the specific route of Czech oral history in comparison with developed countries, where oral history has been an age-old tradition. Czech oral history, same as oral history in other so called post-communist countries, did not experience that with oral history in 1960s and 1970s, oral history was totally unknown in the then Czechoslovakia (as well as in other countries of the so called socialist block). In the Czech Republic, oral history was used in the mid-1990s for the first time; but it took much more time before it stopped being ignored and criticized. Boom of oral history started in the end of 1990s, same like in South America or South Africa, and of course at the post-communist countries. An increased interest in oral history, however, also brings along some problems and risks related with this new trend. I will examine some cases of journalistic work which passes itself off as oral history and which is often ideologically motivated. Mastering the method and a good knowledge of the historical context are, in my opinion, essential requirements for a valid historical interpretation, and lack of these can be crucial.

2021 Gypsy Lore Society Annual Meeting and Conference on Romani Studies – Book of Abstracts

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Czech Academy ◽  
Society Annual ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Sociological Studies

Text of panels and abstracts accepted for the international conference of the Gypsy Lore Society held in Prague in 2021 (GLS Annual Meeting and Conference on Romani Studies 2021, 8.-10. 9. 2021 - https://gls2021.ff.cuni.cz/). Introducing the context of the organization of the conference in 2021 and Romani studies structures in the Czech Republic, the book features three studies presenting: currently documented effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Romani communities worldwide (Tatiana Zachar Podolinská); the historical context of the establishment of the Seminar of Romani Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in 1991 and its developments until today (Helena Sadílková, Pavel Kubaník); a summary of Romani studies research, publications and theses focused on the Roma at the Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Sociological Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University (Zdeněk Uherek). The book includes an index of names of all contributors of the conference – authors of individual papers and panel convenors.

The rise and fall of the Third Site of Ballistic Missile Defense

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nik Hynek ◽  
Vit Stritecky
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
International Security ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ballistic Missile ◽  
Missile Defense ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Third ◽  
Ballistic Missile Defense ◽  
The Cold War

The present article examines the tumultuous development in the issue of the Third Site (also known as the Third Pillar) of the US Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) that was planned to be hosted by the Czech Republic and Poland. The article analyzes the entire ‘life cycle’ of the project, from its formal proposal in 2007 by the former U.S. President George W. Bush to its cancellation in 2009 by the current U.S. President Barak Obama. Without any doubts, the Third Site of BMD put Poland and the Czech Republic at the centre of international security politics and as such allows one to see how the two post-communist countries acted and reacted to related international positions, expectations and challenges. A detailed analysis of this issue, nevertheless, does not exhaust aims of this article. Whether brief or detailed, any look at the coverage of the issue reveals that the Czech Republic and Poland have invariably been lumped together through the construction of the imagery of the New Europe as a homogeneous political bloc. It will be argued that such a view is flawed and needs refinement. In order to back the claim, the issue of the Third Site is put into a historical context, revealing that the differences between the Czech and Polish international-security preferences and expectations after the end of the Cold War have been quite stable – including the most recent development after the project has been shelved by the United States, and can thus be conceived of in dialectical terms.

Modification of train resistance formulae for container trains based on operational run-down tests

2017 ◽  
Vol 232 (6) ◽  
pp. 1588-1597 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Michálek
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Operational Experience ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Railway Network ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Central European ◽  
Railway Infrastructure

The method currently used for the estimation of train resistance based on specific train resistance has some shortcomings. This method is applied by various railway infrastructure managers, e.g. in the Czech Republic. In this article, first, the Czech formulae for the calculation of train resistance of freight trains are introduced and compared with selected foreign methods. Operational experience from recent years shows that the train resistance formulae used are too conservative and do not correspond to the state-of-the-art railway technology. Therefore, a modified approach for the estimation of train resistance is proposed in this paper. The modification is based on an analysis of run-down tests conducted with ordinary container trains currently operating on the Central European railway network. The contributing factors in the proposed train resistance formula are discussed.

scholarly journals Childcare for Children under Three Years of Age from Mothers’ Point of View within the International Context

Pedagogika ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucie Grůzová ◽  
Zora Syslová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Family Policy ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
International Context ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Depth Interviews

The present study brings a discussion on institutional care and education for children under three into the professional discourse. In the introduction, the authors introduce the historical context of care for children under the age of three in the Czech Republic and compare it with the situation elsewhere in the European Union. The core of the article was mothers’ viewpoint on facilities for children under three in the Czech Republic. A qualitative probe answers the question, “How do mothers perceive facilities for children under three years of age?” In-depth interviews revealed that the mothers who were addressed have a wide range of motives for deciding to place a child under three years of age in institutional care. Ultimately, however, they seek to satisfy the needs of their child. The situation of the sample that was monitored is in many respects comparable to foreign studies, even though the Czech situation regarding these services has specific features because of its historical development. Keywords: early childhood education, day care institutions in the Czech Republic, state family policy, mothers

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