MODIFICATION OF SYLLABI AT THE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC DURING ONLINE TEACHING CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC – QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY RESULTS

The article summarizes a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the results of a questionnaire survey that took place at the Faculty of Economics, Technical University of Liberec in May 2021. The exceptional situation that occurred during the coronavirus pandemic forced all academic personnel to transfer their teaching to online platforms. Obviously, such a shift caused changes not only in the nature of teaching and syllabi but also in communication with students as well as the relations between students and academic workers. The main goal of this research was to find out how—or whether—the teachers modified their syllabi, or course plans, and adapted them to teaching in the online environment, and to what extent. The questionnaire further examined the teachers’ views on online teaching, its negative and positive aspects, and the tools that the academic workers have used most or least in online teaching. The research results primarily map the current situation at the Faculty of Economics and bring a reflection concerning other possibilities that online teaching offers and, of course, concerning also its pitfalls.

HOW TO AVOID GETTING KILLED BY A STATUE: SOME LESSONS ON TEACHING AND LYING FROM NIETZSCHE'S THUS SPOKE ZARATHUSTRA

In Thus Spoke Zarathustra Nietzsche explores the nature of teaching and learning and concludes that a teacher can do more harm than good in a student's life if she allows her students to become her ‘disciples’. A disciple assigns too much authority to a teacher and thus loses the ability to think independently; this is what Zarathustra means when he warns his students, ‘Beware that you are not killed by a statue!’ In this article I argue that Zarathustra's solution to this problem is to undermine his own authority by performing several different variations of the Liar's Paradox in parts 2 and 3 of Thus Spoke Zarathustra.

The Effects of Massive Classes in the English Language Andragogy: A study at Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (CUVAS) Bahawalpur

The research investigates the impact of class size on English as second dialect andragogy in proper setup. The exploration was conducted at CUVAS Bahawalpur. For English language instructing, several BS classes are merged, which came about into an expansion in class size. It has impacted the nature of educating by virtue of a few issues looked at by instructors just as learners. A survey technique was applied to gather the information from 312 students (196 female and 116 male) on the educational, societal, and psychological factors that huge classes have on the English dialectal andragogy. Data were examined through SPSS. The findings of the study plainly show that enormous class sizes unfavorably affect the nature of teaching and learning. The study will be beneficial for teachers, students, and policymakers

Extracurricular activities – the determinant segment in strengthening key-competences

Extracurricular activities do not represent a segment of the curriculum domain, but involve purposes aimed at skills development promoted through educational programs, thus confirming the complementary nature of teaching activities carried out during direct contact hours. Education exceeds the limits of curricular requirements, the role of extracurricular activities becoming paramount in the personality formation who tends to knowledge, performance, result and progress.

Rethinking Teacher Education Policy in ICT: Lessons from Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) the during COVID-19 Pandemic Period in Korea

This paper examines ICT policy in education with a particular focus on teachers’ engagement in emergent remote teaching (ERT) during the initial COVID-19 school closure in South Korea. It involves a documentary analysis of newspaper articles on “starting school online” from the highest read daily newspapers published in South Korea, through which three issues regarding teachers and teaching are identified: teachers’ digital competency, teachers’ sense of professional identity, and the revalorisation of the teacher role. Discussion of the three issues points to the need to reflect on and rethink the government’s policies for ICT in education. This paper provides an overview of the ICT policies to show their overall inadequacy with respect to providing teachers with the necessary training and framework for technology-related professional development. It highlights the need to understand the changing nature of teaching and learning in a digital education environment and it suggests a possible redesign of the education and training provisions to teachers to support their professional competency in the digital age.

‘A carga mais pesada do mercado é a carga docente’: sobre (des)valorização, (des/re)conhecimento e (des)respeito a figura do professor em tempos de crise

A natureza do trabalho docente é, por si só, complexa e marcada por desafios que têm sido, nos últimos anos, objeto de reflexão das mais variadas abordagens epistemológicas no campo dos estudos educacionais. Na esteira dessas pesquisas, o presente estudo objetiva refletir sobre o papel do docente no contexto atual, apontando para sua excessiva sobrecarga horária de trabalho profissional e, ao mesmo tempo, sobre o enfrentamento às situações de desvalorização, falta de reconhecimento e desrespeito ao trabalho docente na sociedade. A costura das ideias apresentadas parte de um estudo bibliográfico e exploratório de natureza qualitativa, construído à luz de Althusser (1985), Arroyo (2000), Bastos (2009), Bourdieu (2004), Candau (2014), Chizzotti; Almeida (2019), Diniz-Pereira (2011), Enguita (1991), Gasparini, Barreto e Assunção (2005), Libâneo (2018), Nóvoa (1995, 2009, 2017), Pimenta (2009), Tardif e Lessard (2005), entre outros. Em alusão metafórica à música ‘A carne’, imortalizada na voz de Elza Soares, com o verso ‘a carne mais barata do mercado é a carne negra’ em que o trabalho docente é associado como sendo o ‘mais pesado do mercado’, pelo excesso de demandas e o pouco reconhecimento e valorização. Semelhante a um efeito dominó, o modo como a figura do professor vem sendo tratada em seu percurso de inserção na cultura escolar e educacional brasileira; desencadeia uma série de questões, como: i) a desvalorização de seu trabalho; ii) a sobrecarga de atribuições a ele destinadas; iii) os problemas de saúde; iv) uma crise de identidade. Um possível caminho ao enfrentamento e à superação dessa crise é a reestruturação do imaginário social sobre o trabalho docente, a fim de reconquistar sua sobrevivência cultural e profissional; e, com isso, tornar mais leve ‘a carga docente’ no atual mercado de trabalho.Palavras-chave: Trabalho docente. Desvalorização. Sobrecarga de atividades. Saúde do profissional da educação. Identidade profissional.'The heaviest load on the market is the teaching load': about (un) valuing, (un / re) knowledge and (un) respecting the figure of the teacher in times of crisis ABSTRACTThe nature of teaching work is, in itself, complex and marked by challenges that have been, in recent years, the object of reflection of the most varied epistemological approaches in the field of educational studies. In the wake of these researches, the present study aims to reflect on the role of the teacher in the current context, pointing to his excessive overload of professional work and, at the same time, on coping with situations of devaluation, lack of recognition and disrespect for teaching work. in society. The sewing of the presented ideas starts from a bibliographical and exploratory study of qualitative nature, built in the light of Althusser (1985), Arroyo (2000), Bastos (2009), Bourdieu (2004), Candau (2014), Chizzotti; Almeida (2019), Diniz-Pereira (2011), Enguita (1991), Gasparini, Barreto e Assunção (2005), Libâneo (2018), Nóvoa (1995, 2009, 2017), Pimenta (2009), Tardif e Lessard (2005), among others. In a metaphorical allusion to the song 'A carne', immortalized in the voice of Elza Soares, with the verse 'the cheapest meat on the market is black meat', in which teaching work is associated with being the 'heaviest on the market', excessive demands and little recognition and appreciation. Similar to a domino effect, the way the figure of the teacher has been treated in his path of insertion in the Brazilian school and educational culture; triggers a series of issues, such as: i) the devaluation of their work; ii) the overload of duties assigned to him; iii) health problems; iv) an identity crisis. A possible way to face and overcome this crisis is to restructure the social imaginary about teaching work, in order to regain its cultural and professional survival; and, with that, make 'the teaching load' lighter in the current job market.Keywords: Teaching work. Devaluation. Overload of activities. Health of the education professional. Professional identity'La carga más pesada en el mercado es la carga de enseñanza': sobre (des) valoración, (des / re) conocimiento y (des) respeto a la figura del maestro en tiempos de crisis.RESUMENLa naturaleza del trabajo docente es, en sí misma, compleja y marcada por desafíos que han sido, en los últimos años, el objeto de reflexión de los más diversos enfoques epistemológicos en el campo de los estudios educativos. A raíz de estas investigaciones, el presente estudio tiene como objetivo reflexionar sobre el papel del profesor en el contexto actual, señalando su sobrecarga excesiva de trabajo profesional y, al mismo tiempo, sobre cómo hacer frente a situaciones de devaluación, falta de reconocimiento y falta de respeto por el trabajo docente. en la sociedad La costura de las ideas presentadas parte de un estudio bibliográfico y exploratorio de naturaleza cualitativa, construido a la luz de Althusser (1985), Arroyo (2000), Bastos (2009), Bourdieu (2004), Candau (2014), Chizzotti; Almeida (2019), Diniz-Pereira (2011), Enguita (1991), Gasparini, Barreto e Assunção (2005), Libâneo (2018), Nóvoa (1995, 2009, 2017), Pimenta (2009), Tardif e Lessard (2005), entre otros. En una alusión metafórica a la canción 'A carne', inmortalizada en la voz de Elza Soares, con el verso 'la carne más barata del mercado es la carne negra', en la que el trabajo docente se asocia con ser el 'más pesado del mercado', demandas excesivas y poco reconocimiento y apreciación. Similar a un efecto dominó, la forma en que la figura del maestro ha sido tratada en su camino de inserción en la cultura escolar y educativa brasileña; desencadena una serie de problemas, tales como: i) la devaluación de su trabajo; ii) la sobrecarga de deberes asignados a él; iii) problemas de salud; iv) una crisis de identidad. Una posible forma de enfrentar y superar esta crisis es reestructurar el imaginario social sobre el trabajo docente, para recuperar su supervivencia cultural y profesional; y, con eso, hacer "la carga docente" más ligera en el mercado laboral actual.Palabras clave: Trabajo docente. Devaluación Sobrecarga de actividades. Salud del profesional de la educación. Identidad profesional.

Extra-linguistic factors and intra-lingual specific features of teaching Russian as a foreign language in groups of students from Laos

This article studies extra-linguistic and intra-lingual factors affecting the effectiveness of teaching Russian to cadets from Laos. The study analyzes the cultural typology of R. Lewis in relation to the extra-linguistic specific nature of teaching Russian as a foreign language.

Transforming Instructional Practice: Two Case Studies of Inquiry-based learning

A comparison of case studies of two elementary schools in the United States, in two different Library Power project sites, reveals that the implementation of a new instructional approach such as inquiry-based learning is a complex and multifaceted endeavour. Provision of enhanced collections, improved facilities, full time librarians, flexible scheduling, and professional support was not sufficient for the transformation of instructional practice. Although the two schools appeared to have benefited from similar improvements in resources, only one of the schools demonstrated the transformation in instructional practice that is essential to improved student learning. The roots of this difference appeared to lie in the beliefs held by educators in the two schools about the nature of children, the nature of learning, and the nature of teaching.

Exploring the Nature of Teaching for Transfer in EAP: A Case Study

This qualitative case study explored the nature of teaching for transfer of one EAP writing teacher who taught an undergraduate-level academic writing course in the US. The findings of this study revealed that the teacher believed in the importance of teaching for transfer and addressed various dimensions of transfer, such as (a) transfer between reading and writing, (b) transfer across major writing tasks, and (c) transfer beyond a course. However, in terms of actual instructional practices, the teacher was not yet fully prepared to handle the various dimensions of transfer in an effective way. Implications for EAP writing teachers are discussed.