Alicja Leix

• Doctor of Psychology
• freelancer + National Pedagogical Institute of the Czech republic

Multicultural education tends to be automatically associated with pupils but in practice it places demands on all those involved in the teaching process. Of these the most predominant role is allocated to the teacher who mediates multicultural competence. Pupil attitudes towards foreigners and cultural diversity are not only influenced by multicult...

The text deals with the question of the influence of international exchange programmes on reducing ethnic prejudices in their participants. Apart from a brief introduction into the issue of reducing prejudice, it comprises 392 free responses of Czech respondents, predominantly students, who have filled out an online survey as part of the project In...

rodinné právo; rodinné konflikty; rodičovská odpovědnost; péče o děti; občanské soudní řízení; soudci; advokáti; mediátoři; sociální pracovnici; názory praktiků - výsledky pilotního šetření

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Předkládaná studie se zabývá tématem self-efficacy učitelů českých základních škol v práci s dětmi-cizinci a faktory, které ji ovlivňují. Odpověď na výzkumnou otázku, jaká je self-efficacy učitelů v této oblasti, jsme získávaly pomocí analýzy polostrukturovaných rozhovorů s učiteli s různě velkou zkušeností s výukou dětí-cizinců. Výpovědi učitelů j...

Cílem článku je zamyšlení nad postoji, jaké nyní mají Češi vůči Polákům. Pro tento účel se autoři zaměřili na vybrané aktuální události vztahující se ke třem složkám pojmu, který nás zajímá: kognitivní, emočně-evaluační a behaviorální. Pokud jde o první rozměr, předmětem analýzy byl názor osob, které se zajímají o „česko-polské záležitosti”, a to n...

The paper deals with Czech teachers’ experiences of teaching immigrant children in Czech schools at the primary and lower secondary level. Upon introducing the theoretical context the paper presents the results of empirical research based on semi-structured interviews with teachers. The survey demonstrates teachers’ attitudes to the current state o...

The publication presents selected topics from the field of approaches to education of children with special educational needs at kindergartens. The first chapter deals with the theoretical definition of the support system for children with special educational needs. The authors clarify basic forms of education of children with special educational n...

The book " Czech and their neighbors: Intergroup attitudes and contact in Central Europe " introduces outcomes of a long-term research project dealing with intergroup relations between five Central European countries – the Czech Republic , Austria, Germany, Poland, and Slovakia. The monograph is divided into six chapters covering various aspects of...

In recent times a significant increase of popularity of teaching English as a foreign language in kindergartens is observed. However, it may be surrounded by many doubts, the main reasons being the great demand for this type of activity from parents, and at the same time the lack of specific, clear guidelines governing the teaching of English, whic...

In this article we present a qualitative analysis of empirical findings from an international project on intergroup attitudes and contact in five Central European countries specifically concerning language use. The project concentrated on the interplay of intergroup contact and perception between the members of national groups in the borderlands be...

The text is engaged in the whole spectrum of literal as well as transferred meanings of different forms of „kinship“, declared in the descriptions of Czech-Polish and Czech-Slovak contacts. The respondents´ statements are from a research project oriented towards relationships between Czechs and their neighbours. The authors apply qualitative conten...

Czechs are currently the most favorite nation in Poland. It has not always been like this. The article starts with a brief historical introduction of the most important facts which used to influence Czech-Polish relationships, including the role of their neighbours – Slovakia, Germany, Russia and Hungary. The biggest attention is devoted to the cur...

Transcribing records is a part of the most of qualitative researches or researches combining qualitative and quantitative methods and occurs in a wide range of social inquires where there is a need to analyze and quote human speech (psychology, sociology, etnomethodology, pedagogy). As a part of the stage of collecting and preparing data, it shapes...