Karla Brucknerova

• Ph.D.
• Professor (Associate) at Masaryk University

This study investigated how goal setting and goal orientation are related to student learning behavior and engagement in an online learning environment, and how learning behavior, goal setting, and goal orientation are related to student satisfaction with the course they are studying. A total of 882 students from 76 different courses participated i...

The paper aims to answer how peer learning among Czech students studying in combined educational programmes at public tertiary education prevents dropout. The analysis covers 28 narrative biographies, 94 written narratives, and six focus groups. Results show that involved part-time students perceive their peer learning as a crucial element of their...

The study aims to address the question of how intergenerational learning (IGL) amongteachers takes place in various educational leadership contexts. We present an answerbased on three case studies of schools with different approaches to educational leadership,each employing various support measures.We describe IGL within these three settings. We sh...

The book presents peer learning among part-time students as an essential part of their higher education experience. It summarizes the research that indicates that students' achievement, well-being, and study engagement are related to peer learning. Possibilities for supporting peer learning are discussed. Qualitative research of peer learning among...

This publication is devoted to the topic of non-traditional students in tertiary education. The key criteria for our definition of this group are age and a break in the formal educational trajectory after high school. From among all the non-traditional students in Czech higher education, we selected those who chose university studies in study progr...

The aim of this study is to describe the influence that principals have on the hidden curriculum of induction (HCI). Our findings are based on a comparison of two case studies undertaken in primary schools in the Czech Republic, whose principals have different approaches to leadership and the management of induction. The data analysis leads to the...

The objective of this paper is to show the way in which trust within a teaching staff translates into mutual learning among teachers. Using a qualitative investigation of two purposively selected schools representing a high and a low level of trust within the teaching staff, we illustrate that trust is a multi-layered phenomenon which in the contex...

V clanku se autoři snaži přispět k rozvoji celistveho pohledu na tema informalniho mezigeneracniho uceni mezi uciteli v ucitelských sborech. Mnohe studie poukazuji na to, že boom zajmu o generacni temata prokazal „generacnost“ jako relevantni tema pro pracovni prostředi, avsak stale chybi hlubsi analýzy. V textu jsou představeny výsledky analýzy da...

This article interprets data from qualitative research into intergenerational learning (IGL) among teachers at Czech primary and secondary schools. The objective of the text is to answer the question: ʻWhat are teachers of different generations learning from one another in schools and in what ways does this learning take place?’ Drawing on a framew...

V článku se autoři snaží přispět k rozvoji celistvého pohledu na téma informálního mezigeneračního učení mezi učiteli v učitelských sborech. Mnohé studie poukazují na to, že boom zájmu o generační témata prokázal " generačnost " jako relevantní téma pro pracovní prostředí, avšak stále chybí hlubší analýzy. V textu jsou představeny výsledky analýzy...

Intergenerationality is one of the most natural aspects of learning, which stays with us for more or less all of our lives, in a variety of life situations, in a variety of environments, and in a variety of activities. The significant age difference between the learner and the person teaching feels natural. The general assumption is that this very...

This article firstly discusses possible approaches to the creation of typology of intergenerational learning and further it introduces concrete typology of intergenerational learning originating from the qualitative research amongst the teachers of primary and secondary schools. Data from 22 interviews were analysed on three levels and developing t...

The chapter aims to give an overview of the development and state of the didactics of the expressive disciplines and discuss the prospects for their future. We provide summaries of the development in the particular disciplines in Czech Republic and internationally and also we reflect current issues of didactics of literature education, art educatio...

The paper draws on the theory of learning by Knut Illeris to interpret data from qualitative research in intergenerational learning at Czech primary and lower secondary schools. It is focused on describing the forms of interaction through which intergenerational learning among teachers takes place, i.e., perception, transmission, experience, imitat...

Kniha Skici ze současné estetické výchovy je koncipována jako imaginární náčrtník, který se snaží postihnout současnou estetickou výchovu z pěti různých úhlů. První skica je věnována pojmu estetická výchova, druhá skica načrtává čtyři významné teoretické přístupy k estetické výchově a třetí se věnuje metodologii výzkumného šetření. Čtvrtá, nejrozsá...