Martin Bílek

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• Doctor of Education
• Professor (Full) at Charles University in Prague

Článek se zaměřuje na gramotnost žáků v oblasti ochrany zdraví a bezpeč-nosti jakožto integrální součásti vzdělávacích cílů v primárním vzdělávání. Respon-denty výzkumu byli žáci 1., 3. a 5. ročníků ZŠ (N = 387). Cílem bylo zachytit a analyzo-vat jejich schopnost identiβikovat rizika a určit jejich podstatu ve čtyřech vybraných prostředích (hřiště,...

Current trends in organic synthesis as well as in chemistry education highlight the principles of Green chemistry and call for new synthetic procedures that conform to the actual ecological and economic requirements according to the Green deal and other global challenges. This includes, for instance, replacement of aggressive and toxic reagents, op...

School-community projects have become essential components of educational systems worldwide, aiming to engage students and local communities in collaborative initiatives. This article explores the implementation of school community projects, focusing on sustainability themes, by addressing two research questions: RQ1 examines the current knowledge...

Contemporary secondary science education is characterised by a greater inclination towards the constructivist paradigm of education and the development of inquiry-oriented teaching. The basic principle of this paradigm is the dynamic modification of preconceptions towards the desired level given by the school curriculum. This places particular impo...

The book Approaches to the Integration of Educational Content from the Perspective of Curriculum, Didactics, and Teacher Education answers questions related to implementing content-integrated approaches in school practice. Initially, the book presents a conceptual framework outlining the essence of these approaches and the key associated concepts....

Although teachers' opinions on implementing integrated thematic education in schools (its incorporation into traditional teaching) and designi ng school curricula based on cross-curricular relations are different, its application in the educational process undoubtedly brings various benefits. The authors deal with the possibilities of integrating S...

Considering the importance of the use of experiment as a source of knowledge in chemistry and its teaching, it is necessary to pay attention to the risks of its implementation. The text presents the procedures and results of a risk assessment of 101 selected school chemical experiments that are used in lower secondary school practice, including the...

Considering the importance of the use of experiment as a source of knowledge in chemistry and its teaching, it is necessary to pay attention to the risks of its implementation. The text presents the procedures and results of a risk assessment of 101 selected school chemical experiments that are used in lower secondary school practice, including the...

This study investigates the influence of the shift back to offline education on students’ behavior and performance on e-learning platforms. Focusing on Uzdevumi.lv (Latvia) and Miyklas.com.ua (Ukraine), the analysis compares this period with the COVID-19 pandemic, considering changes in Class 8 to 9 students’ engagement and proficiency in chemistry...

Hands-on dissections of animals are traditionally regarded as an essential part of biology education. Nowadays, regardless of the reported educational benefits, there is a gradual change in the concept and acceptance of hands-on dissection, leading in many cases to its abandonment in schools and its replacement with alternatives such as 3D models,...

Chemistry experiments have been an issue of vivid discussion for more than fifty years now. Though there are many who hold a stand-offish position, there is a general notion chemistry experiments inherently belong to chemistry instruction. In this study, attention was given first to the frequency that Czech teachers at both lower and upper-secondar...

The synthesis of amides belongs to traditional experimental tasks not only in organic chemistry exercises at universities but also at chemically focused secondary schools or in special practices at general high schools. An example of such a synthesis may be the preparation of acetanilide via reaction of aniline with acetic acid or acetic anhydride....

In this research, a model to determine chemistry teachers’ acceptance of educational software in secondary education is proposed. The model extends the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model. Data were collected from 556 Czech chemistry teachers and analysed using structural equation modelling. With respect to the signific...

The world faces several crises in the last years. There have been more active conflicts presently than at any time since 1945. More than 82 million refugees must live away from their homes. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human life worldwide and caused economic and social disruption, whose further consequences related to human...

Higher injury rates among children is a significant post-COVID-19 phenomenon. This paper focuses on injury frequency in pre-school, as well as in younger school-age children, and maps the approaches used by families to prevent injuries and ensure child safety in the Czech Republic. The aim of the survey was to determine what types of serious injuri...

Similar to the existing body of the literature, the story of out-of-school learning has a broad emphasis in Turkey. Many of the studies conducted in Turkey in the field of out-of-school learning used more than one out-of-school environment at the same time. The most preferred out-of-school learning environment was science centers. The second most s...

A book chapter about Out-of-school learning in Czechia first introduces the concept from the national perspective. Second, its implementation in the national education's point of view is described.

The chapter presents an example of an out-of-school activity designed around an alchemy museum. The theme offers strong interactions with modern science especially chemistry.

This eBook is a precious asset for presenting international comparative literature in out-of-school learning. It provides an example of out-of-school learning activities in various countries and presents various practices. These are good practice exemplars for implementing and structuring out-of-school learning.

A literature review about out-of-school learning from international perspective and in years.

The contribution presents results of an analysis focused on current state of pedagogical practice in the field of safe chemistry experimental activities in Czechia. The analysis targeted both students’ and teachers’ experimental activities in schools focusing on valid legislation and the actual observance of safety requirements. A questionnaire was...

School experiments represent a necessary means of subject-matter presentation in chemistry education and are important for chemical (scientific) thinking. Despite being a focus of several texts, a complex view on the experimental activity in chemistry education in Czechia is missing. The results of a questionnaire survey among 466 lower-secondary,...

The reflection describes the current situation in chemistry teacher’s pre-gradual education at Faculty of Education Charles University. The process of creation of new structure, range and content are analysed and discussed. As starting point, we present new standards for teachers’ education developed in the last time in Czech Republic and at Charle...

The course Chemistry as part of society through centuries was offered as an elective course to students future teachers at Faculty of Education Charles University in Prague. It was special challenge for them because the course was organized in English language with lecturer from the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Chemistry realising post-doc s...

Who is and should be a Science teacher like? This seemingly multiple-time answered ques-tion, however, has not been clearly answered yet; moreover, in this case, a multi-alternative answer is required. Ideas of an optimal characteristic of Science teacher should be defined in context of their main activity. Two alternatives are under the focus; the...

Understanding the intellectual demands of an intended curriculum is crucial as it defines the frames for actual teaching and learning processes and practice during the lessons. In this study, upper-secondary school chemistry curricula contents in Czechia, Finland, and Turkey were analysed, and their objectives were compared using the Revised Bloom’...

The research is focused on the use of experimental calcium cycle in chemistry teaching at the lower secondary school. The cycle is based on four reactions: 1. thermal decomposition of calcium carbonate, 2. reaction of calcium oxide with water, 3. calcium hydroxide with hydrochloric acid, 4. reaction of calcium chloride with sodium carbonate. The ca...

The research was focused on the teacher’s opinions about the key and critical points of the lower secondary chemistry curriculum in the Czech Republic. Through the interviews with 40 chemistry teachers from four Czech regions was gained information about what teachers named as critical topics and what as key topics in early chemistry school content...

Writing and balancing equations of chemical reactions is one of the \most difficult elements of chemistry education for students, which is why it was decided to analyse part of the process which is the most difficult. The process itself consists of multiple stages. it is important to highlight that the focus of research was not only on balancing th...

In the time of curricular reforms across the Europe another chance appeared towards increasing learners´ interest in science education, particularly in relation to the future job selection in the field of natural sciences and technology. Innovations in natural science instruction can be conducted in various ways, e.g. (Bílek & Klečková, 2006): (1)...

Virtuální pitva, tedy počítačová simulace jako alternativa reálné pitvy, jen pozvolna nachází své místo ve výuce biologie jako všeobecně-vzdělávacího předmětu. To prokázalo především mnoho zahraničních studií, jejichž analýzou jsme se zabývali v přehledové studii, a které se staly základem pro navazující dotazníkové šetření, zjišťující postoje stud...

One of the key issues of the EU educational policy is quality assurance. The presented research represents a contribution to solving the issue of quality assurance of informatics education on the tertiary level of education in economy and managerial study fields. Within the research current state of informatics education in selected economy and man...

With the advent of computers virtual dissection was recognized as a plausible option for the replacement of hands-on dissection. Based on survey data collected from 489 Czech Biology teachers it was revealed that teachers value positively both variants of dissection, even more, differences are small or even negligible. Differences on motivation sca...

The aim of this research was to empirically validate constructs for evaluation of teachers’ attitudes toward usage of educational software in chemistry teaching. Questionnaire with items transformed from UTAUT (Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology) and other technology acceptance theories were filled in by 556 Czech chemistry teachers...

1799 prospective elementary and prospective science teachers from six countries (Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey) participate in the study about the level of motivation toward science courses, pedagogy courses and self-efficacy. The most important findings were that choosing educational career as the first choice o...

ABSTRACT: Background: 1799 prospective elementary and prospective science teachers from six countries (Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey) participate in the study about the level of motivation toward science courses, pedagogy courses and self-efficacy. Material and methods: The most important findings were that choos...

This research is focused on secondary school chemistry teachers’ (N=276) and chemistry pre-service teachers’ (N=159) attitudes towards the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in education. A questionnaire constructed upon Rogers’ theory of diffusion of innovation was used. Based on the answers, the respondents were grouped accordi...

This research is focused on secondary school chemistry teachers’ (N=276) and chemistry pre-service teachers’ (N=159) attitudes towards the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in education. A questionnaire constructed upon Rogers’ theory of diffusion of innovation was used. Based on the answers, the respondents were grouped accordi...

In the contribution possibilities and limits of the early chemistry curriculum innovation in the Czech Republic at time of current curricular reform are discussed. An example of chemistry subject matter in educational content and the context are focused. Methodology of research is based on interview with chemistry teachers, and partial results pres...

Been applied as successful motivation and preparation for technical studies and future engineering professions, innovations in general mathematics and natural sciences education with orientation to inquiry based learning (IBL) and its connection to the world of work (WoW) are described and discussed in the paper. This topic is worked out within the...

The IBSE has become a rather frequently applied strategy of directing learning activities in teaching science subjects. However, results of the IBSE effectiveness are not clear. A more detailed analysis is required which will reflect learners’ individual characteristics. Therefore, the main aim of this research is to discover what the effectiveness...

The feasible real experiments should not be in any way eliminated from school laboratory practice. This is the permanent starting point of all approaches to natural science curricula, and it is still in force. The real living environment makes us face more and more items of the virtual environment, worlds, mediated by infinite possibilities of comp...

The study presents the results of the quantitative research focusing on the effectiveness of the inquiry based science education (IBSE) in correlation to motivation types of learners. Reflecting the fact that the learning results are impacted by the inner motivation, the main aim of the research was to find out whether there are differences in IBSE...

Currently, the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT) has been strongly recommended to science teachers. For identification the factors of successful ICT implementation the Unified Theory of Use and Acceptance of Technology (UTAUT) is applied, which works as the theoretical background of planned monitoring of Czech chemi...

Currently science education is understood not only as education in mathematics, physics and chemistry, but also as an education in informatics. To analyze the current state of informatics education within the tertiary economy and managerial study fields was the aim of the research, the purpose of which was to support curricula innovation in the rel...

Cross national study on opinions on science teaching was revealed on a sample of 1799 (596 males, 1203 females) pre-service elementary and science teachers' enrolled in various departments at selected universities in Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey. Three factors explaining 43.4% of variance were extracted from a p...

Cross national study on opinions on science teaching was revealed on a sample of 1799 (596 males, 1203 females) pre-service elementary and science teachers' enrolled in various departments at selected universities in Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey. Three factors explaining 43.4% of variance were extracted from a p...

Cross national study on opinions on science teaching was revealed on a sample of 1799 (596 males, 1203 females) pre-service elementary and science teachers’ enrolled in various departments at selected universities in Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey. Three factors explaining 43.4% of variance were extracted from a p...

Why don´t we encounter too regularly with the inclusion of educational software in chemistry education in the Czech Republic? What factors affect the usage of educational software? What kind of relationship can be identified between these factors? For the search of answers to those formulated questions was necessary to, first of all, carry out a de...

Th e quality of education is increasingly being measured less by the knowledge gained during schooling and more by the level of competence possessed by students at doing a particular job aft er completing their education. Target and process-planned curricula are being replaced more and more by competenceoriented curricula, especially in science and...

During the last decades, multimedia assisted teaching has expanded to all types and levels of schools. The authors dealt with a question whether there is a possibility through the application of multimedia teaching materials in the natural science school subjects to eliminate students' negative attitudes to these subjects. To answer this question,...

The paper presents research results of the two-year pedagogical experiment comparing test scores in three subjects (Database Systems, Management, IT English) taught either in the ICT-supported way, or in the traditional face-to-face way at the Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. The main research obj...

Abstract The paper provides a comparative study of interests in Natural Sciences of 15-year old learners in several European countries (Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic and Belarus) and one from South America (Brazil). It was shown that the general interest in the topics researched in the ROSE Project was on the same level, mainly in the field of...

The use of social networking websites is becoming increasingly popular. While there are many reasons for this, the rapid spread of ICT is one of the most determining factors. New technologies provide various possibilities for education and in relation to social networking websites it is worth emphasizing their diverse possibilities. The functionali...

The wide development of the information and communication technologies provides conditions for using various digital learning objects in education. In Chemistry learning and teaching computer simulations are used for increasing clearness in Chemistry lessons and for supporting experimental activities in laboratory work. For this analysis the topic...

Paper presents results of the didactic analysis of acid-base titration simulators which are available on the web and their application in innovative approaches to chemistry instruction supported by the information and communication technologies. The analysis focuses on the quality of single simulators and their application in pre-graduate teachers'...

In the PISA scientific literacy monitoring carried out in 2006 and 2009 Slovak students achieved results below the OECD average scores while Czech students achieved significantly better results. Following the PISA results there was carried out a research aimed at evaluation of the current state of computer science education/informatics teaching at...

The chapter deals with the latest problems within the ICT-supported instruction and is structured into four parts. The introductory part emphasizes the importance of information and communication technologies implemented in the process of instruction and attracts attention to the didactic aspects of this process (i.e. whether teachers are able to a...

The paper describes starting point of so called ”Educational Informatics“ as one of the Educational Cybernetics approaches, and example of research results of theory called as „human thinking economy“ application in the field of science and technical education is provided. Educational informatics is based on so-called educational theory of signs (e...

1799 prospective teachers (596 males, 1203 females), enrolled in various departments (elementary school teaching and science teaching) in selected universi- ties in Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey, answered questionnaire on creativity styles. From the results of present study we can recognize that creativity...

The paper focuses on the analysis of the ten-year history of the doctoral study programme Specialization in Pedagogy - Theory of Education of Technical Subjects (Engineering Pedagogy). This study programme was introduced at the University of Hradec Kralove in 2000 and was running in cooperation with the Czech Technical University, Prague, and with...

This paper deals with the process of eLearning implementation in engineering education. It is structured into three parts which (1) analyze this process in the Czech Republic, (2) evaluate the contribution of eLearning seminars, conferences and competitions held at the Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Repub...

This paper deals with the process of eLearning implementation in engineering education. It is structured into four parts which (1) analyze this process in the Czech Republic, (2) evaluate the contribution of eLearning seminars, conferences and competitions held at the Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republ...

The paper deals with the research in the field of technical subject instruction. The research was divided into two parts. First, the pedagogical experiment ran following the “pre-test - instruction - post-test” structure providing comparison of students' knowledge defined by the level of test scores. The process of instruction either includes multi...

Digital technologies are used in experimental practice under school conditions mainly for data statistic processing, computer modeling of natural principles and supporting the real experiments by computer, so that the measurement process can occur simultaneously with data recording during experiments. This study is focused on the use of computer wi...

The paper introduces approaches to implementing the learning style theory in the field of eLearning. A software application was designed within the project "A flexible model of the ICT supported educational process reflecting individual learning styles" currently running at the Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Cz...

Within last two decades social and political events in the Czech Republic evoked changes in all spheres of the society, including education. General development towards democracy and information and knowledge society transformed the existing structure of the educational system; new competences were defined and reflected in the learning content; ade...

In the paper the process of implementation of computer animations and simulations within the primary chemistry education is described. The research project focusing on the pre-graduate chemistry teachers' training in the field of leT competences is presented. The main problem appears in the meaningful application of computer animations and simulati...

Digital technologies are used in experimental practice under school conditions mainly for data statistic processing, computer modeling of natural principles and supporting the real experiments by computer, so that the measurement process can occur simultaneously with data recording during experiments. In this paper we focus on the use of computer w...

V článku se zabýváme analýzou postojů českých patnáctiletých žáků základní školy a studentů gymnázia v oblasti tvorby a ochrany životního prostředí a environmentálních problémů. Jde o analýzu části „Já a výzvy životního prostředí“ mezinárodního projektu ROSE (Relevance of Science Education), kterého se zúčastnilo od roku 2005 v České republice více...

The paper deals with research activities run at the University of Hradec Kralove, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Informatics and Management, Czech Republic, which relate to information and communication technologies implemented in the process of instruction in various subjects. Particularly the role of a virtual learning environment (VLE) is m...

In the article we deal with the topic of Virtual Measuring Devices working in the computer supported measuring system in general chemistry education. We discuss the theoretical base for application of experiments in the chemistry education and its computer support. Attention is focussed to specific features of chemistry, alike to other natural scie...

Fast technical and technological development, globalization, the need for unlimited access to education for everybody - these were the most urgent reasons which resulted in education supported by information and communication technologies. This paper focuses on e-learning and related research activities within the Czech Republic. And further invest...

Social and political development in the Czech Republic in last two decades evoked numerous changes in all spheres of the society, including education. General development towards democracy and information and knowledge society transformed the existing structure of the educational system; defined new competences reflected in the learning content; ca...

The paper deals with one of the latest phenomenon in the field of the educational science - e-learning. On the other side, learning styles were discovered decades ago, and have been applied since. Putting these two elements together contributes to improving the quality of the process of instruction supported by modern information and communication...

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A new model of the Internet support of the project instruction is called the WebQuest. The term of the WebQuest means an expedition supported by information which can be searched on web pages, i.e. “Web discovery expedition“. The WebQuest method offers the project oriented instruction with the use of current and authentic materials which are availa...

1. vyd. Vydáno v rámci projektu Modulární přístup v počátečním vzdělávání učitelů přírodovědných předmětů pro střední školy, reg. č. CZ.04.1.03/3.2.15.2./0263 Nad názvem: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Přírodovědecká fakulta

The increased consumption and the using of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are leading to dynamical applications as well as to increased problems with ICT-waste. A big amount of valuable material is disappearing at the dumps. How are knowledge of students and teachers in the mentioned area – it is the content of school curriculum o...

Integrated instruction, integration in education, education from the point of integrated view – these and other topics are being discussed together with creating curricula and have influenced school education in numerous countries. They are connected either to the pursuit of finding undifferentiated view on the nature, or to the reduction of lesson...

For the first pilot research in the scope of the project Learning from graphical presentation in science education (GAČR 406/02/1165) there has been chosen investigation of the role of non-verbal elements of didactic tests. For solving of this task there was used comparison of the results of pupils of basic school performing two variants of the tes...

V příspěvku jsou popsány východiska a dílčí výsledky analýzy studentského posuzování chování vysokoškolských učitelů ve výuce, a to jak z hlediska jejich tzv. neverbální bezprostřednosti (hlas, úsměv, oční kontakt, pozice těla, vzdálenost mezi učitelem a studentem, pohyb těla, gestikulace atd.) tak z hlediska jejich neverbálního odstupu (nebezprost...

Various aspects of the accreditation process of the teachers chemistry study programs are described. The sources of information are materials of the Accreditation Commission of the Czech Government presented on the Web and author's experience with the accreditation process at the Pedagogical Faculty of the University of Hradec Králové.

Historical relations of the development of chemistry as a science and a teaching subject on one hand and the formation of didactics of chemistry as an interdisciplinary science branch on the other are dealt with in the paper. The consequences are described of the formation of first chemistry textbooks and efforts at introducing chemistry as a gener...

Appropriate systems illustrating spontaneous proceeding of chemical reactions are proposed for chemistry teaching purposes.

Vyd. 1.

W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań ankietowych przeprowadzonych wśród studentów chemii Uniwersytetu Opolskiego, Uniwersytetu im. J.A. Komeńskiego w Bratysławie (Słowacja) i Wyższej Szkoły Pedagogicznej w Hradec Králové (Czechy), dotyczące komputerowego wspomagania kształcenia studentów chemii. Uzyskane wyniki przedstawiają obecny stan informatyz...

The sources for realization of the computer supported chemical experiment are described consisting in the requirement on increasing the number of real experiments and their orientation on the quantitative interpretation of experimental results. The school computer measuring system CMS created at the Chemistry Department of University of Education,...

Prezentovaný text byl vytvořen ve spolupráci s mezinárodním týmem autorů z České republiky (Katedra chemie PdF VSP v Hradci Králové), Slovensko (Katedra didaktiky prirodnych vied, pedagogiky a psychologie, Přírodovědecká fakulta UK v Bratislavě) a Polsko (Katedra didaktiky chemie, Institutu chemie Opolské univerzity). ------------------------------...

Vyd. 1 Bibliogr. s. 95-100

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