Danka Lukáčová

TECHNICKÉ VZDELÁVANIE - SÚČASŤ VŠEOBECNÉHO VZDELÁVANIA NA SLOVENSKU

Technology education is in EU countries considered as an important part of general education of students in primary schools. However, in Slovakia since 2008 we can see gradual degradation of technology education to the current state, which is near total extinction in technical subjects at primary schools. The article describes the gradual development that in Slovakia has led to the current situation and compares it to the technology education of selected EU countries.Technicke vzdelavanie je v krajinach EU považovane za doležitu sucasť vseobecneho vzdelavania žiakov na zakladných skolach. Na Slovensku vsak od r. 2008 pozorujeme postupnu degradaciu technickeho vzdelavania až po sucasný stav, ktorý je blizko uplneho zaniku technicky orientovaných predmetov na zakladných skolach. Clanok popisuje postupný vývoj, ktorý na Slovensku viedol k sucasnemu stavu a porovnava ho s technickým vzdelavanim vybraných krajin EU.

Mathematics and physics as a part the occupational safety and health study programme

Since the academic year 2005/2006 the Faculty of Education at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, has offered a possibility to study a bachelor study program Occupational Safety and Health. As the students of this study program used to have problems to manage some technical subjects included in its curricula, in 2009 there was added an additional subject into the content of the study program, particularly it was the subject Applied mathematics and physics. Within this course students acquire basic knowledge of mathematics and physics necessary for further study in the technical field of the occupational safety and health. In the paper there are presented results of the survey which was consequently carried out to find out impact of introduction of the mentioned additional subject on the students performance.

The possibilities of using experiments in education of special technical subjects

The use of experiments in the education students of technical disciplines gain the necessary knowledge and skills for controlling technical equipment. Such experiments can be carried out in education directly or through remote means of so-called remote real experiments. The report presents two possible ways of using electro panel in education through remote and direct exercises on the subject called Parts of machines and machines. The students have an available e-learning course for preparation for the direct work with the electro-pneumatic panels. Experiences and results from the use of this course are summarized in this report. As a research method to verify the knowledge from the usage of the course an electronic test was used, which results are prepared by descriptive statistic.

Quality assessment of remote real experiments and their use in practice

At the higher education institutions education by means of the remote real experiments education has been in use for several years. It has become a part of mainly science and technology fields. Besides the unquestionable economic and technical advantages it is necessary to monitor also the effectiveness of the didactic use of remote real experiments, which is examined in this article. Based on an analysis of different scientific and professional publications the authors suggest the quality evaluation criteria of remote real experiments that would serve teachers in practice to evaluate didactic and educational aspects of remote real experiments. The authors also present data achieved through a questionnaire survey on the use of remote real experiments.

ZHODNOTENIE DISSEMINÁCIE NÁSTROJOV METODICKEJ PODPORY PRE UČITEĽOV TECHNICKÝCH PREDMETOV V SLOVENSKEJ a ČESKEJ REPUBLIKE

V ramci akademickej iniciativy sledujucej zabezpecovanie kvality vyucovania predmetu technika ako aj ďalsich s technickou výchovou suvisiacich predmetov Katedra techniky a informacných technologii Pedagogickej fakulty Univerzity Konstantina Filozofa v Nitre sa rozhodla poskytovať metodicku pomoc a podporu kvalifikovaným aj nekvalifikovaným uciteľom zabezpecujucim výucbu uvedených predmetov na zakladných skolach a osemrocných gymnaziach. Prostriedkom poskytovania tejto pomoci sa stala novo vytvorena opisana webova lokalita EduTech Portal (http://etp2.pf.ukf.sk/). Na zaklade spoluprace medzi Katedrou techniky a informacných technologii Pedagogickej fakulty Konstantina Filozofa v Nitre a Katedrou technickej a informacnej výchovy Pedagogickej fakulty Univerzity Palackeho v Olomouci novo zriadena lokalita bola restrukturalizovana a adaptovana aj pre potreby uciteľov v Ceskej republike.