Tomáš Miléř

Physics Education in Historical Perspective and Future Trends

This article deals with physics education form its emergence in 19th century to the present and outlines future trends. Physics had become part of general education and remains an important part of science literacy. Current breakthrough of information and communication technology (ICT) is based on physics achievements, on the contrary interest of students in science and technology studies has been falling. The traditional role of schools as the main source of information has been replaced by ICT’s and teacher’s role in a modern school has been changing too. ICT’s provide an opportunity for innovation of education methods but they easily distract attention of students from physics content. We discuss physics educational content and teaching methods for different school levels, whether they are appropriate for 21st century education and societal needs. We researched the state and perspectives of physics eduacation in the Czech Republic and identified the problem that number of pre-service teachers do not match the demand of schools for qualified physics teachers. The DOI number of the abstract on the conference pages is: http://dx.d oi.org/1 0.21125/edulearn.2017.2285

ADVANCES AND BARRIERS TO EDUCATION FOR CIVIL PROTECTION IN THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY

In the early 21th century the world is facing many threads. Global climate change stands behind the risk of more frequent and intense natural disasters, which take human lives and cause significant economic damage. Importance of civil defense (CD) have increased due to development of geopolitical situation and risk of terrorist attacks. States have increased their efforts to prepare and implement measures for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and for climate change adaptation (CCA), which are in many ways interconnected. In the Czech republic the topic of civil protection returns to primary and secondary schools and by the government command should be taught at faculties of education. This paper presents the state of public awareness and public education on DRR and CD in the Czech Republic based on the research analysis. We have reviewed the progress of implementation of educational programs in accordance with the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA). The abovementioned analysis of the issue merits is supplemented by its economic evaluation.