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At present, education is being brought to the forefront of any society to shape the pupils' and students' personality in terms of both intellectual and moral improvement, to teach them to know themselves, other people, develop their independence, creativity and critical thinking. In Slovakia for the education an important matter is the subject of Civics, which, according to the State Education Program ISCED 2, is the subject to be sought for pupils to understand themselves and others, to help them navigate the wor...

Nowadays, the Slovak education system is in the process of transformation, which is orientated on a total qualitative change including the organizational, content and didactic aspect. Teacher's personality, teaching activity and positive influence on the development of the pupil's personalities and key competencies are the prerequisites for the expected change. To fulfil current social needs, it is necessary to pay more attention to the university teacher training. The paper is oriented on university preparation o...

The realization of laboratory and field work as a specific form of teaching natural science in subjects of physics, chemistry, biology and geography is part of their state educational programs in Slovakia. While physics and chemistry as experimental sciences a laboratory is a central space for practicing and realization of school experiments; for geography, the space is a landscape, in which fieldwork is carried out in various forms (e. g. trip, excursion, opinion survey, mapping, material collection). Both labora...

Competitions are a specific way how to work with gifted youth at primary, secondary schools and universities. In addition to standard school education, they represent another way of young people’s development of their knowledge, skills and abilities and contribute to finding a way for their future profession. So a teacher at each level of education is expected to know not only the potential of their students, but also the specifics of individual competitions they will participate in. Nowadays in Slovakia, compet...

Nowadays, in the context of changes in teaching, the education of a man is coming to the foreground who would learn to link the knowledge of different fields of science to the knowledge and acquisition of values that promote the social way of life, living in associations of individuals. The teacher and his personality, professional competencies, ability to create a positive climate in the classroom are significant factors in fulfilling such education. The classroom climate greatly affects the overall results of sc...

Improving the quality of the teacher's professional competences is currently the subject of professional discussion in Slovak education. The intention is to improve and expand the theoretical and practical teacher training. Examination and reflecting on the issue of evaluation of the work of pupils in the process of education is considered to be an important aspect of undergraduate study. Effective and objective evaluation of the process and the results of education are among the basic pedagogical competencies. Th...