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Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science

Number 2, 2012

46-62
ICT CHALLENGES IN THE 21ST CENTURY BUSINESS ENGLISH UNIVERSITY CLASSROOM

Authors: LUSTIGOVÁ, Lenka

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Given the nature of the study, the objectives of this paper are to demonstrate practical approach to using ICT tools in teaching Business English to university-level students. By offering specific examples for efficient integration of selected technologies within undergraduate classroom the study concentrates on practical and yet motivated solutions to many issues faced by the university teachers and students within the teaching-learning process. The study explores the importance of establishing an authentic business context via the invaluable help of ICT tools. This authentic context facilitates smooth acquisition of language proficiency and multitude of other skills for students’ future career use. Based on actual classroom teaching/research, this study demonstrates that meaningful use of ICT tools allows the 21st century Business English teachers and students to keep pace with the ever-changing business world.

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RESEARCH ON WILLINGNESS TO STUDY NURSING, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WORKS AMONG SENIOR MALE STUDENTS IN VYSOCINA REGION

Authors: CHALUPOVA, Martina, BORUVKOVA, Jana

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This paper summarizes the results of the research that centered on the decision-making process of senior male students in the Vysočina Region for a field of study on a higher education institution. The survey was administered to male students in their last year of the high school who were enrolling for the first time. The focus of the research was on the choice factors. The particular aim was to find out whether the male students were considering as their field of study nursing, education and social Works; majors that are traditionally dominated by women. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients were used to measure statistical dependence between choice factors and the tendency to choose ‚female profession‘.

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ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ RESULTS IN DISTANCE- STUDIES CENTRES

Authors: JARKOVSKÁ, Martina, KUČERA, Petr, VOSTRÁ, Hana, VARVAŽOVSKÁ, Pavla

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The present paper focuses on study results of the students of distance-studies centres carried by the Faculty of Economics and Management at the Czech University of Life Science Prague. The centres are situated in areas with generally low concentration of universities and therefore, the possibility of university education is relatively small. We observed the students who entered the study field Public Administration and Regional Development in the academic year 2009/10 during the first three semesters of their study. We selected five different courses studied at the centres and we subjected them to statistical analyses. Our obtained findings show differences in burdensomeness among the selected courses, among students of different age and gender and, last but not least, among individual centres. This information can be useful both for students and studies centre management.

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AN ATTEMPT ON NEW SYSTEMATIZATION OF WORK MOTIVATION THEORIES

Authors: Kolman, Luděk, Chýlová, Hana, Selby, Richard

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The paper deals with a semiotic analysis of work motivation theories developed in the second half of the twentieth century. These theories stem from different theoretical backgrounds, varying in ideas as well as in their impact to work motivation reality. For a student approaching this field it might seem to provide an overwhelming situation in an area of study filled with contradictory theories. The method used in this study is similar to one historians use when analysing development in a human society - semiotic analysis. Based on the historical analysis, an analysis of ideas and clusters of meanings follows. Authors assume that personal experience might determine individual motivation factors. It is quite clear, that on the biological level the processes of motivation should be the same in all humans. However, stimuli or conditions under which the processes of motivation are commenced might be caused by the personal experience of the individuals concerned. Authors believe that the above mentioned analysis of clusters of meaning could help us to better systemize the wide range of work motivation theories and make it more evident for all students of the field.

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TEACHING ENGINEERING STUDENTS CREATIVITY: A REVIEW OF APPLIED STRATEGIES

Authors: Zhou,Chunfang

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Recent studies have emphasized the necessity of educating creative engineers. This paper aims to provide a literature review by answering what strategies can be applied to develop creativity in engineering education. As the literature demonstrates, creativity has been studied by a diversity of perspectives such as psychology, social psychology and sociology. Studies on engineering creativity indicate the importance of problem-solving skills for engineers. For developing creativity, strategies such as using thinking tools, learning by solving problems and building learning environment conductive to creativity have been suggested in engineering education. Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a good example of fostering creative engineers, so characteristics of PBL, learning cycle in PBL and methods for enhancing group dynamics in PBL are discussed in this paper.

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