Tomas Bata University in Zlín

Research Projects

EUROPEAN COMMISSION ERASMUS+

Development of new andragogical diagnostic approaches and interventions of the adult docility phenomenon

• Acronym: DANUBE
• Project number: 2020-1-SK01-KA204-078313
• Type: European Commission – Erasmus+ EU programme to support education, training, youth and sport

Key activities:

• KA2 Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
• KA204 Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Implementation period: 9/2020 – 12/2022

Main coordinator: Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica

Partners:

• Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic
• University of Vaasa, Finland
• Univerzitet U Novom Sadu, Serbia
• Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland

This project focuses on developing tools for adult education diagnosis, specifically diagnosing adult docility and selected components of it. Docility is the ability to actively learn and acquire new knowledge and skills. One of the main outcomes of the project will be three standardised diagnostic tools for assessing docility and its components in all participating countries.

The project’s target groups are:

• Experts in andragogy, adult education, teachers, diagnosticians;
• Adults in education;
• Experts in human resources, who will be able to use the tool for measuring docility for adult education (e.g. in order to ascertain level of motivation, self-regulation capabilities, etc.).

 

Projects supported by The Czech Science Foundation

Blind Spots in Non-Formal Education of Adults in the Czech Republic: Non-Participants and their Social Worlds

• Mgr. Jan Kalenda, Ph.D.
• 1. 1. 2019 – 31. 12. 2021
• Reg. nr.: 19-00987S

Despite international accumulation of knowledge about the participants of non-formal education and barriers to their education, the issue of non-participation in the education of adults and cognitive and non-cognitive determinants of their participation has not yet been sufficiently addressed. In this regard, the project will aim to analyze cognitive and non-cognitive determinants for non-participation in the non-formal education of adults in the Czech Republic in social groups with the highest occurrence of educational barriers and with the lowest level of participation in it. For this purpose, a three-year basic research project is proposed, with a mixed methodological design combining the approaches of qualitative research based on grounded theory and quantitative methodology measuring the distribution of attributes on a selective sample of the Czech population. As a result, the findings of the qualitative research phase will be verified and generalized on the level of the Czech population. The findings will be related to the national framework of educational policy.

The Dynamics of Self-Regulation in Socially Excluded Pupils

• Mgr. Karla Hrbáčková, Ph.D.
• 1. 1. 2017 – 31. 12. 2021
• Reg. nr.: 17-04816S

Social rejection and social exclusion of pupils may serve as an intensive psychosocial stressor. A certain form of social exclusion can be found in almost every class in the school environment. Yet, it is rather difficult to re-integrate the excluded individuals in social groups. Research shows that due to social rejection, which is accompanied by experiencing social pain, mechanisms supporting the individual´s effort of re-integration into the group are not triggered. Paradoxically the opposite tendency arises, i.e., an increase in selfish and self-defeating behaviour. The project is to determine the structure of self-regulatory mechanisms in children excluded from a class group, reveal how these mechanisms operate within the process of social rejection and identify latent factors weakening or strengthening self-regulation mechanisms in socially excluded pupils. Such knowledge enables us to understand the dynamic nature of self-regulation, and propose self-regulation development opportunities for socially excluded pupils.

German Literature and Culture in Moravian Wallachia: the European Dimension of the Regional Cultural Discourse

• Mgr. Libor Marek, Ph.D.
• 1. 1. 2016 – 31. 12. 2018
• Reg. nr.: 16-11983S

The essence of the project is a research of German literature and culture in Moravian Wallachia of the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, while Wallachia is seen as a multicultural area including both the Czech and German cultural elements. The project is to reveal a scientifically neglected chapter of literary and cultural history. Its results will contribute not only to illumination of plurality of the cultural discourses in Moravian Wallachia, but will also help evaluate the unique contribution of the region to German literature and culture. The aim of the research is to produce an analysis of the primary material (literary texts and archival sources). The project aims to provide a critical reflection and to enable integration of this type of literature and culture in the Czech, German and European literary-historical or cultural-historical context. The findings will be presented in publications and editorial activities focused on the Czech and European research community through a monograph, critical edition of sources and analytical studies.

 

Projects supported by Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

Labeling of intellectually gifted children at school environment

• Mgr. Eva Klimecká, Ph.D.
• 1. 4. 2020 – 31. 3. 2023
• Reg. nr.: TL03000191

In addition to the opportunities afforded to them, the development of care for gifted children is also associated with the problematic handling of the “gifted” label. The negative associations affect the development of a child and affects several aspects of her / his environment. The aim of the project is to identify and analyze phenomena which foster the labeling of gifted children in the school setting, to propose and verify in practice a methodology eliminating labeling, to anchor the established theory and disseminate the results to working educators. The team consists of representatives of both basic and border educational and psychological disciplines. Outputs consists of 2 articles (Jsc), the organization of workshops (W) and conferences (M) and methodology for teachers (NmetC).

 

The Conception of Education for the Alpha Generation with Using Research-Based Principles of Learning at Nursery Schools

• doc. PaedDr. Jana Majerčíková, PhD.
• 1. 2. 2019 – 31. 12. 2020
• Reg. nr.: TL02000331

Main objective: To provide the conception of pre-school education which would apply research-based principles of learning at nursery schools. Partial objectives: To analyse the existing curriculum of pre-school education with the focus on science disciplines and using research-based strategies of learning in the Czech Republic and abroad. To elicit pre-school teachers´ attitudes, experience and opinions related to using research-based principles of learning at nursery schools. To promote the development of teaching competencies of both in-service and pre-service pre-school teachers needed for applying research-based principles of learning in their teaching.

 

Projects supported by Strategic development Foundation

Preschool and Primary School Teachers’ Self-Efficacy in the Context of Resilience to Changes

• prof. RNDr. Anna Tirpáková, Ph.D.
• 1. 7. 2021 – 31. 12. 2022
• Reg. nr.: FSR FORD 5-6 /2021-23/FHS/001

The project aims to find out how the personally perceived self-efficacy of kindergarten and primary school teachers correlates with their resilience. The project focuses on empirical research, which aims to determine the self-efficacy of kindergarten and primary school teachers and to analyze and compare the degree of resistance to change in these teachers. The research results have the potential to reveal little-known aspects of the resilience of kindergarten and primary school teachers and their personal perceived fitness. The project will be implemented in four key stages: the preparation of questionnaires, processing and analysis of the obtained data to their interpretation. Furthermore, the project results will bring publication outputs, which will be in the form of an article in a journal indexed in the Web of Science database. The project results can be used to modify the accreditation programs for teachers, direct strategic documents for the development of education in the Zlín region, and prepare the offer of lifelong learning courses.

Collective (dis)trust of students towards the school: analysis of regional inequalities of Czech schools

• Mgr. Karla Hrbáčková, Ph.D.
• 7. 2020 – 31. 12. 2021
• Reg. nr.: FSR-S/2020/FHS/003

The project will contribute to the understanding of collective (dis)trust in the system of elementary education and will help to clarify an important source of differentiation of the shared system of trust in Czech schools. Its aim is to fill a gap in the understanding of how the external differentiation of schools is reflected in the collective trust of students in the school. The solution of the project will not only contribute to the understanding of these conditions in the class team, but will help to clarify the functioning of a shared belief of trust, which is applicable in the practice of a particular school or class.

 

Projects supported by Internal Grant Agency

Academic Environment: Success and Stress

• Mgr. Jana Martincová, Ph.D.
• 1. 1. 2021 – 31. 12. 2022
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2021/001

Analysis of Application Type of Students´Bachelor Thesis in Study Programme Preschool Teacher Training

• PhDr. Hana Navrátilová, Ph.D.
• 1. 1. 2020 – 31. 12. 2021
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2020/001

Parents’ attitudes to preschool education in the Czech and Slovak Republic

• PhDr. Beata Horníčková
• 1. 1. 2020 – 31. 12. 2021
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2020/002

Student Scientific Conference IGA FHS 2020

• Mgr. Ilona Kočvarová, Ph.D.
• 1. 1. 2020 – 31. 7. 2020
• Reg. nr.: SVK/FHS/2020/001

Teacher Immediacy Behavior in School Classroom

• Mgr. Lic. Renáta Matušů
• 1. 1. 2019 – 31. 7. 2020
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2019/001

Causes of origin of labelling gifted children

• Mgr. Eva Klimecká, Ph.D.
• 1. 1. 2019 – 31. 12. 2019
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2019/002

Evolution of Preschool and Primary Teachers´ Professional Trajectories

• PhDr. Petra Trávníčková
• 1. 1. 2019 – 31. 5. 2020
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2019/003

Student Scientific Conference IGA in 2019 at FHS TBU in Zlín

• doc. RNDr. Jaroslava Pavelková, CSc.
• 1. 1. 2019 – 31. 12. 2019
• Reg. nr.: SVK/FHS/2019/001

Forum of young researchers VI.

• PhDr. Barbora Petrů Puhrová, Ph.D.
• 1. 1. 2018 – 31. 12. 2018
• SVK/FHS/2018/001

Self-efficacy of Educational Empolyees: Foreign Language Teachers and Social Pedagogues

• prof. PhDr. Peter Gavora, CSc.
• 1. 1. 2017 – 1. 1. 2019
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2017/004

Characteristics of pupils’ questions at the beginning of schooling

• prof. PhDr. Hana Lukášová, CSc.
• 1. 1. 2017 – 31. 12. 2019
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2017/005

The concept of educational values from the perspective of pupils from different cultural backgrounds

• doc. PhDr. Mgr. Jaroslav Balvín, CSc.
• 1. 1. 2017 – 31. 12. 2019
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2017/006

Importance of speech therapy to prevent the development of speech and language abilities in preschool children

• Mgr. Iva Žáková
• 1. 1. 2017 – 31. 12. 2017
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2017/007

Professionalization of University Students of Pre-school Education in the Course of their Studies at the University

• prof. PaedDr. Adriana Wiegerová, PhD.
• 1. 1. 2017 – 3. 10. 2017
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2017/008

Young researchers forum V.

• prof. PaedDr. Adriana Wiegerová, PhD.
• 1. 1. 2017 – 31. 12. 2017
• Reg. nr.: SVK/FHS/2017/001

Teacher´s belief in the pedagogical use of children´s preconceptions

• prof. PaedDr. Adriana Wiegerová, PhD.
• 1. 1. 2016 – 31. 12. 2017
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2016/001

Promoting social inclusion of exceptionally gifted children

• Mgr. Ilona Kočvarová, Ph.D.
• 1. 1. 2016 – 31. 12. 2017
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2016/002

Family and its influence on educational aspirations of primary school pupils

• doc. PaedDr. Jana Majerčíková, PhD.
• 1. 1. 2016 – 31. 12. 2018
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2016/003

The influence of institutions on the situation of the children’s home in procreation family

• doc. Mgr. Soňa Kalenda, Ph.D.
• 1. 1. 2016 – 26. 9. 2016
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2016/004

Formation of multicultural competencies of university students in faculties providing teaching specialization

• doc. Mgr. Martina Cichá, Ph.D.
• 1. 1. 2016 – 31. 12. 2018
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2016/005

Forum of young researchers

• prof. PaedDr. Adriana Wiegerová, PhD.
• 1. 1. 2016 – 31. 12. 2016
• Reg. nr.: SVK/FHS/2016/001

The 1st grade elementary school pupils´ perception to ethno-cultural differences in the Zlín region

• Mgr. Jiřina Šimarová
• 1. 3. 2015 – 31. 12. 2015
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2015/001

Emotional and social needs of individually integrated students with physical disability in the high-school environment

• Mgr. Magdalena Hanková, Ph.D.
• 1. 3. 2015 – 31. 12. 2017
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2015/002

Social and intrapersonal context of multicultural learning of high school students

• doc. Mgr. Jakub Hladík, Ph.D.
• 1. 3. 2015 – 31. 12. 2016
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2015/003

Professionalisaton of pre-service pre-school teachers.

• prof. PaedDr. Adriana Wiegerová, PhD.
• 1. 3. 2015 – 31. 12. 2016
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2015/004

The Perception of Threatening Phenomenons among Gifted Children

• Mgr. Eva Klimecká, Ph.D.
• 1. 3. 2015 – 31. 12. 2015
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2015/005

Cultural identity as part of civic competencies in education of secondary school students.

• PhDr. Helena Skarupská, Ph.D.
• 1. 3. 2015 – 31. 12. 2016
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2015/006

Overweight and Obesity of Young School Pupils in the Context of Selected Performance and Psychosocial Characteristics: the Utilization of Knowledge in Work of Social Educator

• PhDr. Hana Včelařová
• 1. 3. 2015 – 31. 12. 2016
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2015/007

The determinants influencing the teachers‘ educational work in the context of education of socially disadvantaged pupils on the educational level ISCED 1 and 2

• Mgr. Anna Petr Šafránková, Ph.D.
• 1. 3. 2015 – 31. 12. 2016
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2015/008

University Nursery School – case study

• doc. PaedDr. Jana Majerčíková, PhD.
• 1. 3. 2015 – 30. 6. 2017
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2015/009

Support for Cultivation of social relationships in a group of children trough physical activities

• Mgr. et Mgr. Viktor Pacholík, Ph.D.
• 1. 3. 2015 – 30. 6. 2017
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2015/010

Young researchers forum

• prof. PaedDr. Adriana Wiegerová, PhD.
• 1. 3. 2015 – 31. 12. 2015
• Reg. nr.: SVK/FHS/2015/006

Young researchers forum

• prof. PaedDr. Adriana Wiegerová, PhD.
• 1. 3. 2013 – 31. 12. 2014
• Reg. nr.: SVK/FHS/2014/001

Professional Context of Social Pedagogy: The Students’ Motivation to Performance

• Mgr. Jana Martincová, Ph.D.
• 1. 3. 2013 – 31. 12. 2014
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2013/002

Masters as the novice researchers – possibilities and limits of their personal profiling

• Mgr. Monika Szimethová
• 1. 3. 2013 – 31. 12. 2014
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2013/005

Social and educational aspects of gifted childen´s quality of life

• Mgr. Eva Klimecká, Ph.D.
• 1. 3. 2013 – 31. 12. 2014
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2013/007

Mentoring as a Methodological Support of Primary and Secondary School Teachers in the Zlín Region

• Mgr. Karla Hrbáčková, Ph.D.
• 1. 3. 2013 – 31. 12. 2014
• Reg. nr.: IGA/FHS/2013/008

Young researchers forum

• prof. PaedDr. Adriana Wiegerová, PhD.
• 1. 3. 2013 – 31. 12. 2013
• Reg. nr.: SVK/FHS/2013/001